Starlight Starbright

 

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A new issue of Polar Starlight is available for free online. 

I am so happy to have my art on the cover and even more-so because it’s a drawing I did back in 1983, a very early work of mine and it’s now having an opportunity to see some (star)light. There is a lot of my early work that I don’t discount or cringe when I see it because it’s early and I was in a  ‘developing’ stage as an artist. Even back then I was doing so many different types of work that there never really was any development. When I decided to be an artist at age 14 I was always playing with different types of imagery and ideas. Things just came out of me of whatever my interest was or what corner of my subconscious wanted out. It was hard to compare one work to the next. My development came in my earlier years when I just copied everything. I was very good at it and my older brother Gary taught me critical scrutinizing skills and the pushing or expanding of one’s imaginary boundary to make something… anything better, more interesting or dynamic.

The Art Of Noticing - Winnipeg

Fantastic work of a miniature kind. A 1/12th scale gallery with 90 original works of art delicately framed. Larger works surround the space mirroring the kind and variety of work the artist has made over the decades.

The Art of Noticing

A new Exhibit of my work of all kinds In a monumental 1/12th scale, here in Winnipeg at Katie & Gunner Gallery. 

The Art of Noticing reveals how Robert Pasternak transforms the overlooked into the essential—across scale, material, and time.

Starlight Starbright

 

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It’s been really nice to have been able to supply cover art for these two publications.

Polar Borealis & Polar Starlight

These are FREE online magazines devoted to Canadian Speculative Fiction.

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https://polarborealis.ca/?sdm_process_download=1&download_id=1493

Twilight Of Echelon

 A new book published by At Bay Press is out now!

Four Fantastic writers independently explored the lands and imagery of Echelon and have returned to tell their tales in Twilight of Echelon. 

Focus On Canadian Comics in Angoulême

This weekend at the Angoulême comic book festival in France, a showcase of Canadian comics from all across Canada are on display of which I am happy to be part of.

Best In Show

My painting BREATHARIAN recently won Best in Show at NASFIC15 - the North American Science Fiction Convention which was held in Winnipeg, Canada this past July.

EXTRA COMICS ARE HERE!

Oh boy, 16 BIG pages of abstract comics for the Sunday Sequential. An edition of 50 copies were made. Get’em before my hair dries! $20. These were printed in Glasgow Scotland by Newspaper Club. My hair should be dry by the time I’m finished reading.

EXTRA EXTRA

 Something new, something BIG coming up.

DOUBLE LAUNCH WHAM!

BHAM !! Not ONE but TWO. TWO NEW NEW books out in the field!

PARTICLES + FASTFORWARD

Winnipeg Book Launch at  Mona Lisa Ristorante Italiano

Sunday  August 7th. 2:PM

1697 Corydon Ave.

You don’t have to buy a book, just come on over and have a drink (cash bar) and a visit (free).

Or maybe you would like to trade!

FASTFORWARD is  $45 - 96pgs - 8.5 x 11 in. - All Colour

PARTICLES is  $15 - 34pgs - 8.5 x 7 in. - All Colour

**These books are not available in stores outside of Quebec**

You can pre order the books through an e-transfer to nak@mts.net 

*** Only cash or an e-transfer will be available at the launch. ***

If you don’t live in Winnipeg or you can’t make it down and would like a copy of either book, I can mail them out to you but please contact me for shipping details - nak@mts.net

FastForward can be ordered from the publisher with no shipping charge at www.moellegraphique.com

See posts below for other images and more about the books.

Éditions TRIP/Trip COMIX Publishes PARTICLES

Wowzers! a second NEW comic book out. Particles is a wordless collection of woven abstract narratives where mind and body unite and dissipate. Published by Marc Tessier of Trip Comix. Beautiful colour, nice paper, 8.5 x 7.5 inches, 34 pages, edition of 100 copies. 

FASTFORWARD is HERE

My New Book FASTFORWARD, a cosmically abstract and experimental surreal sci-fi graphic novel for robots and androids is now released unto the World. 96 pages, 8.5 x 11in. Published by and available through Moelle Graphik.

Angoulême International Comic Book Festival

Recently I had the pleasure to part of the Canadian constituency of Comic Book Authors attending the Angoulême Comic Book Fest in Angoulême France. I was there to promote Place Into Being, a collection of my abstract and experimental comics published by At Bay Press. Here I am at the Canadian booth with a few other of my wares