The second issue of my debut fanzine ‘Corporate Logo’ is now online. Check it out below: Corporate Logo – Issue 02
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Upon exploring the loft of my new house I discovered a room that appears to have been used as a dark room at some point in the past. Besides developing chemicals and some fixing salts some of the more interesting finds included photographs, negatives, razor blades and what I think is an old projector or [...]
The more observant of you may have noticed that there have been some subtle, yet significant changes to the site over the last couple of days. The exciting news is that the Sliced Apples family just got a little bit bigger; welcoming a fanzine entitled Corporate Logo. This new title will run alongside the webcomic [...]
└ Tags: Consumerism, Corporate Logo, DIY, England, Facebook, fanzine, Great Britain, Independent, Magazine, Publication, Self-publication, Social Network, UK, Zine
Behind the scenes at the shoot for Rook and the Ravens’ new video ‘The Judge’.
The more observant of you may have noticed that besides the webcomic this site hasn’t been updated much in the last few months, which is true. This isn’t however, due to a lack of artistic output. I’ve been involved in a number of mid-to-long term projects recently and in order to give them the [...]
└ Tags: Bar, Glossop, Glow in the Dark, Moon and Sixpence, Music, Pub, Sliced Apples, T-shirt, Tee, Ultra Violet, UV light, Venue
Doug Stanhope – Manchester Dancehouse – 2011 Shuffling on in a plaid shirt and loose fitting jeans with a microphone in one hand and 2 beers in the other, Doug Stanhope takes to the stage at the Manchester Dancehouse to rapturous applause. Armed with opinions and the necessary anger and alcohol within him to express [...]
└ Tags: Alcoholic, America, American, Bill Hicks, Comedy, Dancehouse, Doug, Live, Manchester, Standup, Stanhope
Q: Do you want to be happier? A: Yes. Q: Are you interested in becoming a member of the Scientology Religion (Read: Cult)? A: Not really Q: If your answer to either of those questions was ‘yes,’ are you willing to fill in a 200-question (Yes, you read that correctly) ‘test’ in order to make [...]
└ Tags: Analysis, Free, Happiness, Hubbard Dianetic Centre, Personality, Questionnaire, Scientology, Test
This is the second in the now-smash-hit blog series ‘Flyer Review,’ assessing the embarrassing bottom-of-the-marketing-barrel world of the humble flyer. This week I am looking at a religious flyer which appears to be broadly promoting Christianity across the denominations. Starting with the cover, the top of the page features the heading ‘WHAT THE BLOOD OF [...]
└ Tags: Attractive, Catholic Priests, Children, Christ, Christianity, Church, Euphemism, God, Jesus, Minors, Oild Seed Rape, Service, Sex, Sexualisation, Underage
This is the first in what may or may not be a series of blogs examining how flyers can be used to manipulate the scared, ignorant and vulnerable amongst us. The first one that I am going to look at is for ‘KRAV MAGA,’ a form of self defence of which I was unaware until [...]
└ Tags: Britain, Climate of Fear, Inner-City, Knife, Knife-Attack, Knifed, Krav Maga, Lies, Manchester, Media, Politics, Scaremongering
