Drink & Draw Calgary

Muppets

2011-11-24T11:37:00.003-07:00

I'm about six months behind on scanning and posting these, but here's a comic from last night. We were joined by some cool guys from the mysterious Thursday drink & draw! The comic turned out as horrifically as usual, though. Pretty disgusting.

"I love my job."

2011-05-13T22:31:00.001-06:00

Another week has gone by and a Wednesday night Drink & Draw. This week was another small turn out and even Dickens was pretty quiet---something I attribute to the new spring weather bringing out the need for people to drink on a patio, instead of a nice, cozy bar. We were visited by a friend of Neil's from the States who, with the help of the ever friendly Dickens staff (one of whom was even able to contribute to this week's comic), we were able to get drunk for the first time. Also, there was a gargantuan dong and the lack of robots was noted by those present.

Mmmm Cookies.

2011-05-07T09:10:00.000-06:00

A little bit of a late post from this week. I haven't been to Drink and Draw for a few weeks after we had a great turn out for Heath McCoy who interviewed us for this article (I'm also told that the article was printed in an edition of the Calgary Herald, but I missed that one).

I hear attendance has been a bit low, but that's not entirely a horrible thing. To me that means more conversations with like-minded people then doing any actual drawing, and that's not time wasted. We did end up with six by the end of the night, and were able to get a comic jam done:

2011-04-14T19:39:00.006-06:00

We've had a furniture-rearranging great turnout the last couple of weeks! Last night we were joined by Heath M and Travis R (names shortened to protect from Google searches!) from the local paper. They contributed the last panels on this passaround comic:

Good job guys! Working in a "bag of dicks," classy move!

And these two are from last week:

Deus Ex Odonata

2011-03-27T18:41:00.001-06:00

Well, I've been a bit lazy in getting new comics up. It has been a few weeks of small turn outs and mainly just chilling out at Dickens. But, we did get a comic done last week:

Drew, Fiona, Chris, Chad, Jeff, Drew, Fiona

Scooby's a pitcher.

2011-02-24T23:17:00.001-07:00

For those of you who couldn't make it out to this week's Drink & Draw due to weather, sickness, or just from some lame excuse, you missed the best time. ...Ever. Seriously. Would have remembered it for the rest of your life. Could have told the stories to your children and grand children yet to come. You totally should've been there. ...Yeah. Totally.

I don't even know how we found the time to draw up any pass around comics. What with all those goings on a going on:

Nick, Fiona, Ben, Ian, Jeff & Tim

Fiona, Ben, Jeff, Natasha, Nick & Drew

As well as these two bonus comics that Fiona and Ben did a few weeks back at another Drink & Draw people pussed out on---of course, I was there in spirit:

A Room With Some Moose... Or Is It Meese?

2011-02-12T09:02:00.001-07:00

This past week was a little off for me, but one of the highlights was Drink & Draw. Pretty good turn out this time, and even some new folks showed up. And, you know what, I don't think we actually scared them off with any of the sewage that normally passes for conversation at these get togethers. Mostly, I think we should attribute our good impression to a rare tame gem of a pass-around comic:

Also, we've decided to give Dickens another stab for next weeks Drink & Draw. So, that's Wednesday, February 16th right here:

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Hero, or Guitar Hero?

2011-01-27T19:54:00.003-07:00

A comic from last week!

Fiona, Jeff, Ben:

Shitting Dicks

2010-11-23T17:45:00.005-07:00

This is from a couple of weeks ago. I was hesitant to post it, simply because it's one of the worst things I've ever seen. However, I take my Blog Administrator duties semi-seriously, so here it is.

Now some walruses to cleanse the palate.

Uncle Tyrese III

2010-10-21T01:12:00.004-06:00

This is from two weeks ago. Turns out I am the worst at posting.

Neil and I caught a Piranha 3D matinee and went straight to d&d, so we got there at like 5:30. We thought, "Let's make a really great passaround comic before anyone else gets here!" We were too slow and some other people did join in, but definitely for the best.

