 M@B BOOK TOUR
Feb. 9-16, 2004:
VANCOUVER! SEATTLE! PORTLAND! ASHLAND OR.! SAN FRANCISCO! SAN JOSE! LOS
ALGELES! m@b is hitting the road again, this time on the west coast. Here are the details
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STORES in T.O CARRYING M@B
Pick up the printed copy of the new m@b issue "This
was a tough decision" for only $3 at Toronto stores The Beguiling
(on Markham, south of Bloor, just behind Honest Ed's) and Soundscapes
(572 College St in Little Italy).
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M@B 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
Dec. 11, 2003:
Come and celebrate 5 years about m@b at Clinton's Tavern in Toronto. Read all about it.
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M@B AT WORD ON THE STREET
July 25, 2003:
The highly regarded and attended book and magazine festival Word On The
Street in Toronto will have a slightly different flavor this year. M@B's
Matt Blackett, Jim Munroe and Emily Pohl-Weary will be giving away free
advice on self-publishing. Read press release.
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DISGRUNTLED M@B READER --
and M@B READER COUNTER ATTACK!
June 19-26, 2003:
A letter to the editor in Eye said they
got more laughs out of Marmaduke than from m@b. The following week a few
readers came to the defence of the comic.
Click here
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M@B BOOK TOUR
May 14-20, 2003:
TORONTO! MONTREAL! BOSTON! NEW YORK! CLEVELAND! CINCINNATI! CHICAGO! Seven
cities in seven days! I am happy to announce I will be part of the
Perpetual Motion Roadshow, an inide touring circuit set-up by NoMediaKings.net.
For more info on the tour click here.
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M@B WINDOW DISPLAY
May 1, 2003:
The Toronto music store Soundscapes had a window display for Wide Collar
Crimes up for over a month. To view it click here
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m@b GOES WEEKLY
March 27, 2003:
To bring m@b to masses, Eye weekly has begun running the comic on a weekly
basis. Go to the m@b weekly page for links
to the weekly strip.
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m@b ON COVER OF EYE WEEKLY
March 28-April 2, 2003:
The release of Wide Collar Crimes caused a bit of a stir for the Toronto
Comic Arts Festival. Read the article here.
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MATT B FONT IN USE
March 2003:
The bi-weekly Girl Diary has been using the font MattB created by
m@b cartoonist Matthew Blackett. Check it out here
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m@b PARTY KICK OFF TO TCAF
Friday, March 28, 2003:
The release for Wide Collar Crimes takes place at the El Mocambo here in
Toronto with Gentleman Reg and Raising The Fawn as the musical guests. Click here
It's also the kickoff event for the first Toronto Comic
Arts Festival. For info on the festival click
here
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m@b COMES TO SAN FRANCISCO
Saturday & Sunday February 1-2, 2003:
The Alternative Press Expo (APE)
is the best event on the west coast if you're into the underground comic
world. m@b will be there selling/promoting 2002 issues and selling back
issues packages, t-shirts and buttons.
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CIUT 89.5 fm
Friday, January 24, 2003 Noon EST
m@b cartoonist Matthew Blackett will be appearing
on the C.I.U.T. radio programme 'Small Print' to discuss his comic and the
world of independent publishing.
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SOMA - a German magazine
September 1, 2001: The online
German magazine Soma ran some more
m@b comics in their current issue.
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A THESIS ON ZINES
May 16, 2001: Brad Smith,
a journalism grad student at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver,
has written and defended a very good and thorough thesis on zines and the
alternative press. Cartoonist Matt Blackett contributed his thoughts to
this thesis as m@b was included in this examination of the small
press world.
You can download the Word file by clicking here.
It's a large file (approx. 180k).
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QUEBEC CITY PROTEST PHOTOS
May 15, 2001: Matt B's exhibited
photos are up on the site. Click here.
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m@b MAKING IT BIG IN ASIA
This photo was taken by some loyal readers on a
beach in Malaysia. Click
here to see full images
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m@b FONT AVAILABLE FOR FREE
The fine people at CHANK.COM
helped develop a font from my handwriting. Click
here to find out how to download it
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NACHOS FOR SVEN
Nachos For Sven
is a new (and really silly) comic by m@b creator Matthew Blackett. There
are new strips appearing irregularly.
