Cameron McCurdy

Cameron Leigh Mason McCurdy is a comic book artist, musician, and animator from Tāmaki Makaurau. She is a resident cartoonist and comic & art submission reader for Rat World Magazine alongside Tashi Rd. Eddie Monotone is Cameron's older brother and James Squires is her second cousin. Since 2024, she is the Social Media Coordinator for Debate Magazine.^[1]

She is regular stallholder at Auckland Zinefest since 2019,^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Ōtepoti Zinefest since 2023,^[6] and Ōtautahi Zinefest since 2024.^[7]

She has a Bachelor of Animation from Yoobee College of Creative Innovation, which she attended with fellow comic-makers Tashi Donnelly, Orphia Stitt, and Una Schenker.^[8]

Comics[]

Self-published[]

Somnium #1 (Self-published, 2018)
Somnium #2 (Self-published, 2019)
SHMENTS (Self-published, 2019)
Misc. (Self-published, 21st of July 2021)
Transience #1: Daze, Dog, Door (Self-Published, 21st of July 2021)^[9]^[10]^[11]
Mixtumq #1: Artois (Self-published, 23rd of July 2022-2nd of August 2023)^[12]^[13]^[14]

In publications[]

"Thyme" (Rat World Issue One, 2nd of March 2022)
"Beep Beep" (Rat World Issue Two, 30th of June 2022)
"Mixtumq #1" (SPECK #1, 30th of September 2022)
"Who'd've Thought Cam Had A.D.H.D.?" (Rat World Issue Four, 15th of December 2022)
"Nükriom" (SPECK #2, 15th of December 2022)
"Pig Benis" (Rat World Valentine's Day R18 Zine, 3rd of March 2023)
"So, Rat World Wants You to...Make a Graphic Novel" (Rat World Issue Five, 22nd of April 2023)
"Drawing Mixtumq: Week Four" (SPECK #3, 26th of May 2023)
"F33L" (Rat World Issue Six, 27th of September 2023)
"Neglect Comics" (SPECK #4, November 2023; Debate 2024, Issue 3: 1984, 25th of March 2024)^[15]
"The Unclaimed Wastes (Debate 2024, Issue 4: Green, 8th of April 2024)^[16]
Cover artist (Debate 2024, Issue 5: Music, 29th of April 2024)^[17]
"You Know I Can't Grab Your Ghost Tits" (Debate 2024, Issue 6: Sex, 13th of May 2024)^[18]
"Empathy for Our Past Selves" (Debate 2024, Issue 12: Nostalgia, 30th of September 2024)

Writing[]

"Kelly Tarlton's 2002" & "Valentine's Day 2004" (Rat World Issue Three, 30th of September 2022)
"I Made a Comic That Turned Me Trans" (Rat World Issue Seven, 4th of July 2024)
"Everything Rat Moves, Moves Through Jennother: An Interview With Jennifer Cheuk 卓嘉敏" (Debate, 2024, Issue 7: Mahi, 15th of July 2024)^[19]
"D&D & ID: Dungeons & Dragons and the Exploration of Self" (Debate 2024, Issue 8: Games, 29th of July 2024)^[20]
"Hat Boy Wears Hat", also cover artist (Debate 2024, Issue 10: Style, 26th of August 2024)^[21]^[22]
"My Therapist Told Me to Get High & Play Videogames" (Debate 2024, Issue 11: Health, 16th of September 2024)^[23]

Music[]

SHMENTS EP (With Blu Fish, 2018)^[24]
Sapathy: Roof City Staring (Self-released, 2019)^[25]
Up/Down - Single (With Blu Fish, 2019)^[26]
RIP TP EP (With Title Pending, 2019)^[27]
Transience (Self-released, 2020)^[28]
Dog Ends: The Essential Dog Fork (With Dog Fork, 2023)^[29]

Covers gallery[]

References[]

[1] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/C3UQVheLAdu/?img_index=8

[2] ttps://www.aucklandzinefest.com/2021-zinemakers/leigh

[3] ttps://www.aucklandzinefest.com/2022-zinemakers/leigh-cameron-mason-mccurdy

[4] ttps://www.aucklandzinefest.com/cameron-mccurdy-leighapparently

[5] ttps://www.aucklandzinefest.com/2024-cameron-mccurdy-leighapparently

[6] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/CzKLLQNSY_W/?img_index=1

[7] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/C_M-kWypVMd/

[8] ttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-mason-mccurdy-419385153/

[9] ttps://relicsmusic.co.nz/products/transience-1-cameron-mccurdy-new?_pos=1&_sid=9d9f5cc66&_ss=r

[10] ttps://www.leighapparently.com/2021/07/31/transience-1/

[11] ttps://camapparently.bandcamp.com/merch/transience-1-daze-dog-door

[12] ttps://relicsmusic.co.nz/products/mixtumq-artois-1-cameron-mccurdy-new?_pos=2&_sid=9d9f5cc66&_ss=r

[13] ttps://www.leighapparently.com/2023/08/06/mixtumq-1/

[14] ttps://camapparently.bandcamp.com/merch/mixtumq-1-artois

[15] ttps://www.debatemag.com/single-post/neglect-comics-the-wiki-of-comics-in-aotearoa

[16] ttps://www.debatemag.com/single-post/the-unclaimed-wastes

[17] ttps://www.debatemag.com/single-post/cover-music

[18] ttps://www.debatemag.com/single-post/you-know-i-can-t-grab-your-ghost-tits

[19] ttps://www.debatemag.com/single-post/everything-rat-moves-moves-through-jennother

[20] ttps://www.debatemag.com/single-post/d-d-id-dungeons-dragons-and-the-exploration-of-self

[21] ttps://www.debatemag.com/single-post/cover-issue-10-style

[22] ttps://www.debatemag.com/single-post/hat-boy-wears-hat

[23] ttps://www.debatemag.com/single-post/my-therapist-told-me-to-get-high-play-videogames

[24] ttps://blufishband.bandcamp.com/album/shments-ep

[25] ttps://camapparently.bandcamp.com/album/sapathy-roof-city-staring

[26] ttps://blufishband.bandcamp.com/album/up-down-single

[27] ttps://titlepending-music.bandcamp.com/album/rip-tp-ep

[28] ttps://camapparently.bandcamp.com/album/transience

[29] ttps://dogfork.bandcamp.com/album/dog-ends-the-essential-dog-fork

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