Fiona, Neil, Ben, Fiona, Drew, Jeff, Chris, Neil, Fiona

Here's an Uncle Tyrese III fanart that Ben and I collaborated on.

- Fiona

Muppets and Robots.

2010-09-30T00:50:00.000-06:00

It was just Jeff and I this Drink & Draw sipping a couple of beers, drawing muppets and robots. Even decided to do up a passaround comic between the two of us that turned out to be pretty... well, I want to say 'coherent'.

Drew, Jeff, Drew, Jeff, Drew, Jeff, Drew

Two weeks gone by.

2010-09-23T22:11:00.002-06:00

Alright, so last week no one came to Drink & Draw. I was only there for a bit before I decided to give people and call and let them know that it wasn't on because the weather was super rainy. I don't have everyone's number, so I may have missed someone along the line, so sorry if you came down in the rain to find no one there... like I did.

This week was just a few of us, and I showed up after 8pm myself because of a new job I started on Wednesday. Still more talk about Cold Unfeeling Robot News, but that was added to with eight inch, Angry Hawaiian I had that evening.

Our comic actually has nothing to do with our conversation, and I think it's hilarious how the character changes with each panel (and I drew him twice!):

Drew, Jeff, Ian, Chris & Drew

Also, I want to remind peoples that if they want to post their drunken etchings, most of the admins are more then happy to do so. Scan it in and e-mail me, for instance, and I'll slap it up on the blog. Or even just slide your scribblings under the table to me at Drink & Draw, and get me to do all the work.

I believe the count is #62

2010-09-12T13:54:00.000-06:00

At least that's the number I think we're at for our comics. We're going to have to step up our game here if we want to stay ahead of our rivals in Victoria.

Nick, Aly, Drew, Chris, Jeff & Chad

We had some discussion that news would be more trustworthy if it were read to us by a cold, unfeeling robot to cut down on the sensationalizing and to allow viewers to make their own opinions. So, we decided to make a surprisingly coherent and tame pass-around comic about that.

Kind of an average turn out this past week. Mostly regulars, although we did have a new person come by for a bit and draw with us. Maybe that's something we haven't advertised too well, and probably because most of the people who frequent Drink & Draw are already friends, but we only require three small things of people who wish to join us at The Bear & Kilt on Wednesdays:

Your physical presence.
Drinking.
Drawing.

...and we're pretty lenient on numbers 2 & 3.

Mercy for the Truant Scanner!

2010-09-12T10:09:00.008-06:00

Sorry these are way late, about a week and a half old. But there are some real doozies here, including a very special cameo by everyone's favorite ripped Sax player from the beginning of Lost Boys. Now there's a spin-off movie we'd all like to see...

- Nick, Ian, Neil, Chris, Drew

-Drew, Chris, Chad, Ian, Aly, Nick, Neil

A few of us also tried our hand at creating original characters called COMPUTER MAN and NATURE LADY. Here's mine:

And here is Drew's far more literal translation...

Getting Un-Stuck

2010-08-30T19:47:00.005-06:00

Here are three new Pass-Around Comics, two of which were stuck in the queue because they were unfinished. well, they're completed masterpieces now, and ready for public consumption.

Or perhaps in the case of this first one, pubic consumption...

Fiona, Specil Guest - Caleb!!!, Nick, Drew, Chris

Drew, Fiona, Special Guest - Conor!!!, Nick (though I can't help but think I just inked this over someone ele's pencils, maybe I'm totally out to lunch) Chris, Neil

Nick, Chris, ??Chad??, Drew, Jason, Neil

Open your mind

2010-08-05T18:17:00.002-06:00

Passaround comic #56. This one took all night to get around the table, but is one of our most coherent and linear (not saying that much). Coincidence?

Passaround comics 52-55: special guest!

2010-07-30T17:59:00.005-06:00

The guest is Caleb, visiting from Victoria. Pretty special, right?

