Timothy Comeau

A note about the notebooks

Why is this here? Over the years my notebooks have been the most popular and complimented section of my website, and thus I feel obliged to maintain their precence. Beyond that, I use this page to help catalogue and keep track of them, and it helps me find things I noted down long ago.

052
January 2025 Notebook
Life ライフ
2025-01-20 – in use
plain paper • 14.8 x 21 cm A5 • 200 pages/100 sheets
PAZ
February 2024 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2024-02 – in use

Nº 26 Pocketbook • PAZ

051
MMXX Notebook
Semikolon
2020-02-01 – 2024-11-07
dotted paper • 15.2 x 21.3 cm A5 • 160 pages/80 sheets • 100 g/m2 watermarked paper “The Semikolon Classic notebook with linen binding, thread stitching, end paper, bookmarks and 160 pages of 100 g/m2 watermarked paper Size 6 x 8.4 inches”
050
Green Notebook
Clairefontaine
2019-01-26 – 2020-01-26
lined paper • 17 x 22 cm • 80 pages/40 sheets • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture
PAY
Green Pocketbook
Moleskine
2019-01-12 – 2024-01-21

Nº 25 Pocketbook • PAY

049
MMXVII Notebook
Muji
2016-12-05 – 2019-11-28
lined paper • A5 • 14.8 x 21cm • 72 pages/144 sheets

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PAX
March 2017 Pocketbook
Muji
2017-03-16 - 2018-12-29

Nº 24 Pocketbook • PAX

048
September 2015 Notebook
Muji
2015-09-24 – 2016-12-03
lined paper • A5 • 14.8 x 21cm • 72 pages/144 sheets

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PAV
September 2015 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2015-09-17 - 2017-04-14

Nº 23 Pocketbook • PAW

PAV
May 2014 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2014-05-12 - 2015-05-23

Nº 22 Pocketbook • PAV

Bing Promo, lined paper

047
January 2014 Notebook
Clairefontaine
2014-01-25 – 2015-09-15
plain paper • 17 x 22 cm • 192 pages • 96 sheets • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture

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046
January 2013 Notebook
Clairefontaine
2013-01-01 – 2014-01-13

graph paper • 14.8 x 21 cm • 192 pages/96 sheets • papier velouté 90g/m2

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PAU
September 2012 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2012-09-25 - 2014-05-03

Nº 21 Pocketbook • PAU

045
Summer 2012 Miscellany B
hand assembled
2012-05 – 2012-09

15.2 x 22.8 cm • hand assembled, cardboard cover with sticker • previously bound with two hole punch at the top

collection of miscellanous notes

044
Summer 2012 Miscellany A
hand assembled
2012-05 – 2012-08
collection of miscellanous notes
PAT
February 2012 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2012-02-20 - 2012-10-16

Nº 20 Pocketbook • PAT

043
November 2011 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2011-11-08 - 2012-12-17
plain paper • 17 x 22 cm • 192 pages • 96 sheets • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture
042
Autumn 2011 Supplemental
Clairefontaine
2009-06-25 – 2009-07-31
2011-10-05 – 2011-11-28
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • 96 pages • 48 sheets • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture • first pages are creative writing from 2009, followed by Autumn 2011 notes from Sheridan courses
PAS
April 2011 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2011-04-02 - 2012-02-05

Nº 19 Pocketbook • PAS

041
February 2011 Notebook
Moleskine – China
2011-02-19 – 2011-11-11
plain paper • 13 x 21 cm • 240 pages • 120 sheets
PAR
September 2010 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2010-09-14 - 2011-04-11

Nº 18 Pocketbook • PAR

PAQ
January 2010 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2010-01-02 - 2010-09-06

Nº 17 Pocketbook • PAQ

040
November 2009 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2009-11-08 – 2011-02-18
plain paper • 17 x 22 cm • 189 pages • 96 sheets

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039
July 2009 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2009-07-07 – 2009-11-07
plain paper • 17 x 22 cm • 189 pages • 96 sheets

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PAP
January 2009 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2009-01-02 - 2009-12-29

Nº 16 Pocketbook • PAP

038
April 2008 Workbook
Pierre Belvédère
2008-04-19 – 2009-07-01
A5 refill, 240 blank pages Pierre Belvédère Cover image: screencapture from Iron Man (2008)

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PAO
March 2008 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2008-03-12 - 2008-12-30

