2021 NOTE: Originally published at Daily Review, July 27, 2015. Years before Rick Beato started explaining ‘What Makes This Song Great’, my little brother Tristian consulted some music experts to try to explain why just one tiny bit of one song by Hall & Oates was great. I really would’ve liked more Tristian pieces like…
My little brother Tristian did this great essay about George Brandis and his cuts to Australia Council for the Arts. Probably he should have just answered the question the teacher asked, though.
Me new comic, #takedown, will be in shops in Melbourne late May/June. There’ll be a related event at Readings Carlton June 9, 6:30pm. You can order it online now, and my publisher, Pikitia Press would love it if you did!
I did some comics for Junkee way back in the olden days. One was this piece from April 2015… A couple days ago, Jacqui Lambie put out the call on her Facebook page for a cartoonist. We invited cartoonist David Blumenstein to present his portfolio for this exciting opportunity. He jumped at the chance. Hi…
This is the cover of my new comic! On November 6 last year, I went down to St Kilda Pier to wait for Julien Blanc to arrive. He’s an American “pro” pick-up artist (PUA). He teaches men how to meet women. After learning from him, he says, “you will know step-by-step what to do in…
I haven’t done much on me “graphic novel” (a.k.a. “longer comic”) this year, but pulled all the ideas together and started to get a story structure and character designs happening over Christmas. It’s about a cult leader learning on the job (there’s no university course that I know of). These are people he learns from,…