Month: March 2013
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Zine Round-Up
So, last week I bought a bunch of zines. And then I sort of forgot about them. So here is what I bought Mr Unpronouncable by Tim Molloy Basically it looks and reads like like a mix between a Lovecraft and Woodring book. The art reminds me heavily of Jim Woodring’s The Frank Book. Here…
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Mappa Mundi
So for the last two weeks and a bit, I had been racing around in the spare hours to quickly throw together a zine for the Canberra Zine Emporium zine fair for You Are Here. Mappa Mundi is the working title for a new project where content is printed to single sheet of paper, which…
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Private Eye
The new comic by Brian K Vaughn, Marcos Martin and Munsta Vicente, set in the future where the Internet crashed and everyone preserves their privacy, even to the point of maintaining a “Nym”, an alter-ego with costume. It is a world where journalists are the police and paparazzi, vigilantes. The story focuses on man with…
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CRDL 2013 Bout 1
So the 2013 season of the Canberra Roller Derby League ran tonight, with new rules and new line up in the first two teams, the Brindabelters and the Red Belly Black Hearts. The new rules are a vast improvement to make the game faster. They also eliminate certain tactics that made the game grind to…
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Canberra Zine Fair
The Canberra Zine Emporium ran a zine fair out in a courtyard where Electric Shadows used to be, behind the Waldorf Hotel. The turn out for zinsters was fine with plenty of tables, however, the entire affair was a little disappointing. First of all, the fair was outside. So for five hours, people sat in…
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LIedekijn Interview
A year after co-editing and launching the sold-out Beginnings comics anthology, Emma-Jean will be opening Liedekijn, a sequential exhibition showcasing the fascinating work of twenty-four artists as they each tell a part of the medieval Dutch folk tale Heer Halewijn. Emma took some time out to talk about the upcoming show. J: So Emma, give…
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In The Post
Time to catch up on a couple of things that I forgot or missed. The Proof is a free newspaper in Chicago filled with random articles, comics, poetry and etc. The only payment is towards the shipping and subscription costs. The other interesting fact is the person behind it all, is keeping the submissions open,…
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Space Creep
The other week Gus Storms was nice enough to send me a digital copy of his comic called Space Creep. It’s pretty neat. Reminds me of those few Euro-comics that I read like The Incal and The Horde. I still really like that colour palette. Not sure how many times Mr. Storms will hand out…
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Front Gallery Exhibition
Before heading to a friend’s place for some zine assembly, I decided to head to The Front Cafe for the Centenary Collaborative Exhibition. A couple of friends and acquaintances had put up pieces as part of a celebration that this town is now a hundred years old. I took some photos of what was there,…
The Screaming Wall 