I'm putting together an exhibition for this
year's Emerging
Writers Festival. Last year's exhibition was called
BIG COMICS PAGES and featured great (and big) comics
pages by Jo Waite, Trudy
Cooper, Mandy Ord, Ross Williams, Gerard Ashworth and
Nicki Greenberg displayed prominently and in classy fashion
at the Zine Fair in the Swanston Room of Melbourne Town Hall.
This year the exhibition is called BIG
AND GOOD COMICS PAGES, not to suggest that last year's
pages weren't good, but as a reflection of a less modest attitude
towards them. And this year the exhibition (and zine fair)
will be taking place at The Atrium, Federation Square.
Here's a map of Fed Square which I got my scampish young nephew
Chip to annotate for you. Click it for a larger version.
Come see our BIG AND GOOD COMICS PAGES at the
Zine Fair on Sunday May 27, 12-5pm. Entry is free. There'll
also be a Jim Woodring
exhibition going on at Fed Square, so check that out too.
MAY 7, 2007
PLEASE DECLARE ALL WOODEN ITEMS
Hi to any New Zealanders who may be dropping
by. My trip over there was great. Particular thanks to those
who bought comics off us at Armageddon,
those who brought feijoas
to the table and those who tried to explain to me how names
like "Taupo" and "Wanganui" are pronounced.
In the last two weeks I've had bronchitis and
started twonew jobs. Between
these, I've been meeting a LOT of nice new people and expelling
a LOT of mucus!
May the twain never meet.
NEW on the site: Nakedfella Comics is
now available at the very best New Zealand comics retailers
-- Comics Compulsion,
Gotham Comics and Graphic,
in Wellington. Learn more about buying Nakedfella stuff here.
SOON on the Precinct
blog: Thanks to Ben H I'm now fiddling with Copic
markers and they're blowing my mind. I'll put up some
color Precinct art like the above ASAP. Also, I realise
I have not gone sufficiently into who the characters are and
what kinds of stories will make the show so damn awesome.
This, too, will follow.
APRIL 9, 2007
NEW ZEALAND CLICHES
I'm going to New Zealand this weekend for ARMAGEDDON
PULP CULTURE EXPO in Christchurch, followed next weekend
by ARMAGEDDON in Wellington. In between it's fun in Footrot
Flats. Will the locals take to my parochial comics and Labrador-encrusted
merch? Sure they will!
Are you attending either of these conventions?
Drop by "artist's alley" and say hi! I promise not
to sing Slice of
Heaven for you, even though I'll really want to.
Plus, anyone who brings me one or more feijoas
gets a free comic!
JANUARY 11, 2007
MERRY SOMETHING
Celebrate your new year with some in-joke-filled
Aussie-style holiday humor -- the Nakedfella
Productions 2006 christmas card, as received by the
coolest people around whose e-mail addresses I was able to
dig up.
Uh-oh! Time out now for another random...
My grandma's Aged Care Services Facility is pretty
schmicko, actually -- and why not, she's a very
nice lady -- but as you might have guessed, their
"singalong time" music performances leave
a lot to be desired!*
The Casio keyboard work by the staff member leading
the singing was perfunctory at best, leaving out
at least three reasonably important chords from
one song.
Perhaps most heinously, the performance of "Hava
Nagila"did not speed up noticeably
as the song reached its (theoretically) exciting
climax! Yes, I'm aware these are fragile 90-year-olds,
but don't they deserve a rollicking good time like
anyone else?
Pull your socks up, people.
* The food, medical and laundry
services remain very good.
DECEMBER 19, 2006
I GOT A BLOG AND A MYSPACE AND A GOATEE,
AND NEXT MAYBE I'LL IRON MY HAIR, JOIN A FOOTBALL COMMENTARY
PROGRAM AND TOUCH MEN'S GENITALIA
It's a joyful holiday season best spent sitting
at your computer late at night and learning more about the
exploits of Australia's most magical purveyor of animated
genre entertainment, Nakedfella Productions.
Check out some background on The Precinct
and the current character design tests on the Nakedfella
Productions blog.
My time on Dogstar (which sort
of has a website now)
is pretty much over. At BigKidz
we pumped out nine episodes of reasonably amusing viewing
for young children.
While we were at BigKidz we did a little animated
short directed by Mr JC Reyes from his own imaginings called
Box -- this won lots of awards at the film
fest it was made for, and there's a nice summation by BigKid
Ann-Marie Denham of how awesome we are here.
Naturally, JC has whacked Box up onto YouTube, so you
can watch it here.
If any of you fools haven't treated yourself
to a viewing of my Mr Flig nonsense-cartoons Kickin'
It With Mr Flig and Shaft
Of Hope yet, now is the time. Both are now nominated
for awards at the AEAF, as are Box and, funnily
enough, Dogstar.
Also, check out and bookmark my NEW
BLOG, which will be devoted to the continuing development
and imminent production of my fantastic animated series The
Precinct, as well as other neat animation and stuff
from Nakedfella Productions. In the first post I give you
very little information and a look at my first finished character
design -- Ackersley, Mk I.
OCTOBER 3, 2006
NOT DEAD YET
A quick update:
I am still at work on Dogstar.
A nicely illustrated, mostly puffy cover article on the show
appeared in the latest issue of Encore.
A hand I drew is visible in one screen grab. I feel certain
fame and riches are now within my grasp.
I YouTubed Shaft
of Hope, so be sure to tell all your friends who
only look at videos on YouTube to check
it out.
I will be at the Supanova
Pop Culture Expo in Sydney, Oct. 27-29. Look for me
in Artists Alley alongside at least two
bearded guys. Buy a comic. Give me some useful recorded
feedback on my PRECINCT TV pilot pictures, and
maybe I draw things for you! ? ! ?
It's all (c) David Blumenstein,'97- 06. E-mail
if you have a question.
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