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Bill & Ted's Most Excellent Adventures - Volume 1 - Slave Labor Graphics

Bogus. Chance a go at wiping down a comicbook with a slightly, though not entirely, damp cloth, and spend the next few days in observation. Watch as the next days curl up the covers, possibly shortening the reach like the bed sheets at a hostel. No slight increase by way of meds here. One sudden burst in the right temperature and then BAM! The whole book needs to be flipped over to sleep on its stomach in an attempt to bring down the erection. The indignity of it all.

Reviewed 13 April 2005 under Papercuts on the Mind's Tongue: Books

Supanova Pop Culture Expo - Wharf 8, Sydney - 01/05/04

Supanova is never everything for anybody. A monstrous beast in the horrid spirit of Dr Frankenstein's creation, one of seemingly disjointed and awkwardly fitting parts shopped wholesale under the nose. This year's effort proved to be another diluted exercise in outing the feral of fandom. Anime, cosplay, manga, gamers, comicbook fanboys and girls, science fiction/sci-fi fans; basically, the sidelined and closeted.

Reviewed 7 May 2004 under Exhibitions, Expositions and Events

Tales From Under the Bed and other little things

Soon to hit Sydney again for another year, Supanova. Not much talk comes from the Artists Alley that hosts the local and underground talent such as the forgotten names to many. One of those bracing a booth in the 2003 version, Blue Monkey Studios. Wildly more peachy than other booths, the banner shouted Tales From Under the Bed. The two underneath, Doug Holgate and Jen Hook were flogging their only ware. Brief encounters and a missing ten dollar note later, a bag was purchased from the folk. Gathering a year's worth of dust before being recovered from the mites, it was never forgotten. Just always put behind. With well under a week to go before Supanova 2004, thought it about time to get into the score.

Reviewed 28 April 2004 under Paradox of Sets

Time and a Half

A venture in time for 28 Days Later. The back of the double pass read, "Seating is limited so please arrive early to avoid disappointment."

Published 3 September 2003

In Full Focus: A Miasmatic Supanova

Choking on a HeroClix slammed sideways down the trachea after witnessing Supanova 2003. Stocked with a stark absence of photos, drawings, sketches and pictures.

Published 11 April 2003

For Those Who Came In Late

For a while I had been drinking Vanilla Tea. I have recently gone back to normal tea but now normal tea tastes so bitter it's like having ashes in my mouth. Sugar doesn't remedy the situation, it only makes me fat.

Published 1 November 2002

Radioactive Man swims with the JLA

Comicbook fans in Sydney were Blue-Beetle stunned with shock and befuddlement to this week's shipment of comics.

Published 4 July 2003 in Entertainment

Confusion reigns The Return of The End

Confusion is being used to round up bigger numbers in support of a religious outfit known as the Jesus Christians. With all that the centuries have brought upon the world known as Earth, many are looking for something or someone for guidance through their lives. Dispensing interpretations of Luke 17:20 - 18:8 and Luke 21:1-36 the 8 page comic seeks to create a heightened state of befuddlement in the reader. The passerby is kindly given a copy—money need not exchange hands—to which they can take and read at home or on the way to.

Published 5 March 2003 in A Religious Flavour