In 2007, I created Old Pond Comics to share my love of haiku through cartoons.

The project, with its unique mix of haiku and comics, received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and British Columbia Arts Council.

Featuring the adventures of Master Kawazy and his haiku apprentice Kaeru, the comics was published in haiku journals in many countries, including Japan.

I was invited as cartoonist-in-residence and public speaker at Haiku North America, Seabeck Haiku Getaway, and Haiku Hot Springs, and was the keynote speaker at Haiku Canada Weekend.

 

 

Published Comics

 

 

eBooks

Created in InDesign

		The Goose 24 pages, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 in., 2015 A haiku poet is distracted by a goose who is more interested in eating his crops and destroying his field than hearing about poetry. Includes 25 haiku-comics inspired by the poems of Kobayashi Issa (translated by David G. Lanoue)
		The Fly 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 in. A haiku poet tries to get rid of a fly living in his hut. Contains 25 cartoons including 9 haiku-comics inspired by the poems of Kobayashi Issa.
		The Butterfly 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 in. A butterfly looks for a home. Contains haiku-comics inspired by the poems of Kobayashi Issa.
		Haiku-Comics 24 pages, 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 in., 2015 Features forty haiku-comics inspired by the poems of Basho, Issa, Buson, and more! As seen on The Haiku Foundation blog.

 

 

Haiga panel at Haiku North America 2015 (Schenectady, NY).

 

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CV - Comics

 

 

Commissions (illustrations)

• Descôteaux, Diane. Sous l'influence: haikus. Ottawa: les Éditions des petits nuages, 2014. Print.
• Asunsolo, isabel. Le haïku en herbe. Beauvais: Editions l'iroli, 2012. Print.

 

Selected Magazines

• Geist, Ricepaper magazine
• Haidan (Japan), 2015
• The Bulletin: a journal of Japanese Canadian Community, History & Culture. April 2013-2018
• Gong: revue francophone du haiku (France), 2007-2018
• Frogpond (United States), 2011-2012
• Haiku Canada Review (including the cover illustration, 2024-2015)

 

Online publications

• Troutswirl The Haiku Foundation blog
• The Comics Decoder, 2012-2013 (online) , Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Summer 2015,

 

Grants

• British Columbia Arts Council, Project Assistance for Creative Writers, 2015
• Canada Council for the Arts, Grant for Professional Writers, Exploratory Writing, 2014

 

Public Speaking

• 2017 “Old Pond Comics : flowers and skulls.” Haiku North America, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Closing presentation.
• 2017 “Old Pond Comics: A Taste of Seabeck.” Seabeck Haiku Retreat, Seabeck, Washington. Closing presentation.


• 2016  “Old Pond Comics: Ripples from the Jump.” Haiku Canada Weekend, Whitehose,Yukon. Keynote Speech.
• 2016  “Old Pond Comics: The Frog Rush.” Haiku Canada Weekend, Whitehose, Yukon. Closing presentation.


• 2015 "Haiga", Haiku North America, Schenectady, New York. Panelist.
• 2015 “Old Pond Comics: Coasts and Islands.” Haiku Canada Weekend, Victoria, British Columbia). Presentation.
• 2015 "Old Pond Comics and selected haiku", ricepaper magazine, Vancouver, British Columbia. Reading.


• 2014 “Old Pond Comics: Out of the Woods.” Seabeck Haiku Retreat, Seabeck, Washington. Closing presentation.


• 2013 “Old Pond Comics featuring YOU.” Seabeck Haiku Retreat, Seabeck, Washington.Closing presentation.
• 2013 “Old Pond Comics Goes Overboard!” Haiku North America, Long Beach, California. Closing presentation.
• 2013 “Pecha Kucha Night at HNA.” Haiku North America, Long Beach, California. Host and presenter.
• 2013 “Old Pond Haiku Comics.” Haiku Hot Springs, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Presentation


• 2011 “Old Pond Haiku Comics.” Vancouver Haiku Group, Vancouver, British Columbia. Presentation.
• 2011 “Old Pond Haiku Comics.” Haiku North America, Seattle, Washington. Presentation.
• 2011 "Canadian Haiku." Haiku North America, Seattle, Washington. Panelist.


• 2009 “Old Pond Comics: Blogging about Haiku.” Montreal haiku group, Montreal, Quebec. Presentation.

 

Print

• Celebration of poetry spurred more creativity, by Jessica Simon, The Whitehorse STAR, July 8, 2016
• The Joy of Haiku, by Elke Reinauer, in What’s Up Yukon, May 19 2016.
• An interview with Jessica Tremblay, cartoonist, illustrator and haiku poet, by by Angela J. Naccarato, in PLUM TREE, Issue 5, June 6, 2014
• “Introducing Old Pond Comics: Jessica Tremblay in her own words”, The Bulletin, April 2013.
• “Old Pond” cartoonist big hit at haiku Hot Springs, Vic Fleming, Daily Record (Arkansas), Friday November 8, 2013

 

 

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