Comics Lifestyle

Carousel Slideshow: Gabrielle Bell, Michael Kupperman, Robert Sikoryak

2009-06-23T23:07:00.004+07:00

Robert Sikoryak: We're playing with two awesome bands and Carousel, a multimedia cartoonists performance group. i know, i don't really understand it either, but it sounds amazing.

The Walking Hellos @ Union Pool 6/24
with Pretendo (ex-/present Enon, Skeleton Key, Mono Puff, Morricone Youth) Gold Streets, and Carousel (live cartoon performance art featuring Gabrielle Bell (Cecil and Jordan); Michael Kupperman (Cartoon Network's Adult Swim); R. Sikoryak (Masterpiece Comics))

Wednesday, June 24, 8pm
Union Pool - Union Ave corner Meeker Ave
Subway: L Train (Lorimer St.) / G Train (Metropolitan Ave.)
cover: $8
http://www.myspace.com/unionpool

Pretendo http://myspace.com/pretendo - 8pm
The Walking Hellos http://myspace.com/walkinghellos - 9pm
Gold Streets http://myspace.com/goldstreets - 10pm
Carousel (emceeing between sets)

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The Precinct: now with more explosions & nudity

2009-06-22T09:33:00.003+07:00

Just to let all Precinct officers know: the Precinct blog is actually being regularly updated at the moment with partially on-topic posts about the development of the Precinct animated series. Also some ranting, silly Photoshopping and drawings of various TV characters as squat cylinders.

http://nakedfella.com/blog/

I recently rejigged our pilot animation, adding more explosions and a bare arse.

http://www.theprecinctrocks.com/

Plus, our lead character, Sgt Ackersley, is now Twittering.

http://twitter.com/sgtackersley

I can't guarantee he'll do it for long, as he's slightly technophobic and prefers spending his time punching sheets of corrugated iron and warming camel jerky over a bar heater.

Regards,
David Blumenstein
(angry lieutenant)
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English Translations - Comickaze Cambodia

2009-06-12T22:15:00.006+07:00

Kong Monirath

Moeu Diyadaravuth

(Comic referenced is here: http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3113
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinfest)

Tuy Chanthoeurn

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Akademi Samali - Jakartun

2009-06-07T21:26:00.002+07:00

Jakartun

Monday, June 8, 2009 - Thursday, June 18, 2009
Location: Lobby Citywalk Sudirman
Street: Jl H Mas Mansyur, Karet
City/Town: Jakarta, Indonesia

Phone: 08881557811
Email: akademisamali@yahoo.com

Dear All,

Jika sedang ada kesempatan berjalan-jalan di Citywalk Sudirman, Karet - Jakarta, silahkan istirahat sejenak untuk melihat kota Jakarta dalam gambar kartun, yang bukan hanya dibuat dari sudut pandang kartunis profesional seperti Jitet Koestana atau Thomdean, namun juga dari sudut pandang ibu rumah tangga, karyawan, dosen, anak-anak 12 tahun, mahasiswa dan berbagai macam profesi serta usia lainnya.

Sastrawan Radhar Panca Dahana dan Budayawan Eros Djarot, turut memilih karya yang mereka sukai dari total 80 karya yang terkumpul menjadi 39 karya (sisanya ditampilkan pada giant screen dengan cara looping). Jika anda berkesempatan hadir, lihat di label karya tanda (R) untuk Radhar dan tanda (E) untuk Eros Djarot, jika ada tanda contreng pada huruf itu, maka itu adalah kartun yang mereka sukai.

Jakartun
08-18 Juni 2009
Citywalk Sudirman
Jl Hj Mas Mansyur, Karet - Jakarta Pusat

Terimakasih

Selamat berapresiasi..

http://akademisamali.multiply.com/calendar/item/10050/Jakartun

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Comickaze Cambodia is GO

2009-06-06T21:15:00.000+07:00

Live Video: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/comickazecambodia

Tuy Chanthoeurn

Chat: http;//twitter.com/comicslifestyle

Press release is on the blog: http://blog.comicslifestyle.com

Peou Ty

Australian participants are at: http://tinyurl.com/qkflgq

Tek Tevin

Cambodia raw scans and pix at http://www.flickr.com/photos/comicslifestyle

Kong Monirath

More: http://www.comicslifestyle.com/group/comikaze2009

John Weeks

Stick us with a fork we're done.