Passaround comics #49-51

2010-07-09T00:50:00.007-06:00

We broke 50! Woo!

This True Blood fan-comic features a duck pornographer, and me apparently being a pedant on Twitter.

The old fable about the tortoise and the hare:

Last week was our first D&D minus Vince (he chased his dreams to Vancouver) and everybody missed him a lot. To give credit where it's due, the order in this one was: Neil, Ryder, Drew, me, Ian.

The ending becomes more complex the more I look at it. Has Vince managed to contort himself into that position, and is wistfully masturbating to memories of Alberta? Or is that the wang of an off-panel stranger, and Vince is desperately wishing he were back in Calgary where this bukkake shit was never forced on him? No one knows. Except Ian Pond.

- Fiona

Passaround comics #46-48

2010-06-28T17:16:00.006-06:00

From the last couple of weeks. Thanks to Drew and Chad for scanning these!

Everybody seems pretty happy with the location/prices/lighting/general ambiance of the Bear & Kilt on Stephen Ave, so we'll be having drink & draw there now.

Zombie by Drew:

Passaround comics #44, #45

2010-06-08T23:31:00.005-06:00

We've been trying out different pubs lately- join the Facebook group to stay up to speed!

Thanks to Drew for scanning these, and for even using my naming system on the jpegs!

- Fiona

Crowd

2010-05-16T00:56:00.004-06:00

Band night at Dickens. I ended up drawing the interested people, both hatless and hatted, in the crowd.

-V-

Passaround comics #40-43

2010-05-13T19:23:00.007-06:00

Forty! That's some kind of milestone. These are from last night:

And these are a couple from the Calgary Expo drink & draw:

There were also some bands playing last night.

- Fiona

A Tainted Tribute to Youth

2010-05-07T16:30:00.006-06:00

I hadn't made it to the Wednesday Drink n Draw in about 4 months so it felt goddamn refreshing to take part in this latest "Pass-Around Comic." The subject is a hero I created when I was a bright eyed youngster with the whole world in front of me: The Mist.

The horrible ending is a clear sign of what happened to the mindset of that naive young boy and my fellow Drink n Drawists. Damn this cruel world...

(Fiona, Chris, Chad, Vince, Nick, Fiona, Nick)

And here's 2 more pics, complete with bites of wisdom and one of Fiona's high school creations, Brittnie Blackheart:

Sorry these are photos, guys, I'm scannerless at the moment...

Bonehead

2010-04-29T14:53:00.001-06:00

Skeletor's pretty buff for a wizard with no face-skin.

Passaround comics #30-#38

2010-04-22T14:35:00.009-06:00

Good turnout last night, and I think a new record: we produced 10 comic jams! You know how much I value quantity.

There are only nine here because we opted to leave the Lost-themed one on the table.

Passaround comics #28, #29

2010-04-10T23:33:00.004-06:00

Here's some good clean fun!

And here's the one where Dan A. finds his groove again (panel 4).

Been a while!

2010-03-30T22:15:00.006-06:00

Drink and draw has been slow lately... everybody is busy with god knows what. Do the right thing, people, and make time on your HECTIC Wednesday night for a beer/whisky/Vince's coffee concoction with us!

Will Dayble came all the way from AUSTRALIA to join us! Here's some of his fine work:

These two cross-posted to my blog.

- Fiona

Passaround comics #25, #26

2010-02-18T14:21:00.007-07:00

These comics go farther beyond the line of decency than we've ever gone before, and I'm embarrassed to post them. Just want to make that clear.

We had new people, Neil and Brody, join us last night! I know Neil from the annual 24 Hour Comic event, where this moose comic is from.

On a less disgusting note, Drew also did this Arbunkle fanart.

Passaround comic #24

2010-01-28T17:26:00.005-07:00

Last night was Caleb and Laura's last drink & draw before they move to Victoria! Makes this comic a bittersweet little gem.

And this is me trying to draw a monkey from memory, and the reason that I use photo reference for everything.

