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June 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

In Praise of Graphic Novels

About a decade ago I had a job in town. Right across the road from the library. That proximity is what made me really start using my library card – no excuses, it was easy. Easy to return books on time, easy to nip out for a quick break – great place to go during […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Books, Cartoons, Comics, Graphic Memoir, Graphic Novels, In Praise of Graphic Novels, Library, Praise, Reading, Wellington Central Libraries ·

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March 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Dakota McFadzean: To Know You’re Alive

To Know You’re Alive Dakota McFadzean Conundrum Press Dakota McFadzean is a Canadian comic strip writer and artist – he has two previous volumes of bundled shorts and his work has appeared in MAD Magazine, Funny or Die, The New Yorker and The Best American Comics.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adrian Tomine, Book, Book Review, Cartoon, Comic, Comics, Conundrum Press, Dakota McFadzean, Dakota McFadzean: To Know You’re Alive, Daniel Clowes, Graphi Novel, R. Crumb, Short Stories, Shorts, To Know You’re Alive, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Comedy VS Poetry FACE/OFF: NZ FRINGE

I’m in a Fringe Festival show this year. I’m one of the performers in this amazing concept  Poetry vs Stand-Up Comedy. I put the word poetry first because I’ll be one of the poets. Producers Dave Adams and Creatif Kate (aka Kate Spencer) will be MCing a set of shows across March 3-9 where three poets […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Advait Kirtikar, Alayne Dick, Amy Grace Laura, Carrie Buckmaster, Comedians, Comedy, Comedy VS Poetry, Comedy VS Poetry FACE/OFF, Comedy VS Poetry FACE/OFF: NZ FRINGE, Comics, Dani Yourukova, Emilie Hope, Emma Sidnam, FACE/OFF, Fringe Bar, Fringe Festival, Gavin Hews, Jordan Hamel, Kate Spencer, Li’i Alaimoana, March, Miranda Clement, Nathan Bond, Neil Thornton, NZ Fringe, Poems, Poetry, Poets, PR, Promo, Richard Lemmens, Rose Northey, Sameena Zehra, Sannon Basso Gaule, Sarah Rose Courtenay, Severin Gourley, Simon Sweetman, Sowmya Hiremath, Stand Up, Susan Williams, Tarns Hood, Wellington, Writing ·

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August 1, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 178: Steve Francis (Bulletbelt)   

Welcome to episode 178 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Steve Francis is the drummer and driving force behind […]
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October 16, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Always Starting, Never Ending

jesus, FUCK! – Alan Bennett is 83. I better get watching – and reading – his books, his TV, his films, scripts… Shit! There’s too much for me. (I’ve read some, seen some – but there’s much to revisit, and so much to try, to find, to hunt, to line up). A name gets mentioned, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Actors, Alan Bennett, Always Starting, Always Starting Never Ending, Art, artists, Bob Dylan, Books, Clive James, Comedians, Comics, Film, Filmmakers, Garry Trudeau, Graphic Novels, Herbie Hancock, Joan Didion, Musicians, Never Ending, Norman Lear, Patti Smith, Peter Cook, Plays, Poem, Robert Crumb, Roger McGough, Theatre, Tracey Ullman, TV, Tyshawn Sorey, Woody Allen, Writers ·

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July 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski Two

Fante Bukowski Two Noah Van Sciver Fantagraphics; 1 edition I was a huge fan of Noah Van Sciver’s first iteration of Fante Bukowski; so much so I swiftly studied up on some of his other comics – but I loved this despicable character of Fante Bukowski, a self-appointed literary hero; self-assured but also clueless – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2, Book, Book Review, Cartoon, Charles Bukowski, Comic, Comics, Fante Bukowski, Fante Bukowski Two, Graphic Novel, Graphic Novella, John Fante, Noah Van Sciver, Noah Van Sciver: Fante Bukowski Two, Satire, Sequel, Two, Writers, Writing, Zine ·

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June 12, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 166 Marvel Super Heroes

Growing up in the 60s I think I probably first discovered them through black and white reproductions in English weekly comics like Smash or Whizzer and Chips. They reprinted early Fantastic Four, Thor and Daredevil issues and I really took to them – particularly the Jack Kirby artwork with the strange anatomy and alien landscapes.
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #166, Art, Artist, Artwork, Batman, Captain America, Cartoon, Comic Books, Comics, Daredevil, DC, Doctor Strange, Excelsior, Fabulous Four, Fantastic Four, Frank Miller, Graphic Novels, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Hulk, Iron Man, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Jon Mcleary, Keigh Griffen, Legion of Superheroes, Love and Rockets, M-Men, Music, Neal Adams, Nick Fury, NME, Painting, Revengerss, Smash, Spiderman, Spines, Stan Lee, Teenager, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 166 Marvel Super Heroes, The Spines, Thor, War Stories, Wellington, Wgtn, Wizzer and Chips, Writing, X-Men ·

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June 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Life, Animated: DVD

Life, Animated Director: Roger Ross Williams A&E Television Networks, LLC/Madman Entertainment Owen Suskind was a normal, happy kid. Until he was three. Almost overnight he seemed locked in, his development halted. A profound autism the diagnosis. He was bullied at school and became further locked in a world of his own; his sanctuary – Disney’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Animated, Animated Films, Animation, Autism, Cartoon, Comic, Comics, Disney, Doco, Documentary, DVD, DVD Review, Film Review, Life, Life Animated, Movie, Movie Review, Owen Suskind, Roger Ross Williams, Ron Suskind ·

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June 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 687

Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians, Song Hits From Walt Disney Films (1952) A recent find from the “Dump Shop”. We sometimes pop into the Recycle Centre and see what’s there…I’m never looking for anything, as such, and not expecting much. But this was quite the week gem, particularly as there’s a lot of talk about […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1952, 78, Cartoons, Comics, Disney, Disneyland, Fred Waring, Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians, LP, Movies, Record, Song Hits From Walt Disney Films, Songs, Soundtrack, SoundtrackS, The Vinyl Countdown # 687, Vinyl, Walt Disney, Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah ·

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November 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 32 The Blood Group

In 1984 when I became a father for the first time I rediscovered comics. We were living then in a huge warehouse with a big Dr Strange window down one end and it seemed appropriate. They had come a long way since I had read them as a kid in the 60s – there were […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Art, Blood Group, Comics, Guest Blog, Jon Mcleary, Music, Spines, The Brain, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 32, Wellington, Writing ·

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