Moeu Diyadaravuth

Cambodian comic book challenge - Phnom Penh Post
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009060826343/Life-Style/Cambodian-comic-book-challenge.html

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ComicKaze Cambodia Press Release

2009-06-03T15:32:00.002+07:00

Every Queen’s Birthday Weekend (6th - 8th of June), Australia’s brave cartoonists undertake ‘ComicKaze’ – an endeavor to draw 24 pages in 24 hours. http://www.ozcomics24.com

This Saturday, Cambodian comic artists will be lending creative support to their Aussie friends via a live web link from 8am to 8pm. Sunday morning will see new artwork posted from this Cambodian - Australian collaboration!

Art supplies and local technical support will be provided by Our Books, Cambodia’s comic art nonprofit, and web linkage will be hosted by ComicsLifestyle.com with the help of Café Living Room.

The 24 Hour Comic is a ‘free drawing’ session designed to unlock creativity. Our Books has been developing Project:24 to gradually introduce Cambodian artists to this unique exercise and the global comics community.
http://www.scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/24hr/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_comic

Artists are welcome to attempt the full 24 hours. Since this is a big task, we are offering a ‘Cambodian Variation’: a one page in one hour ‘Introduce Yourself’ comic, so Australian and Cambodian artists can get to know each other.
http://www.comicslifestyle.com/group/comikaze2009/forum/topics/cambodian-variation

Example:

We will have a scanner on hand for sharing comics and jam strips. Final efforts will be displayed at Café Living Room this coming month, and compiled into a small publication for Australia’s National Young Writer’s Festival.

Come by and see artists in action! Lend your enthusiasm to comic artists going the distance! Come by, log in and see them live, or check out the final art as we post it up on Sunday!

Event Time: 8am – 8pm Saturday June 6 2009.
Live Video: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/comickazecambodia
Event Location: Living Room Café
#9, Street 306, Boeng Keng Kang 1, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

+855 (0)12 526 840 (John, Our Books)
+855 (0)92 948 005 (Rhianna, Café Living Room)
+855 (0)23 726 139 (Café Living Room)

john@comicslifestyle.com
cafe@livingroom.com.kh

Press Release cross-posted at:
http://www.expat-advisory.com/forums/topic9891.html
http://www.sangsalapak.org.kh/whatson/2009/06/its-comickaze-weekend-cafe-living-room.html
http://www.asialifeguide.com/component/option,com_events/Itemid,67/agid,260/day,06/month,06/task,view_detail/year,2009/
http://www.ladypenh.com

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ComicKaze: Cambodian Variation

2009-06-02T18:42:00.006+07:00

Testing out a video chat room for this weekend. (If you can't see it, you don't have flash enabled.) http://www.ozcomics24.com

Thanks to Komala for organizing things on her side of the pond!
http://www.comicslifestyle.com/xn/detail/864783:Event:13321

As per last October's Global Drawing Day, we will be inviting Cambodian cartoonists to congregate at Living Room Cafe in Phnom Penh to produce artwork: one artist - one page - one hour. The theme? Introduce yourself. If we can get a 'hello' from Australian artists, we've got enough for a zine. Also game for jam strips.

http://www.comicslifestyle.com/group/comikaze2009/forum/topics/cambodian-variation

More details to come!

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Much stuff is afoot in June!

2009-05-31T20:49:00.002+07:00

fluffyduck in _hayase

First order of business: it's almost time for Comikaze24, where a bunch of us attempt to draw a 24-page comic in as many hours! Festivities are over the Queen's Birthday long weekend, so it's time to start figuring out where you'll be working on those pages!

If you live in Blacktown and are between the ages of 15 and 24, perhaps you would be interested in the upcoming zine workshop series at the Blacktown Arts Centre! Said workshops are being taught by zine master/baron Leigh Rigozzi, so you know they're gonna be good. The workshops run on three Saturdays, starting from June 6, from 11am to 1pm. They're free but you will need to sign up for the full program by calling Kate on 9839 6385.

