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10,000 / 1,500 / 15: Breaking the Silence on Responsible Drug Use

stuart — Wed, 29 May 2013 06:59:10 +0000

Cartoonist Stuart McMillen, who wrote the War on Drugs and Rat Park comics discusses his personal history of responsible drug-taking.

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My Drug Period

stuart — Wed, 29 May 2013 06:58:08 +0000

Cartoonist Stuart McMillen discusses everything he has learnt and feels about drugs. From his time researching comics War on Drugs and Rat Park.

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Globalization of Addiction: the post-Rat Park research of Bruce Alexander

stuart — Wed, 29 May 2013 06:57:06 +0000

Describes The Globalization of Addiction - the post-Rat Park research of Canandian psychologist Bruce Alexander. Rat Park comic cartoonist Stuart McMillen.

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A bustle in the cage-row: the making of Rat Park

stuart — Wed, 29 May 2013 06:56:05 +0000

My comics are borne from extensive research. I am preoccupied with telling the truth, and not misrepresenting the facts for the sake of a good story. For this reason, I have abandoned numerous stories because I could not verify their accuracy, or because I felt I would be stretching analogies past their breaking point. In [...]

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Rat Park crowdfunding rewards: printed comics have been dispatched

stuart — Mon, 27 May 2013 07:00:00 +0000

Blog post about the postage of Rat Park crowdfunding rewards: printed War on Drugs and Rat Park comics.

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The Great Disruption

stuart — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:26:56 +0000

Stuart McMillen blogs on the status of his Rat Park comic, discusses moving from Brisbane to Canberra and reviews book The Great Disruption by Paul Gilding.

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Rat Park crowdfunding: success

stuart — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 12:21:52 +0000

Good news: my Rat Park comic was successfully crowdfunded by 117 of my fans! It is a great feeling to know that so many of my readers care enough about my comics that they are willing to personally fund them. This was the first time I allowed my readers to directly invest in the creation [...]

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Why is Australian cartoonist Stuart McMillen inside a box?

stuart — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 23:00:24 +0000

Speaking from inside a box, cartoonist Stuart McMillen discusses crowdfunding his Rat Park comic about the science of drug addiction.

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Crowdfunding comics: Brisbane trio drawing support from fans

stuart — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:35:29 +0000

(Media release to support the crowdfunding campaigns for Rat Park, Iron Style and My Sister’s Voice). Three Brisbane cartoonists are using crowdfunding as a way of financing their comic art projects. Throughout October 2012, Brisbane cartoonists Zac Smith-Cameron, Alexis Sugden and Stuart McMillen will be using crowdfunding to finance their comic art from web user [...]

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Rat Park crowdfunding video

stuart — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:09:58 +0000

For a quick, 3 minute version of that last blog post, please check out the following video: Yes, this is the first time I’ve let you see my face and hear my voice. In the past, it was nice just putting the comics ‘out there’, and allowing you to project yourselves into the art, not [...]

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