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…
I’ve been organising this conference over the past couple months. Looking forward to it, and to the road trip up to Coffs! AUSTRALIAN CARTOONISTS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE RETURNS! The Stanleys Conference and Awards is finally returning in 2022! Following on from our last event, Canberra in 2019, we’re looking forward to a fun weekend reconnecting…
Not to make a big deal of it, but I’m designing the rooms in The Precinct so that they get bluer and colder the further back into the building you go. The women’s bathroom sits outside that because it was more recently renovated.
For years I asked myself why Australia hasn’t had its own animated series for adults. Now I know that it’s my own fault! “Pretty cheap!” Last year I went to a launch event put on by our state film funding body and SBS, Australia’s multicultural government TV network. At the drinks…
These images are from the storyboards I’ve been doing for my animated series, BE A MAN. Actually, they’re an awkward cross between storyboards and animatic frames. Storyboards should be clear and easy to read when printed on paper. These would be quite difficult to read because of the way I do my boards — I…
In 2011, the Precinct team put this proposal to SBS — a proposal for a half hour animated cop show for adults. We were told it would be good to have an idea of how three seasons’ worth of the show would work, hence the enormous cast and loads of plotting and ideas. We left…