The Side Eye: Bugged Out

19 Dec 2019

Society

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At the end of last century, New Zealand was preparing for apocalypse. The Side Eye looks back at the Y2K bug phenomenon and asks: was it all a scam?

The Side Eye is a monthly non-fiction comic by Toby Morris, supported by NZ On Air. Read the rest of the series here.

Toby Morris

Toby Morris is an Auckland based illustrator, comic artist and writer. He is the author of The Spinoff's non-fiction comic series The Side Eye, won the Voyager award for Cartoonist of the year for 2019 and in 2020 his Covid-19 collaborations with Dr Siouxsie were shared around the world.

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