RobotJohnny.com http://www.robotjohnny.com/ee/index.php/site/index/ Comics and Illustration by John Martz en Copyright 2008 2008-07-21T16:02:00-05:00 Flight Volume 5 http://www.robotjohnny.com/blog/flight-volume-5/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/site/flight-volume-5/#When:16:02:00Z imageThis Wednesday the fifth volume of Flight hits bookshelves, and I’m thrilled to have contributed a story to the latest collection.  The Flight blog has a great preview of some of the stories in the book, including Scenes in Which the Earth Stops Spinning and Everybody Flies Into a Wall, which was written by Ryan North and drawn by me!

The story’s genesis is from this episode of Dinosaur Comics.

There are so many great artists and stories in the book; it’s an honour and a thrill to be included among such great talent.  Kazu and everyone else involved really outdid themselves.

]]> 2008-07-21T16:02:00-05:00 Remux http://www.robotjohnny.com/blog/remux/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/site/remux/#When:04:39:07Z Out of procrastination comes another Muxtape.  The tracklist:
  1. Ramones - Needles & Pins
  2. Crooked Fingers - Hurricane
  3. Graham Coxon - You & I
  4. Martin Tielli - Cold Blooded Old Times
  5. Bob Dylan - Moonlight
  6. Vetiver - To Baby
  7. The Beatles - I’ve Just Seen a Face
  8. Camera Obscura - Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken
  9. The Magnetic Fields - If There’s Such a Thing as Love
  10. Leon Redbone - She’s My Gal
  11. Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band - Swing a Lullaby

]]> 2008-07-14T04:39:07-05:00 Time-lapsed illustration http://www.robotjohnny.com/blog/time-lapsed-illustration/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/site/time-lapsed-illustration/#When:13:45:00Z image

Here’s the illustration I created for The Box Salon, and you can view the time-lapsed creation below.  The inking stage turned out a little blurry after uploading it to Vimeo, so I clearly need to tinker with my compression settings next time.


Timpe Lapsed Illustration from John Martz on Vimeo.

]]> 2008-07-11T13:45:00-05:00 Catch me at the Box Salon http://www.robotjohnny.com/blog/catch-me-at-the-box-salon/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/site/catch-me-at-the-box-salon/#When:16:36:00Z I keep forgetting to post this, but I’ll be presenting some of my work at the Box Salon this Wednesday evening (July 9) at the Rivoli here in Toronto.

The Box is a quarterly salon night of readings, performances, screenings, interventions and networking that aims to bring diverse communities and audiences into an environment of artistic and social intermingling.

I’m still not entirely certain what I’ll be presenting, but it will most likely be a hodge podge of comics, illustrations, movie poems, and subway anagrammery.  If I can find the time between now and then I’m going to try to put together a video/screencap of an illustration being completed from start to finish, which will no doubt work its way onto this site eventually.  Recent deadlines have pushed my procrastination to new limits!

Anyhow, there’ll be plenty of varying presentations of art, music, and words, so it promises to be fun.  See you there?

]]> 2008-07-07T16:36:00-05:00 113 - Chewie http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/113-chewie/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/113-chewie/#When:15:49:01Z ]]> 2008-07-02T15:49:01-05:00 112 - Goldjigger http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/112-goldjigger/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/112-goldjigger/#When:15:48:01Z ]]> 2008-07-02T15:48:01-05:00 111 Flint Fredstone http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/111-flint-fredstone/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/111-flint-fredstone/#When:17:45:00Z ]]> 2008-06-27T17:45:00-05:00 110 - Whistler’s Delight http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/110-whistlers-delight/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/110-whistlers-delight/#When:17:44:01Z ]]> 2008-06-27T17:44:01-05:00 109 Headache http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/109-headache/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/warmups/drawing/109-headache/#When:17:16:02Z ]]> 2008-06-27T17:16:02-05:00 Cottage sketching http://www.robotjohnny.com/blog/cottage-sketching/ John Martz http://www.robotjohnny.com/site/cottage-sketching/#When:14:17:00Z image

I’ve uploaded some sketches from a recent marathon drawing session up north at a friend’s cottage.  Check ‘em out at Flickr.

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