Where Old Zinesters Go

They get web sites of course. (Though I'm wondering where Ben Ridder and Kylie Purr have gotten to.)

John Weeks here thanking 'Sugar Momma' Astrogrrl for upgrading me to Flickr Pro!

I've now got two gigabytes to play with for the weekly Illustration Friday challenge, which I'm attempting to do in English and Khmer.

If I can stick to my guns, I'll have enough for a bilingual book/exhibition come next January. Chocolate, encouragement and condolences can be sent to

John 'Jinja' Weeks

P.O. Box 908

Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Archive: http://www.qdcomic.com/archive.htm

Updates: http://groups.google.com/group/QuickDrawComics

'my soiled sample' book launch

...here tis! the launch of a new comik book to blaze across the firmament bathing all the upturned faces below in a dirty 'soiled' glow... you know you want it, so come and get it!
Be at The Wine Cellar, St Kevins Arcade, Auckland New Zealand on...
Friday the 16th June
...to be the first on your block with a hot copy!! 100 pages of comik action!!

LOOK!! THESE ARTISTAS ARE INSIDE THE BOOK!!

Sugar Jon Arcus, Neale Blanden, Daniel Canada, Amber Carvan, Camille Libre, Tim Danko, Michael Fikaris, Rachel Garbott, G-Frenzy, Nicola Hardy, James James, Chris Knox, Demarnia Lloyd, Gregory Mackay, Alie Mcpherson, Indira Neville, Stefan Neville, Clayton Noone, Aaron O’donnell, Mandy Ord, Nick Potter, Leigh Rigozzi, Kirrilly Schell, Darren Schroeder, Kathryn Sing, Toki, Anthony Woodward, Witcyst

Cocoa @ Traced.com

New chapter from Tracy White @
http://www.traced.com/comics/cocoa

"Real comic book heroes"

"Turning cancer stories into cartoons is helping survivors heal"
- The Age on Operation Funnybone
May 11, 2006, by Mary O'Brien.
http://tinyurl.com/ravxz

The Right Nut

Palm Pilot Comic from David Chelsea.

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Back in Black

Athonk's comics are back online courtesy Java Tattoo Club.



http://www.javatattooclub.org/review-comic.htm


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Off the Shelf

From the recent "Shelf Life" Exhibition: some samples:

Mandy Ord - Flight Path:

http://www.melbournecomics.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=92

Nicki Greenberg - To His Coy Mistress:

http://www.melbournecomics.com/gallery/v/greenberg/marvell/



[Cheers to melbournecomics.com for webbing it all up!]
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Media release: OzComics 24-Hour Challenge 2006

OzComics 24-Hour Challenge 2006

This Queens Birthday weekend (June 10-12) artists, animators, designers and illustrators from around Australia and the World will aim to produce a 24 page comic in 24 hours. That’s plotting, scripting, layouts, pencilling and lettering, in 24 hours, work that usually takes a month

Event Organiser Mark Selan commented “This event is open to everyone with a passion for the medium of comics or for just telling stories in interesting ways… and because it is a web based event anyone from rural or remote Australia will have the same opportunity as the metro areas to participate and in doing so show their talents to a wide audience”

The 24 Hour Challenge is Coordinated from an online HQ at http://www.ozcomics24.com/ participants will report on their progress in dedicated forums, posting work live to the web as it happens. Some participants will gather in small groups while some will choose to work alone. They will labour in a concentrated burst of creativity and productivity that is unique to this event.

For more information, contact:

Jacen Carpenter

Phone: (07) 4658 3311 (work)

E-mail: jacen_c@hotmail.com

Click for full press release

Ord online

A review of Mandy Ord's recent spate of minicomics.

http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php?id=nana_shower

And here's a gallery of some of her art.

http://www.melbournecomics.com/mandyord/

New Zealand Comics Weekend

A night for stars, awards and amazement. Gallery showing, jam strips, talks, interviews and the yearly Eric Awards!

Darren tries to contain his enthusiasm.	Dylan talks on his travels in Cornucopia.	Tim interviews pioneering comic artist Eric Resetar!

http://isaac.freeman.org.nz/blog/archives/2006/05/new_zealand_com.html
courtesy Isaac Freeman. Pictures here, and review here.

Bound By Law

Click for downloadable comic in PDF (& other formats) on copyright and 'fair use'.
http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/digital.html


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Music to Read Comics by

The Cubist Cigars (co-conspirators Peter Jetnikoff and Renn B.) present music from the Tango Anthology launch.    

http://www.cubistcigars.com

Coat of arms by PJ.

 

 

Saddam Does Diana

Palm Pilot comic from David Chelsea.

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New Glenn Dakin Comics

Online at Top Shelf.

http://www.topshelfcomix.com/comix.php?comic=abe&page=5

'ERIC' AWARDS 2006

(For New Zealand Comics published 2004 and 2005)

Best Comic:
JaredLane, Progress #5

Best Anthology:
FuntimeComics, Unau Prolepsis

Best Short Piece:
SophieMacMillan, Speed is Fast, Sound is Loud

Best Strip:
JamesSquire, Fishing for Orphans

Best Web-Comic:
GrantBuist, Jitterati

Best Debut:
Samuel Kileen-Chance

Best Art:
ClaytonNoone and StefanNeville, WinTanesBra

Best Writing:
TimothyKidd, CameTheDawn

Best Comics Related Website:
http://www.comics.org.nz

Best Distribution:
Moon Rocket

more at:

http://comics.org.nz/wiki/index.php?EricAwards

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Best Loved, less Unknown

Nina Paley, 'America's Best Loved Unknown Cartoonist, has just gotten a Guggenheim fellowship for her inspired take on the 'Ramayana' story, the 'Sitayana' (Sita Sings the Blues). Way to go!

She is now hard at work on new episodes.
http://www.ninapaley.com/2006/04/wow.html

'Diskusi': Dragonslippers Bahasa Indonesia

At Kinokuniya in Jakarta, a lively discussion ('diskusi') of the Indonesian
translation of Dragonslippers (by Rosalind B Penfold )

http://dragonslippers.com
http://surjorimba.blogs.friendster.com/machine_messiah/2006/04/dragonslippers_.html
(English writeup)
http://www.pragatcomic.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=19&?topic=106.msg236
(Indonesian writeup)