- Fiona

Big Turnout = Big Output

2010-01-24T22:04:00.008-07:00

'Twas my honor to scan the many pass-around comics from this week's Drink n Draw. There were a few recurrent themes, most of them rather filthy, but I am quite pleased with the work produced on a packed night of fun.

Cory, Drew, Sierra, Dan (pencil), Caleb (ink), Nick, Fiona:

Caleb, Chris, Chad, Thea, Drew, Vince:

Sierra, Vince, Nick, Cory, Dan, Fiona, Caleb, Chad, Dan:

This last one was started by Drew and the rules were as follows: unless there's no other option, you can't draw in a panel adjacent to the last panel drawn.

I was lucky enough to have the last panel to fill in the gap of the story. "SQUEEZE THE JEEZ!"

Vince, Fiona, Thea, Drew, Nick Chad:

And now they'll all stop hassling me :)

Yours most earnestly and truly,
Nick

Heads, Tits and Muscles

2010-01-20T16:48:00.002-07:00

Dump! Dickens! Destroy!

Dickens Jan 13th

2010-01-12T16:57:00.000-07:00

Tomarrow the 13 of Jan, Dicken's Pub at 9th and 9th SW Downtown. Starting at 7 as usual.
By the way next Wed the 20th will be my birthday A drink & draw night. What more could I ask for :)
Thanks Vince for posting this first on FB.

Happy 2010

2010-01-08T14:03:00.006-07:00

This comic is pretty special because we did it backwards- Drew's panel in the bottom right was the first. It was really confusing and at least one person didn't understand what they were doing. After some genius-level storytelling tricks, though, it came together and pretty much makes sense.

The important note in the margin says, "Nick gets the hard workin' award. Caleb gets the slack-offin' award." For contributing more and fewer panels than usual, respectively. I don't know. Nick wrote that note himself so he might not actually be eligible for any award.

We had a lot of people this week! Enough that I didn't have to take part in this disgusting episode:

- Fiona

Passaround comic #17

2009-12-23T22:32:00.005-07:00

It was a pretty small turnout tonight, what with tomorrow being Christmas Eve, and the night apparently being cancelled on FaceBook.

Thanks to Patrick and Dylan, we had enough people to complete a new comic. The last one of the year. Um.... enjoy?

Looks like Harry never left the Hendersons.

Happy Christmas, Merry New Years, and all that jazz.

caleb

Passaround comics #15, #16

2009-12-17T11:40:00.003-07:00

Caleb's "Arbunkle" character struck a chord with me last night, so I did some fanart:

Btw, it is intriguing watching Caleb's character design process. First he draws the character. Then sometimes, he draws it again. I think he may have drawn Arbunkle three times, which is how he arrived at such a finely nuanced design.

- Fiona

Introducing Arbunkle

2009-12-17T10:17:00.002-07:00

We had a good turnout this week. Most of the regulars were there, leading us to do TWO comics! Arbunkle (top right) is even featured in one.

Tune in next week.

caleb

Passaround Comic, and the Rat King

2009-12-12T09:32:00.008-07:00

It was a smallish crowd this week. Small, but we got it done.

This super sweet passaround has a couple of unexpected cameos. The ending will blow your mind.

DanP, Chris, I, Laura, DanP, DanP, Charles

What did I tell you? I had no idea Spawn was even there through all that Naked Robot Action (N.R.A.)!

We also had an in-depth conversation about how bad the Rat King would smell.

caleb

El Oh El Smiley Face.

2009-11-29T23:25:00.003-07:00

Mixed Media.

Passaround (roundabout?) comic #13, Wizard of Squid

2009-11-27T13:36:00.007-07:00

I like this one because every panel is basically a punchline; and it ends, as usual, in violent tragedy. The greatest punchline of all?

Now here's some fanart of "The Goblin Thomas" and Caleb's enchanting little munchkin, the Wizard of Squid. And some important notes.

