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HELL BUS – THE BOOK
The Hell Bus book has arrived just back from the printers. My first proper book, with a spine and everything! I’m so happy with how it turned out. It’s 84 pages of all my work since 2017 on Shell and oil company greenwashing. Including some examples of real Shell marketing that seem like parodies themselves.
The Hell Bus is currently back in action (more on that below). Unfortunately for me the bus insurance is also coming up for renewal at the end of this month and it is a whopping £4,250. An absolutely berserk sum. I’m trying to raise the funds to pay this and keep the bus running for another year by selling copies of this book, and running a crowdfunder on my website.
Orders will be going out in the first week of July, and if you put an order in before the end of this month you’ll also get two Hell stickers and a free Hell Bus Tour fold-out poster. Order here!
THAT FUCKING ELECTION
I painted the above last year. But the image on the left is a little update I made to Starmer’s announcement that he is ready to end the lives of every man, woman and child on Earth if the UK ever loses a war.
Apparently there’s no money for nurses, doctors, teachers or vital public infrastructure, but there’s always money for apocalyptic nuclear holocaust machines designed to bring an end to human civilisation in the space of half an hour.
(More of my thoughts on Starmer here & here)
The deep rot at the heart of British political life cannot be fully understood without taking into account the bizarre ritualistic requirement for prospective national leaders to prostrate themselves at the altar of nuclear weaponry and announce that, yes, if push came to shove they would be prepared to kill you, your family, and everyone else on the entire fucking planet, and for that reason they hope they can rely on your vote.
If anyone cares to remember the last general election (not that I recommend it), you might recall the glee with which Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson announced she was ready and willing to incinerate hundreds of millions of people, and the fawning congratulations heaped on her by the press for her pragmatic psychopathy.
The nuclear war question alone, and how tightly politicians responses are policed by the media, shows that we’re not actually allowed to have a Prime Minister who isn’t a psychopath. It’s just one of the job requirements if you want to be the leader of this Normal Island.
I’ve uploaded the print files of these images to the anti-Tory election campaign page of my website toriesout.co.uk
I’m not relishing the prospect of a Starmer government, as much as I’ll be pleased to see the back of the Tories. For what its worth I’ll be voting Green. And I encourage anyone else to do the same, unless you have a decent independent or left-wing Labour candidate in your constituency. Independents I support in particular are Leanne Mohamed in Wes Streeting’s Ilford North seat, Andrew Feinstein in Starmer’s Holborn seat and obviously Corbyn in Islington North, (where he’s running against Labour’s private health executive candidate!).
I’ve been posting regular gripes about the election on my twitter, and instagram story.
HELL BUS BACK AT GLASTO
I’m about to set off to open the Hell Bus for another year at Glastonbury, in the Shangri-La field, which is where the project all began back in 2017. If you’re lucky enough to be going this year come say hello! The bus will be open every day from 1pm until (approx) 1am. The field usually opens on Wednesday afternoon around 6pm-ish. And the quietest times are Fri-Sun during the day.
FUCKING
I based this timeline on the organism Microbrachius Dicki which I read was the first-known animal to stop reproducing by spawning and instead mate by fucking. To be 100% accurate though the graph should mention that after the Dicki died out fucking also stopped for a few million years before being brought back by the ancestors of sharks and rays.
NOT SPORTS DIRECT MUGS
My Not Piss mugs are back in stock! Get a hot pint of something that is definitely not piss down ye, with a special £2 discount until the end of the month.
EXHIBITIONS
My Palestine Subbuteo diorama and Qatar World Cup stickers are on display at the fantastic Shut Up and Stick to Football group exhibition in central London (within walking distance of Novelty Automation, which is highly recommended!) It’s open Thurs-Sun from 12-6pm, until the 14th July.
I also have a print in ‘New Traditions: An Exhibition on Modern Folklore in the UK and Ireland’ at The Island in Bristol until the 23rd June.
PATREON
Thanks to everyone who has backed my work on Patreon so far, it’s been a massive help particularly with my studio/museum being demolished in October (hopefully I will have some news about a new location in the next month or two.)
If you’re able to support my work via Patreon I’ll send you a copy of this zine documenting all the work I made last year. This is the only way you can get a copy, it’s not for sale anywhere else.
I’ll be making a new zine for 2024 too.
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