I have a big long comic up at a site called Friends With Benefits — it’s called Octane Render and it’s about A.I. generative art, viewed through the lens of the indie-comics community I’m part of. About nine months ago I wrote the following to people who get my newsletter (sign up! top right of…
I wrote (and drew) a piece for The Guardian about the Church of Scientology, and specifically its Ideal Orgs — over time, they’ve been replacing their standard “org” buildings with larger, fancier ones. I talked to Scientology critic Jeffrey Augustine about why this is happening, and explored why Los Angeles has been so important to…
Subscribers to my mailing list (you can join at right) just got an essay about the interesting stuff I got to do while taking part at NCS Fest. It included interviews and research for my next big comic. It was busy and fun. You just get the photos! Put together your own story about what…
My new comic can be read online now. It’s called Free Money, Please. I spent several months working on it — including a lot of interviews and transcription!
It’s similar style-wise to the story #takedown from a few years ago, in that it’s me meeting and speaking to people about a topic I don’t like much.
That time, I was talking to pickup artists about pickup artistry. This time, I’m talking to a few different people about bitcoin, wealth and passive income — and reflecting on my own relationship with money, which is probably similar to that of a lot of artists (“it’s complicated”).
People who’ve read it have compared the tone to a Louis Theroux doc, which I’m taking as a massive compliment as I’m a fan of his work.
You can read Free Money, Please two ways: at Medium or at zco.mx.
zco.mx is a brilliant platform for reading comics on any device, plus you can download an ebook from there, and even chuck me a couple bucks if you like the story.
Medium is a nice reading experience too, but all you can chuck me are “claps”. Please do that if it suits you.
Thanks to my interviewees for this story — Gregory Mowle, Kylie Hammond, and a few people who will go unnamed…
This was originally published at Daily Review; thanks to them for doing so. Hi I’m Tristian, and this is a recap of what happened at the climate strike in Melbourne and at another thing I went to as well. It was a big weekend. Because I’m Australia’s youngest and best political journalist I thought it’s…
For Free Comic Book Day this year, I thought I’d put my 2015 book #takedown up to read for free on zco.mx. I went along to see a “professional pickup artist”, Julien Blanc, speak. While we waited, I talked to the men wanting to see him and the protesters who wanted him shut down. He…