TIGblogs - Sarah Howell's TIGBlog http://showell.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us The Corner Hotel - til 10 July http://showell.tigblog.org/post/703467












Passerby has a read.













Additional orange/black band stickers not part of original art. Initially I was annoyed, but on closer inspection they had the cheek(respect?) to place the stickers in the line of vision of the characters on the two occassions they look off into the distance, a very awkward attempt to make like the stickers were part of the story.
]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:06:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/703467 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Did I Mention This? http://showell.tigblog.org/post/703541
I'm one of the co-directors of the 2009 National Young Writers' Festival.

For those of you that don't know about what happens in Newcastle, NSW on the labor day long weekend in October check out the video below. More soon!
National Young Writers Festival
This Is Not Art Festival (the mothership)
]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:06:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/703541 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 My Inbox is Starting to Bulge http://showell.tigblog.org/post/703757
For those of you that don't know about what happens in Newcastle, NSW, on the labor day long weekend in October check out the video below. More soon!
National Young Writers Festival
This Is Not Art Festival (the mothership)
]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:06:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/703757 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Imagine My Art Here... http://showell.tigblog.org/post/690453












It maybe that right this moment one of my comics is up on the side of The Corner hotel, Swan St, Richmond, Victoria, Australia.

It was supposed to go up anytime between 29 May and 5 June, so it should be up now.

It will be up there for 3 weeks.

Check-it-out! 1.3 x 4 m of goodness!

More info at: http://www.stripbillboard.com/
]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:06:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/690453 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Journal Update 12/04/09 - 6/05/09 http://showell.tigblog.org/post/683021




































































]]> Fri, 29 May 2009 04:05:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/683021 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Another Podcast Appearance http://showell.tigblog.org/post/657463
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/04/03/2534114.htm

I had trouble getting the audio file to play, so leave me a comment if you have any luck!
]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 11:05:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/657463 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Superheroes amp; Schlemiels: Jews and Comic Art http://showell.tigblog.org/post/657465











This Will Eisner looks great, I wonder if it is an original featured in the exhibition, I hope so.

03 May – 30 August 2009
Jewish Museum of Australia
26 Alma Rd, St Kilda Victoria 3182

The exhibition features reproduction and original works by Joe Shuster and
Jerry Siegel (Superman), Jack Kirby and Stan Lee (Fantastic Four and X-Men), Will Eisner (The Spirit and A Contract With God), Harvey Kurtzman (MAD) and Art Spiegelman (Maus).

Also included are original never-before-seen works by local Australian Jewish comic artists: Nicki Greenberg, Bernard Caleo, Andrew Weldon, David Blumenstein and John Kron.

Kid's Program ($5 Museum entry, plus $5 for materials):
Sun 7th June - Andrew Weldon
Sun 5 July - Sarah Howell
Sun 2 August - Mitch Vane

http://www.jewishmuseum.com.au/exhibitions.htm

]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 09:05:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/657465 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Comic Book Funny Returns! http://showell.tigblog.org/post/623567 My betrothed, Mr David Blumenstein, is once again organising Comic Book Funny as part of the free program of Melbourne Comedy Festival events at Trades Hall. I will be contributing artwork to the calendar mentioned below.

Dates and times:
5pm - 6.15pm Every Saturday in April

Week 1: a genteel exhibition launch and informal comics salon, directed by Mme Josephine Waite. All welcome.

We expect also that lady comic artists will be on hand to sketch attractive male comic artists for the upcoming art-calendar, THE SEXY MEN OF AUSTRALIAN COMICS 2009-2010 FINANCIAL YEAR CALENDAR. Twelve steamy months of hot cartoonist man-meat, as depicted by women who share their comics passion.

Watch the ladies draw, or do some drawing yourself.

Week 2: a very special Intimate Conversation between long-awaited interstate guest Gerard Ashworth (Modern Murder, Electric Ferret) and local comics broadcaster John Retallick (http://thecomicspot.blogspot.com/).

Week 3: join two of the funniest, filthiest cartoonists in Australia for a chat about why poos, wees, farts, boinks, taints and scrotes are really, really funny.

Week 4: the unexpected launch of THE SEXY MEN OF AUSTRALIAN COMICS 2009-2010 FINANCIAL YEAR CALENDAR! Your host is the dashing Bernard Caleo.

Where: Bella Union bar, Trades Hall
Corner Lygon and Victoria St, Carlton, Melbourne.
]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:03:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/623567 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Chris Downes, Matt Coyle and Me on 3CR radio http://showell.tigblog.org/post/616617



















Back in September the Comic Spot, Melbourne's 3CR radio's Australian comics culture show did a feature on the Tasmanian Comics scene.

John Retallick interviews Chris Downes, Matt Coyle and myself.

