Caravan of Comics recap, part 1
MEET THE CARAVAN Do you know what the Caravan of Comics is? It is (or was) a three week cartoonist tour of the north-eastern bit of the USA, with a swing through Toronto. It said, “Hello, Americas! We do comics, and we kick bottom.” And it was a fantastic trip to be on. [...]
The Stanleys 2011
or, What it is to be a cartoonist Cartoonists don’t travel through physical space, only through time. Even when the cartoonist looks, to an observer, to be travelling; on a plane, say, or a train – they are bent over their Spirax #534 pad, scratching away at a sketch of a fellow passenger. Desperately trying [...]
Bret Braddock beer mats
I like drawing on beer mats, a.k.a. those disposable cardboard coasters you get in pubs. Always a bonus when you go to a pub and they have some beer mats there with BLANK BACKS! Some beer manufacturers get coasters made with their bullshit advertising on both sides. They are jerks (hello, jerks). They don’t understand [...]
“Sciensatics” in the new Going Down Swinging
I forgot to mention at a useful or appropriate time that I’ve got a comic in the recently released issue (#30) of the venerable Aussie literary journal Going Down Swinging! It’s called Sciensatics, and it’s a somewhat freeform gag on various interesting cult-type “religions”. I’m only posting about it now because the mag got reviewed [...]
Bret Braddock book launch coming to Melbourne Fringe
I Tweeted last week about not making it into Fringe in time, but thankfully my very lovely venue, the Bella Union (where we held the Comic Book Funny live shows), made it possible. So now that the forms are in, I can tell you that we’ll launch a collection of my “Bret Braddock” comics at [...]
Me, on the radio
As I’m featured in the very nice Superheroes & Schlemiels exhibition currently at the Jewish Museum here in Melbourne, they’ve kindly given me the opportunity to appear on ABC 774 this Sunday with the Museum’s Helen Light to talk about… comic books and Jews, probably. We’ll be on around 10:30am, speaking with Alan Brough, which [...]
Comic Book Funny: recap
We did another four sessions of COMIC BOOK FUNNY. In week one, Jo Waite, Sarah Howell and our audience enjoyed a bit of low key chat, tea and cucumber sandwiches while they drew pictures of sexy comics men Neale Blanden, Pat Grant and David Blumenstein (me). Photo by Peter Jetnikoff In week two, our very [...]
Comic Book Funny session 2
A reminder that tomorrow’s edition of Comic Book Funny (“comics writing people, live and in person, in a bar where they can drink and hang with you, the consumer”) features Mr John Retallick in discussion with Gerard Ashworth, of “Modern Murder” and “Weird Stress Kittens” infamy. Be there if you can, Gerard’s coming all the [...]
Comic Book Funny 2009
We’re doing the live sessions again!… If you live in Melbourne, Australia and you like funny comic books, consider showing up to COMIC BOOK FUNNY, a series of sessions celebrating Australia’s independent comics makers. It’s on every Saturday during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival; 5pm, Bella Union bar at Trades Hall (corner Lygon and Victoria [...]
Comic Book Funny, episode #3
Self-indulgence is the watchword in with BEN HUTCHINGS AND DAVID BLUMENSTEIN Episode #3: Look At What You See http://www.nakedfella.com/radio/comics_episode03.mp3 In this hour-long slice of cartoonist overkill, we report on how the Comic Book Funny events at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival went, and present chunky excerpts of Week 2′s discussion, featuring Benno, Glenn Smith and [...]