Publisher’s Notes
Beau Fitzpatrick
We’re back in 2015! Thanks for holding. We decided early on in the year to
take a break over the Christmas period and so no December issue for YAWP
but we think it’s a heaven idea so we’re going to turn that bad boy into a
tradition. The no work at all tradition.
But now YAWP enters it’s 4th year and this year will be a pretty big one for us.
Firstly, I’d like to update our readers on the podcast. It may not be news to you
that because of an incident of theft, a lot of the podcast archives were stolen
and so we are set back in the schedule with the publishing of a podcast but the
magazine has always wanted accompanying content for your ears so we will
be working hard in 2015 to bring you YAWP OUTLOUD! Where we will be
reading content, giving you more interviews and news. We’re very excited.
We are also making an announcement in February regarding podcasts. I will
save it for the February issue but I’m pretty sure this is going to be one of the
biggest announcements we’ve made. Whaaaaaaa?!
Finally, the Good Hurt has been on break but we have been busy editing the
footage to bring you a Good Hurt show which we will be devoting a portion
of the magazine to in the next issue. And of course, the show starts Feb 25th!
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Magazine Director’s Notes
Steph Gray
@GARYGARYGARRYYY
Well, Beau welcomed you back about five times in that intro, so I’m just
going to actually not going to talk about how great everything is but instead
tell you what’s in this issue.
This issue we talk about race, culture and how it plays in the comedy scene.
Our interviewees were gracious enough to talk about the issues they face
on stage and how they address their appearance and upbringing, then
move onto the business of comedy. Some of the things which show up in
our interviews were some of the most keen insights on comedy we’ve yet
experienced. Thanks to everyone involved.
This issue focuses on race but it could also, like many issues, be about power
and status in comedy. We hear from a number of our writers about the
troubled history of race in comedy as well as the changing scene and the use
of power and permission when talking about race on stage. Enjoy the issue!
Illustrations: Steph Gray
www.stephgray.com.au