Robert Allen

I dislike putting up all these obituaries, but Robert Allen has died. I haven't quite been part of the Montreal English Language Literary scene, nor did I go to Concordia, but he was a very friendly guy, and a positive force. I enjoyed chatting with him over drinks at the Stanley Pub, and even visiting his office, when I was trying to get some piece or another into Matrix Magazine (I got a cartoon).

Somewhere, these new artists are popping up, and will be influences, and be published, and written about. Nothing so easy to keep track of as deaths. But the idea is to keep reading the work, and make connections, have experiences, and the picture will come into focus.