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Andy Johnston

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About Me

www.kayakcomic.com

I self-publish an art/comic/poetry zine called Kayak. I love the hustle and bustle of the city but miss the quiet beauty of the countryside. I currently live in Moseley, Birmingham.

My Interests

Astronomy, BMX, comics, drawing, photography, recycling, swimming, writing, zines, etc.

I'd like to meet:


Anyone!

Music:

Ani Di Franco; Babes in Toyland; Belly; Bjork; Blind Melon; Bob Dylan; The Breeders; Bright Eyes; The B-52s; Cyndi Lauper; David Bowie; Devendra Banhart; Dinosaur Jr; Django Reinhardt; ENON; Erase Errata; Frank Sinatra; Howling Bells; Husker Du; Kate Bush; Kings of Leon; Meat Puppets; Nirvana; The Pastels; Pixies; Pulp; Queens of the Stone Age; R.E.M.; Robert Johnson; Ruth Theodore; Sonic Youth; Regina Spektor; Talking Heads; Tanya Donelly; Throwing Muses; The White Stripes; Yeah Yeah Yeahs; 10,000 Maniacs; etc.

Books:

'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson; 'Matilda' and 'The Twits' by Roald Dahl; 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius', 'How We Are Hungry' and 'You Shall Know Our Velocity' by Dave Eggers; 'Metamorphosis' and 'The Trial' by Franz Kafka; 'The Dharma Bums', 'Mexico City Blues' and 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac; 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee; 'The Catcher in the Rye' by J.D. Salinger; 'Moondust' by Andrew Smith; 'Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil' by C.D. Wright; etc.

My Blog

The Fire House Zine

I am currently devising a website/zine that will showcase zines and the people who make them!The website will provide a space for news, reviews, interviews, a zine catalogue and links to websites. Rat...
Posted by Andy Johnston on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:06:00 PST

Feedback

Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to take a look at my website. Extra thanks to those who gave me some feedback. Unfortunately, the feedback I have received from the comics community (is there...
Posted by Andy Johnston on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 06:39:00 PST

www.kayakcomic.com

Happy Halloween!www.kayakcomic.com has been launched this evening!The process of making this website has been a slow and painful process (how many hours did I spend trying to make a pop-up window?). I...
Posted by Andy Johnston on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:31:00 PST

Comics?

I recently sold an old issue of The Comics Journal on Ebay to none other than Gregory Baisden - former editor of The Comics Journal (www.tcj.com)! He now only needs one more to complete his set! We go...
Posted by Andy Johnston on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 03:06:00 PST

Joining MySpace

I avoided joining MySpace for two reasons; I'm nearing the completion of my own website and I avoid adverts whenever possible. However, now I'm in, I've grown to love it purely for the fact that it p...
Posted by Andy Johnston on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:58:00 PST