Fetishman

rumours of my demise have been greatly exagerrated. the Whitby Goth Weekend was a giggle, armed

as i was with the new issue of fetishman (now with added barcode! aaah! tis like legal or summat!), although i fell at the final

hurdle on wednesday by falling asleep instead of boozing more (that said i made it through the next 4 days remarkably well so points

to jim for that ingenious intervention). Wednesday was also good because the new t-shirts arrived just in time to attend whitby, and

there are now a plethora of persons gadding about in these tasty wears.

Egad the new comic is a lovely thing to behold, and also apparently a good basic guide to the issues surrounding the Extreme Porn

legislation i have been told? not my intention, i merely wished to carve hot comedy meats from the soft underbelly of politics and i

think it manages this admirably. Excerpts from this mighty tome are up on the website for

your viewing pleasure.

Anyhoo, dates for your diary, before i forget:

Bristol Comics Expo 9th – 11th May 2008

My Exhibition of Extreme Porn cartoons at CCK in London June 2008

so much more to say but frankly i think we would both rather that i slept

x

geof

questions for you:

1) should i have a launch-thing for the june exhibition at coffee, cake and kink in london? thinking the evening of saturday the 7th june …

2) there’s a demo against the extreme porn legislation tomorrow at 5ish in parlimanet square – if anyone fancies burning fetishman comics in my stead i shall gladly shower them with issues of fetishman in excess of those incinerated
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STOP PRESS: There will be a demo in Parliament Square at 4.45pm. This has official permission from Charing Cross Police.

ACTION NOTICE
11am
Wednesday 7th May

http://www.bl.uk/ The British Library is at 96 Euston Road next to King’s Cross and St Pancras International stations, which are served by National Rail, First Capital Connect and London Underground. You can also use the Hammersmith and City, Piccadilly, Northern, Circle, District, Metropolitan and Victoria Underground Lines. Many bus services stop on Midland Road and Euston Road.

WHAT TO BRING:
Any erotic book which contains an image you think may be illegal under the CJIB, of consenting adults engaging in an activity which is not illegal. eg from madonna’s book SEX

Food and drink in case we are apprehended from moving round, any medications you normally use. Bear in mind sometimes police cause people to be late home.
Material to make a placard or one you made at home… suggestions for slogans welcome.
A raincoat and plenty of warm clothes. It often rains on demos!!
Your mobile phone. and the willing to give out your real name and number so we dont lose you.
A small fire extinguisher if you own one.
A big friendly smile and your community spirit.

WHO IS WELCOME:
All adults who think that we should be able to view in private images of consensual legal adult fantasy play. All adults who believe that creating 2 million harmless criminals is just another exercise in the government picking on easy targets, whilst it struggles to track down those who are known to profit from abuse such as child porn makers.
Adults of all ages and backgrounds welcome, on an equal basis. Someone has volunteered to police liaison on the day who also uses British Sign Language.

CONDUCT:
This is a peaceful NON-violent civil disobedience. There will be no tolerance of aggressive, abusive or dangerous behavior.

SAFETY:
Everyone in attendance needs to take responsibility for their actions, their own health and safety and mind everyone else’s. further information about this will be given on the day to anyone who turns up including a solicitors phone number in case anything goes wrong and they are arrested.

WE NEED
People to give out leaflets, people to talk to the press, people to stay back from the demo and be there to support. people to get more copies of leaflets if necessary at the last minute. people to write to MP’s and Lords while we are doing the action. People to phone us on the demo and update this forum. People to answer any articles which arise.

WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT NETWORK OF ORDINARY CITIZENS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CJIB and how it creates 2 million harmless criminals and allows police to investigate people who have never committed any offense. WHO’s in CHARGE…? Nobody – we’re all in charge of ourselves
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i know, i know – it’s always comic, comic, comic in these posts and fuck all about what i’m actually doing:

well apart from being busy with the freelance comic-y illustration empire i’m also enjoying the freelance cycle couriering but i’ll be forced to trim my hours on that as i may well have wrangled some freelance science. Does having 3 different freelance jobs make me the most freelance person ever? if not it definitely amuses me that i can almost legitimately describe myself as a rogue scientist, but i’ll know more about that come the end of the month.

End of next week they’re going to operate on my hernia-thing again (i hesitate to call it a hernia as it’s quite wee and it usually isn’t a bother. The only concern i have is that the same thing’ll happen as last time and it’ll end up returning in a couple of months and a little bit bigger again – and in that vein my fingers are crossed for the “great hairy minion” as he shall now be known). The day after that is the wendyhouse 10th anniversary which bug’s DJing at. I may have to miss it but i’ll see how i’m doing on the day – i can’t really complain though as i got to attend a couple of the Torture Garden Birthday nights last weekend, courtesy of D-, so it can reasonably be said that i’ve had a more-than-fair share of shits and giggles this month. Photos may exist from the sunday of me looking like the villain from a pantomime-gone-awry and wearing sequinned troose.

Would you believe it if i told you that there was another comic up on the website? no, i suppose not. fair enough, worth a try. etc.

Future plans for you to make note of:

Bristol Comics Expo 9th – 11th May 2008! yes, i have comics fo you. Mwahahaha!

My Exhibition of Extreme Porn cartoons at CCK in London June 2008. Probably with some kind of launch night thing on the 7th.

laters mes amis,

x

geof