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Cartoonist Jason’s sad-sack realism occupies a solitary world
The most striking thing about Norwegian cartoonist Jason’s drawings is just how much space there is. He isn’t prone to landscapes or long views: More often than not we’re presented with just a character, maybe two, static in a room. But they tend to be surrounded by emptiness, practically weighed down by the sense of nothing that fills the panel.
The One: Cartoonist Seth and Tania van Spyk
“I’m not sure if I should call it love-at -first-sight, as that might sound kind of creepy considering that the first time I saw my lovely wife Tania, she was completely naked. We met at a life drawing class and she was the nude model. And let me just say right up front that I would never have even spoken to her if she hadn’t talked to me first. It is utterly unacceptable and crass to chat up the nude model. I am a gentlemen if nothing else.
“Whatever we label it — we were married within a few months time. That was exactly 10 years ago. Honestly, I’m not sure I could narrow it down to any specific moment when I first knew — but I can say that every single day is a day where I know she is ‘the one.’ A perfect friend of tireless patience and sensitivity and encouragement. A sweet refuge from the world.”
— Cartoonist Seth (a.k.a. Gregory Gallant) on wife Tania van Spyk (Photo: Darren Calabrese/National Post)What was the moment you knew your partner was “the one” for you? There are many ways to share your stories:
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Family Circus creator Bil Keane dead at 89
Born William Aloysius Keane, the American cartoonist taught himself to draw by mimicking The New Yorker-style cartoons published in that paper, and had his own first publication on the amateur page of the Philadelphia Daily News in 1936.
Seth: The modern Canadian cartoonist
“There’s some real truth to the idea that it gives me the opportunity to do stuff that I would like to do but never will,” Seth explains, sitting rigidly in a hotel chair, wearing a three-piece wool suit like armour against a world he’s still not entirely comfortable with.
Gary Clement’s Summer Stories: Comic Coincidence
This summer, National Post cartoonist Gary Clement will be taking his inspiration from your summer stories. We asked readers to submit their best summer tales. Here is the next instalment of this series.
Drawing Comparisons
With his latest exhibit, Dark Energy, Post cartoonist Gary Clement used India ink to explore cosmology, archeology, sitcoms, bodily functions, music, poetry and astronauts, among other things, alongside Thelma Rosner’s show Dictionary, a word-saturated set of works that examines Jewish-Muslim relations in both historical and contemporary contexts. Clement will also be in conversation with Post reporter Peter Kuitenbrouwer on Mar. 5 at 3 p.m. Feb. 19 to Mar. 13. Loop Gallery, 1273 Dundas St. W. Free; loopgallery.ca.
