(WAR'S) KERBLOG

Thursday, July 8, 2010

ABOUT THIS BLOG

This blog is the exact replica of the one i created during the july-august 2006 israeli war on lebanon. I made this replica available because for some reasons the oldest posts disappeared on my regular blog. Here you can see all the posts, drawings and comments posted between the creation of the blog on the 14th of july 2006 and the 27th of august, plus a couple of additional related posts added on a later stage. To "read" it in its original order please start at the bottom of the july 2006 page.

(TO SEE ALL WHAT WAS POSTED ON MY BLOG SINCE THE END OF THE WAR, PLEASE VISIT MY REGULAR BLOG)

Thursday, January 18, 2007

* new * new * new *

mazen kerbaj
beyrouth
juillet-aout 2006

printed in italy and published in france by l'association
256 pages - 25 euros

available to buy here.

book signing in paris on
- 8th of february 2007 at librairie super-héros
- 9th of february 2007 at librairie le monte-en-l'air - 6, rue des panoyaux, 75020, ménilmontant

exhibition and book launch/signing in lebanon: 7th of march 2007 at gallerie janine rubeiz

Friday, December 22, 2006

KERBOOK

that's it.
the book is finished. it is not out yet, but it went to print two days ago and it should be officially released in february.
and what's in it?
all the drawings and written posts from the war. including three unpublished drawings (one that was consciously censored, and two that i forgot to scan back then!)
250 pages all in all. done in 33 days. i still don't know how i managed to do it.

anyway, i am still working on the layout of the english version to propose it to some american publishers in the beginning of the year. i should be done these two day.
why do i tell you all this?
because i still cannot find time to upload some new drawings.

keep posted.

Sunday, August 27, 2006

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i feel that tonight, i am going to sleep.
for real.

Sunday 27th of august 2006

that’s it.
it’s over.
the book is finished.
me too.
i didn’t draw today.
i didn’t watch tv.
i didn’t think.
i didn’t.
i did nothing.
i am preparing myself to leave tomorrow for a 10 days tour in sweden and norway.
my first “break”. how is it now in sweden? i thought for a moment that it’s going to be funny to be in a place where we won’t speak about the war for a couple of days. actually we won’t speak of something else. will the swedish airport security like my beard?
shift the brain.
the war is over.
they said.
the next one will take a moment to come.
shift the brain.
the holydays are over.
you’re going to work.
you are a musician.
go clean your trumpet.
pack your crap.
forget about it.
erase.
that's it.
fill your time now.
unitl?

Saturday, August 26, 2006

latest news from both of us

26th of august 2006

A CALL FOR COLORS FROM:

the blind birds
the roasted flesh
the stars' sound
beirut's sky
and from my tired eyes

Friday, August 25, 2006

24th of august 2006

"one more year on the initial counter"

"one less year on the final counter"

at the end of the civil war in 1990, i calculated that when i'll be 31, i would have lived more in time of peace than in time of war.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

super heroes collection

MY SUPER HEROES

captain laure
raed kabuto
wonder rasha
commander makram
karate evan
doctor mark

without heroes you cannot go to war.

my own personal super hero

SUPER SHARIF

sharif went back to france yesterday. when the war began he was in beirut, and he refused to leave before the end of the war.
how would i have done without you?

Friday, August 18, 2006

a daytime nightmare (to peter and michael)

4 days of constant wake-up from a nightmare

knot knot knot

TODAY

beirut's sky is blue
and i hear honks
and the hitachi is sleeping
i filled up the car with gas
i drew with colors

BUT THE KNOT IS GROWING BIGGER

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from under the lebanese earth
more than 1500 persons are asking themselves

why?

beirut time

time remains

and we pass.

time passes

and beirut remains.

200

17th of august

after the days of anger

came the days of despair

mom?

war blues

traffic

today, the traffic came back to beirut.

"i didn't miss you"

Thursday, August 17, 2006

still resisting?

it's 3:30 am.
there is no electricity.
i cannot upload yesterday's and today's drawings.
the war is "over" since monday.
they are still finding corpses under the fallen buildings.
we still freak out each time we hear a scooter or a truck. we think of the planes.
tomorrow we're recording a "war quartet" with sharif, charbel and marc on electric guitars.
i am still drawing.
i am waiting for the day when i can sleep.

Wednesday, August 16, 2006

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195

together again

you and me together in beirut, it is the great reunion.

i think the same but i don't knowhow to say it, so i say: "i love the smell of your car."

it is called patapouf

torino in the afternoon

15 aout

i don't
know
what i should
do

zzz

Monday, August 14, 2006

silence

night of 14th to 15th of august.

5am

silence.

silence.

silence.

and a bitter taste in the mouth.

happy you

before you went to bed, you told me:
"it's very weird that i am not afraid of going to sleep"

this page is only for your eyes.

the statue of liberty

american doll?

untitled

de-construction games

the souther subburbs today
monday 14th of august 2006

the eternal return

despite the warnings from israel against the circulation beyond the litani river, thousands of cars overloaded with people and luggages took the road toward their villages' ruins today, starting 8 am.
the stubborness of the lebanese people will remain for ever a rejoicing mystery to me.

why?

real real news

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14th of august

they are saying that today, at 8 am, the war ended.

and i said that when the war will end i'll stop drawing for a while. i'll rest.

and there is a girl with very beautiful eyes in the torino.

and there is a smell of life in beirut. only a smell.

very beautiful. more than what i can draw.

i don't know why i feel that i'll have to still draw for a long long time before i rest.