Archive for November, 2003

http://www.tcj.com/journalista

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

Journalista!

Using RSS feeds and wire services Journalista (the Comics Journal’s weblog) beats most antipodal comics news sources to the punch on a regular basis.

Australian newspaper The Age checks in with cartoonist Michael Leunig at his home in the northeastern Victorian countryside. The results are thoroughly mockable to conservative Aussie journalist and weblogger Tim Blair.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/22/1069027379121.html

http://timblair.spleenville.com/archives/005167.php

Anti-drug comic from the Herald-Scum:

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8035984%255E662,00.html

And a new online academic journal about comics. Paging Laine Berman, John Lent, Michael Hill!

http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext/

Something not on Journalista, at least: Nakedfella’s Newie Fest pix.

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http://www.straightoutofbrisbane.com/

Saturday, November 29th, 2003

Straight Outta Brisbane

comes a comix lova that’ll smotha your motha

and make your sista think I lov her

dangerous, motha fukking raising hell

and if i get caught, I make bail


(sorry, NWA flashback there…)

Zine festival in Brissie with comix component:

http://www.straightoutofbrisbane.com/writing/

Where have all the comix gone?

2:30PM – 4:00PM :: Visible Ink, Upstairs

Is Brisbane’s ever growing community of zinerz leaving their comix counterparts behind? Or are comix creators actually just livin’ it up on their turf around Briz-Vegas? And just what is happening on their side of the world full stop? Come meet some of Brisbane’s finest comix writers talk about their creations, their community, Brisbane’s comics publishing history, and possible futures for comix within the Brisbane independent publishing scene as a whole. This will be a flow-on discussion panel from the ‘Bedroom Hermits Unite’ roundtable.

With: Phatsville Comix, Luke Webber, Jules Faber of Sporadic Comix, Brad Daniels of Groovy Gravy and Glen Manders of Stripsearch Press and Comix etc.

Facilitated by Sean Taylor

(thanks to Comics Australia for info)

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Cyclo Fun

Sunday, November 23rd, 2003

Cyclo Centre in Phnom Penh is always looking for english teachers, and advertisers to sponsor cyclos. (I’m just trying to figure out how to draw them.)

More Cambodia lifestyle @ my travels page.

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Odds and Ends

Saturday, November 22nd, 2003

Odds and ends

A few miscellaneous tidbits:

Athonk parable.

http://www.jai.or.id/jurnal/2002/sv/08ti_sv.pdf

Tim Danko Parable.

http://mams.rmit.edu.au/1ijwrt9navbn1.pdf

Does this not sound a lot like the Melbourne Scene to you?

http://www.tcj.com/256/e_thunder.html

Long Tail Kitty in Color! Plus new Lark Pien photo album.

http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/katnkit@sbcglobal.net

Vietnamese Comics update.

Silent Army Review (might have mentioned this already…)

Thump Review

Suggestion Records in Germany is stocking Pure Evil.

Newcastle National Young Writers’ Festival is looking for a coordinator for next year.

Adelaide Comix looking for submissions.

Must add this to sidebar: http://rocknerd.org/~ms45/journal

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NZ arts and business workshops

Thursday, November 20th, 2003

NZ arts and business workshops

Early Xmas present for the artists of Wellington

ARMS and WACT are holding a series of FREE workshops about the arts

and business from next Monday, November 24 through to Friday 12

December.

Artists and those involved in the arts industry will be able to learn

how to build an audience and increase income through simple business

practices. The sessions are focused on practical knowledge and tools

to boost careers, presented in a fun environment by people who know

both sides of the arts/business fence.

ARMS is an organisation founded to raise the level of arts enterprise

in New Zealand by bringing business smarts to artists and showing

them ways to make cash flow for their passion.

WACT (Wellington Artists’ Charitable Trust) was formed to foster the

development of the freelance artistic talent that makes Wellington

the Creative Capital. WACT provides production and infrastructure

support through its purpose-built rehearsal room, production and

office facilities in its Cable Street Studio.

All workshops are FREE but are limited to 20 people per session and

will be held from 12pm to 4pm at the rehearsal rooms of WACT on the

first floor of 44 Cable Street (above Tory European, opposite Te

Papa), phone 385 0192.

The schedule of the workshops is as follows:

Monday 24 November: Writing

(playwrights, novelists, short story writers, poets, self-publishers

and associated industry)

Tuesday 25 November: Performing Arts

(actors, dancers, comedians, soloists, musicians, directors,

producers and associated industry)

Wednesday 26 November: Visual Arts

(painters, sculptors, crafts, galleries and associated industry)

Thursday 27 November: Music

(songwriters, players, producers, promoters, managers and associated

industry)

Tuesday 2 December: Visual Arts

(painters, sculptors, crafts, galleries and associated industry)

Wednesday 3 December: Music

(songwriters, players, producers, promoters, managers and associated

industry)

Thursday 4 December: Writing

(playwrights, novelists, short story writers, poets, self-publishers

and associated industry)

Friday 5 December: Performing Arts

(actors, dancers, comedians, soloists, musicians, directors,

producers and associated industry)

Tuesday 9 December: Music

(songwriters, players, producers, promoters, managers and associated

industry)

Wednesday 10 December: Performing Arts

(actors, dancers, comedians, soloists, musicians, directors,

producers and associated industry)

Thursday 11 December: Visual Arts

(painters, sculptors, crafts, galleries and associated industry)

Friday 12 December: Writing

(playwrights, novelists, short story writers, poets, and associated

industry)

All sessions are interactive using participant experiences, case

studies and audience participation. The content of each session is

targeted at a particular art form as shown in the headings above.

However, the core essence of the workshops applies to all arts

disciplines.

The workshops focus on artists as the primary generators of income,

but also cover the associated infrastructure of the art forms. All

workshops are designed for New Zealanders wanting to boost their

income and develop long-term sustainable careers in the global arts

industry.

If you want more information about the above check out

http://www.arms.org.nz

If you wish to register, please email workshops@arms.org.nz with

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION in the subject line and details of the seminar

you want to attend in the body of the message.

Or you can phone Mark on 021 2200 400.



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Mark Cubey / mark@arms.org.nz /

ARMS Ltd / http://www.arms.org.nz

PO Box 9699, Wellington, Aotearoa (NZ)

phone 021 2200 400

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supported by New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

http://www.nzte.govt.nz

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