Milestone Movies: The Mother and the Whore (1973)
Relationships still feel like this, 40 years on…
Arts
The Complicatist: In praise of Alex Chilton (1950-2010)
I saw you staring into space
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #5… by Leo Hupert
Newave ! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s
Counting Down to Oscar Time
Those Hollywood liberals are SO darn conservative
The Hurt Locker: In Praise of War (Films)
But will Kathryn Bigelow’s film be this year’s Brokeback Mountain?
Classics: Homecoming (1981) by Cynthia Voigt
Home is not a place
The Complicatist : Kurt Vile, and the allure of cover versions
Rock anthems can be their own worst enemy
Reviews and commentary #4… by Tim Bollinger
Kiwi Komix – Some Local Favourites
Classics: The Borrowers (1952) by Mary Norton
Small people with big problems
The Complicatist: From Animal Collective to Bobby Conn
Indie rock is for wimps, and we’re OK about that
Reviews and commentary #3… Tim Bollinger and Leo Hupert
My Absolute Favourite Comic At The Moment by Tim Bollinger ‘Lucky Aki in the Stone Age’, by Barry Linton Auckland comic writer/artist Barry Linton is […]
Classics : Go Dog.Go ! ( 1961) by P.D. Eastman
The Red Scare of the 1950s helped create this hymn to perpetual motion.
The Complicatist : from Sun Ra to Lightning Bolt
Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt talks about the original urban spaceman
Navigating the Cultural Landscape
Part two of interview with Wellington music legend Disasteradio
Classics : Tales from Moominvalley ( 1962) by Tove Jansson
The Moomins, and their gift of tolerance
The Complicatist : Make my week
Getting to grips with TUnEYaRdS
When angels fall to earth
A Niki Caro interview about Vintner’s Luck
Classics : The Pirate Twins (1929) by William Nicholson
Race stereotypes in children’s books
Taking stock with Disasteradio
An interview with Wellington musician Disasteradio
The Complicatist : The canonisation of J. Dilla
Unpacking the basis of a legend
Reviews and commentary #2… Tim Bollinger, Indira Neville, Leo Hupert & Robyn Kenealy
The Inhabitants (Volumes 1-4) The Sheehan Brothers Reviewed by Tim Bollinger The Sheehan brothers (writer Kelly and ink-meister Darren) of Blockhouse Bay, have produced some […]
Cartoon Alley: Indira Neville
Indira Neville is an Oats Collective contributor and ‘girly’ cartoon stylist now living on Great Barrier Island. Last updated: December 2, 2009
The Complicatist: When Good Hymns Are Sung By Bad People
That song from Night of the Hunter
Badger’s Parting Gifts (1984) by Susan Varley
Death in children’s stories
Reviews, Commentary etc… A few comics from New Caledonia
A few comics from New Caledonia by Tim Bollinger Returning from a comic book forum in Noumea wonderfully hosted by the good people at CREIPAC […]
Classics : Goodnight Moon (1947)
Margaret Wise Brown: The tragic revolutionary who wrote the children’s classic
The Complicatist: Johnny Devlin
Johnny Devlin and the spirit of the 50s
Cartoon Alley: Anthony Behrens
Anthony Behrens is a Palmerston North–based graphic designer. He says : ‘I worked in newspapers for 15 years as a designer/illustrator. Before that I illustrated […]
Cartoon Alley: Mark O’Brien
Mark O’Brien has been drawing cartoons full time since just after he graduated with an economics degree in 1984, Throughout the 80s he sold his […]
Cartoon Alley: Ned Wenlock
Ned Wenlock lives in Wellington and work as an animator, designer and illustrator. He has been drawing comics since about the age of nine. He […]