The podcast is now available on The Comic Spot Blog.
]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:03:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/616617 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Once Again We Wonder About The Future of Books? http://showell.tigblog.org/post/615677
I'm appearing as part of the program of events surrounding the 2009 Tasmania Book Prizes which will be taking place as part of Ten Days on the Island, Tasmania's international arts festival.

The panel I'm talking on is titled
"Publishing and New Technologies: What is the future of publishing in Tasmania in an online world?"

Wednesday 1 April, 1pm – 1:45pm
Commissariat Store, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery , Hobart
(entry via car park off Davey St)

I'm hoping we can provide some specific visioning of what the Tasmanian Literature and Publishing scene will be like in 10 years time.

(The above image is from Penny-arcade.com and was brought to my attention by Aden Rolfe, one of the directors of the Critical Animals festival).
]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:03:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/615677 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Film Shoot! http://showell.tigblog.org/post/614653












Here I am enjoying the exciting world of the film industry!

Completely out of the blue I was offered work as production assistant on an international co-production for launceston based Brown Bread and Butter productions.

The work was intense and fast paced, it has been awhile since I had worked under that kind of immediate pressure and it was good to know I could still handle it, though apparently i was looking worryingly pale on this day pictured.
]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:03:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/614653 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Newcastle, 1st February http://showell.tigblog.org/post/592601









]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:02:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/592601 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 OM10 at the Royal Botanical Gardens http://showell.tigblog.org/post/578231























Awhile ago I became obsessed with getting a digital SLR camera. I overcame the believe that I NEEDED TO HAVE ONE by reminding myself that I had a perfectly good (and equally bulky) Olympus OM10 that I hadn't touched for maybe 10 years. A few weeks ago I bought film for it and last week I went to the botanical gardens and reacquainted myself with F-stops. The resulting photos are nice, but nothing out of the ordinary, but I expected that; I will have to run a lot more film through the camera before I'm decent at looking through a lens again.]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:01:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/578231 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Tools for Action http://showell.tigblog.org/post/577331 http://cca-actions.org/

Actions: What You Can Do With the City documents and presents specific projects by a large and diverse group of activists whose personal involvement has triggered radical change in today’s cities. These human motors of change include architects, engineers, university professors, students, children, pastors, artists, skateboarders, cyclists, root eaters, pedestrians, municipal employees, and many others who answer the question of what can be done to improve the urban experience with surprising and often playful actions.]]> Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:01:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/577331 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Take you riding in my car... http://showell.tigblog.org/post/574297












Cute and very clever stop animation, would post it here but it too wide and looks messy. View it on youtube.]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:01:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/574297 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Slideshow of Old Zineness on We Make Zines http://showell.tigblog.org/post/573653 Find more photos like this on We Make Zines

Believe it or not this is the smaller version!]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:01:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/573653 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Maya Angelou http://showell.tigblog.org/post/572773 I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. "
]]> Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:01:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/572773 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Merry Happiness http://showell.tigblog.org/post/558793











To all my friends and colleagues, have a good new year.]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:12:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/558793 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Emma Kidd http://showell.tigblog.org/post/554157






































Digging this artist's sketchbook work, she is a friend of a friend. I have not met her.
http://www.benconservato.com/]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:12:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/554157 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Sketch Book Update 25th Oct - 14th Nov http://showell.tigblog.org/post/550785






]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:12:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/550785 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Lets Get It Strait Costume Ideas http://showell.tigblog.org/post/550787





















This week I put together a document noting down my ideas for costume designs for the community performances to take place on King and Flinders Islands. I had to think of things that would be cheap, quick to manufacture, allowed for fast costume changes in some cases, and with the older kids didn't make them look too dorky.

The design about is a little silly, it is a lighthouse, and it will be worn by the King Island kindergarten students and, importantly, was inspired by a costume designed by one of the older students during my workshops at the school.]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:12:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/550787 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Ten Days on the Island program launched http://showell.tigblog.org/post/550157



















The Ten Days on the Island program featuring Lets Get It Strait is now out.
www.tendaysontheislands.com]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:12:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/550157 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 http://showell.tigblog.org/post/548229
- Henry Miller
]]> Sun, 07 Dec 2008 06:12:00 EST http://showell.tigblog.org/post/548229 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Halloween http://showell.tigblog.org/post/514077 Apparently my local supermarket doesn't believe in either Halloween or selling pumpkins that aren't pre-cut into portions, so this year I reverted to the far older British tradition of carving turnips to create lanterns to ward off the bad ghosts.

Turnips are much easier to carve and have a lovely luminosity when you hollow them out enough.]]> Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:10:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/514077 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333 Know Hope http://showell.tigblog.org/post/513413





































Excited today about this artist, Know Hope.]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:10:00 EDT http://showell.tigblog.org/post/513413 -42.9166667 147.3333333-42.9166667147.3333333