Thursday, August 10, 2006

let's play

let's play

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40 comments:

  1. m.i.August 10, 2006 at 8:41 PM

    Mazen, you really are a formidable talent.

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  2. ShebbyAugust 10, 2006 at 11:42 PM

    sarcastic... maybe the only way to cope with this shitty game...

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  3. Pisces IscariotAugust 11, 2006 at 12:07 AM

    Damn! I wrote this for you before I saw your work in colour.

    The Artist Fills His Days with Black Ink.

    Flames of fervent faith lick at the heels of rawhide shoes as they flee the news of corporate crime on a global scale; green scars etched with economic nail.
    Tassels of inertia on cowboy sleeves, shrunken heads of state adorn the body’s bloated greed.
    And of the faces of those spectators who line the path, some will look, many will act, but most will avert their eyes, questions unasked for fear of reprise.
    And beside the path grow paper trees, cut from pages of glossy magazines whose pornographic motivator is to titillate and tease.
    But whose carbon copy edit adds fuel to fire’s feed.
    While from windows bare of curtain care glow candle flames and alarms from laptop battery low.
    His black ink squid scrawls truth and lies, slipping paranoid beneath the radar spies.
    What human values lie in blasted limbs and dusted children dead; in border lines of racial genocide; in warfare declared by capital and real estate gain; in disagreements solved not with dialogue comma colon question mark - but with ballistic full-stop underlined?
    To the earth are returned the dead too soon; fruitless and unfulfilled; martyrs to nothing; newspaper clippings whose names are not known or shouted on street corners.
    Nor will their lives make a difference to those living dead, who see no value in life but who would kill for land; sterile land thorn tree spread.
    And soon the heels of shoes will be lost to feet bare; calloused by neglect they will move on from here; the path will fork and the story disappear - behind trees of complacency and in the face of greater lies.

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  4. fleurAugust 11, 2006 at 12:26 AM

    bonjour mazen,
    merci pour tes reponses. je commence a changer d'avis sur toi. tu m'as l'air d'etre un homme de tres grande qualite.
    je ne voulais pas etre agressive. ne le prends pas sur ce ton.
    je connaissais tes talents de musiciens c'est pour ca que j'ai reagis de la sorte...
    au fait a quand ton prochain concert?
    bisous
    F

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  5. StefaneAugust 11, 2006 at 2:15 AM

    a distribuer sur toutes les plages en ce moment, celles qui ne sont polluées que de papier cul et de de graisse de filtre solaire !

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  6. Paul IllekAugust 11, 2006 at 2:32 AM

    Hi Mazen
    best wishes to Evan. The set of drawings from the moutain and the city are so powerful. I still don't know how you do it but I'm glad you can.
    P

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  7. sinsemilmaxAugust 11, 2006 at 2:40 AM

    I just came back from one week off no radio ,no internet ,no tv ....
    came back yesterday evenin' 'n took one full week off your pain in 3 minutes report
    today when I woke up after night off nightmare n posted it on my blog:
    http://sinsemilmax.canalblog.com/archives/2006/08/11/2448392.html

    I'm with you.

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  8. jenny-liAugust 11, 2006 at 3:14 AM

    "Vous avez votre Liban et ses dilemmes. J'ai le Liban et sa beauté. Vous avez votre Liban avec les conflits qui le rongent. J'ai mon Liban avec les rêves qui y naissent. Vous avez votre Liban, prenez-le tel qu'il est. J'ai mon Liban et je n'en accepte que l'absolu. Votre Liban est un imbroglio politique que le temps tente de dénouer. Mon Liban est fait de montagnes qui s'élèvent, dignes et magnifiques, dans l'azur. Votre Liban est un problème international que tiraillent les ombres de la nuit. Mon Liban est fait de vallées paisibles et mystérieuses dont les versants accueillent les sons des cloches et les murmures des rivières... Laissez-moi vous dire à présent qui sont les enfants de mon Liban... Ce sont les vainqueurs où qu'ils aillent, ils sont aimés et respectés où qu'ils s'installent. Ce sont ceux qui naissent dans des chaumières mais qui meurent dans les palais du savoir..." Khalil Gibran (1920)

    Courage

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  9. backenasAugust 11, 2006 at 3:14 AM

    This comment is for Evan.
    Next time I come to Beirut I'll challenge you in karate! Don't worry, I'm really bad and weak...
    looking forward to seeing both of you!
    love
    david

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  10. malvaAugust 11, 2006 at 3:46 AM

    Sad irony..
    ..i finish now to read news from Lebanon and some reportages realized from humanitarian operators and..i cry. A genocide is in course..and we remain to watch this..

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  11. jassem hindiAugust 11, 2006 at 3:51 AM

    again: thank you mazen for your work. I miss little evan a lot.

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  12. ghalebAugust 11, 2006 at 4:00 AM

    bravo mec et respect.

    J'espere que le 'game over' est pour bientot et surtout sans 'please try again'.

    kholssit el fiche.

    courage et bises de saigon

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  13. sangliAugust 11, 2006 at 4:17 AM

    Efficace.

    Les charges explosives des roquettes du Hezb seraient échangées contre des liasses de ce dessin, et ces dessins dispersés au-dessus de jardins israëliens, j'aurais moins d'objections contre l'utilisation de ces roquettes.

    San.

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  14. ShirinAugust 11, 2006 at 4:59 AM

    shebby...
    it is exactly what i intended to write.
    And yes... i think this is the only way...
    I do the same...i draw in order to express my suffer.