Other bits: our next meetup is on the 13th of June at the Mars Hill Cafe and Supanova Sydney is from the 26th to the 28th of June. Crazy things are happening at Creative Sydney in the next couple of weeks. If you aren't a member of Comics Lifestyle or We Make Zines yet, you should go take a look!

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OMG DROP BEARS

2009-05-15T20:10:00.004+07:00

Courtesy Hayden Fryer @ PULP FACTION.

And don't forget, the Comickaze Queen's Weekend Challenge is coming up!

NZ Comics Blog: From Earth’s End

2009-05-10T21:50:00.005+07:00

Dylan Horrocks:

Adrian Kinnaird has started a new blog following comics and pop culture in New Zealand. He’s reporting on locally produced comics, as well as comics-related events ... (Free Comics Day in Onehunga, etc). He’s also made a really beautiful banner for the site (see above)! Let’s hope Adrian also posts some of his own very fine comics…

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There Is A God

2009-05-10T21:41:00.004+07:00

Kirrily Schell, Australia:

God Is is out!

I've not seen it yet - but it is in shops, I've been told.

Posted by inks at 11:15 AM

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David Lasky: Yay Flu Awareness Comic

2009-04-26T13:33:00.004+07:00

Preparedness comic book in multiple languages

To promote pandemic flu preparedness, Public Health - Seattle & King County has developed a 12-page comic book on pandemic flu. Targeting readers of all ages, this story tells the tale of a family’s experience of the 1918 influenza pandemic. It also explains the threat of pandemic flu today, illustrates what to expect during a pandemic (such as school closures), and offers tips to help households prepare.

Download and print the comic books in PDF format for free:
http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/preparedness/pandemicflu/comicbook.aspx

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Komikaze Does Stumptown

2009-04-20T01:20:00.003+07:00

18.-19.4.2009./ KOMIKAZE NA STRIPFESTIVALU "STUMPTOWN COMICS FEST" U PORTLANDU- OREGON/ Lloyd Center, Doubletree Hotel

"Komikaze preko bare"

"Naš blago pomaknuti stripovski kolektiv Komikaze predstavit će se ovoga vikenda, 18. i 19. travnja, na američkom Stumptown Comics festivalu.
Festival Stumptown Comics održava se u Portlandu od 2004. godine. Pokrenula ga je šačica stripovskih entuzijasta potaknuta nedostatkom stripovskih festivala koji u fokus
stavljaju autore, a ne toliko njihove likove. Počevši kao skroman underground festival Stumptown Comics je u ovih pet godina izrastao u festival koji privlači posjetitlje
diljem SAD-a. Komikaze će u sklopu festivalskog programa predstaviti svoja dosadašnja izdanja - printane antologije, albume i fanzine - te tako nastaviti seriju svojih
međunarodnih gostovanja." | 17. travnja 2009.| PIŠE: STJEPAN JUREKOVIĆ

ZAREZ/ TEMA BROJA: AUTORSKI STRIP: http://www.zarez.hr/pages/247/z_temabroja.html

14.4.JUTARNJI LIST O ŽENSKOM STRIPU U HRVATSKOJ/PATRICIA KIŠ: patriziakis

Zanimljiv grafit s likom Ivana Jakovčića na ulicama Pule: „Voglio la fabbrica“ i „Voglio la terra“ >> http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/Novosti/Hrvatska/Hrvatska/tabid/66/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/50516/Default.aspx

From: http://www.komikaze.hr/wiki/

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Post-Drawpocalypse 2009: Art, Interview

