Cartoon Alley : Tim Bollinger (Including Little Eye)
Tim Bollinger is a Wellington cartoonist with a thirty-year career drawing and writing comics.
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* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 23, May 2011 * * * * *
The April 2011 Edition of Werewolf
On the Te Tai Tokerau result
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com In the wake of his victory in the Te Tai Tokerau by-election, Hone Harawira has run strategic rings around […]
On the Christchurch deal, and sexist dinosaurs
Clearly, the deal put on the table for Christchurch yesterday by the government has to be only an opening bid, not a final resolution. Those […]
On our alleged Woody Allen syndrome
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com You’d think, given the near bankrupt state of the state of California, that a guy who has served on […]
On the crisis in Syria
In recent weeks the military crackdown by the Assad regime in Syria has become a refugee problem for neighbouring Turkey, and a media nightmare for […]
On rebuilding Christchurch – and Rupert Murdoch’s beef with the Rugby World Cup
So the long awaited report on land remediation in Christchurch by the consulting engineers Tonkin and Taylor has been delivered to Prime Minister John Key […]
On yesterday’s quakes in Christchurch
In the short term, as CERA chief Roger Sutton claimed yesterday, the collapse of some 50 already-damaged buildings in the Christchurch CBD red zone will […]
On the exchange rate, and faux prudery about politicians
Given all the other problems facing the New Zealand economy, the exchange rate is among the least likely to engender much sympathy among the ordinary […]
On revelations about government borrowing
For years, government borrowing has been treated as a sign of irresponsibility, of a country living beyond its means, of the policies of borrow and […]
On Iran’s increasing paranoia, and its attempts to unplug from the Web
YouTube – This Is Not A Film – Teaser 1 A few months ago, Scoop ran several articles about the Iranian film director Jafar Panahi, […]
On John Key’s Assault On The Welfare System
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com If John Key is the face of moderation, there’s not much room left on the margins for the extremism […]
On Paul Quinn’s rape comments, and health spending
Now that the dust has settled on National MP Paul Quinn’s outrageous comments about women and rape made on TVNZ7’s Back Benches programme – “I […]
Funding The National Religion
Keeping score with the cost of the Rugby World Cup
Fighting For Obama
The art (and business) of cajoling others to fight America’s battles
Letter from America : It’s Alllivvveee…..
Is the media rising up from its much heralded grave?
Left Coasting : At War With Amazon.Com
Should the e-commerce giants be made to collect and pay far more taxes on what they sell ?
Warming To The Idea
A (truncated) interview with climate change guru Dr. James Hansen
Classics : A Wrinkle in Time (1962)
Madeleine L’Engle’s nutty politico-religious parable for children still has its admirers
Love Amid The Ruins
Auckland singer songwriter Hollie Fulbrook (aka Tiny Ruins) makes her debut
From The Hood : Goff Disappointed As World Fails To End
Rapture no-show deals serious blow to Labour’s election plans
Milestone Movies : The Silent House (2010)
Horror, in one 79 minute long take
The Complicatist : Tyler the Creator, Tegan and Sara and Lars von Trier
Where to draw the line on when enough’s enough
Superhero Narratives and Social Values
The role of globalisation and the avant–garde in Grant Morrison’s Batman
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* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 22, April 2011 * * * * *
The April 2011 Edition of Werewolf
Gordon Campbell On The Budget – And Petrobras
Cartoon by Trace Hodgson While Deficit Phobia provides the rationale for the austerity and privatisation measures contained in this year’s Budget, the government’s stance is […]
On the lead-up to the Budget
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com Throughout his government’s first term, the role of Prime Minister John Key has been to be the bringer of […]
On the government’s latest handout to agri-business
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com Given the bumper earnings from commodity prices, you might think agriculture would be the last sector in need of […]
On the alleged threats to John Key
The “explanation” by Police Minister Judith Collins for the $800,000 cost blowout in the diplomatic protection squad budget – there have been threats, she says, […]