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Octane Render open for preorder now!

Posted on August 15, 2023 by David

Hi! I made a comic called Octane Render about A.I. generative art, which you might have seen earlier in the year. I had a really big response to it, and got into a few conversations I thought I should try to address. So the print version is now available for preorder on Pozible. If this crowdfund / pre-order goes well, you’ll get about 70 pages of material instead of the 28 in the original.

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Octane Render: artists talk about A.I. art

Posted on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 by David

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…

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Drawing Work: opportunities for cartoonists, illustrators & comics-makers

Posted on February 27, 2022November 11, 2023 by David

Drawing work: opportunities for cartoonists, illustrators & comics-makers / avoiding poverty? / standing up for yourself and others This was a live online chat I ran in place of the aborted Australian Cartoonists Association conference. We talked about the Australia Council report Graphic Storytellers At Work with Gabriel Clark, learned more about the Media Entertainment…

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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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