Very happy that Squishbook: Make comics with Squishface Studio and friends! has been Highly Commended in the Children’s Literature category of the 2025 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards! We might make a sticker to go on the book, but it will be a bit smaller than this. Thanks very much to the good people running the…
What Is Service Design (Chapter 0)
I wanted to get some thoughts down about the work I do, so took the opportunity to make a tiny 8 page Riso printed booklet called WHAT IS SERVICE DESIGN (chapter 0). The start of an exciting new genre — service design memoir? — it was nice to start writing and drawing without a plan,…
#acic: Australian cartooning industry controversy
A new comic today! A true story about why I, and maybe a lot of others I know, draw comics, and about the generational (?) divide. Thanks to my pals in Squishface Studio’s Chapter Club for editing assists on this one. It’s a good time to put this out because it’s been about a year…
Jews Are Feeling Unsafe
My Jewish community has continued to to be “triggered” by opposition to Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians, so I made them a helpful guide as to when they should feel “safe” and “unsafe”. First I made it in handy paper form and sent it to politicians. I trust they’ve shown it to the Zionist members of…
Cartoonist Cooperative ‘Buy an E-Sim for Gaza’ Donation Drive
Donate and get a digital copy of Squishbook I’ve added a digital copy of Squishbook to the rewards being offered by Cartoonist Co-op artists in exchange for donating an e-SIM to someone in Gaza. As the Co-op says: The #ConnectingGaza campaign supplies E-Sims to people on the ground in Gaza, allowing them to circumvent internet…
Squishbook is released!
How can you meet us and get one? Squishface Studio’s first book, SQUISHBOOK, is now out! We’ve published it ourselves. It was created with help from a successful crowdfund and a 2023 City of Melbourne arts grant. Squishface Comic Studio is a shared workspace for comics makers in Melbourne and I’m one of the remaining…