Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Issue 45

More fresh comics diarise the workaday and domestic; the quotable quotes, the small trials, the fleeting charms. Mid 2012. 

Issue 44

The fourth pairing up with expat New Zealander Daniel Powell, a bi-annual ritual diarising the same days to bring you a parallel universe of the domestic and the everyday; compounded by Powell having two young sons, the same ages as my daughters. Powell charts his life as an expat Kiwi living in Germany, while I do the same from Wellington. Early 2012.

Issue 43

The third chapter from my unedited teen diary. Shitty first jobs, bands, television, impotency and virginity all collide. Illustrated with reprinted pages from my hometown newspaper - the Waikato Times - circa the same dates in 1984. Late 2011.

Issue 42

The Unofficial Catalogue to my public art project for the Courtenay Place Light Boxes, Wellington. A warts and all look at the process of creation, production, and publicity. Also gives me the chance to publish a few more favourites from the 150 drawings I completed towards the project. 2011.

Issue 41

Cartoon diaries of the everyday, played out by me & the wife, the sprogs, the workmates, and an overzealous photographer from The Dominion Post. 2011.

Issue 40

The second unedited chapter from my embarrassing teen diary. The text is illustrated with fan art by Tammy Rose Stretton. Late 2010.

Issue 39

Cartoon diary and wedding issue. Describes what it's like to get married at the Hamilton Court House during a youth gang murder trial when your fiancee would have preferred something a little more classy. Text and comics. 2010.

Issue 38

A third pairing up with expat New Zealander Daniel Powell, a bi-annual ritual diarising the same days to bring you a parallel universe of the domestic and the everyday; compounded by Powell having two young sons, the same ages as my daughters. Powell charts his life as an expat Kiwi living in Germany, while I do the same from Wellington. 2010.

The Book (Issues 1 - 37)

Selected pages from issues 1 to 37 are anthologized in this Clouds published book. Co-edited by Gwynneth Porter, co-designed by Warren Olds. 304 pages. Retails for $30 but currently out of print.
Introduces the overall narrative arc of eight years of fanzine production. Gloriously messy at first, with the zine changing its spots at least three times. Once it settles into the autobiographical and everyday it reads like a diary of protracted adolescence, at pains with the compromises of growing up: Post graduate study, children, mortgage, social death, ennui... but still shot through with self deprecating humour. Text, photographs, comics, and drawings. Features many guest contributors including Bek Coogan and Tammy Rose Stretton. Mid 2011.

Issue 37

With various friends giving me shit for the all-too-bleak honesty of my writing, this issue responds with a collapsed list of best moments from a period of weeks. Text, found photographs, and drawings. 2010.

Issue 36

Publishing an unedited section of my embarrassing teen diary involved doing a facebook search for my old girlfriend circa 1984 and asking for her permission to print. A pretty weird cold call by anyone's standards. Text, collage, and teenage doodling. Late 2009.

Issue 35

Purchase of a first cell phone at the ripe old age of 43. This zine is written in the first week of ownership while the gadget was still incredibly alien and not to be trusted. Text, photographs, and drawings. 2009.