- Fiona

The Wizard of Squid

2009-11-26T22:56:00.003-07:00

He's magical, mighty, and miniature... The delicious Wizard of Squid!

caleb

R1D3

2009-11-05T22:27:00.001-07:00

bzzoowww

caleb

Passaround comics #11 and #12

2009-11-05T11:28:00.006-07:00

I debated for a while about posting these, because they're not from Drink & Draw, they're from the 24 Hour Comic at the beginning of October. But we did these after being up and drawing for about 19 hours, so we were in a drunk-like state.

Neil Lalonde, Nick, Fiona, Drew, Conor, Neil:

Conor, Drew, Fiona, Nick:

By the way, Conor considers the moose one to be "the perfect comic," so I don't know what that says about him, or comics.

- Fiona

Passaround comic #10

2009-11-05T11:01:00.005-07:00

From last night:

I really enjoy the slow buildup of emotion and drama, and Chris Johnston's glorious ending. I'd also like to point out that this is the least dirty comic jam in a long time, maybe ever, depending on how you feel about nipples.

- Fiona

GOLD! I MUST HAVE GOLD!!!

2009-11-03T23:13:00.004-07:00

The Rhino really wants to make a golden statue of himself. Gotta wonder if they actually let him, maybe he'd finally retire from B-list crime.

Quiet night last week. Hope tomorrow's gonna be better!

-V-

Hookers, Candy and Marionettes

2009-10-28T01:35:00.008-06:00

Check, check annnnddd check.

-V-

Twist Endings!

2009-10-23T01:54:00.006-06:00

Everyone knows a joke is better when someone explains to you exactly why it's funny. So allow me: this comic jam is hilarious because the last panel contradicts at least three things that were established previously. Almost as if Vince didn't even pay attention to anyone else's work.

HA! HA!

Nick, Chad, Laura, Drew, Fiona, Vince:

And the "Dan Andrews Ending" is becoming an acknowledged literary device. At drink & draw.

Drew, Fiona, Lee, Caleb, Nick, Dan:

And hey, some zombie cheerleader sketches for a magazine assignment I'm working on.

- Fiona

Batgirl vs ???

2009-10-22T00:08:00.002-06:00

Here ia a comic Jam from the week of the 14th. It was a unusually small turn out. But fun all the same.
Contributers: Fiona, Vince, Daniel...um enjoy

Gus

2009-10-18T10:41:00.003-06:00

Nick brought some comics, and one of them was Sweet Tooth by Jeff Lemire. That's where Gus the deer boy comes from.

I can't really explain the other guy..

caleb

A Tad of Color

2009-10-16T01:43:00.001-06:00

Robin is a Jerk.

2009-10-08T13:18:00.007-06:00

Yep. He sure is. This pic was suggested by Chris J. "We're Still Alive Mutha Fuckahs!" is Chad's suggested title for a possible gallery showing of everyone's work. Awesome.

Still one of my fave comics on the stands right now. Issue 12 just hit and it rocks.

And apparently Roger Dean is a good illustrator too.

After missing Drink n Draw for the last three weeks, last night was just what the doctor ordered. So much fun!

What do you call that lady part again?

Dinos and lots of comic jams

2009-10-08T00:38:00.008-06:00

These are from tonight.

Contributors: Drew, Fiona, Vince, Dan P, Chad, Dan A:

Nick, ?, Laura, ?, Vince, Fiona, Nick (if someone knows who did the other panels, please tell me. I just can't figure it out for some reason):

This one is from a couple of weeks ago, but CALEB didn't think it was good enough to post. Here it is anyway so you, the reader, can decide.

James Davidge (intro caption), Fiona, Vince, Lee, Drew, Jason Mehmel:

And finally, here are some dinosaur sketches from tonight.

- Fiona

Vampire Girl VS Frankenstein Girl

2009-10-01T00:09:00.002-06:00

Blerg! Been a while due to my absences and shitty drawings. But here's something jawesome. I heard about a new Japanese movie called Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl and I drew this up. When I actually watched the trailer, I realized I was way off but I still prefer my designs better.

