Mix Tape, and the currently avaliable Astoria singles Black Sabbath (intro) and Resistansen, are reviewed over on Derik A. Badman’s terrific Madinkbeard site!
A keen observer, Derik notes: “Like the songs on a well-crafted mix tape, the images have their own separate identity, yet, by placing in juxtaposition, the reader (listener) attributes some meaning to the choices and ordering.”
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The Astoria demos (and Mix Tape, too) have been reviewed by Derik Badman over on his Madinkbeard blog. He seems to like them a lot!
EDIT: To wet your apetites a bit more, here’s a few pull quotes from Derik’s piece:
“All in all [Astoria is] a hugely ambitious project, one that will either end in genius or brilliant failure.”
“Haverholm’s success with the watercolors in “Black Sabbath (intro)” and the pencils in “Resistansen” give me confidence that the other Astoria multimedia works will also prove visually evocative.”
Now scoot on over and peruse the analytical beauty that is Madinkbeard!
It’s been a fun few weeks, MoCCA coming and going, the whole NY experience and all.
I managed to have the Black Sabbath single done for the festival, plus a similar-format outline of the entire project. The latter may be up on the site as a PDF in a few days.
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Mix Tape has recently been reviewed on Portuguese comics site Chili com carne. The article is witten by Marcos F., who I chatted up on the last night of SPX Stockholm.
I’ll post a translation of the text when I’m on the laptop again 
Mix Tape, side A
Remember when everybody pirated intellectual property? Sure you do! Who hasn’t owned a battered old tape copy of this CD or that vinyl? Or a lovingly crafted, unique mix tape of favorite songs, given to a best friend or special someone?
Working hard, connecting dots to make this happen: If all goes well I should have a concept mini-sketchbook ready by tomorrow’s SPX in Stockholm, a graphic mix tape from me to you!
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Since announcing myself for SPX in Stockholm, I had a crazy idea for a mini publication.
Nothing to show yet, but it’s going to be equal parts stupid and neat. Oh, and it’s an Astoria offshoot. Sort of.
I’m going to hate myself for this!