2009-04-17T01:40:00.000+07:00

Drawpocalypse Postmortem

The Spring 2009 Drawpocalypse is now history, and I’m catching up on my sleep. As people following this blog are well aware, l decided to make my own 24 hour comic a benefit for ailing comix legend S. Clay Wilson’s medical expenses, and six other artists at the event decided to join me: Kevin Cross, Joshua Kemble, Mike Getsiv, Tony Morgan, Josh Fitz and Ben Sarnoff. I’m still toting up my own pledges, but I think it’s somewhere in the neighborhood of a thousand dollars. For those who are interested in pledging, it’s not too late: I produced 24 pages on the nose, so pledges can be some multiple of that, like, say, $240, $480, $2400… All checks should be made out to to the S. Clay Wilson Special Needs Trust and sent to PO Box 14854 San Francisco CA 94114, or you can visit their site: www.sclaywilsontrust.com. In response to numerous requests they now have a Paypal account to take contributions online. Not tax deductible, but you do get a signed minicomic of the story I drew, which l have no plans to make available in any other way.

The event, as usual, went by in a busy, sociable blur, with so much fascinating chatter about such geeky topics as the films of George Kuchar and continuity problems in the DC Universe that l barely listened to the dozen CD’s I brought. There were about twenty people there, nearly all of them lasted the night, and I’d say about half produced the requisite 24 pages. Not all of them were working for Wilson- most seemed to be doing it to have new material to sell at the upcoming Stumptown Con. My friend Tom Lechner has some photos posted:

My latest 24 hour effort- #11 for those keeping count- is called “The Girl With The Keyhole Eyes”. It’s a series of reminiscences about various women I’ve known (mostly NOT old girlfriends), mixing real stories with outright fabrications in the manner of a game l have played called “Two Truths And A Lie”. It ends with a real groaner of a pun. I’ve posted the first three pages on Comics Lifestyle:

Thanks to Andy and Adam and all the staff at Cosmic Monkey for once more being the perfect hosts. Thanks also to Ken O’Connell of Copic Marker for providing art materials for the event. Except for blue pencils, my story was drawn entirely on their paper using their brushes, pens and markers.

I Get Pixels

More words slung around about S.Clay Wilson, 24 hour comics and keyhole eyes in this interview at Michael Aushenker’s site, Cartoon Flophouse.

by David Chelsea — April 13, 2009 @ 1:04 pm
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Indonesian Comic Diary

2009-04-16T08:25:00.004+07:00

Now available for pre-order: oke_boo@yahoo.com

Launch: Tuesday, April 21, 2009: 4:00-6:00pm

Komunitas Salihara

Jl. Salihara 16, Pejaten Barat,

Jakarta, Indonesia

Setelah menerbitkan Lovely Luna, karya Lala (Sheila Rooswitha) kini diterbitkan oleh penerbit Bandung: Curhat Anak Bangsa. Cerita si Lala ini berisi kisah-kisah hidup dan curhatannya seputar pernikahan, mudik, dan lain-lain. Peluncuran cergam ini menjadi bagian dari event Pembukaan VFilm Festival 2009 (Festival Film Perempuan Internasional 2009).

Lala:
http://okeboo.multiply.com
http://lambiek.net/artists/s/sheila.htm

Komunitas Salihara:
http://www.salihara.org

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Checkered Demon Update: $1000 and rising!

2009-04-14T01:00:00.005+07:00

From David Chelsea:

The big day of the benefit 24 Hour Comic event to raise money for S. Clay Wilson’s medical expenses is less than two weeks away. Last November, the legendary underground comics artist suffered a severe brain injury in a fall. He spent a week in intensive care and faces a long recovery. Even with insurance, Wilson’s expenses are beyond his ability to pay and have made him and his family paupers. For those of you who may not have heard of it, the premise of the 24 Hour Comic challenge is that an artist attempts to complete 24 pages of comics within 24 hours. I am soliciting pledges from friends and comics fans for each page I complete. Assuming I draw at least 24 pages, the pledges I have so far amount to over a thousand dollars, and I know my fellow cartoonists Kevin Cross, Joshua Kemble, Mike Getsiv, Tony Morgan, Josh Fitz and Ben Sarnoff have been soliciting contributions as well. It’s not too late for you to contact me with a pledge.