-V-

Amazing

2009-09-30T23:20:00.003-06:00

Oh man, I did so many good drawings tonight! So many... Really just too many to post.

caleb

Blue

2009-09-24T20:04:00.002-06:00

Latest page of dnd brush pen sketches. The ones on the bottom are from some 80's japanese cartoon. I can't remember what it's called right now...

caleb

Project & FanArtz

2009-09-18T11:01:00.001-06:00

Thumbnail for my book http://seedsofmidgard.blogspot.com and some DBZ fan art from a couple weeks ago.

Passaround comic, featuring guest star

2009-09-17T01:48:00.003-06:00

Contributors: Dan Andrews, Drew Geremia, Nick, Fiona, Lee Nielsen, Caleb:

I think this is really funny, but of course, I've been drinking.

- Fiona

Green

2009-09-17T00:20:00.002-06:00

Digitally coloured Drink and Drawing from tonight.

There should be a totally sweet "pass around comic" up pretty soon...

caleb

Passaround comic, NORTH 40

2009-09-10T13:31:00.006-06:00

Contributors: Fiona, Vince, Drew, Chris, Caleb

Cross-posted from my blog: I thought I'd indulge a North 40 fan from Catalonia, who wanted to see Amanda and Sheriff Morgan in swimsuits at the beach.

I thought, "I will never have another valid excuse to draw this," so here you go, Antoni!

- Fiona

posthree

2009-09-09T23:09:00.004-06:00

Tonight's pile 'o heads... and a dinosaur!

caleb

Comics Jam

2009-09-03T14:04:00.005-06:00

Or "pass-around comic," if you're quaint.

The source of the humour in this strip is how utterly non-in-sync we are with each other. No one seemed to understand why I drew a baby.

Contributors: Nick, Fiona, Dan Andrews, Fiona, Dan Petcu, Caleb, Dan Andrews

And some True Blood stuff:

- Fiona

Where is everybody?

2009-09-01T23:13:00.003-06:00

Small Turnout last week. It happens once in a blue moon.
Got a few pic made though. More Copic Ink Jazz.

The Vodka's Good tonight.

Yellow

2009-08-31T21:32:00.003-06:00

Added a bit of digital colour to a Drink and Drawing.

caleb

Birth of a Unicorn

2009-08-25T01:09:00.003-06:00

I cant claim to know how Unicorns are born, I just Hunt them.

A recent Pic I did at one of the latest Drink & Draw sessions. Scaned it and did some quick fun overlay colors on top of it.
Enjoy

Guinness Is My Co-Pilot

2009-08-24T01:28:00.007-06:00

'Ello, 'ello! First post on the Official Calgary Drink and Draw. Like the original DDSC masters, I like to draw on brown press paper. It's fun to work with white-out on the brown paper. Also the brown color hides grease and beer stains.

-V-

Drink & Draw Calgary Blog up and running.

2009-08-21T10:28:00.003-06:00

Hey Everyone
Just a quick post to let everyone know that our Drink & Draw group that we have been doing Every Single Wednesday for almost 3 yrs has now taken a step up to having a Blog for its self.
More Links will be posted Soon.
Thanks

Comic Jams

2009-08-20T23:41:00.006-06:00

Here's a couple of comic jams that we did up last night:

Contributors: Nick, Cognoman, Caleb

Yeah. . . I'm just. . . so sorry.

Contributors: Cognoman, Nick, Fiona, Dan.

-Nick

Wolverteen

2009-08-20T22:39:00.006-06:00

Some drawings can only happen at d&d. I never would've thought this was a good idea at any other time or place.

- Fiona

Roadblock

2009-08-20T21:39:00.004-06:00

Dan just got this up, so here's a drawing from this weeks session. Unsurprisingly, it's a Gi Joe.

Let's get this thing rolling.

caleb