2015 Ting Featured Creators
David Collier – It’s a lucky thing David Collier became a cartoonist. His speaking voice is plain awful. Starting in Grade 3, he was sent to speech therapy sessions, which helped little. His lack of clear diction was apparent, one day, in the office of Hamilton Spectator cartoonist Graeme MacKay. “I’m really interested in the work of Second World War cartoonist, Ding”, Collier said. Mishearing Collier’s garbled words, MacKay replied that the old cartoonist was still alive, in London, Ontario and gave Collier a contact number.
A few weeks later, in London, Collier entered the room of the Old Cartoonist. “I really admire your work, Mr Ding”, Collier told the Old Cartoonist, who had his drawing board and other studio accouterments in his retirement home room.
“My name is Ting, not Ding”, Ting said patiently. “This happens all the time”.
Since that day, Collier has been into the work of Ding AND Ting.
J. Bone is a Canadian comic book artist/writer whose work can be seen on such titles as DC Comics’ BATMAN: BRAVE AND THE BOLD, SUPER FRIENDS, ROCKETEER: HOLLYWOOD HORROR for IDW and Marvel Comics’ TANGLED WEB, and the upcoming THRILLING ADVENTURE HOUR: SPARKS NEVADA. He was the inker on the Eisner Award-winning one-shot Batman/TheSpirit. J.Bone lives in Toronto.
Web: http://gobukan.blogspot.com/
Jamie Jardine was born in Windsor, ON and is the youngest of 5 children. His interest in art began at age 4 and consumed most of his childhood. His first influence was the political cartoons of M.R.Tingly. After seeing much of Canada, a result of his father being an RCMP officer, he returned to London in 1996 to enroll in the Fine Art program at Fanshawe College. Jamie has exhibited his work in London for 15 years. In 2014 he pulled out of the gallery system and retreated to his studio, in south London. He spent this time reevaluating his process and his motivation. Jamie’s primary focus had been landscapes but in recent years he has also explored abstraction. Even more recently, Jamie has revisited many of his earliest ( childhood ) interests and is producing more illustrative works which include early science fiction themes.
Janice Chu was born in Calgary, Alberta. In 2006, she moved to Ontario for art school and attended Sheridan College where she graduated from their Art and Animation program. Currently, she lives in London, Ontario and works as a concept and UI artist at Digital Extremes. Janice has worked on various titles such as Star Trek, Halo and Warframe.
During her spare time she does freelance work and absolutely enjoys drawing illustrations from fan art to personal work. She loves adding a graphical element to her illustrations. Recently, Janice’s fan art has appeared in Naughty Dog’s 30th Anniversary art book.
Web: http://chuonscribbles.blogspot.ca/ Twitter: @janicechu_89
Joe Ollmann is the author of six books: Chewing on Tinfoil, The Big Book of Wag!, This Will All End in Tears, MID-LIFE, Science Fiction and Happy stories About Well-Adjusted People. Presently in the middle of a 300-page comics biography of adventure writer William Seabrook. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario, very much in the shadow of the great Dave Collier.
Web: www.wagpress.net
JR Faulkner – According to her friends, “Jules barbecues hella good.” Although she may have started her first online comic, Promises Promises in a vain attempt to write off a gym membership as a business expense, she kept it up for six years and produced two volumes in print, Starting Tomorrow and Starting Monday. The newest project, Knight & Dave is a considerable departure from her current work in comics but much closer to her roots in animation where she has spent more than a decade working as an animator, illustrator, designer, storyboard artist, sculptor and teacher on a variety of productions and projects in traditional animation, 2D digital, 3D, stop-motion, games and print.
Web: www.promisescomic.com, www.knightanddave.com Twitter: @JulesR10
Merle Tingley (“TING”) was an editorial cartoonist for the London Free Press for almost forty years (1948-1986). Over the years, his whimsical humour has attracted a loyal following, not only in the Free Press but across Canada in more than 60 daily and weekly publications. His diverse body of work includes political cartoons, social commentaries, and his famous cartoon mascot, Luke Worm, who is immediately recognizable and famed among readers of all ages. Tingley has been awarded national and international awards for his work and has inspired generations of comic artists in South Western Ontario.
Paterson Hodgson is a musician, artist/printmaker, and promoter currently living in London, Ontario. For nearly a decade, in roles both big and small, she has been a fixture in the London music scene. She lends her artistic talents to promoting shows through elaborate posters, often silk screened. One could say her work is best viewed when stapled to a pole.
In addition to her musical projects So Young and Bette Davis Thighs, she is the founder and organizer of local craft fair The Rag Bag Bazaar, was a founding member of the Open House Arts Collective and artistic director of Oh! Fest, a music festival which ran from 2009 to 2011. She is currently working with a group of dedicated women to bring Girls Rock Camp to London for Summer 2015.
Web: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DUMB-LUCK/1472929712923103
Sarah Legault is an award winning filmmaker whose stop-motion animation Dear Love was recently awarded Best Animated Short Film at the 2014 Toronto Independent Film Festival. Skilled in other media, Sarah has won 10 awards for her unique custom motorcycle paint work, which has been featured across North America (both in television and in print). Since 2009 Sarah has additionally written, illustrated and self-published 2 comic books: Vincent P. Usher and Twig Boy under the moniker The Bird Behind the Mask. She specializes in illustration, animation (stop-motion and 2D), doll making, painting, and the curation of large multi-media shows in London, Ontario.”
Web: http://www.sarahlegault.com
Scott Woods was born in the Ottawa Valley, and now lives, works and draws in London, Ontario with his wife Sok Yee, and their daughter Hera. His passion for comics harkens back to the Hyborian Age. Scott’s not actually that old but his grandfather bought him a “Conan the Barbarian” comic book when he was a young Cimmerian and he’s been exploring brave new worlds through his art ever since.
Web: http://scottbrianwoods.blogspot.ca/ http://scottbrianwoods.com Twitter: @scottbrianwoods
SillWill Studios was founded in 1998 by Alison Williams who trained in illustration at Sheridan College. Alison worked on a variety of freelance projects before signing on with a small, Toronto-based comic company to produce the original graphic novel Magicians’ Village and shortly thereafter created Sillwill Studios. In addition is her brother and business partner, A. Jaye Williams. A. Jaye is a scriptwriter, comic book writer, author, and a successful freelance writer. He has worked on features for Veluvana Pictures, Matchbox Pictures, and Long Shot Pictures, and written several articles for various publications. He continues to develop new projects for SillWill Studios and other companies.
Since the formation of SillWill Studios, they have produced several titles, including The Sorcerer’s Children, The Adventures of Astrodog and The Ruby Warrior: Pawn of Tenson.
Web: http://www.sillwill.com/ Twitter: @SillWillStudios
