I come from Alberta, and when I was younger, I spent a summer building jumps and painting fences at the Spruce Meadows Equestrian Centre. While I’m not a great rider (my sister was!), I loved seeing the horses. They liked seeing me, out in the fields. I think they mistook the paint cans for feed […]
Archive for February, 2022
February 18, 2022
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News Extra
By Jack Ruttan in black and white, montreal, sketchesThis was such a fun freelance gig. I did illustrations and writing for NEWS EXTRA, a newspaper tabloid sold at supermarkets and gas stations. It pretended to come out of Florida, but was actually published from an office in the Notre Dame de Grace neighbourhood of Montreal. Every other week or so I brought in […]
February 9, 2022
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Transformations
By Jack Ruttan in sketchesOut of my files, this is a comic I did way back in 1988, when Robocop was a big deal, and the Transformers Cartoon was airing. I used this as a sample of my work, but don’t think I got it published anywhere, even in a Fanzine, which is kind of stupid. It’s still a […]