The Angel now available from comic book stores...

Issue #1 OUT NOW !

If you're in Melbourne, Oz, head on down to Minotaur on Elizabeth St, or to The Sticky Institute in the tunnel under Flinders station (a.k.a. 10 Campbell Arcade, Degraves Subway ).

Minotaur on Google maps:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Minotaur/@-37.815427,144.963501,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xa3e8a9c066f9c9cb

On the shelf @ Minotaur

Minotaur website (I'm not on it though): https://www.minotaur.com.au/

Sticky: http://blog.stickyinstitute.com/

Hidden @ Sticky Institute

OR
you can grab a copy c/o this blog or contact me.

Behind the scenes - hard copy time

Guest-starring: Standartenfuhrer Pickletits Meochovich Junior Senior Junior

Issue #1 - original dialogue - web exclusive

Hiyya pals!
Today is a mini celebration of sorts - I'll be taking copies of Issue #1 to some comic/ zine retailers to test audience responses. So it's sort of an "unofficial launch day". To celebrate, I'm posting all of issue #1 here (again), but this time with the original speech bubbles. I'm sure some readers would rather the whole series was like this, but I'm afraid that's not to be. Still, with these original words, you get a different kind of surreal effect, sort of like watching Twin Peaks, where sometimes the dialogue would make perfect sense, but the scene was utterly baffling nonetheless due to the visuals.
Anyways, ENJOY!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand an apology of sorts

I been telling peoples that the Angel is gonna get published real soon, that I'll have a launch party and all that.

Alas!, as the sage sang "life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" (Praise the name of the Prophet Johnlennon!).

Point being - health issues have caused delays, which have led to money issues.

I will endevour to get this sucka out there ASAP, but first I need to raise some funds.

As compensation, here, have a sneak preview of Issue #7 (this is Micturating Angel Sarah - she lives in Victorian England.)

Meet "The Secret Chiefs" + The Abandoned Adventures of Claire

So here are some terrible photos of a group of characters who will be appearing as of Issue #5 in the adventures of Claire.

Claire is blind, or close to it. These guys on the other hand see everything, since they hover in the background, observing everything. They are the Secret Chiefs, mysterious entities who look after our world. (Well, Claire's world.)

Alas!, I did not make up the Secret Chiefs, take a butcher's at this link HERE. This link is good too, and is sorta related - HERE.

There'll be more of these fellas as Claire stumbles through her adventures

(Likey the Chiefs? Wanna a T-shirt or print with them on it? Click HERE.)

But who is this Claire character I speak of? She's a Micturating Angel of course! Now, here's some photos of how I thought her adventures would go - but then abandoned this approach in favour of something a lot more experimental. Enjoy these jolly good examples of behind-the-scenes tomfoolery.

Three new T-shirts in merch store

Added three new T-shirts to the online merch store. They depict the mysterious Secret Chiefs, who will be appearing as of Issue #5 of the Angel.
Have a looky HERE (opens in new tab/ window).

image c/o redbubble.com

Published in an Anthology

The Micturating Angel issue 1 has been published in the Surrealist anthology "Hydrolith", c/o Oyster Moon Press, California.
Grabba copy from here:

ACTUAL BOOK: www.lulu.com/shop/oyster-moon-press/hydrolith-2-surrealist-research-investigations/paperback/product-21893514.html
FREE PDF: www.lulu.com/shop/oyster-moon-press/hydrolith-2-surrealist-research-investigations/ebook/product-21893529.html

Want a T-shirt?

This may be premature as the comic has not really left the runway yet (slight delay due to health reasons), but in case you wanna show your support for independent/ obscure/ cult/ kvlt art, grab a T-shirt from [HERE] (opens in new tab/ window).

image c/o redbubble.com

Behind the scenes/ The making of...

For those interested, here are some links to my other blog (Gadzooxtian Productions) where I posted some photos of the "making of" the Angel. (All links open in new tabs/ windows.)

View all seven articles at once [HERE], or choose your own adventure below:

Source materials & [some] links

This article explains where the project began and provides some background on the original publications I used.

[HERE]

A behind the scenes documentary

A short film of me actually working on this thing...

[HERE]

Step 1 - Step 9

Literally a step-by-step photo series on the creation of one panel of art.

[HERE]

Work continues

A shot of a yet-to-be published page with no dialogue (at least at that stage).

[HERE]

The sloooooooooooooowness of collage-making

Whereby I show you how meticulous and tiny a lot of this work is.

[HERE]

Why I'm anti-social a lot lately...

Seriously, making a comic book series is a LOT of work.

[HERE]

Free download

Grab a copy of the original book this whole project is based on, which I made in 2001.

[HERE]

"Whoops, there goes me pee!"

INTRODUCTION and ISSUE 1 (free comic!)

So what is...?
The Micturating Angel is an unique comic book series by yours truly.
It is unique in that it is entirely collaged. The images are created from issues of a  pre-existing series of comics from 1976, which are heavily reworked through collaging and with the dialogue edited to create new storylines and meanings.
And I use the word "meaning" loosely, for beware intrepid adventurer, ye are travelling the DADA lands here, the vast murky forests of Surreal art and plain old monkeying around too.
[ What is DADA? ]
[ What is Surreal art? ]
Without further furtehrings, I hereby present to you Issue 1, absolutely free.
Download it as pdf from HERE .
Download it as cbr from HERE .
Or peruse the whole darn thing right here :

Welcome

Hi!

This is the official home of THE MICTURATING ANGEL, a surreal/ dada/ experimental comic book produced by yours truly, Xtian (click here for website).
Here I will post images relating to the making of the comic, as well as pages from the comic itself - and entire issues as well. For now, here's the cover of issue one (as yet unpublished).