Trev says: Powerful words. I was told them by an old friend. And when i say old I mean REALLY old. The dude was like 800. His skin looked like a shrivelled lime. Wise but not a big fan of skin care. The full quote is “Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”  And it’s a great example of slippery slope syndrome.

By that I mean it’s been an entire year since I updated the story arc page. Somehow a month lead to two months, two months turned to a year and yesterday I looked and not only was the most recent story arc listed the painting arc but that kid my buddy was talking about had gone all evil and is now dressed up like some robotic goth.
Anyway as far as the Story arcs page goes we’re now up to speed. For those of you who bought chapter one of the Time Being at Supanova you can now easily find the beginning of chapter two and continue the adventure. And what an adventure it is! We’re almost at the end of chapter two and i’m having a blast. I hope you are too.

If you find anything else on the site you think needs updating drop me a line.

Jen Says: I recently wrote a review of the new Allen and Unwin “illuminated” novel Five Wounds for The Big Issue and it should be out around now (with a young and devilishly handsome Al Pacino on the cover).  When the fine vendors are no longer selling the issue, I’ll post the review here, but in the meantime, go buy a copy and support a good cause.

Jen Says:  As a comics writer, collaboration is the name of the game.  I’ve been astoundingly, absurdly lucky in my fledging comics writing career to have collaborated with some outstanding artists (like Jase Harper, Trev Wood – whose fine work you can see just there on the left, J Marc Schmidt, Tom Bonin and Nick Bate) and all things going well I’ll shortly add a few more collaborations to my collection in Chris Downes, Andrew Fulton and Doug Holgate.  An awesome collection of awesome talent.

To that list add James, grade 5 student at Footscray City Primary.  James and I hooked up through Pigeon Letters, a literacy program run by Pigeon Projects (which is really just two incredibly bright, dedicated and talented people passionate about youth literacy and education).  Here’s the deal: each grade-fiver in a Footscray City Primary class gets teamed up with an author to collaborate, through a series of handwritten letters, on a short story, poem or comic that is then published in a beautiful book.  Awesome, no?  The other lucky comic folk participating this year are Bernard Caleo and Mirranda Burton.

I received my first letter from James last week with a few ideas about the kind of comic he’d like to make with me.  Can I just say: kapow!  James’ brain is so full of story and character and action and everything else that we are in for a wild ride together.  I think it may well turn out to be the strangest, most interesting, and potentially most rewarding collaboration yet.  I, for one, have my seatbelt buckled tight.  Kapow!