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AG: What comics did you read last week? I haven’t been reading a lot of comics lately as I’ve gone back to reading non-comics since I started working in a second-hand bookshop! I did get a copy of Patience by Daniel Clowes, and I was crying at the end because I loved it so much. I also read the new Michael Deforge comic Big Kids a few weeks ago which I thought was pretty good and is probably my favourite work of his so far. |
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AG: “Woman on the Verge” is the comic of yours that hangs on my ‘zine tree. The story, which is about artificial vaginas for sale on Ebay, has a fold-out poster at the end that reads “Take & Give Nothing in Return,” as three men pleasure the central female character. The ambiguity of this statement is probably why I’ve kept the poster on display in my own studio – I can’t quite suss out the kindness within this phrase, and many of your comics seem to feature a comedic sensibility that is saccharine and harried, not so hedonistic. Help? NM: Argh, I really hate that comic and want to burn every copy, lol. I made that during a very weird period of my life and have tried to erase it from my memory. But I can say that statement wasn’t meant to have any type of kindness about it. I guess it’s about being selfish in how much you take from other people without fulfilling any expectations they might have about getting anything back from you. I think it’s meant to be hedonistic in that sense; thinking only about yourself, your own pleasure and ignoring everybody else. And as a result, deriving your happiness and pleasure from yourself as opposed to other people, especially in regards to relationships and this stupid thing society has where they shame people who are single. |
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AG: Does being in Sydney (AU) affect the creation of your comics? NM: Definitely. There’s not a huge comics scene here and I only have two friends in Sydney that I can talk about comics with. In this sense, it’s quite bad in terms of knowledge sharing and in terms of coming up with ideas and projects for collaboration. But I turned to comics as an artistic outlet initially because you don’t have to interact with anybody to make them and now i’m doing creative projects that aren’t comics in order to fulfill that other part of me that revels in collaboration. Last year, I went to Chicago for CAKE and this was a very eye opening experience in terms of seeing just how much bigger the comics community is in America, as it’s a fraction of the size here. I don’t think people here tend to be that interested in comics, at least in my social circles anyway, which is why I try to make my comics accessible for non-comics audiences. |
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