A list containing my favourite musical album, book, graphic novel, comic, film and article from 2014.
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This is an extremely off-topic blog post about a Wikipedia article that I wrote in 2006 for Roy and H.G.’s State of Origin commentary.
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This is primarily a blog about comics, but I couldn’t resist writing a few words about the excellent 2013 album ‘I See Seaweed’ by The Drones.
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I participated in a short interview with Matt Emery, from website Pikitia Press. He asked me to reflect on my cartooning highlights of 2013, as well as what I have planned for 2014. Includes lots of comics and music recommendations!
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Every two years I publish a list of the books which I read during that period. Here is my 2011-13 list, featuring the reasons why A Small Book About Drugs by Lisa Pryor was my favourite book from that period.
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I reflect upon the storytelling approach used in my Rat Park comic. Cartoonists like me are creating little ‘landing pads’ for readers to understand unfamiliar issues. We create accessible ways for readers to absorb new information.
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Here’s the deal: I’m 27 years old, which means I have been alive on this planet for 10,000 days.
During that time, I used alcohol on about 1,500 days. Additionally, I used caffeine (from tea) about 1,500 times.
Also during that time, I used ‘magic’ mushrooms 7 times, cannabis 4 times, MDMA 3 times, and LSD 1 time.
By ‘drug period’, I refer to the 12 months I spent researching, writing and drawing War on Drugs and Rat Park. This blog post discusses everything I think and feel about drugs as a result of this research.
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