Nº 15 Pocketbook • PAO

037
June 2007 Workbook
Semikolon, Germany
2007-06-10 – 2008-03-29
plain paper • 15 x 21 cm • 160 pages • 80 sheets

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PAN
Feb 2007 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2007-02-01 - 2008-03-12

Nº 14 Pocketbook • PAN

036
October 2006 Workbook
Moleskine – Italy
2006-09-30 – 2007-06-09
plain paper • 13 x 21 cm • 240 pages • 120 sheets

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PAM
May 2006 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2005-05-01 - 2007-01-29

Nº 13 Pocketbook • PAM

035
March 2006 Workbook
Moleskine – Italy
2006-03-03 – 2006-09-28

plain paper • 13 x 21 cm • 240 pages • 120 sheets

034
Workbook 2005 B
Loblaws Inc
2005-10-10 – 2006-01-15

dotted interlined • 18 x 23 cm • 72 pages • 36 sheets

PAL
July 2005 Pocketbook
Moleskine
2005-07-06 - 2006-04-29

Nº 12 Pocketbook • PAL

033
May 2005 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2005-05-08 – 2006-02-27

plain paper • 17 x 22 cm • 189 pages • 96 sheets • cover: The Royals (1992) by Kenneth Lochhead

PAK
Pocket Book
Handmade
2005-05-28 - 2005-06-01

Nº 11 Pocketbook • PAK

Handmade out of cartridge paper, staple bound with green masking tape. I used this notebook when I was house-sitting for RM Vaughn at the end of May/early June 2005. A note on May 29 reads:

For 5 years I didn't carry a pocket book, only the Palm Pilot, and they were the worst years of my life (coincidence?)
Drawing of the cityscape from June 1 posted to Instagram on May 1 2023

032
January 2005 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2004-12-21 – 2005-05-06
plain paper • 17 x 22 cm • 189 pages • 96 sheets
031
April 2004 Workbook
Dia USA
2004-04-01 – 2004-12-19
plain paper • 15 x 21 cm • 268 pages • cover: gray felt
030
July 2003 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2003-07-19 – 2004-03-31
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • cover: M/M Paris

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029
March 2003 Workbook
Miquelrius, Spain
2003-03-07 – 2003-07-17
graph paper • 14.5 x 21 cm • 70g/m2 • 100pages • cover: leather-look plastic binding

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028
September 2002 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2002-08-27 – 2003-03-06
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • cover: Timothy Comeau A Revelation? August 2002

View Sept 2002 Workbook

027
January 2002 Workbook
Miquelrius, Spain
2002-01-03 – 2002-08-26
graph paper • 14.5 x 21 cm • 70g/m2 • cover: leather-look plastic binding with Instant Coffee sticker

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026
September 2001 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2001-08-26 – 2002-01-02
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages/ 144 sheets • cover: Gemini astronaut, 1960s

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025
May 2001 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2001-04-23 – 2001-08-24
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages / 144 sheets • cover: screencapture from I, Leonardo; a journey of the Mind staring Frank Langella (et al.) IBM Canada Ltd (1983)
024
January 2001 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2001-01-02 – 2001-04-22
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • cover: screencapture from Star Trek Voyager episode # 218 "Relativity"(1999)

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023
September 2000 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2000-09-22 – 2000-12-26
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 192 pages – 96 sheets • cover: screencapture from Star Trek Voyager episode # 230 "Pathfinder" (1999)
022
July 2000 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2000-07-22 – 2000-09-21
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 192 pages/ 96 sheets • cover: Einstein's office as it appeared at his death (1955) by Alan Windsor Richards
021
May 2000 Workbook
Clairefontaine
2000-05-20 – 2000-07-18
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 192 pages – 96 sheets • cover: Leonardo Da Vinci, St. John the Baptist (Detail) c.1513-1516. Oil on wood. Louvre, Paris, France.
020
January 2000 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1999-12-26 – 2000-05-20
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • cover: Versace Fall 98 campaign by Steven Meisel
019
October 1999 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1999-10-08 – 1999-12-26
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • cover: screen capture from Bladerunner (1982)
018
August 1999 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1999-08-08 – 1999-10-07
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • Versace Summer 99 campaign
017
June 1999 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1999-06-01 – 1999-08-06
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets
016
April 1999 Workbook ('Amor Amor')
Clairefontaine
1999-03-27 – 1999-06-01
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 192 pages – 96 sheets
015
January 1999 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1999-01-11 – 1999-03-26
lined paper • 16.5 x 21 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • cover: brown wrapping paper over orginal magazine spread with stickers
014
December 1998 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1998-12-03 – 1999-01-10
lined paper • 16.5 x 21 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 192 pages – 96 sheets • cover: brown wrapping paper
013
September 1998 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1998-09-22 – 1998-12-01
lined paper • 16.5 x 21 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • cover: construction paper
012
June 1998 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1998-06-01 – 1998-09-21
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • cover: christmas wrapping paper
011
May 1998 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1998-04-29 – 1998-05-30
lined paper • 16.5 x 21 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 192 pages – 96 sheets • brown wrapping paper
View May 1998 Workbook
010
February 1998 Workbook
Clairefontaine
1998-02-15 – 1998-05-06
graph paper • 17 x 22 cm • papier velouté 90g/m2 douceur de l'ecriture Couverture Pelliculee 288 pages – 144 sheets • cover: construction paper
009
January 1998 Workbook
Handmade; construction paper cover
1997-12-27 – 1998-02-14
21cm x 29.9cm (8.5 x 11) ruled pages

