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Just a note - the cartoons on the site are now handily filed in the archive on your left.
The random, the foolhardy, the damning exposes, the quite stupid, my favorite, or the first one ever - they’re all there, plus heaps more, in the archive.
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Great to see the Herald’s graphic artists stoop to the crappy-PowerPoint-speech-bubble-level. Pull up a chair boys, there’s beer in the fridge. Mind the stain… that one too… there you go.
Here’s today’s front page:
And the close up…
This is great, but remember - you can make them say anything. Why stop at paraphrasing what they’ve already said? Go nuts, really. It’s fun. Case in point:
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Former flatmate and ace league reporter Steve Kilgallon threw me a frickin’ bone, commissioning this cartoon that appeared on honest to goodess newsprint in Sunday’s cricket supplement.
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I’m stoked 2007 is over, sports-wise. After three World Cups and a big yacht race for no trophies, we’re left to pick up the pieces after a year of early starts, late finishes, big build-ups and crushing disappointments. What have we learned? Nothing, if you believe Henry’s reappointment was a mistake (which I don’t), but 2008 will be very interesting indeed, with Robbie Deans leaving the rabid for success for the slightly shit. So bollocks to 2007, but it’s time to get over it.
Luckily, blogging-wise, I’ve really enjoyed it. Getting a cartoon in the paper was nice (another one soon!). I liked this one. And this one. This wasn’t a good idea.I loved making up news stories.
In 2008, I really need to get my shit together with a proper domain (keep your eye on sportreview.net.nz) and Wordpress, particularly before sportreview jr. comes along.
Here’s my best for 2007.
Sporting moment
Hard one. A couple of America’s Cup races were pretty amazing. I’m too childish to nominate Fiji v South Africa. Oher than a few Berbatov goals, it’s looking pretty bleak. I’m going for Luaki handing off Richie McCaw - it’s been that kind of year.
Web
Guardian Unlimited (football and sport) remain my go-tos for sport news, writing, and youtube clips. Locally, the Dropkicks podcast is the best in NZ sport on the web. I love the communities springing up at Sportsfreak and The Silver Fern - I wish I had more time to participate. I joined Facebook, and found it great for finding the long lost, but kind of annoying otherwise. I discovered last.fm. I really enjoy Public Address and Jason Kottke, still.
Links on Friday
- Richie Benaud on the underarm
- Zombie vs Shark
- Never poke a big cat with a stick
- Full Metal Wii
- The Mack vs the Nuge
Albums
Person Pitch - Panda Bear (thanks, Fraser), Happy Ending - Phoenix Foundation, Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem
Book
The Yiddish Policeman’s Union - Micheal Chabon
Films
Superbad, The Devil Dared Me To, Hot Fuzz
Top three songs on last .fm
Ramble Tamble - Creedence
Fourtunate Son - Creedence
Sleepwalk - Santo & Johnny
Ouch. The BBC’s Rugby homepage brands brittle Brian O’Driscoll a ‘former star’. OK, he’s not in the best form, but… that’s a wee bit harsh. Life moves on, though, and Ireland should really make Paul O’Connell captain anyway - what do you reckon?
Bonus link - here’s my BOD Lions cartoon. Don’t think I’d be welcome back in Dublin after this.
I was lucky enough to have one of my ‘cartoons’ included in yesterday’s Sunday Star Times Rugby World Cup supplement. On, like, printed paper and everything. Massive thanks to ex-flatmate Steve Kilgallon, a Yorkshireman who makes Geoff Boycott looks like a southern softie.
Good luck to the Blues and Crusaders in SA - it’s tough in the Republic, so I’ve pasted a ‘cartoon’ I did a coupla years ago below, enjoy…
- White men can’t jump - har, he looks like Wil E. Cyote jumping off a cliff the way his little legs keep going
- A pretty sweet goal - don’t see too many of these
- Full Metal Jacket for the Wii - Kubrick moves into the video game market
- The Host - this Korean horror looks pretty sweet, it’s out now, as recommended by Fabian Fanboy
I feel bad about this… but only a *little* bit. The Aussies were clearly robbed, though.
Here’s my entry in next week’s Guardian Gallery photoshop competition - they want you to show where it all went wrong in building the new Wembly.
Update: THIRD!!!! A copy of Barney Ronay’s Any Chance of a Game, goes to Me, me, me!
I used to love Newcastle and Wor Kev, but seeing him go troppo ‘cos Fergie was stopping him sleep at night was the best ‘I’m losing it’ moment I’ve seen in a post match interview, ever.
It seems like the whole country is suffering from a collective post - Lions hangover. You go to the pub - there’s no-one there. You go to watch the sports news - what’s the point? You can reach out and touch the listlessness with your hand. But hang on… there’s a Tri Nations to play, and while everyone’s trying hard to feign indifference, underneath it all, we can’t wait to see if that magic in Wellington (and Christchurch to a lesser extent) can be recreated against the old enemies.
We were too busy arguing about the flat back line last year to care, and it was one of the more mediocre tournaments in a competition that has more same-ness to it every year (can’t wait for that extra round). After a year together, we’ll get to see what this potentially ’special’ All Black side is made of.
And it’s great to see the Wallabies responding to the threat of a resugent South Africa and ominous New Zealand by getting on the piss…
I sat down one day and made a ‘cartoon’ about Clive Woodward and what a goose he is. Then I sent it to Bart, who put it on his site. I was stoked, so I did a couple more. You can see them here, here and here on thesilverfern.co.nz, or click on the pics for my Flickr site below - there’s a few photos from the rugby there, too.
My (poor) effort at Photoshopping Tottenham’s ‘keeper Paul Robinson in the Guardian’s competition (ninth one down). As you were.
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