Most of the pledges are for an indeterminate amount pegged to the number of pages I complete on the day, but some people prefer simply to contribute a lump sum, which is cool too. Your contribution is not tax deductible, but sponsors will receive an autographed copy of my completed story. All checks should be made out to to the S. Clay Wilson Special Needs Trust and sent to PO Box 14854 San Francisco CA 94114, or you can visit their site: www.sclaywilsontrust.com. In response to numerous requests they now have a Paypal account to take contributions online.

The 24 Hour Comic Event will be open to the public and will take place at Cosmic Monkey in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, April 11th from 10 am to 10 am Sunday (which just so happens to be Easter). Copic Marker has agreed to donate art materials for the event, including manga-ruled paper.

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Catching A Cold

2009-04-11T23:25:00.004+07:00

The First Comics Camp Weekend!

2009-04-05T14:23:00.004+07:00

By geeen

When I found out Tiger Airways could get me to Melbo and back for a low, low $56 I decided I’d go to this thing. Only I clicked on the wrong dates, and booked myself a week in Melbourne. How the hell would I fill up one whole week and where would I sleep? David and Sarah’s is the short answer.

A funny answer to how to fill up one week in Melbourne might be “order a coffee” but it didn’t fit in that paragraph.

So I spent two nights with David Blumenstein and his now fiancee Sarah. They live in a small apartment that is smaller now with Sarah - but when I’m there too you have to stand in the kitchen. But I behaved, and held most of my farts in for two nights. I had the couch though, as you can see. Me:1 Them:0

On Friday, we left for the Comics Camp. We first picked up Chris. He was from Tennessee but is now from Tasmania. We picked him up from the station just as a crazy man began talking to him. He apologised for smelling like travel, and I apologised for having fingers that stunk of salmon because I’d been picking at this chunk of salmon we brought along. He’d been waiting around Melbourne since like 7AM. That’s the worst. Chris does autobio comics, with a page devoted to each day of his life.

Next pick-up was Jo, who lived on the outskirts of the city. Inside her flat, Jo had her money stacked into little piles of coins and I laughed at her but they explained to me that it was good to do that if you travel by tram. I wasn’t listening though, I just wanted to make fun of her. Jo does all kinds of comics and illustration. She is working on the outline for a graphic novel for Allen & Unwin and she laughs a lot. Like some kind of mentally ill person.

We got lost trying to get out of Melbourne, and as we sped along freeways, we were treated to the world’s ugliest environment. I have never made fun of a landscape before, but it was so desolate, ugly and boring that we couldn’t help giggling. It was impressive how fucked it was. This was the industrial area. We saw a towering pile of broken glass, factories with masses of pipes, smog, traffic and the occasional huge overpass with arty architectural colour bits on them. Soon we passed a small patch of dead grass and plastic bags. I noticed a sign on it saying “grass reserve”.

Eventually we passed just a big field of death where the smog obscured anything on the horizon.

Then we started passing hideous ‘estates’ with endless cloned mansions.

Chris fell asleep, then woke up with a “WHAAA?” then muttered something and went back to sleep.

Later at the servo, Jo found a dead bird that was quite pretty and rare. But I hate dead things and I didn’t let her bring it in the car. She had it in a little bag, but what if the bag touched my knee? I later realised I should have asked her to just keep it in the boot, because she really wanted it.

We were greeted at the cottage by John Retallick - he does an enthusiastic radio show about Aussie comics, Kirrilly Schell - originally from Canberra like Mandy and me and Joy, the owner of the artists retreat. It was a proper retreat too. We should have been wearing large knitted jumpers and sipping from mugs of Nescafe or something. It was all wooden and in the bush. Joy had laid out a spread (not in a rude way). There were the best muffins ever, bowls of nuts, yoghurt covered sultanas and all kinds of stuff. We ate and read the books and graphic novels that were all over the joint. Finding Nemo was amazing. I inspected the dirty pond with Jo, enjoying the little cicada skin husks until I realised I was scared of them too. Jo slipped a bit in the mud and got dirt on her arse. Not Finding Nemo… Little Nemo in Slumberland I mean. Jeez..

Everyone was looking through the binoculars because they could apparently see kangaroos amongst the trees. I toyed with the idea of refusing the binoculars, explaining that to a Canberran like me, kangaroos are no big deal as you see them all the time, but I was a bit bored plus who gives a shit so I took them. And anyway I couldn’t see any even though everyone else could. I began to get anxious so I headed to the artists room and began to set up.

