in profile: demarnia lloyd

When Demarnia lives in Christchurch, likes to paint, and do
some comics, and write songs and sing, and she makes various
objects. What she does with what she makes is often impelled
by the material she is working with. She is married, has a day job, and
appreciates all manner of things.

in profile: mary tamblyn

Mary Tamblyn lives in Christchurch. She collaborated with Alex McCrone to publish their first graphic novel, Nothing Fits, and is now collaborating with Bethany Hughston, a Sydney-based artist, on
a comic project called Rosetta Phone. Alongside that, she has
been working towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University
of Canterbury, majoring in sculpture.

in profile: alex mccrone

Alex McCrone has lived in Christchurch since 2004 but is originally from England where early exposure to The Beano and Steve Bell’s political strips fuelled her interest in comic art, developing into a particular love for European BD and full-colour artwork. She studied Printmaking at the Elam School of Fine Arts. Her first foray into the New Zealand comics scene was as the artist of Nothing Fits, a collaborative graphic novel written by Mary Tamblyn. She is currently working on a personal comic novella project entitled The Pearl, which may or may not ever see the light of day.

in profile: debra boyask

Debra Boyask (11 April 1966 – 23 April 2013) was an integral part of the Christchurch comics scene in the 1990s, picking out the name Funtime Comics and designing the masthead. She submitted comics for the anthology under the pen name Pelms, including her ongoing tales of Spunky, Punky, and Monkey. She moved to Bristol, England, where she became very involved in the LGBT community, and continued to draw comics alongside other enthusiasts.

in profile: sarah lund

Sarah Lund has lived in Christchurch her whole life. She studied Fine Arts and Graphic Design at the Design and Arts College of New Zealand, and now professionally pretends she knows what she's doing as a freelance designer and illustrator. You can find her at any place that has good coffee, or by following the trail of cat hair and paper fragments she leaves wherever she goes.