Daniel Vernon (DARTZ) Launching New Comic 'A Few More Slices Of Heaven'

The Aotearoa comics genius behind our own picto-journalism series Down Under and Under The Radar — which burned brightly in 2023 — Daniel Vernon (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Te Wairoa) is also beloved by our gig-going masses as frontman for award-winning Wellington party punks DARTZ. Vernon has been putting in the hard mahi to bring you his brand new comics collection (or 'album' as they say in sophisticated Europe) A Few More Slices of Heaven, 40 beautifully drawn pages offering "seven new warm, witty, and wildly Kiwi slices of life."

The ultimate Xmas stocking filler for all connoisseurs of uniquely local arts and culture, check out some tantalising preview pages and get your preorders in HERE (officially out 8th December), and don't you dare miss DARTZ's rapidly selling out Tiny Summer Tour...

"This collection is really about celebrating the stories we tell each other as New Zealanders - those little cultural touchstones that make us laugh because they’re so deeply familiar. If you’ve ever argued about the correct way to eat a mince pie or discovered life’s meaning while stuck in traffic on State Highway 1, this one’s for you."

DARTZ
Thursday 22nd January - Valhalla, Wellington w/ Buffcat (sold out)
Friday 23rd January - Space Academy, Christchurch w/ KISSER, Out Of Luck (tickets running low)
Saturday 24th January - Whammy Bar, Auckland w/ CCTV, Slow Rage (tickets running low)
Tickets on sale HERE via UTR

Check out Vernon with the DARTZ boys in their Tūī award-winning video for 'Paradise', directed Oscar Keys and shot by Ezra Simons (Earth Tongue)...