We’ve had a rough year, no doubt. We’ve lost so many of our cultural touchstones — David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen. There’ve been earthquakes. Fires. And politics? Well, let’s not even go there. Let’s just not. We’re all in need of some time out and some self-care. Is work getting you down? Maybe you’re thinking…
Author: David
Tristian’s internship
Tonight my little brother watched the US presidential election results, and then rushed off to his room and applied for an internship with News Corp! He insisted I put his filled out application form up on my blog, even though I told him it might hurt his chances.
Arts Debate
There was a debate about the arts on over at the Wheeler Centre featuring arts minister Mitch Fifield, shadow arts minister Mark Dreyfus and Green Adam Bandt. I popped along and scribed it, live (nobody asked me to do this).
Bye Jory
My cousin Jory Prum died today; he was in a road accident a few weeks back and never came good. Jory was an inspiring guy. He was a very kind, good person, he cared about politics local and beyond and he was an artist (music and sound design). He made a name for himself doing…
Tristian on marriage equality
My brother Tristian continues to write for Daily Review on arts and culture matters. Here’s one from last year where he discusses the opposition to marriage equality.
Ben Garrison in French
I did a long comic for The Nib (an excellent resource for current graphic journalism and Trump jokes) last year about Ben Garrison, a libertarian cartoonist victimised by trolls for many years. Frédéric Pierron offered to translate it into French as he thought French readers might find it interesting too. Now it’s done (though I…