It was the perfect drawing environment. The room was wooden, with beams across the roof, and large glass sliding doors. The light was warm, and in the middle we’d pushed a number of desks together. There was a TV with a small, strange collection of films. Intelligent but boring Dendy dramas, mixed with tacky fantasy flicks. I found the perfect drawing movie - Gladiator. Good, but not distracting good. All of us sat there with our heads down, sketching away in our sketch pads. There was beer too. I was in drawing heaven to be honest. Plus I had the biggest, comfy chair. And everyone else was right into it. I have not been to many comic meetings where everybody draws, so it was great. Pat was working on this giant poster comic the whole time.

From left to right: David, Sarah, Arran, Anthony, Pat, Chris, Mandy!

At last a new carload pulled up containing the other chaps: Arran, Bernard and Michael. Arran had his 1-up Mario top like mine but a different design, Bernard was tall, and Michael Fikaris, well he is this old school Aussie comics fella. I’d heard his name bandied about since I started comics, but I had never met him. He was one of the ‘Silent Army’ chaps from Melbourne who I never met. Those guys are proper art scene guys, who like, live in studios in alleyways and do illegal wall art, and don’t care about things like Harry Potter or iTunes because they live on the edge. He seriously looks like Freddie Mercury in a cap. He was so talkative everybody kept drawing portraits of him. Mandy did a good one where she was telling him to shut up.

When I got back in, Gladiator still wasn’t over. Boring idiots were on the screen standing around in costume giving speeches and being all majestic. One by one the girls disappeared to bed, then some boys. Michael got louder and more nonsensical by the minute until he lay down and fell asleep in his own confusion. Pat and Arran and me plopped down too. It was 3 AM, so we were the most hardcore.

The next morning Anthony arrived. He also does autobio comics like Chris, but he hails from nearby Ballarat. Mandy Ord turned up too, in her own good time, as you please. She used to live in Canberra when I started drawing comics, and she onced asked me, “Do you use Wella?” There was still some drawing going on, but then we had a few ’show-and-tell’s using a little projector. Joy put down a bowl with two varieties of Tim-tams. Two different kinds in one bowl. That’s crazy town host-wise isn’t it. The room was still nice, with all wooden bits and stone walls.

That night we went to a pub for dinner where I ate bangers and mash. Everyone was drawing all over the napkins, and again Michael Fikaris got like three or four versions of himself. I think he was the most drawn fella that weekend. In the toilet when I was trying to do a poo but it turned out I didn’t really need to, they were playing the Australian version of ‘Everythings Allright’ by Kate Ceberano and John Farnham. Later when I had a cig outside they were playing ‘Two Strong Hearts’. It was like everyone except the people inside were being treated to John Farnham. I never liked John Farnham very much but he was a great Jesus. Maybe better than Ian Gillan but I dunno, that may or may not be blasphemy.

We did a whole lot more drawing that night. Oh, it was beer fuelled but there were also mint slice biscuits. They are the most boring of all the chocolate biscuits. I love how sweet biccies are divided into three levels of specialness: Plain, cream and chocolate. And each level has the shitty one and the best one and most people agree on what those are. So for me, the shittiest plain one might be Nice. It’s plain with sugar all on it. The texture sux and the taste is dull. Best? Who cares. NEXT. The best cream ones are probably those little fat square ones. Shortbread creams. You can eat like 10 in a row. Even the three lines across the top are appealing. The shit one would definitely be those fuckin’ orange ones. What are they even meant to be? I don’t know why anybody would like Monte Carlos either. They’re stupid and not even yummy. Anyway, I had like 5 mint slice biscuits because they’re chocolate aren’t they. The best chocolate ones are Tim Tams in case you were worrying about that.

