This Week's Model

Palm pilot comic from David Chelsea.

France Roundup:

Marjane Satrapi, Joanne Sfar
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1022582-1,00.html

Oubapo Exhibit in France. (Courtesy Oubapo-USA)
http://www.madinkbeard.com/mt/archives/000269.html

Angouleme Anglais (Courtesy BRD)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4497378

 

New Zealand Roundup

Moira Clunie's Small Press Event
http://www.smallprint.org.nz/

Came the Dawn - Tim Kidd
http://www.comicbookfactory.net/camethedawn01.htm

Auckland comics workshops
http://isaac.freeman.org.nz/archives/2005/01/auckland_comics.html

Free your mind, free your comics:

From BRD - Creative Commons comics licenses
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/comics1

Peer to peer comics: the age is now.
http://zcultfm.com/

Something from the ministry
http://www.tki.org.nz/e/community/arts/visarts/visarts_L5/visarts_L5_A2_tm.php

other:
http://www.enzedff.co.nz/filmsynopsis.asp?FilmID=1672&Archive=1&RegionID=0&EventID=0

Australia Roundup:

Pure Evil #6 Review
http://www.leekinginc.com/xeroxdebt/xd14.htm

Kieran Mangan Illustration
http://www.signalstation.com/archives/001272.html

Somebody paid $10 for a copy of Singularity...
http://lists.octapod.org/archives/zines/2005-March/000369.html

Ledger Awards
http://www.comicsaustralia.com/news/2005february.php

Colin Wilson
http://members.optushome.com.au/jacoco

Where were you when we were getting high?
http://www.waferbaby.com/cartoons/fusion/

 

design looks suspiciously like Shags.
http://bucketjuice.com

Dylan Horrocks Preview

several different strips courtesy The Comics Reporter:
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_magazine_tuesday_special/

also more at Dylan's own site: 'The spirit of peace over Rangitoto'
http://www.hicksville.co.nz/newyear05/newyear05.htm

True Travel Tales

Justin Hall travels and sketches his way through Southeast Asia:

(self portrait by Em Satya)
Em Satya is a masterful artist, even more impressive considering that he now has partial paralysis on the right side of his body and has had to teach himself how to draw again with his left hand. He ekes out a living by illustrating educational tracts for aid groups operating in the country, and doesn't do comics per se anymore. He does, however, have a graphic novel of over a hundred pages that's virtually finished .. It was amazing meeting him, a genuine Cambodian national treasure, and a truly world-class cartoonist.
more in his Travelogue: http://www.comicslifestyle.com/hall/2005_03_20_justin_hall.htm

Chopin's noseless sculpture

Jesse Reklaw has posted a new comic at www.slowwave.com

Bugpowder and Poopsheet say thumbs up.

Plus new watercolor paintings for March!

I Dreamt This Before the Election

Palm pilot comic from David Chelsea.

Herman, the Legal Labrador

From David B in Melbourne: Been wanting to watch the epic animated short "Herman, The Legal Labrador", but haven't had the time or inclination to harass the director for a copy?

Come 11:20pm, Saturday March 26, you can tune in to SBS' "eatcarpet"program and watch your favourite doggie lawyer in all his TV PREMIERING GLORY!  There will also be some stupid foreign films, but WHO CARES?!

SBS has a nifty notification feature. If you SMS the secret code:  4019
to the phone number 1990 0727, SBS will send you an SMS reminder before the show starts. I'm not making this up. Go here for proof:
http://www.sbs.com.au/whatson/index.php3?progdate=26:03:2005

Maybe you don't want to sit indoors on a Saturday night. In that case, make your way down to BAR OPEN (317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy) on the night, where we're going to be watching the SBS broadcast as it goes to air. Is it necessarily a good idea to try to watch TV in a bar? No. Is it an excuse to get together for fun? Yes! So be there.     http://www.nakedfella.com

I Knew It

by Kieran Mangan

Comics Workshops Cambodia

by Phousera 'Sera' Ing at Phnom Penh's French Cultural Centre this April!
Sera is currently exhibiting in France (see earlier item below) and will bring his art to Cambodia this April also. More news to follow. Workshop details: French and Khmer.
http://jinja.apsara.org/blog/2005_03_15_atelier_sera.htm
http://jinja.apsara.org/blog/2005_03_15_atelier_sera_kh.jpg


Meanwhile, Libellus Association is making its own plans for comics teaching at Phare Art School in Battambang.



http://www.libellusasso.org

GROOVIN GRAVY

(courtesy comicsaustralia.com)

Brad Daniel's is looking to publish a new issue of Groovy Gravy


(image courtesy www.tabula-rasa.info)

(issue 10 to be exact) for the Brisbane Supanova Con this April, and is looking for people interested in putting something together for it.

