TABER HAS A NEW BYLAW

All images © Eric Dyck 2015

You get a bonus cartoon this week!  Southern Alberta was caught being backwards and adorable this week, and I was worried that nobody would make a cartoon.  So I drew a cartoon for all you'se corn shucking corn shuckers!

Not too many comic strip updates like this one!

This is some VERY special news! Our dear friends from Moncton have finally been granted permanent residence in Canada!!

 In 2011, while living in Moncton, our neighbours and dear friends, The Maengs, found out that their family was being deported back to South Korea because of their young son's autism. Thanks to the Times & Transcript's Eric Lewis, the news went public on the front page on a Saturday morning.

As part of the reaction to losing part of our community, I created a comic strip tribute to the Maengs.  Thanks to social media, it circulated quickly, and I'm told that it helped to bring attention to the Maengs' plight.

CONGRATULATIONS, MAENG FAMILY!

SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLOUGH GOES TO PALOOKAVILLE

SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLOUGH NEWS:

The good folks at the University of Lethbridge Art Gallery have graciously invited me to be their very first ever Cartoonist-in-Residency (or Social Media something or other, whatever, they'll announce it all soon enough) in conjunction with the SETH: DOMINION exhibition, running from November 7, 2014 to January 15, 2015.

Those who know me well have probably suffered through my rambling on about the importance of Seth's comic and illustration work on my own inky adventures, not to mention his status as one of the most important Canadian cartoonists working today.

The SETH: DOMINION exhibit will feature his sketchbooks and other 2-D work, but most spectacularly, it will be home to Seth's cardboard city of Dominion.  This means that I will be working, drawing and creating comics surrounded by Seth's little corrugated creations as well as interacting with everyone who comes into the space while I am present in the gallery.

More details be available before long, but in the meantime, be sure to watch my TWITTER for updates.

Some important dates:

NOVEMBER 6: Seth & curator, Andrew Hunter, will be giving a talk at the Penny House

NOVEMBER 7: Opening reception and exhibit tour with Seth & Andrew Hunter.

NOVEMBER 20: DRAWING BAR (Bring your sketchbook into the gallery!)

NOVEMBER 26: Film screening: SETH'S DOMINION by Luc Chamberland (NFB)

NOVEMBER 27: A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE LETHBRIDGE DRINK & DRAW

DECEMBER 6: CARTOONING & COMICS WORKSHOP

SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLOUGH ON CKUA RADIO

CKUA Radio's Artbeat is sharing the news about Slaughterhouse Slough!  Thanks to Megan Clark for her hospitality!

This interview also showed up in a comic a few weeks ago.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLOUGH CONTEST!!

Head on over to the twitters to share or RETWEET this tweet:

https://twitter.com/mr_ericdyck/status/501485278251323394

and you could win a Kate Leth "LETHBIAN" patch!

Be sure to tag me or let me know in some way that you shared/retweeted and your name will be entered for a chance to win this patch on August 25th!

SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLOUGH AT THE LETHBRIDGE FARMER'S MARKET!

I will have a table at the Lethbridge Farmer's Market this Saturday, May 24 from 8am-12:30pm!  I will have t-shirts & books with me, and will probably do some drawing too.

Come say "Hi" and pick up your copy of SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLOUGH: OROGRAPHICAL and then drink all the coffee and eat all the donuts!

All images © Eric Dyck 2014

But get your own donuts, because I'm not sharing.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLOUGH ON PATREON.com

All images © Eric Dyck 2014

Hi everyone!  A quick note to ask you to visit my PATREON page, and consider weekly micro-donations to support my weekly comic-strip. Patreon is making it possible to support independent cartoonists and keep the ink flying. 

Thank you!

PS--- Also there is an introductory video, so if you only visit to watch me look awkward in front of a webcam, well, that's cool too.

--eric

HOURLY COMIC DAY 2014

Happy Hourly Comic Day!  I'm cheating today because there are kidlets around with their endless antics of adorableness.

All images © Eric Dyck 2014

And with that, I will call it a day.  G'night internets!  Slaughterhouse Slough will resume next week!  Wind!