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The Fabler Interview

Aaron Leighton — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:48:00 -0800

I was recently did a little interview with Kevin de Vlaming of The Fabler, an up-and-coming comic blog based in Calgary. Read it here, and check out the rest of the site while you're at it. And just so this doesn't end up being an imageless post, here's a drawing from last night's Pen Club. It's crying pentagram face lady!

Trio Magnus video

Aaron Leighton — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:42:00 -0800

It's been awhile since Trio Magnus, the little collective I'm part of, has produced a collaborative project. However, for the last month we've been hooking up once a week, cracking tall cans of Sapporo and cranking out a 6 ft. square drawing each time. We plan to convert the drawings into smaller prints and sell them at an upcoming comic festival here in Toronto, so stay tuned for more info. Until then, enjoy this stop-motion video (thanks to our friend Arv of Ghostmilk Studios) of us creating the latest piece! Yours truly is in the brown sweater...

Happy Love Day

Aaron Leighton — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:34:00 -0800

Hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day yesterday. K gave me an appropriately cheeseball card intended for an elderly recipient while I surprised her with a cool kitty card and knitted heart from Kid Icarus , a local shop here in T.O. run by our friends Mike and Bianca that sells wonderful hand-made goods. Check it out next time you're in Kensington Market!

Year of the Tiger

Aaron Leighton — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:38:00 -0800

According to Chinese astrology, 2010 is the Year of the Tiger. Sharpen up those claws - it's going to be a good one. Happy new year!

Last Xmas of the 00's

Aaron Leighton — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:01:00 -0800

Can you believe the 00's are already over? From all of us here at aaronleighton.com (me), happy holidays and all the best in 2010! And if the idea of sitting on Santa's knee has ever creeped you out, this site is for you: sketchysantas.com

Tickle Tap Apps

Aaron Leighton — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:36:00 -0800

Introducing Tickle Tap Apps, a series of iPhone games for pre-schoolers that are both educational and fun! At the request my friends at zinc Roe, I came up with the art and the character design, while they made the magic happen (which to a layman like me is how iPhones operate). The Sound Shaker game is particularly cool. Click here for more info.

There's something spooky in the water

Aaron Leighton — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:37:00 -0700

Well, the best holiday of the year is almost upon us, and in the spirit of all things Halloweeny I thought I'd post a recent piece (or at least a cropped version of it) which I did for issue 3 of UPPERCASE magazine. At the request of the lovely and talented Janine Vangool, creator of the magazine, I wrote and illustrated an article about a topic I find extremely interesting – lake monsters! You know the critters I'm talking about: Ogopogo, the Loch Ness monster, etc. While I admit that my fascination with this weird phenomenon may betray my nerdish leanings, it is truly intriguing. For instance, did you know that Canada has more lake monsters than any other country in the world? Or that these things have been reported for hundreds of years, from Sweden to Argentina? Or that rattled witnesses have described said creatures as resembling dragons, complete with horns, scales and twisting coils? Of course, no one's nabbed any definitive proof of their existence... yet. More info here.

This just in: I got married!

Aaron Leighton — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:04:00 -0700

No, seriously - I got married last Saturday, October 17 up in North Bay, Ontario. Wild, eh? It was a small affair with immediate family only (14 people, I believe), described by my dad as "the best wedding he'd ever been to". Thanks to Karen, my radiant new wife, and our families for making the day so memorable.

Pen Club - September 23, 2009

Aaron Leighton — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:28:00 -0700

Come on everybody, let's draw with yellow, black and white!

Pen Club - September 9, 2009

Aaron Leighton — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:34:00 -0700

Let's hear it for day-glo creatures drawn with highlighters, pencil crayons and crappy ballpoint pens!