At the same time I’ve been working on building a collage generator, with the idea of generating backgrounds that I can use in my drawings - or maybe as a way of speeding up my drawing process. If I can get a machine to do some of it, then why not? But mostly I’m interested in the ubnexpected results that collage throws up.

Here’s the generator (only works on Firefox): http://davemiller.org/tools/collage_generator/

And here are a few collages I made today:

The next step is to pull all this together - drawings and writings - into a booklet -story.

‘A graphic novel is like a film. There are close-ups and long-shots. You choose the location and the props. You do the make-up and the lighting and you get the characters to act.’

I spoke with Fiore about his big win and plans for his business. Fiore is not on staff at the Chronicle, or anywhere else; since 1999, he’s run a syndication business, selling his Flash animations à la carte to TV, newspaper, and magazine websites for about $300 a piece. (The price varies by size of the outlet.) In a typical month, he might have about eight clients. Before 1999, he ran a similar syndication business for his print cartoons, using a lower-price-per-image, higher-volume model.

When I asked about the next phase of his business, curious if it will include a mobile element, Fiore said he’s definitely hopeful about mobile devices. “I think the iPads and anything iPod to iPhone — to maybe a product not made by Apple — will be good or could be good for distributing this kind of thing,” he said.

- maybe double sided A5 or A6 - leaflets
- with explanatory text on one side
- & info on each : http://davemiller.org/projects/bailouts_bonuses_austerity/
- & each handout leads them to my Etsy shop, to purchase large prints

I’ve found a printer in Margate that can do A5 1000 copies double-sided for £18.95. Trouble is - it’s in Margate!

Why do this?
- for publicity and sales - each print leads them to my Etsy shop (get the prints ready on there - describe/ label so that easily identified)
- as a political art gesture - engaging with the perpetrators. I’ve engaged with the victims so far - shops/ pub/ working club in south London (I need to document this) and - now I want to deal with the people who caused the crisis/ and those who profit from it.
- as an art event/ performance - record it/ video it?

Cheap prints
- do research - where?
- can I do this really cheaply - I’ve found that cheap prints distort the colour, but generally looks ok, sometimes even better - depends on the settings.
- experiment with cheap printing - what’s possible - and how it alters the products, and the art

The next challenge is to show them in places where the bankers go. This may be in a gallery near or in the City, near the Bank of England would be fun, or a restaurant or pub that bankers frequent. This could prove a little tricky to arrange, but am going to try. I want to stir them up, try to get a reaction. I also want to hand-out pamphlet versions on the streets, or place drawings into free newspapers (Metro for example).