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 Frankly
              I don't spend enough time on the Net for this list to be much of
              a revelation to you more experienced users...but who knows?
                The
                  more people who know about Weebl & Bob the better, in my
              opinion. Web cartoons: ascii              by
              Roy Cunningham. Vile, frequently pornographic, and discontinued,
              but a New Zealander, so allowances must be made.Bruno by
              Christopher Baldwin. An eloquent, wordy, obscure strip which has
              developed over years on the Net in a manner impossible in any other
            medium. If it ever becomes famous, it will be destroyed.
 Cute Wendy by Josh L. Gleefully
            demented and extremely well drawn -although being on Keenspot he
            doesn't need any more publicity, does he? The current sequel Girly
            isn't quite as charming.
 The
            Dr Pepper Show by
            Rachel Smythe. Evil Aubrey Beardsleyesque cartoon, suitable for fetishists.
            And she's a New Zealander. And she's not even 20...
 Dungeon Damage by
                  Benjamin D. Richards. Another New Zealander, though not listed as so on the Keenspace guide.
				   A detailed visualisation of the kind of rule-filled fantasy world I would never be able to construct.
 Dykes
                  To Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel. This cartoon is always
                    marginalised because of its title (!) and focus, but it's
                    important on so many levels. It should be studied by any
                    cartoonist interested
                    in effective characterisation and plot development. Okay,
                    people criticise it for its soap-opera elements, but if Bechdel
                    was
                    a straight male (like the overwhelming majority of people
                    on this list) it would be a Terry Zwigoff film now. This
                    site is
                a useful archive of recent strips.
 E-Motel by
                  Rob Cruickshank. Rob's been doing this for a couple of years,
              and is very nice to meet in person. E-Motel, ascii, Dungeon Damage,
                Toolshed and Dr Pepper represent New Zealand on ComicGenesis.
 Eulogy by
            Angus Deacon. Created entirely in Flash.
            Unchanged for several years.
 HantaMouse's
                Playground: A 'vapor comic' which doesn't actually exist.
                    Visit here to learn the principles of Feng
                  Shqueak.
 Housd by
                  Ali Graham. Retro gaming and urban stagnation from the UK.
 Indavo by
            Nathan Bonner. Ships, guns, robots, woo hoo!
 Infinite
                  Stupidity by Richard White. Richard looks like a Goth although
                  he denies being one, which means he is very brave to live in
                  Hamilton.
 Liberty
                          Meadows by Frank Cho. The man who had it all
                                and gave it away. No, that's not fair. You have
                              to wonder, though
                                -how could
                                he not realise what he was getting into
                                when he signed up? There are hundreds of thousands
                                of people out
                                there aching
                                to be given the opportunity to face the limitations
                                and restrictions of being a syndicated cartoonist.
                                That's why
                                they call it
                                a discipline. Anyway, Liberty Meadows has the best
                                art and cutest animals and...crikey,
                the female characters look a bit dodgy, don't they?
 NeonDragonArt by
                  Jessica Peffer
 Netherworld -the
                new vision by J.A. Elamparo.
 Newtown
              Ghetto Anger by Jarrod Baker, Wellington comedian and stage
                performer.
 Opus              by
              Berkeley Breathed: the creator of 'Bloom County' is back, and while
              his graphic innovation has noticeably tailed off since the
                  re-launch, Opus is still one of the best Sunday strips
              around. Which frankly isn't saying much.
 Pearls
                                  Before Swine by Stephan Pastis. Certainly
                                      not brilliant, and nearly as listlessly rendered
                                      as 'Dilbert', but  quite winsome and one of
                                      the best daily syndicated strips. Again, not
                                      saying much.
 Soul-D by
                              Mary Bowman. She's sick of people asking her how she
                                      draws this, so don't bother.
 Spades by
        Diana Cameron McQueen. Noir fantasy, part of Girlamatic.com.
 Toolshed by
                    Jem Yoshioka. Steampunk manga with a charming earth-tone palette.
                    Another New Zealander!
 Zap! by Chris L. & Pascalle. 
					Not just another space comic. Lovely rendering, and an attention to detail you don't often see. 
			Start reading it now so you can say you read it when...
 New Zealand cartoons:
 
		  The
              ComicBook Factory by Karl Wills. Karl must be one of the
                most mentally healthy people in NZ comics, because he channels
                every ounce
                of twisted
                perversity he possesses into his work. In fact there's so much
                twistedness there, he could probably represent our country at
                the Perversity Olympics. The animations on this site are
                particularly unpleasant.Ant Sang is
                the character designer for 'Bro Town', but is famous in comic
                circles for 'Dharma Punks', a multi-part
                graphic novel. This may
                not sound
                a big deal,
                but
                it's hard to
                describe
                how
                difficult
                this is to successfully achieve in New Zealand.
 Hicksville by
                Dylan Horrocks is possibly the best New Zealand graphic novel ever
                produced. Dylan is a role model to most younger NZ cartoonists
                because this original and personal work  has
              led to the sort of international career most of us would kill for. We
              would hate him
                  for it if
                  he
                  wasn't
                  so incredibly
                  nice.
 Hotel
              Fred by Roger Landridge. Mr Landridge (I would call him 'Roger'
              but I've never met him and he has no idea who I am, unlike everyone
              else on this list) has achieved success by the time-honoured method
              of getting the hell out of the country at the earliest opportunity
              and working in Britain instead. His site presents many other interesting
              NZ comics links.
 Chris
                Slane is NZ's best political cartoonist and has a wonderful
                  watercolour-tinted style. He has also produced a graphic novel
                  of the legends of Maui which clogs up the cartoon section of
                  every public library in the country. Seriously, at least six
                  copies per branch.
 The
                  New
                Zealand Cartoon Gallery represents the mainstream NZ cartoonists.
                  Featuring mostly political cartoonists -the only sort our papers
                  really recognise, it is dominated by old white men.
                  Only about three names here are really talented and relevant.
        The rest should have retired some time in the 1980s.
 Interesting stuff:
 About A Girl: From a recent art exhibition I was
              involved with. You can buy prints, paintings and photgraphs here.
 The
              Guardian: Once known as the Grauniad for its typos, now the
            Anti-Fox.
 Overheard
  In New York: Candid dialogue from NYC.
 Jump The Shark: Oh, why not.
 Weebl & Bob:
                        Don't check this out at work, you'll be quoting it all afternoon.
                  I recommend going through the archive in chronological
                  order. Funny in a way only the
                    British can manage.
 Rotten
                Tomatoes: A useful resource, albeit a slow-loading and
                    self-important one. In fact, the only reason I've included it
                  here is because it's very useful when trying to work out if a movie
                  on TV is going to be any good.
 The
                Oldie: Intelligent writing, not bad cartoons...I hope this
                  is still around in twenty years when I'm old enough to be allowed
                  to read it.
 Interview
                with Neil Innes: Neil Innes was involved with Monty Python
                      and this interview was a lot of fun.
 Wellington
                City Council:
                            Everything you've ever wanted to know about the seamy
                            underbelly of New Zealand's capital. No detail is too
                        sordid, no vice left unexposed, no unspeakable activity glossed
                        over in their quest to present Wellington in a stark, honest
                    light.
 The
                New Zealand Herald: What we have here instead of The Times
                  or Herald Tribune. New Zealand's biggest newspaper. This, my friend,
              is as good as it gets.
 
 
         
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