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PAJ
Mead Blue Cover
Mead
1997-12-17 - 1998-09-15

Nº 10 Pocketbook • PAJ

A chunk of this was torn out while I was at NSCAD, as I used the blank pages for something else. No dates missing.

PAI
Mead Black Cover
Mead
1997-01-01 - 1997-11-28

Nº 09 Pocketbook • PAI

Used throughout 1997, my second and third semsters at NSCAD, as well as the summer of 1997 in Ontario.

PAH
"Memo"
Blueline
1993-09-23 - 1996-12-11

Nº 08 Pocketbook • PAH

Used during my first semester at NSCAD.

008
Journal VI
Canson Basic Black Sketchbook
1996-07-01 – 1997-12-31
21cm x 29.9cm (8.5 x 11) • 216 pages
PAG
Field Message Book
Canadian Military
1995-12-03 - 1996-04-02

Nº 07 Pocketbook • PAG

Used during my last year at Saint Mary's University. My roomate was in the military and he got me this notebook after I expressed interest in them.

007
Journal V
Canson Basic Black Sketchbook
1995-09-15 – 1996-06-30
21cm x 29.9cm (8.5 x 11) • 216 pages
006
Journal IV
Canson Basic Black Sketchbook
1994-04-04 – 1995-08-11
21cm x 29.9cm (8.5 x 11) • 216 pages
005
Journal III
ruled Blueline A9 Black
1993-03-18 – 1994-03-28
23.5cm x 18.4cm • 192 pages

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PAF
Clairefontaine Plaid
Clairefontaine
1993-03-11 - 1995-08-22

Nº 06 Pocketbook • PAF

On March 11 1993, during our March Break trip to Toronto, I bought a Clairefontaine notebook from the University of Toronto bookstore. That notebook sparked my love for the brand, and in 1997, I showed it to Neil, who managed the NSCAD bookstore, and asked him if he could order some. He did, and thus began my sequence of Clairefontaine notebooks starting in 1998.

PAE
Black Cover Handmade
Handmade
1992-1993

Nº 05 Pocketbook • PAE

Handmade from loose-leafs and stapled to black cardboard cover, used during Grade 12 1992-1993.

PAD
RH Davis 1.44
1992-1993

Nº 04 Pocketbook • PAD

Math notes from Grade 12 1992-1993

PAC
RH Davis 0.94
1992-09

Nº 03 Pocketbook • PAC

September 1992

Last page has a note/signature from Jan 30 1993

PAB
RH Davis 1.52
1992-03-28 – 1992-08-30

Nº 02 Pocketbook • PAB

Notebook I had in the summer of 1992

004
Journal II
Blueline A9 Black
1992-03-10 – 1993-03-11
23.5cm x 18.4cm • 192 pages ruled

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003
Journal I
Esselte Pendaflex Canada Inc
1990-08-22 – 1992-02-29
Brownline No. 19 Ruled Black • Esselte Pendaflex Canada Inc Lined paper • 23.5 x 18.4 cm • 200 pages

View Journal One Workbook

002 PAA
Journal Zero
1990-05-11 – 1991-01-14

Pocket size three-ringed binder

Nº 01 Pocketbook • PAA

The very start of what would become my Journal (Journal Zero), the second Notebook (002) after my 1986 Diary, and the first Pocketbook (01). In 2022 I established a cataloging code system, and as the first pocketbook it is PAA.

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001
Diary 1986
Made in Taiwan
1986-01-01 – 1986-03-27

This was transcribed onto by blog in 2006, which later became the book Eleven Thirty One.

View sample of Diary 1986