Odds and Ends

Back in Siem Reap, catching up on things.

http://www.tcj.com/2_archives/reviews.html lists reviews of comics we like – Ben Ridder, Pox, Stefan Neville, Kirrily Schell, Q-Ray, Athonk, and more. (Scroll to bottom). Why is this relevant? Click around on the site and you’ll see…

Wouldn’t normally link to Slate, but this article goes a long way in explaining the appeal of The Matrix.

http://slate.msn.com/id/2082400/

Get out of the mass media matrix and publish your own books. Continue to be intrigued by ‘No Media Kings’, evangelizing self pubbing. Note they’re supported by a Canadian arts grant though.

Dillon Naylor is plugging away, with strips in K-Zone and ‘Total Girl’ and a weekly color strip in a Sydney newspaper. He’s also just finished two color storybooks in comic format that will be published at the end of this year. Pop Culture and Two Minute Noodles is being collected. And he’s still designing figures and packaging for toy company MOOSE.

Neale Blanden is doing work for an unnamed American company and feels filthy dirty.