Deep Trouble’s War on The Chaser’s War on the 2019 Election Result

In this SPECIAL EPISODE of Deep Trouble we interview Charles Firth of the Chaser. He offers an analysis of the state of play for the major parties in 2019, why the Labour Party lost the ‘unlosable’ election, as well as … Read More

Bob’s Convoy

by Ben Laycock

PART ONE : The Long Road to the Far North

We set off from Castlemaine on a glorious afternoon: three enthusiastic, intrepid activists on a journey into the heart of darkness. We are not alone. Bob … Read More

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Ive Sorocuk – Comics Face Supreme

Trouble met Ive Sorocuk at the same comic con called Supanova in 2008 where they met Mandy Ord. We were immediately attracted to his weird sense of humour, his superheroes, The Diggables, and … Read More

SALON April-May 2019

APRIL/MAY 2019 COVER: Richard NGUYEN, All mixed up (detail) 2018, digital video, duration 1:57 min. Canning Vale College. Pulse Perspectives, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth (WA), 6 April – 22 July 2019 – artgallery.wa.gov.au

Yvette COPPERSMITH, … Read More

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Mandy Ord – COMIC SUPREME

Trouble met Mandy Ord at a comic con called Supanova in 2008, when the popular culture convention was expanding into Melbourne for the first time. We were immediately attracted to her inky alternative narratives, … Read More

Getting Personal with Vince Jones

interview by Steve Proposch

Vince Jones remembers playing in the Wollongong under 10s soccer team. “I was born in Paisley, just outside of Glasgow. My dad ran out of steam for Scotland at the time. He wanted to go somewhere … Read More

Happy Birthday Comics

Trouble turned 15 in April 2019, and for our birthday issue we wanted to thank by way of featuring some of our past comic contributors, who have been a highlight for us throughout the years. Many of these beautiful and … Read More

The Prophet from Lebanon

Kahlil Gibran: The Garden of the Prophet, until 17 March, 2019

Immigration Museum, Melbourne

by Inga Walton

One of my dearest dreams is this – somewhere, a body of work, say fifty or seventy-five pictures will be hung together in … Read More

Julian Schnabel: At Eternity’s Gate

A DEEP TROUBLE INTERVIEW

with Dr Mark Halloran

Can a movie speak to the intense swirl of feeling and aliveness that goes into painting? It was the seeming impossibility of this task which beckoned to Julian Schnabel as he created … Read More

Love & Desire

Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces from the Tate

NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA

Until 28 April 2019

Love & Desire explores the themes of love, desire, romance, betrayal, faith, nature, science, religion, society, rebellion, the femme fatale and the celebrity of the ‘rock-star’ artists … Read More