It'll probably be a limited print run... only one or two hundred printed up, but Brad is super keen do something new for the con.

Brad wants people to continue in the Groovy Gravy tradition with their piece... It doesn't aspire to be high art, just a bit of a giggle. Brad doesn't have a theme or anything yet, but he says they do have a tendency to appear of their own accord when people send stuff in.

If you wanna do something, just drop him a line [b r a d a.t. e d g e c o m i x d.o.t. c.o.m. (you figure it out)] and let him know what your idea is and how many pages you want.

The deadline for the receipt of stories is 26th of March.
Let him know if you're keen... Brad hasn't put together any comics like this for about 5 years... So it should be a challenge!

Silent Stencils

Jeanpoole notes Silent Army is in full force at Melbourne Stencil Festival.
Alien comic anthropologists landing in Oz would soon gravitate to Melbourne, home of the infamous 'Silent Army' crew of comic artists, animators, stencillers, sticker-makers, public art-ists and visual inventors.
http://www.stencilfestival.com/
http://www.octapod.org/jeanpoole/archives/001006.html

Ich will denen da draußen zeigen, dass Comics Lifestyle sind

Cool. Comics Lifestyle Indonesia, now Comics Lifestyle Germany.

Kolumne von Sascha Thau
http://www.comicgate.de/cesa76.htm

In English



also try "Punk ist tot, es lebe der Punk"
http://www.comicgate.de/cesa98.htm

Dunedin Book Club

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dc-bc

DC/BC stands for 'Dunedin's Comics, Book Club'. The idea is a group of
Dunedin people who have a common fascination with comic books, getting
together and sharing comic books and their thoughts about them. Just
like a book club, except with comics. This is an opportunity to get
together and share. To read comics and discuss what you love and perhaps
what you don't love about various comic books. The aim for our club is
to become an organisation promoting awareness and creating support for
the comic book reading culture in Dunedin. A member can suggest reading
both mainstream and independent comics, classic and contemporary, kidz
comics and adult comix, New Zealand comics as well as foreign (US,
British and the world).
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dc-bc

Waffle

Palm pilot comic from David Chelsea.

Sera Exposition

19 March - 5 April in Blanc Mensil, France.


Interview:
http://www.du9.org/article.php3?id_article=488

Exposition Information
http://www.ville-blanc-mesnil.fr/
lemensuel/page.php?agenda=7648

THE INK RUNS DEEP DOWN, DOWN UNDERGROUND

An exhibition featuring the comic art and animation works of 27+ of Australia's underground, self-publishing creators...
Anton Emdin - Ross Tesoreiro - Louise Graber - Gerard Ashworth - Glenn Smith - Ryan Vella - Ben Hutchings - Mandy Ord - David Blumenstein - Jo Waite - Carol Wood - Susan Butcher... D.Rat - Marilyn Pride - Lewis Morley - Matt Caulfield - Q-Ray - Chris Mikul - Biddy Maroney - Dillon Naylor - Linzee R. Nold - Steve Carter - Antoinette Ryder - Anthony Woodward - Stephen Dodds - Tim Danko - Bernard Caleo... With more to be confirmed
This is by no means a comprehensive who's who of this flourishing art scene, but it does offer a great insight into the energy, beauty, humour, vision, originality and commitment necessary to sustain the Australian comics lifestyle.
MARCH 11 - APRIL 17, 2005
Opening night - 6pm for 6:30pm
Orange Regional Gallery
Civic Square, Byng and Peisley Streets
Orange, NSW 2800
Ph: 02 6393 8136
Fax: 02 6393 8100
Proudly Sponsored by Printflow, Orange

(Courtesy Nakedfella.com)

Comics are the New Black

New comics and other good things to be had at Philip Barrett's http://www.blackshapes.com/
for sale at
http://www.sparkplugcomicbooks.com/

Silent Army says 'You are Beautiful'

KJ Mangan's casual air belies the frenzy that followed. Click for more


Silent Army Jam March 5th at 7pm for www.you-are-beautiful.com .
You know who to contact.