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—Dylan Horrocks
New mythology for kids of all ages!
A fun tale that blends Dean’s love for nature, history, and deep cultural connections into a unique, surreal and captivating story.
A 116-page fully colour illustrated book.
A comic which celebrates
creativity, friendship and life.
—Ant Sang
2 Books in 1 volume
Dean plays with all manner of comedic devices, from intellectual sight gags to spectacularly gross slapstick, with some deconstruction of the comic medium along the way.
Unsuitable for children and general polite company, but irony and good intent abound.
Will you laugh out loud?
Dean’s experimental comics and most sci-fi outings, stories that delve into daily life and birth new legends, closing with the last tales he told, about his experience of motor neuron disease.
Dean Ballinger was a person of vast creativity and intellectual curiosity, whose life was interwoven with the artistic and academic communities of Kirikiriroa, Hamilton.
Born in Te Awamutu on 5 November 1973, he died in Hamilton on 30 August 2022, aged 48, after courageously enduring Motor Neuron Disease in his last years.
Dean shared his life with his wife, Kelly, and their three sons, Perry, Oisin, and Felix, in a home filled with love and creative energy.
Dean Ballinger’s legacy is one of imagination, intellect, and an enduring passion for the arts, the place where he stood, and the strange corners of the world.
He left an indelible mark on the lives of those who knew him, and on the many communities he touched through his creativity and inquiry. He is deeply missed, but his spirit lives on in the art, music and words he left behind.
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