i was in the best comic shop i ever seen the other day. called Bries in antwerp:
they publish stuff too buts they only got small independant press up to the giants like fantagraphics, but heaps of small handmade brain spew silk screen, fingerprints and glue stuff, theres a nice scene for that stuff in belgium it seems
look at www.jellecrama.tk and www.dennistyfus.tk i hadda spend hours in there.
run as a non profit labour of love by a woman called ria. and they had that new JIMBO IN PURGATORY book. fuckin thing wouldnt even fit in my backpack but it looks incredible. the only nz stuff in the shop was the MAUI graphic novel, some tatty anal attrocities and the new FRED THE CLOWN book. i never knew there was one must be real new huh? went to this comics museum but 1. i was exhausted and grumpy and 2. it seemed a bit rubbish. no original herge art or nothing. just heaps of shit figurines and keyrings. got that ron rege jr YEIST HOIST book tho. what a doozy.
also in bries was a copy of mangens URGH! he has no idea how it got there and also a copy of that one from hobart about a salmon fisherman? by ben someone? i forget its title but i think ive seen that particular comic in more unexpected corners of the world than any other. im not even surpriesed to see it any more.
finished 40 pages of win tanes bra. the city of tales novel. theres still a few more
to go.
pumice is on tour now. europe 2005. played belgium and amsterdam so far. berlin this week then denmark, norway (YO GREG!) ireland scotland. THEN i return to australia to play at whatismusic again in march. also on the bill is lightning bolt, sunn>>o, black dice, richard bishop and THE RESIDENTS. across melbourne, sydney, brisbane.
shit.
stefan.
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