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SATURDAY, MAY 21, 2011
VOL. 3 NO. 78
PORTLAND, ME
PORTLAND’S DAILY NEWSPAPER
Local creators draw the line at Comic Arts Fest BY MATT DODGE
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“The whole thing is an [Robert] Altman script, people talking over each other, overly long speeches. It’s like a Thomas Pynchon novel adapted into a Altman script with a Kevin Smith rewrite.” — Graphic novel creator Dave Peabody
THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
Dave Peabody is as upfront with his customers as possible — if “walking” is half the title of your long-running graphic novel, people can hardly expect glossy panels of musclebound superheros and nonstop action. “Sometimes if the pictures are nice, you can say more with setting than explosions,” said Peabody, who has published 21 issues of his Walking Christendom graphic novel and will exhibit his work Sunday during the third annual Maine Comics Arts Festival at the Ocean Gateway. Influenced by the European tradition favoring story and pacing over action and violence, Peabody grew up reading comics like Belgian artist Georges Rémi’s “The Adventures of Tintin”, but said he “forgot about those for a long time” with the inevitable onset on a teen’s taste for racier material. A self-taught artist, Peabody first began sketching out comics in 1986. Referencing the work of comic art legends Roy Crane, Frank Miller (of “300” and “Sin City” fame) and writers like Steve Gerber (Howard the Duck), Peabody saw his work improve as his cribbed their techniques. “I would look at people who came before me and say ‘how did he figure this out?’,” he said. But it was the work of “hand-in-pocket” adventure like Italian Hugo Pratt’s strip Corto Maltese
that has had the biggest influence on Peabody’s work today. “It’s pretty low-key, but there is a lot of stuff going on,” he said. That ambling spirit is reflected in Peabody’s latest comic endeavor Walking Christendom, which Peabody creates under the name Dave Naybor. “I use to take the long walks in the woods with my ex and I [thought], I would like to do a comic book about two people walking through the woods,” he said. A “pub crawl buddy comedy”, or “[Japanese cartoon series] Dragon Ball Z meets My Dinner with Andre” according to Peabody, the series is envisioned as a long form story with a clear beginning, middle at at some point, an end. “I kind of know the big plot points and most of where everything is going, it’s mostly a matter of drawing the pages every day,” he said. The publishing schedule of Walking Christensee COMIC page 10
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Exit music for the rapture, Curdo says goodbye
Some people say today is the day. THE day. We’re all supposed to punch the clock and go away. This is it! No dessert. Straight to our rooms! Now whether you believe we go out James Cameron blockbuster movie style or it’s a quick flash done deal; the real question is do you believe in any of this? Are we really goners today? We’re outta here sometime, but is today the day? And if so, are you ready? Most importantly, what tunes do you want to hear during the closing credits? A lot of people have their opinions on music to be played at their funeral. It’s our way of still saying, “Hey, i’m kind of still here and take this”;
while those morn the loss of us. I wonder though if we hang up our hats tonight, what would people want to hear as the remaining min––––– The Circle Push utes disappear. In the last 10 minutes of your life, you have time for two last jams. What would you want to hear? Here’s what some good music loving friends had to say. “Every Planet We Reach is Dead” by Gorillaz. It would take most of the ten minutes. (Philip Rogers/The Modest Proposal) “Compared to What” by McCann and Harris and something from Band of Gypsies by Hendrix.
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Local graphic novel creator Dave Peabody works on the newest installment of his “Walking Christendom” series on Thursday at his Congress Street apartment. Peabody is just one comic creator who will be on hand to meet fans and ply their wares this weekend during the third annual Maine Comic Arts Festival, held Saturday at the Portland Public Library and Sunday at the Ocean Gateway. (MATT DODGE PHOTO)
New police dog makes first ‘nab’ BY MARGE NIBLOCK
SPECIAL TO THE PORTLAND DAILY SUN
Officer Michelle Cole has been with the Portland Police Department for 13 years, 10 of which have she’s spent in the canine unit. “That was it for me. This is what I want to do. This is it,” she said recently. Her new 80-pound dog
Kaine has just been certified and has begun officially working as a police dog earlier this week. He had an auspicious beginning to his career, capturing a man police were looking for in a Deering neighborhood on Thursday afternoon. Kaine is a German shepherd imported from Slosee DOG page 11
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