February 2011
4 posts
Started new mural →
Started new mural
Little sailor hats!!! →
For comic camp ‘Chugus-Nutus we should totally buy a bunch of those little sailor caps that the peanuts gang would wear to summer camp.
Comics now available to read via Issuu →
Open publication - Free publishing - More comics
I have just loaded up some comics to document sharing site Issuu. My Profile is here,…
Shaolin Burning! →
Apologies for the lack of new Magic Pen pages this past week. Page 56 is turning into one of those pages that takes a week to draw, which has thrown things off schedule. It is, however,…
January 2011
7 posts
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New page: The Magic Pen →
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ADULTS ONLY Note that this page of The Magic Pen is mildly NSFW (depending on your work, of course).
My Mercury Cartoons →
Ohhhhhh Buddy,
Where have I been? I’ll tell ya where I’ve been: On the couch, lazing about and playing video games.
I’ve actually been doing more cartoons for the Hobart Mercury. I just…
Thinks I Want You Should Know About Cambodia →
I should caution my Cambodian friends there is some slang in this comic, for fun. (The final panel references a particularly notorious hip hop tune.) And I should caution my Anglophone…
#87: Paradise →
Wellington College classmate, 1998 In 7th form Paradise showed up out of the blue: A giant Samoan from some tough school in South Auckland who told us he’d been in the New Zealand…
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“Red hole” , acrylique, 75*75cm
“Wolves in wolves” acrylique, 75*65 cm Les derniers tableaux tout frais de chez Fatmat !!
#86: Guy Nicholls →
My friend, 1995-?? Poet, painter, sculptor, gardener, jazz fiend, inventor, bushman, wanderer.
December 2010
13 posts
Now you can wear Hicksville Comics on your chest. →
Yes, I finally got around to making a Hicksville Comics t-shirt, which you can buy from RedBubble. Drape your delicate frame with an assortment of characters from Hicksville, The Magic…
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I’ve just had this pointed out to me: a torrent on Demonoid with all 10 issues of Pickle, the comic book I did in the 1990s (published by Black Eye).
I am, of course, delighted, and…
Comics by Pigeons! →
This Monday just gone, I was at the amphitheatre at the Footscray Community Arts Centre for the launch of a remarkable new book.
‘Pigeons: Stories in the Post Vol.2’ is a collection of…
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Beautiful Lies →
Today’s page of The Magic Pen is taking a little longer to finish than expected (that’s what I get for including a huge crowd scene). So in the meantime here’s an old comic strip that…
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To wander when I day dream →
Here is a picture of me prancing down the street in Edinburgh. I am pictured just outside the hostel I lived in for about 8 months. Ah those were the days… I think one of my…
Vincennes festival BD part 1 →
On s’est bien caillé les miches mais ça nous a pas empêché de rigoler!
An open letter to journalists regarding Wikileaks. →
(I apologise for interrupting with something completely unrelated to comics, but I want to post this somewhere, and here seems the easiest place. Normal ‘Magic Pen’ posting will resume…
Trails as it goes down.. →
Trails live as it goes down Dec →
This one's Mario for John Weeks →
November 2010
20 posts
A little break. →
I really hate to do this but I just thought I’d let you all know I’m gonna be off the air for a little while. I’m travelling over the next few weeks with work and will be away from all my…
Jerks →
Four new prints in this show - opens Dec.9 in... →
Four new prints in this show - opens Dec.9 in Melbourne
deconstructing angie wang →
^ mashup with angie wang. http://www.okchickadee.com/
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2011 approacheth, as does Cardigan Comics Magazine →
The above sobriquet bestowed upon me by the esteemed Peter Bodin, Esquire.
A fez, a pipe, a dressing gown and slippers: that’s my preferred get-up for the new year.
sketches 17.11 →
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dino day →
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GOOD CAUSES and places to LOOK AT LOCAL MARK... →
GOOD CAUSES and places to LOOK AT LOCAL MARK MAKINGS etc.
I have a drawing in ‘rolling contact’ exhibition NOV. 26-28th ONLY
- a doodle pinned up somewhere and a small painting in …
Tidbits – Student Comics Anthology →
At the invitation of Northbridge International School, Our Books participated in the ‘Yearly Cultural Exchange‘ ‘CX 2010′, including students from International School of Phnom Penh, and also…
NUOVA SFIDA PUSCIA! "Let it snow" →
LET IT SNOW! EEEEEEEEEEEE VIENE GIÙ DAL CIEEEEEEEEL… la neve. Sì! La regina dell’inverno! Proprio lei! Con tutti i suoi bei fiocchetti bianchi. È il tema della nostra nuova sfida puscia. …
test →
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Vernissage Kronik Circus! →
Petit aperçu pré-vernissage de l’expo “Kronik Circus”. Les photos ne sont…
#84: King George →
Fish’n’Chip man, Campbell, 1990-1991 You could usually hear George before you saw him. He was a larger (and louder) than life Greek who ran a tiny but excellent fish’n’chippie at the…
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a friend’s scroll of sketches… which i am now destroying.
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#83: Kiri Griffin →
Flatmate, Mt Vic, 2003-2004 Conversation with Kiri is a multifaceted array of ingenious jests with a smattering of curious facts. One’s initial impression is of astonishment at the…
springy spring →
Sissi, sìsìsì Giulia! →
Buongiorno Puscie e amici di Puscie! Stavolta si parla di… Giulia! Come potete vedere, tramite la sua scuola del fumetto, la nostra sta collaborando alle uscite di Sissi della Panini.
Torino Best Soundtrack awards 2010 →
Ciao Puscie! Vi segnalo l’iniziativa della nostra Puscia Federica Zancato! Visitate il sito e… partecipate numerosi, torinesi! http://www.torinosoundtrack.com/ per le strade della…
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#81 & 82: Karen Anson & Ricky French →
Vox/Guitar/Keys, Actor Slash Model Originally Actor Slash Model was Karen, Ricky and a drum machine and they were great - insanely catchy pop with weird freak-out bits. After a while they…
September 2010
6 posts
Mandy Ord and Dillon Naylor exhibition! →
Last night I did a launch talk at the Town Hall Gallery in Booroondara (corner of Burwood and Glenferrie Roads Hawthorn) for THIS:
Yes, folks, a comics exhibition of work by Dillon Naylor…
#71: Kane Goulter →
Bassist - Xanadu, Die Die Die, 2003-2004 You know when you meet someone who seems too cool and you try to be cool too but you say something really stupid? Then every time you see them…
Alice Brown in Dud Comics →
I’ve drawn a 1-page strip starring The Magic Pen’s Alice Brown, for a Dunedin-based anthology called Dud Comics. You can find out about Dud and see some of the contributions on the …
september events →
August-September Events xoxo from littlebird A. Storytime! show at the Cartoon Art Museum
B. India Celebration at the Asian Art Museum
C. Zinefest in Golden Gate…
New page: The Magic Pen →
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New page: The Magic Pen →
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To my lasting shame, I wasn’t able to post a new page last Friday, due to a major deadline (I’ll tell you about that soon). Hopefully that will be the last day I…