Comedy
Download cbf_session3_lazy.mp3 We did another four sessions of COMIC BOOK FUNNY. In week one, Jo Waite, Sarah Howell and our audience enjoyed a bit of low key chat, tea and cucumber sandwiches while they drew pictures of sexy comics men Neale Blanden, Pat Grant and David Blumenstein
Comics
A reminder that tomorrow's edition of Comic Book Funny ("comics writing people, live and in person, in a bar where they can drink and hang with you, the consumer") features Mr John Retallick in discussion with Gerard Ashworth, of "Modern Murder" and "Weird
Big-Ups
The other night we saw Matthew Keneally and Josie Long at the Comedy Festival. They were both fun, but Josie Long gets the edge over, being that she's COMPLETELY ADORABLE, made us laugh 'til it hurt AND she makes her own zines and hands them out to
Animation
Thanks very much to Amid at Cartoon Brew and Aaron at Cold Hard Flash for featuring our Comic Book Funny animation on their sites! Tomorrow at the first COMIC BOOK FUNNY this season, your host, Jo Waite will be surrounded by her favourite teapots and a generous pile of cucumber
Animation
We're doing the live sessions again!... If you live in Melbourne, Australia and you like funny comic books, consider showing up to COMIC BOOK FUNNY, a series of sessions celebrating Australia's independent comics makers. It's on every Saturday during the Melbourne International Comedy Festival;
Cop action
Ann inspired me. These lines are from fictional cop movies that don't exist. Name the non-existent movie each one is from! 1. "Not a problem -- the mayor can bounce to work on his tiny prick from now on." 2. "Never seen an egg crack
Animation
Like I said a couple posts ago, we're working on a "cross-platform strategy" for The Precinct. We've gotten a little grant from Film Victoria which is paying for us to meet with my friends at Eskimo Productions, throw around some ideas (i.e.
Movie reviews
Here are capsule reviews of ten great/terrible/noteworthy cop movies I've watched/had on in the background lately, with helpful guides to which Character Actors You Love (But Can't Name) are in them. Apologies for vagueness, I mostly have these on in the background while
Animation
The current Precinct news is that we're going to be sitting down to create a "cross-platform strategy" for the series -- a report on how we'd integrate "new media" elements into the show (a tie-in website? games? stuff you can interact
Animation
Happy new year! Happy Oshtraya Day! I realised I've been lucky enough to work on a lot of animated TV pilots lately, so I thought I'd write a bit about how they've worked and what happened with them. When I don't name
Animation
Do you like this video clip? Then you should go to this site: http://www.iinet.net.au/getanimated/ Click on the COMPLETE LIST, locate "THE HAPPIEST BOY" and lodge a nice big THUMBS UP vote for it. You could win a Playstation 3. More importantly, if the
Animation
The full Precinct series, as currently envisioned, is thirteen 11 minute episodes. These thirteen episodes have been plotted but now need to actually be written. This is what Adam and I have been doing for a while. We have drafts of Episode 1 ("End Game") and Episode 6