I put the Matrix on as i’d only once seen it when it first came out. It was pretty cool but I can’t believe how people go on about it, and the ‘philosophy’ behind it. A uni student tried to blow my mind once. He’d started philosophy and he asked me how I knew I was alive. I said coz I’m breathing. He said “Yeah but it could all be a dream!” and he looked at me like expectantly, as if the very foundations of my beliefs were beginning to crumble and i was teetering on the edge of a chasm. He mistook my annoyance for fear but it was because I was about eight when I first heard this question, thought about it for a few minutes, then decided there were better things to think about like making a waterfall for my ewok figures with a hose. Michael was going “WOW!” sarcastically when those dumb squid machines were floating around which was hilarious. He wanted us to talk instead of watching nerd films.

Pat, Arran and me were the last ones awake again, and everyone else was in the other room. I made some really hilarious joke then we all burst out laughing then suddenly stopped and fell asleep.

So on Sunday we drew for a while, swapped comics and had lunch and everyone said goodbye, traded contact details and that sort of thing. Bernard gave me the latest Tango which was massive. Everyone was muttering about how awesome it had been. We’d all drawn loads as well. There are some scans at Michael’s flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/frothindustries/

So we dropped off Chris and John, and went to a Greek restaraunt where they don’t have a menu, they just give you what they’re cooking that night. Sarah was not impressed by the fact that my sister Sarah’s middle name is also Louise. She said all Sarahs are either Sarah Louise, or Sarah Jane. My mum told me the exact same thing word for word. Coincidence Town, Vic, 3045.

The rest of the stay was great. I saw chum Irene one day and the next I joined Michael’s street art tour which had some of the best art I’d seen. That eve I left Melbourne with the thought I always have - that it is truly is a city of creative people, some of whom have talent. HO HO!

Tags: comics, comics camp, Melbourne, gladiator, matrix, arnotts, john farnham, freddie-mercury

The Felt Tip Pen Show

2009-04-03T17:50:00.002+07:00

Dear Friends,

Please join us for the opening of

THE FELT TIP PEN SHOW

April 3rd, 6pm
Rear View Gallery
Rear of 244 Smith Street Collingwood.
Enter via Stanley Street.

NEW Drawings GOOD Drawings and CHEAP Drawings by

Jeff Steele, HyperColourCastle(UK), Neli0(FR), Fred Fowler, Mandy Ord, Tim Danko(NZ), M.P Fikaris ,Sam Wallman, Cougar Flashy, Michael Hawkins, Tim Molloy, Textaqueen, Lucien Spectre, Steph Hicks, RJRAE, Stewart Cole, Tom O'Hern, Makatron, James Reka, Gosia Wlodarczak courtesy the artist and Arc Onc Galley, Melbourne, Alice Mrongovius, Richard B-B, Trevelyan Clay, Sam Karmel and Claire Tracey.

curated by RJRAE and MP Fikaris.

Show runs till the 24th April.

REAR VIEW Gallery
Wed-Sun 12 - 6pm.

Tags: comics

Minotaur's Manual

2009-03-25T18:01:00.003+07:00

Minotaur's Manual by Laerte

Mean Guys

The translator of this strip, Iris, is moving shop to: http://www.myspace.com/meanguys

Tags: comics

HicksvilleComics.com

2009-03-07T19:11:00.004+07:00

Dylan Horrocks writes from New Zealand:

Well, it’s taken me a while, but I’m finally joining the wonderful world of online comics. Henceforth, this site will be my primary way of serialising long stories, replacing the old paper pamphlet format of Pickle and Atlas. I’m making the shift for a number of reasons - from my growing enthusiasm for the internet to the appeal of weekly deadlines - but for those who still love paper, never fear: everything will end up as book collections as well.

So - I’m starting with two ongoing serials:

The American Dream:

this is a totally new story that I’ve been working on for some years (I think I began writing notes for it in 2003 or 2004). Not sure exactly how long it will be, but probably less than 100 pages, and I plan on putting up a few new pages per week.

Sam Zabel & the Magic Pen:

I already published the first chapter of this story in Atlas #2 & 3 (from the wonderful Drawn & Quarterly), so the first 26 pages will look pretty familiar to anyone who read them there. But I’ve now added colour (which I’d always hoped to do eventually), and of course from chapter two onwards, it’ll be all new.

