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“I’ll sell this to your wife!”

Posted on May 3, 2025May 3, 2025 by David

This is one of those jokes that would only make sense to a few people and shouldn’t be shared widely. I’m going to share it widely today since it’s election day and Free Comic Book Day too. It needs too much explanation to actually be funny but it kind of means something to me. At…

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Squishbook receives commendation from the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

Posted on January 28, 2025January 28, 2025 by David

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…

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The design for an eight page "foldy" comics booklet. You slit the centre and fold it up in a way that produces a book without need for staples.

What Is Service Design (Chapter 0)

Posted on December 17, 2024December 17, 2024 by David

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,…

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#acic: Australian cartooning industry controversy

Posted on November 10, 2024February 2, 2025 by David

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…

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First section of the comic "Jews Are Feeling Unsafe"

Jews Are Feeling Unsafe

Posted on August 9, 2024August 9, 2024 by David

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…

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Cartoonist Cooperative ‘Buy an E-Sim for Gaza’ Donation Drive

Posted on June 6, 2024June 6, 2024 by David

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…

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Recent posts

  • “I’ll sell this to your wife!”
  • Squishbook receives commendation from the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
  • What Is Service Design (Chapter 0)
  • #acic: Australian cartooning industry controversy
  • Jews Are Feeling Unsafe
  • Cartoonist Cooperative ‘Buy an E-Sim for Gaza’ Donation Drive
  • Squishbook is released!
  • Jewish, Australian, creative
  • “Our agency”
  • Octane Render open for preorder now!

David Blumenstein

I’m a service designer, cartoonist and co-founder of Squishface Studio. I’ve done comics for The Guardian, Crikey and Australian MAD. Currently also deputy president of the Australian Cartoonists Association.

I usually write about things that shit me off, from bad bosses (The Bret Braddock Adventures) to pick-up artists (#takedown) to white supremacist trolls (The Internet’s Most Trolled Cartoonist) to predatory cults (Why Los Angeles is Scientology’s perfect city) and nasty tech bros (Octane Render: Cartoonists talk about A.I. art).

I’m working on graphic novels called Sciensatics (about cultists) and Free Money, Please (about wealth and passive income).

Sarah Howell

I regularly collaborate with my wife, Sarah Howell.

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