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Jason Hong and Stephen Njota at Chromacon 2019.

I attended Chromacon and all I got were these amazing portraits

Alice Webb-Liddall went to Chromacon this weekend to browse the art and check out some of New Zealand's hottest portrait talent.
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By Alice Webb-Liddall | 4th June, 2019
Contributing writer
The Side Eye: Inequality Tower 2018

The Side Eye: Inequality Tower 2018

Imagine all the wealth in NZ as a ten-storey apartment building. Imagine half of NZ crammed in a tiny corner of the bottom floor.
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By Toby Morris | 31st July, 2018
Comic artist
Fragmentary Thoughts: The Unapologetic Oddballs of Come Dine With Me NZ

Fragmentary Thoughts: The Unapologetic Oddballs of Come Dine With Me NZ

In this month's comic, José Barbosa celebrates the best moments from the first week of Come Dine With Me – the Campbell Live substitute packed with baked beans and broom women.
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By José Barbosa | 18th June, 2015
Senior Content Creator
Fragmentary Thoughts: Mad Men’s Matchless Meloncholy

Fragmentary Thoughts: Mad Men’s Matchless Meloncholy

As Mad Men wraps up its final season, José Barbosa illustrates his favourite moments from the wry whisky-soaked period drama.
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By José Barbosa | 11th May, 2015
Senior Content Creator
Throwback Thursday: The Distorted, Unsynched and Eerily Realistic Confessions of Aardman’s Foyer Girl

Throwback Thursday: The Distorted, Unsynched and Eerily Realistic Confessions of Aardman’s Foyer Girl

This Throwback Thursday, ex-cinema usher Alex Casey watches a buzzy 70s Aardman claymation built entirely around real conversations between real foyer girls.
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By Alex Casey | 30th April, 2015
Senior writer

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