A one page comic by me is in the latest (October) issue of Metro magazine. It’s part of a feature in which a bunch of writers, photographers and artists document a single day in Auckland, as viewed from various locations. I chose the local mall and spent a few hours drawing people in the food court, the library, and walking around the shops. As I told the editor, I love malls, even though I hate shopping. Malls aren’t really about shopping these days anyway; it’s more like hanging out in the town square (albeit a highly commercialised, corporate-controlled one).
You can find Metro in most newsagents around New Zealand or get it online at Magshop.
Don’t tell me you own one of those big butt teeshirts?
Awesome, can’t wait to see it in print. I spent a lot of my teen years hanging out at the mall, and really understand the idea that it’s a town-square type thing: but YES, it’s definitely a highly commercialised and corporately-controlled one, there were lots of security guards who’d make sure we’d ‘move along’ if we were sitting down for too long.
Ha ha! That’s not me, Scott! It’s a guy I saw at the mall that day. I mean, I have nothing against big butts, but…
Yeah I realized 😉 I just couldn’t comprehend someone wearing that teeshirt, well in public anyway. But I guess, there always has to be one!
would you want to go out w him (a guy wearing a T shirt like that?) – or even flirt w you??
As I recall, he was sitting happily chatting with a young woman most of the time – so maybe the t-shirt is a total babe magnet? To be honest, though, I barely noticed anything beyond the shirt. A true classic!