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March 31, 2010
Interview roundup!
With the new edition of Hicksville out (both the Drawn & Quarterly edition and the New Zealand edition from VUP), I've been doing some interviews and podcasts. Here are some of them:
The Comix Claptrap - podcast
The very cool Rina Ayuyang and Thien Pham indulge my lengthy ramblings about life, art and babies. Lark Pien was also lurking in the background but didn't pipe up till after the podcast was finished. Anyway - whether I make any sense is questionable, but Rina and Thien are a hoot, and t...
March 29, 2010
Hicksville launching in Wellington!
Yes, we're doing it all again - this time in Wellington! Victoria University Press are launching the NZ edition of Hicksville on Saturday 3rd April, at 5.30pm, at the NZ Independent Comics Festival, in the Basement Gallery, 39 Dixon St.
Come along and enjoy the festivities, and then stay on for the Black River Digital NZ Comics Awards (aka "the Erics") at 7.30pm!
I will be in Wellington all weekend, by the way, dividing my time between the Armageddon Expo and the NZ Comics Festival. My plan...
Make a submission on copyright in the digital environment.
The New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development has invited submissions from the public on "enforcement in the digital environment." This is in the context of the ongoing talks on ACTA, which is being negotiated in Wellington, NZ in April (in ridiculous secrecy, of course). So if you're in New Zealand and you care about copyright, ACTA or the future of the internet, please send them a submission. You've only got a day or two (they close tomorrow, Wednesday 31 March). A quick email is...
Photos from the Hicksville launch party at the High Seas
Adrian Kinnaird's wonderful NZ comics blog From Earth's End has a heap of photos from last week's launch of the NZ edition of Hicksville at The High Seas. Big thanks to Sophie, Nigel and Stefan, Fergus and Craig, and everyone who came along and helped toast the baby. Special thanks, too, to everyone who bought books and/or artwork!
We're having another little launch party this Saturday (April 3rd), as part of the NZ Comics Festival in Wellington. I'll post the details later today.
March 11, 2010
Doodling at the gaming table…
In the course of finding something for a rather nifty project Lark Pien is putting together, I found myself looking through various sketchbooks and notebooks looking for doodles. So I thought I'd put some of it online, because… well, just because.
The following, then, were all drawn during two Roleplaying Games: a Bushido game run by my friend John, and a Fudge-based game set during the First Crusade, run by my friend Matthew. I do a lot of doodling during games, and I often love what comes...
What was the first New Zealand graphic novel?
David Beattie's excellent book blog raises an interesting question. David was wondering whether the Victoria University Press edition of Hicksville was the first NZ published graphic novel, and passed on his wonderings to VUP, who passed them on to me. He ended up posting my reply in full.
Would anyone like to correct my off-the-cuff response - or add any titles to the list?
Interview with me now up at Newsarama
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…which you can read here.
New page: Magic Pen chapter 2 title page
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I've just added a title page for chapter two of The Magic Pen. So, strictly speaking, it's not a new page of story, but I've been meaning to add it for a while, so…I promise at leat one actual story page by the end of this week.
March 2, 2010
Hicksville at the High Seas!
Yay! We're having a launch for the NZ edition of Hicksville at The High Seas (12 Beresford Square, Auckland) on Friday 19th March (6pm). It's also an exhibition of original art from Hicksville, which will stay open through Saturday 20th March (when Beresford Square is also hosting the fabulous Aroha Day!).
So spread the word - and come join the party!
February 18, 2010
Podcast interview: the Comix Claptrap
Here's an interview I did a couple of days ago with Rina Ayuyang and Thien Pham, for their entertaining podcast series The Comix Claptrap. We talked for a long time, about all kinds of things - from babies to felt-tip pens to the comfort of eventual cosmic doom. Oh, and comics, of course. In fact, I got rather embarrassingly candid about my ambivalent relationship with stories and comics, and why I think Batman should be in jail.
Anyway, you can listen to it as streaming audio, or download a...
