"Comics erode the most fundamental habits
of humane, civilized living."

Bill Pearson

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New page: The Magic Pen

February 6th, 2013
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This one’s actually Safe For Work, for once. Just don’t hit “Previous Page” if you know what’s good for you.

New page: The Magic Pen (NSFW)

February 1st, 2013
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Apologies for the big red warning banner. Did I mention it’s NSFW?

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January 16th, 2013
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January 1st, 2013
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New page: The Magic Pen (NSFW)

December 27th, 2012
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December 20th, 2012
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December 11th, 2012

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December 4th, 2012

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It’s been a very long time, I know. But here is the next page. Should be posting new pages regularly now for some time, thanks to a grant from Creative New Zealand. Thanks Creative New Zealand!

By the way, I’ve disabled comments for the time being, due to a security hole in WordPress. Will endeavour to get it sorted out (and comments restored) soon. In the meantime, feel free to share your criticisms, disappointments and condemnations via Twitter or Facebook.

New Zealand Comics and Graphic Novels

November 14th, 2012

I recently made this catalogue of New Zealand cartoonists (and some of the comics & books they’ve made or are making). We handed out hundreds of copies of this at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the Treviso Comic Book Festival in September and October, but you can download a free pdf of it here.

Because the catalogue is necessarily an incomplete list, I also made a page of links to NZ comics creators, anthologies, events and blogs. If your website is not on this list but should be, let me know and I’ll add it forthwith!

Please note this catalogue is NOT for retail sale; it was published with the assistance of Creative NZ to promote NZ comics at Frankfurt etc. But there are some very exciting books on NZ comics due in the near future which will be for retail sale, so keep your eye on From Earth’s End and Pikitia Press, two very good NZ comics blogs, to be forewarned.

Sketches – part 2.

November 14th, 2012

Here’s another batch of sketches done earlier this year as part of my crazy bargain commission frenzy. You can see the rest here.

(click on a thumbnail to see larger image – and there are many more after the jump!)

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