Future serials will include Atlas (I’m in the process of reworking the opening section, complete with some new material), and various other things; I plan to have two serials running at any given time.

I’ll also be gradually adding short stories, some of which were drawn for recent anthologies, along with old stuff that’s hard to find. First up are Siso and The Physics Engine, both of which were drawn for anthologies of New Zealand writing.

As I’m kinda new to this webcomics thing, please forgive any early hiccups - and be aware that I’m still ironing out a few kinks in the coding, etc.

And feel free to drop me a line or leave a comment!

http://hicksvillecomics.com

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'Waiting For Promises'

2009-02-25T11:20:00.002+07:00

…is a new comic written by Equal Access Cambodia and designed by Our Books.

In addition to the comic, there is a radio drama of the story.

Our Books has been keeping busy with work for UNDP, Epic Arts, and a redesign of their site.

Work continues on Project:24’s book and exhibition, and stay tuned for pictures of Em Satya’s Hong Kong gallery showing!

http://www.siewphewyeung.org.kh/

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OMG the Internet

2009-02-22T11:53:00.004+07:00

Some very repressive measures are being discussed down in New Zealand.
Dylan Horrocks:

Net-savvy folks are participating in an 'internet blackout' to spread the word.

Check out Dylan's blog & cartoons (scooped up by 'The Pirate Bay'!)
http://dylanhorrocks.vox.com/library/post/pirated.html
http://dylanhorrocks.vox.com/library/post/not-copyright.html

See: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha/6247
and http://creativefreedom.org.nz/

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Komikaze Croatia: "exquisite corpses"

2009-01-31T17:26:00.003+07:00

Dragi i Drage,

U subotu krećemo sa Crtalištem, navratite. Ova crtaona je prva faza radova na "uređenju" skvota. Predznanje o crtanju nije potrebno. Dobrodošli!

Medika skvot/ Pierottijeva 11/ Zagreb

31.1.16-20h: Komikaze radionica "prekrasnih leševa"/ "exquisite corpses"

MISS I MISTERA "PREKRASNIH LEŠEVA" ĆEMO I SLIKOVNO ZAZIDATI U/NA SKVOTU U SLJEDEĆOJ GRAFFITI RADIONICI
INFO O "PREKRASNIM LEŠEVIMA":

dadaistička metoda kojom grupa ljudi gradi figuru postepeno dio po dio,
ne vidjevši prethodne dijelove. Crtač prethodnik ostavlja samo nastavke
linija koji zadiru u doljnji dio figure.Tako 4 ljudi sudjeluje u gradnji
1 crteža koji se otvara po završetku. Rezultati su fascinantni i nadmašuju sva
očekivanja.

od svega nacrtanog i poslikanog umijesit ćemo webzin: http://www.komikaze.hr/wiki/Crtaliste
više informacija o trodnevnom događanju možete vidjeti ovdje: http://skvot.co.cc/program/festivali/vikend-terapija.html
http://www.kulturpunkt.hr/i/najave/2438/
page count: 95

Pozdrav! Komikaze

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Komikaze Indonesia

2009-01-31T17:24:00.002+07:00

Komikaze (the Indonesian, not the European group) has started a new networking site.

Visit komikazepress
Take a look: http://komikazepress.ning.com

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ComicKaze Cambodia Press Release

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18.-19.4.2009./ KOMIKAZE NA STRIPFESTIVALU "STUMPTOWN COMICS FEST" U PORTLANDU- OREGON/ Lloyd Center, Doubletree Hotel

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Post-Drawpocalypse 2009: Art, Interview

Drawpocalypse Postmortem

I Get Pixels

Indonesian Comic Diary

Checkered Demon Update: $1000 and rising!

Catching A Cold

The First Comics Camp Weekend!

The Felt Tip Pen Show

Minotaur's Manual

HicksvilleComics.com

'Waiting For Promises'

OMG the Internet

Komikaze Croatia: "exquisite corpses"

31.1.16-20h: Komikaze radionica "prekrasnih leševa"/ "exquisite corpses"

Komikaze Indonesia

The Precinct: now with more explosions & nudity