    Shirin from Lebanon
    http://shirin-from-lebanon.blogspot.com/

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  15. Μαύρος ΓάτοςAugust 11, 2006 at 4:59 AM

    REQUIEM FOR A LEBANESE BABY

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  16. CarlaAugust 11, 2006 at 5:11 AM

    Wi c cynique. Mais bravo à Evan il a réussi à introduire de la couleur. Ca c'est le pouvoir des enfants!

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  17. hbbkAugust 11, 2006 at 5:49 AM

    Planche tres interessante Mazen, je me suis permi de rajouter l'adresse de ton blog (en bas) et d'en imprimer un bon paquet que je distribuerai ce WE partout ou j'irais ... J'espere que t'as reçu mon mail. Fait gaffe à toi l'ami et courage

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  18. Μαύρος ΓάτοςAugust 11, 2006 at 5:53 AM

    LISTEN HOW THE BLATANT RABBI GLORIFIES MURDER: "DURING TIME OF WAR, THE ENEMY HAS NO INNOCENT"

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  19. Eli LarinAugust 11, 2006 at 5:59 AM

    Bonjour Mazen,
    J'adore vos dessins avec couleurs. C'est esthétiquement superbe et encore plus émouvant.

    Merci pour votre beau travail.

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  20. BazAugust 11, 2006 at 6:01 AM

    Hi Mazen,

    I sent this to your email address as well as posting it here in the comments.
    I was directed to your blog from reading a post at the Comics Reporter blog, and have saved all the images after hearing about your problems with censorship.
    While things on the web are transient, I publish a print magazine called REDEYE focusing on independent comics and creators, distributed through UK and US comic shops and online. I wanted to feature your cartoons in our next issue out at the end of september, along with some words from yourself, whether in the form of an interview, a commentary, an overview of your work or just talking about the current situation in Beirut. Pretty much whatever you want to write, uncensored. I will also include your biography from kerbaj.com. If there are other cartoonists you think might be interested in doing the same in Lebanon, please pass on my email to them.
    Thanks again and take care.
    Baz
    editor
    www.enginecomics.co.uk

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  21. CirCeAugust 11, 2006 at 6:31 AM

    Hi, dearest
    Wonderfuls colors! In spite of the war, what your paints talk about, these colors brings some happiness. It´s unbeliavable!
    I profoundly admire your sarcastic humor. How can you do that???

    My heart it´s always with you and your people.

    kisses, love, hug & peace

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  22. ferfarahAugust 11, 2006 at 7:19 AM

    best cartoon ever!

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  23. ferfarahAugust 11, 2006 at 7:19 AM

    best cartoon ever!

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  24. NGKAugust 11, 2006 at 7:59 AM

    Juste bonjour !

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  25. pouletteAugust 11, 2006 at 11:53 AM

    nothing else to say : we think qbout you so strong.

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  26. BorisAugust 11, 2006 at 12:10 PM

    strong!

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  27. Fausto VargasAugust 11, 2006 at 12:43 PM

    this is a great blog

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  28. tziganeAugust 11, 2006 at 1:15 PM

    Amazing Maze....

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  29. tziganeAugust 11, 2006 at 1:17 PM

    amazing maze...

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  30. tziganeAugust 11, 2006 at 1:17 PM

    amazing maze....

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  31. Dominic LashAugust 11, 2006 at 2:46 PM

    Hello Mazen, I am an improvising bassist who lives in Oxford, England. I heard you play at the LMC festival last year, which was wonderful. I just wanted to let you know how your blog and your artwork is the most dignified response to a hideous situation that I have seen. So many people in Britain are wholly behind you - we will have a demonstration in Oxford tomorrow as some small expression of that. Keep up the struggle.

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  32. AriesAugust 11, 2006 at 3:06 PM

    On parle d'un cessez-le-feu imminent.Serait-ce la fin du cauchemar ?
    et Mazen pourrait retourner sur la montagne avec Evan ?
    Toutes nos ondes positives pour le Liban
    et un salut amical pour vous deux.

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  33. TamrickoAugust 11, 2006 at 6:35 PM

    Mazen, I am so excited you are using colour. Please continue.

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  34. ElsaAugust 12, 2006 at 2:12 AM

    that works

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  35. hayetAugust 12, 2006 at 4:45 AM

    une pensée et un sourire de Paris pour toi. Il pleut en ce moment. Dans une heure il y a une manifestation de soutien à Châtelet. Je te raconterai.
    Bises

    Hayet

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  36. NídiaAugust 12, 2006 at 5:46 AM

    Hi mazen,

    I wish that I could know your art, but not in these circunstances.
    How can you do it so well?

    I want you to know that your voice has come to Portugal... although not for the best reasons.

    Best wishes for you, and your country (!)

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  37. marckaAugust 12, 2006 at 6:34 AM

    a quelle heure ce soir??

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  38. marckaAugust 12, 2006 at 6:34 AM

    pas mal maz!!

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  39. EdkObAugust 13, 2006 at 8:02 AM

    Cher Mazen,

    comment te dire que tu nous donnes tant, et que notre soutien soit si dérisoire.

    Courage et amitiés

    @ bientôt, j'espère

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  40. FuAugust 14, 2006 at 1:33 AM

    WOW ... HANDS DOWN MAN ... YOU NAILED IT !!!!!

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