Tara
@taracomics.bsky.social
Author of This is Not a Pipe. Posts comics at taracomics.substack.com (they/her: tangata Tiriti)
Archive of live drawings (2017-2024) available at the National Library: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/55900477
Archive of live drawings (2017-2024) available at the National Library: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/55900477
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Tara
@taracomics.bsky.social
· Jun 3
Inside and Outside the Frame
Why comics are so good at metafiction
open.substack.com
Here’s a nerdy presentation I made about comics. @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social, I said I would post it. Feel free to use it.
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Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
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If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
A profession struggling to sustain itself - The Society of Authors
ALCS report on author incomes shows 60% drop in median incomes since 2006
societyofauthors.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A game to play.
The Mystery Note
A lyric game in comic form
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
A game to play.
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The pledge me campaign is already close to $81k and still 28 days to go.
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The pledge me campaign is already close to $81k and still 28 days to go.
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Well done folks
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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A full year of electioneering about slurpluses and deffyzits ahead. Worth asking why all the media time is given to that little pink stub on the left.
October 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
A full year of electioneering about slurpluses and deffyzits ahead. Worth asking why all the media time is given to that little pink stub on the left.
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there's a lot of talk of erotic horny chat gpt and sora slop, but this piece on webworm today from @tworuru.com gets into the infuriatingly deluded and dangerous headspace of those pushing on this "AI" (it's not AI) pathway: www.webworm.co/newgods/
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
there's a lot of talk of erotic horny chat gpt and sora slop, but this piece on webworm today from @tworuru.com gets into the infuriatingly deluded and dangerous headspace of those pushing on this "AI" (it's not AI) pathway: www.webworm.co/newgods/
Some depression for your morning.
Silicon Valley Has a God Problem
And we're all up for sacrifice.
www.webworm.co
October 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Some depression for your morning.
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One of the many evils the tech industry has inflicted on our lives is that when an Act of God forces everyone to stay home from work (wild weather, earthquake, pandemic), we're now expected to Work From Home (rather than have a day off like God intended).
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
One of the many evils the tech industry has inflicted on our lives is that when an Act of God forces everyone to stay home from work (wild weather, earthquake, pandemic), we're now expected to Work From Home (rather than have a day off like God intended).
Kārearea won Bird of the Year so I'm reposting this.
Kārearea
Reposting this in celebration of the kārearea winning Bird of the Year
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Kārearea won Bird of the Year so I'm reposting this.
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The more time goes on the more it feels like MARVEL SNAP has genuinely just ruined other card games for me.
It is so hard to go back to infrequent content and balance changes.
SNAP really is just everything I always wanted from a live service card game.
It is so hard to go back to infrequent content and balance changes.
SNAP really is just everything I always wanted from a live service card game.
September 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The more time goes on the more it feels like MARVEL SNAP has genuinely just ruined other card games for me.
It is so hard to go back to infrequent content and balance changes.
SNAP really is just everything I always wanted from a live service card game.
It is so hard to go back to infrequent content and balance changes.
SNAP really is just everything I always wanted from a live service card game.
Also, remember to vote in local elections.
Your vote
Forest & Bird’s Bird of the Year recognises our unique birds and with each vote you give them a voice.
www.birdoftheyear.org.nz
September 24, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Also, remember to vote in local elections.
What happened to Appa?
The Appa Costume Chronicles 5
The end?
open.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
What happened to Appa?
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"To our untrained eye, a corn field looks more 'natural' than an array of solar panels. But a corn field is a biological desert ... Put up some solar panels, and add some plants that only need to be mowed once a year or so (sometimes with sheep) and you see an explosion of life."
Buzzzzzzzzz
Something to actually do about insect decline
substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"To our untrained eye, a corn field looks more 'natural' than an array of solar panels. But a corn field is a biological desert ... Put up some solar panels, and add some plants that only need to be mowed once a year or so (sometimes with sheep) and you see an explosion of life."
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Because there's misinformation around, here's the most readable and precise guide to local-election STV in NZ
thespinoff.co.nz/local-electi...
thespinoff.co.nz/local-electi...
September 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Because there's misinformation around, here's the most readable and precise guide to local-election STV in NZ
thespinoff.co.nz/local-electi...
thespinoff.co.nz/local-electi...
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In almost any other NZ government in *history* Willis would be long gone by now. The only things that are different are a PM who enables it and a media that helps cover it up and move it on
single reports without follow-up are NOT holding MPs accountable
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
single reports without follow-up are NOT holding MPs accountable
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Willis: Not releasing texts about Orr's resignation met transparency expectations
The Finance Minister says not releasing texts that informed her of former Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr's potential resignation was appropriate.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
In almost any other NZ government in *history* Willis would be long gone by now. The only things that are different are a PM who enables it and a media that helps cover it up and move it on
single reports without follow-up are NOT holding MPs accountable
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
single reports without follow-up are NOT holding MPs accountable
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Friday night SAW with Fionn McCabe.
Human Auto-fill comics
Drawings and a comic from Friday Night Comics
open.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Friday night SAW with Fionn McCabe.
I was today years old when I got the pun in the title of The Walking Dead.
June 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I was today years old when I got the pun in the title of The Walking Dead.
Here’s a nerdy presentation I made about comics. @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social, I said I would post it. Feel free to use it.
Inside and Outside the Frame
Why comics are so good at metafiction
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Here’s a nerdy presentation I made about comics. @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social, I said I would post it. Feel free to use it.
Reposted by Tara
White women's tears, innit?
“They attempt to cast themselves as victims. Yet in reality, their legislative efforts are causing harm to working-class women, including a large cohort of Māori and Pasifika women.” — Rebekah Graham.
When women in power get hurt feelings | E-Tangata
“They attempt to cast themselves as victims. Yet in reality, their legislative efforts are causing harm to working-class women, including a large cohort of Māori and Pasifika women.” — Rebekah Graham.
e-tangata.co.nz
May 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
White women's tears, innit?
Comics conference with @jemyoshioka.bsky.social, Ross Murray, @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social, Jennifer Cheuk and others.
Drawn Literature in Aotearoa NZ: Contemporary perspectives / Littérature dessinée en Aotearoa - Nouvelle-Zélande: perspectives contemporaines
Notes and drawings from a conference about Aotearoa comics held in France, 22-23 May
open.substack.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Comics conference with @jemyoshioka.bsky.social, Ross Murray, @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social, Jennifer Cheuk and others.
What a beautiful spaceship we live on.
April 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
What a beautiful spaceship we live on.