Mandy J Watson
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World expert in South African comics (#sacomics) published after 2000.
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Masked up in Cape Town, South Africa.
World expert in South African comics (#sacomics) published after 2000.
Words: https://brainwavez.org/
Tiny games: https://mandyjwatson.itch.io/
Masked up in Cape Town, South Africa.
Ok, cool! Gonna try something (possibly only in about a month), so expect January or February because our system is not quick.
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Ok, cool! Gonna try something (possibly only in about a month), so expect January or February because our system is not quick.
I had that thought today, actually, that I must start doing something like that. Why am I always pushed on the back foot? Time to spread the awkward, which is the only thing that should be spreading!
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I had that thought today, actually, that I must start doing something like that. Why am I always pushed on the back foot? Time to spread the awkward, which is the only thing that should be spreading!
I was at an event yesterday where only one other person was masked - an elderly lady who is ill and is trying to stay safe - and I was asked "Are you sick?" by a couple and I said "No, and I intend to keep it that way" and they nodded and said that that's really smart....
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I was at an event yesterday where only one other person was masked - an elderly lady who is ill and is trying to stay safe - and I was asked "Are you sick?" by a couple and I said "No, and I intend to keep it that way" and they nodded and said that that's really smart....
Having said that, one of the malls they are currently in - I think it's Eastgate (or Eastgate Shopping Centre, depending on where you look because they can't even seem to decide on their name) - doesn't have its address on its web site!
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Having said that, one of the malls they are currently in - I think it's Eastgate (or Eastgate Shopping Centre, depending on where you look because they can't even seem to decide on their name) - doesn't have its address on its web site!
That does make me feel better that it wasn't me somehow having some sort of research inability but, damn, it wastes my time and frustrates me because why can't they just put it properly on their web site! (Whose URL also changed in the past few years!) Marketing 101.
November 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
That does make me feel better that it wasn't me somehow having some sort of research inability but, damn, it wastes my time and frustrates me because why can't they just put it properly on their web site! (Whose URL also changed in the past few years!) Marketing 101.
Also, people, SERIOUSLY, Instagram and Facebook BLOCK OFF ACCESS after a slight scroll if you don't have an account. You are putting all your art and info behind an evil barrier. I had to use a bloody VPN and fight the Internet and I hate it and I hate doing calendar stuff!
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Also, people, SERIOUSLY, Instagram and Facebook BLOCK OFF ACCESS after a slight scroll if you don't have an account. You are putting all your art and info behind an evil barrier. I had to use a bloody VPN and fight the Internet and I hate it and I hate doing calendar stuff!
*(An example: an absolute fucking nightmare trying to figure out where Cosmic Comics' current branches are because I am not in Johannesburg so I cannot just find out the obvious info that is NOT LISTED ON ITS SITE OR SOCIALS.)
November 19, 2025 at 6:53 AM
*(An example: an absolute fucking nightmare trying to figure out where Cosmic Comics' current branches are because I am not in Johannesburg so I cannot just find out the obvious info that is NOT LISTED ON ITS SITE OR SOCIALS.)