Engage!
Lately I’ve been hearing two concepts that disturb me. They’re related. One is that artists in the very exciting 21st century need to “engage”* with their audiences using various Web 2.0 methodologies and mass marketing principles. It’s not enough to make something, you have to Facebook it. You have to expose yourself. The other thing, [...]
Talented Bastards Who Should Be Shot
Episode one in a series highlighting shitheels with skills far beyond mine. Today: Scott Vandenbosch. Check out his beautiful artwork, and tell him, from me, to go to hell. PS: I changed the look of this blog to something much sexier and Precinct-appropriate. And now that I’m running WordPress 2.8, it has widgets and a [...]
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 [...]
I like comedy
The other night we saw Matthew Keneally and Josie Long at the Comedy Festival. They were both fun, but Josie Long gets the edge over, being that she’s COMPLETELY ADORABLE, made us laugh ’til it hurt AND she makes her own zines and hands them out to audience members. A friend of mine told me [...]
Guess the cop movie lines.
Ann inspired me. These lines are from fictional cop movies that don’t exist. Name the non-existent movie each one is from! 1. “Not a problem — the mayor can bounce to work on his tiny prick from now on.” 2. “Never seen an egg crack a man before.” 3. “Freeze! We got muffins!” 4. “Chief [...]
Comic Book Funny, episode #2
Apologies for the mobile phone shenanigans in this episode of with BEN HUTCHINGS AND DAVID BLUMENSTEIN Episode #2: Don’t Be Shame, Be Game http://www.nakedfella.com/radio/comics_episode02.mp3 In this episode, we are sex-obsessed. We talk about the comics in free youth magazine STREETWIZE and how its spin-off, GAOLWIZE, helped inmates get laid safely, we discuss the least erotic [...]
Comic Book Funny, episode #1
Time for the first “official” episode of with BEN HUTCHINGS AND DAVID BLUMENSTEIN Episode #1: Have A Big Wank! http://www.nakedfella.com/radio/comics_episode01.mp3 Ben and David inaugurate their possibly ongoing podcast. Featuring an exclusive interview with Stan Lee, talk about getting your comics out to an audience, news about how comics are invading the Melbourne International Comedy Festival [...]
This plan didn’t work out
Subject: About entering the AFI awards From: David Blumenstein Date: 28/05/2005 12:17 AM To: XXXXXX@afi.org.au Hi, I completed a short animated film in October of last year which I would like to enter in the AFI awards. The film was made for what one might describe as “a pittance” (under two thousand dollars). The film [...]