Outlandish

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and the rest of the unified world
TAKE NOTE!
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PAINTINGS/STENCILS/COMIC BOOKS/SCULPTURES/LIVE PERFOMANCE
OUTLANDISH

A DISPLAY OF OVER FIFTY ARTISTS IN AN OLD WAREHOUSE
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Including : SILENT ARMY / HA-HA / MARK 'CHOPPER' READ / REKA / AARON O'DONNEL / LACHLAN CONN / DANISM / KIERAN MANGAN / JAMES DODD / RYPE / RONE / SYNC / CHILLER / AMAC / MICHAEL FIKARIS / TEXTAQUEEN / CIVIL / PORNO PREISTESS / ASH KEATING / DEVEN / SID / LTMP / LCD / POX GIRLS / MONKEY / PHIBS and many others...

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OPENING - Friday June 4
6-8pm
TRAUMATIC ART GALLERIES
8 Lyon St Nth Coburg
Melways Ref Map 17 F8
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The Lecture

New From Q-Ray:



http://www.geocities.com/thelecture/

Melbourne: Next Wave Forum ++Publishing Limits++

Publishing Limits

-What can and can't (or will and won't) get published in Australia?
-What's profitable?
-What do audiences want?
-How can a writer find their audience?
-What if your work's too small, too niche or too out there for the publishers?
-Where or what are the alternatives?

Details are below:

Next Wave 'Critical Culture' forum.
Publishing Limits
Featuring:
ALEX BURNS, editor of ëDisinformationí - www.disinfo.com.
MICHAEL WILLIAMS, editorial advisor at Text Publishing.
KIRRILY SCHELL, comic-book creator and artist involved
with the small press, Silent Army.
ALEX KEEBLE from Ocean Press.

FRIDAY 28th MAY
5pm Publishing Limits
VENUE ó Next Wave Festival Club
Level 3, 96 Flinders St
Melbourne 3000.


http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/20/1084917664554.html

Harvey Pekar hits the rainy city

...and Silent Army is there.
http://www.nextwave.org.au/cgi-bin/2004/shows2.cgi?action=details&id=102

Background on the founding father of modern autobio comics -
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/30/1083224570868.html

Next Wave Writeup
http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/28/1085641705629.html

Age Article...

And here's his family's blog. Yep.
http://www.harveypekar.com

Indie Indonesia

http://indiecomic.endonesa.net/asset/magazine.htm

For say two dollars it could be yours.

She was Tokyo when Tokyo wasn't pop

I am Che's new job.



Hello everyone,

I have an announcement which I was going to keep under my hat for awhile but word is spreading and by Comicon everyone will know, so here goes. I have recently signed with Tokyo Pop. The project is super secret for now and won't even be out til next year. But when promotion time comes around I will give everyone more details.

- Che Gilson

Sparkin'

Man, that Silent Army, they're not so silent!

New anthology - if you're under 30 and Australian, check it out.
http://www.silentarmy.com/sparks/index.html

Silent Army site currently undergoing rejig courtesy Lachlan Conn.

Aaron O'Donnell spits and polishes a new record release from Tim Rogers.

And Poopsheet kicks in with a review of 'Pure Evil 6'.
Pure Evil review
http://poopsheetreviews.blogspot.com/2004_05_09_poopsheetreviews_archive.html
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Many Army folks in

Inside Out Show archive:
http://www.westspace.org.au/archive/projects/insideout/insideout.htm

and many are carried by MOON ROCKET DISTRO.

interview with proprietor Moira Clunie:
http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/smallpress/96209488210223.htm

Bush Dream

A palm pilot strip from David Chelsea. While he's having fun with computers and comics, he finds the web reminsicent of public access cable. Wayne's World, anyone?

HERMAN, THE LEGAL LABRADOR

HERMAN, THE LEGAL LABRADOR premiere screenings


Boys and girls!

After more than TWO YEARS in the making, it's FINALLY (!) time for the
unveiling of a truly epic independent animated film. Yes, you and anybody
else who can be stuffed are invited to the long-awaited premiere of...

HERMAN, THE LEGAL LABRADOR

It was a comic about a doggie who's a lawyer. Now it's a cartoon about much
the same thing. The difference? You get to see the doggie WALK AROUND AND
BARK AT PEOPLE! YAY!

Starring the voices of SHAUN MICALLEF, ADAM WAJNBERG, KATRINA MATHERS, BRIAN
MILLERSHIP, LOC HUU NGHE, SANTO CILAURO, ADRIAN CALEAR, DUFF, THOMAS PULLAR
and more!

Featuring the cutting edge in JERKY FLASH ANIMATION and PHOTOSHOP LENS
FLARES!

Produced by mega-bucks star-power business maven JEREMY PARKER!

And written, directed and animated by yers truly, DICKHEA-- I mean, DAVID
BLUMENSTEIN!


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THE DETAILS

Premiere night is THURSDAY, MAY 20 at the FORMER MAGISTRATES COURT, corner
LA TROBE and RUSSELL STs, CITY (the city being Melbourne).

Screenings will take place at 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30pm. They're free, so
there's no advance booking -- tickets at the door.

Let's hear it for Pipis

from Stefan Neville in Auckland:
didja hear about me and clayton getting a award for pipis? we got best nz anthology 2003 tho im not sure why it qualifies as an anthology....im poised to release the new pumice cd raft in two weeks. doing a little tour and even talking to magazines and radio. jeez.
NZ 'Erics' Awards
http://www.littleprojecta.com/BRD/NZcomics2004.html
City of Tales
http://www.cityoftales.co.nz/