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EAVESDROPPING AS A COMIC ART FORM
March 6, 2004:
The National Post asked Matt B for the top 5 Toronto landmarks in m@b. Go and read them.
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MATT B TEARS A STRIP OFF
FEB. 22, 2004:
The Toronto Sun did a feature on Matt B. Check
it out.
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M@B FEATURED CANADIAN ARTIST
Jan. 18, 2004:
This week Matt Blackett was the featured Canadian Artist on the web site
CanadianArtists.ca. Check it out.
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M@B on CBC.CA
Dec. 5, 2003:
The CBC did a nice feature on m@b. Read
it.
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A CAFE's TAKE ON M@B
Dec. 21, 2003:
The Toronto cafe Dooney's provides its customers with news told by the customer.
And one fine customer decided to tell the world about m@b. Read
it.
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EYE SIDEBAR ON M@B
Dec. 11, 2003:
Eye Weekly, the publication that carries m@b weekly, did a small sidebar
to promote the 5-year m@b party. Read it.
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THE COMICS JOURNAL REVIEW OF M@B
July 25, 2003:
The Comics Journal, published by Fantagraphic Books, had some fine words
to say about m@b. To read click here.
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A ROAD SHOW WITH A DIFFERENCE
July 8, 2003:
The Globe and Mail ran a piece on the Perpetual Motion Roadshow, the indie-press
tour circuit I was on in May promoting Wide Collar Crimes.
To read it click here.
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WIDE COLLAR CRIMES hype pt.II
Thursday, March 27, 2003:
Eye weekly did a cover story on m@b cartoonist and the Toronto Comic Arts
Festival. Click
here.
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WIDE COLLAR CRIMES hype pt.I
Thursday, March 27, 2003:
Now Magazine of Toronto gave Wide Collar
Crimes a 4 out of 5 while featuring TCAF.
read
article
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COMICGALAXY.COM
Monday, January 20, 2003:
The comic review website ComicGalaxy.com reviewed the October issue of m@b
What are we waiting for? Click here to read
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m@b PICKED ONE OF TORONTO'S BEST
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2002:
The critics of NOW
named m@b Best Underground Publication to Hunt Down in their Best
Of Toronto special. Click here to read everything
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POP IMAGE INTERVIEW
August 1, 2002:
Popimage.com did a Q&A with m@b cartoonist
Matt Blackett. click here.
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VERBICIDE MAGAZINE
December 2, 2001:
In their fourth issue, Verbicide
ran a few comics from m@b issue #12, Everybody's up my goat. They also gave
a kind write-up. To read it Click here.
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m@b IN THIS MAGAZINE
November 22, 2001:
THIS magazine named m@b Cultural Worker of the
Month in their December/January issue. The write up was a condensed version
of an article that appeared in McMaster University's campus paper, The
Silhouette. To read the article click here.
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m@b RELEASE "BEST BET"
November 17, 2001:
Eye magazine, one of Toronto's two main alt. news
weeklies, named the m@b release party one of the city's Best Bets. It also
included a review of the comic. Click here.
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THE INNIS HERALD
October 17, 2001:
University of Toronto campus paper The Innis Herald
ran an interview with m@b cartoonist Matt Blackett. Click
here
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BROKEN PENCIL
July 24, 2001: The fine people
of Broken Pencil magazine gave the tenth m@b issue a very kind review.
Click here to read it.
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GREAT WORM EXPRESS
July 22, 2001: The Great Worm
Express distribution gave this kind write-up on m@b. Click
here
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SCENEANDHEARD.CA
March 25, 2001: m@b
and Matt B are profiled in sceneandheard.ca
.
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INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
March 22, 2001: The Independent Weekly, a University
of Toronto campus paper, profiled m@b
and cartoonist Matt Blackett.
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OTTAWA CITIZEN
February 20, 2001: Cartoonist Matt B speaks about
online comics in an Ottawa Citizen High Tech article.
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CHART MAGAZINE
January 2, 2001: m@b
named Chart's zine of the month
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HUMBER ET CETERA
November 18, 2000: Matthew
Blackett is profiled by his alma mater's
campus paper.
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BROKEN PENCIL
October 2, 2000: m@b named
zine of the month by Broken Pencil
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