Alison Bechdel

Okay so I just wanted to start posting on this blog with stuff that I really love because otherwise it's just Gladeyes news and well......... you know.

Anyways, my flatmate introduced me to Alison Bechdel about a year ago when she recommended her book Fun Home and ever since then I have been completely hooked. Fun Home is a graphic novel/book about Bechdel's Dad and all his exploits and about how he could never really come out. It's also about their relationship and her coming out story. It's smart funny and Alison Bechdel's illustrations are just amazing.

She also wrote and illustrated a comic series which started in 1983 and chronicles the lives of a group of "crunchy lesbian friends" (thanks NY times) called Dykes to Watch Out For. The strip finished in 2008 and sees through break-ups, civil unions, protests, arguments amongst friends about a bunch of issues including trans-sexuality and the gay community. There is a compilation of the Dykes to Watch Out For strips called Essential Dykes to Watch Out For
, I picked this up and was totally hooked. Chances are they have a copy of Dykes to Watch Out For in some form at your local library, so there's no excuse not to check it out.



So I came across her blog the other day and it's also fun and informative and awesome. http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/blog

Gladeyes T-shirts

We have done a small run of Gladeyes T-shirts in various sizes and colours. We are selling them for just $30. If you'd like one email us at thegladeyes@gmail.com. Get in fast before Jade's mum buys them all :)

Mighty Mighty Friday the 27th of November

Hi Y'all,

We're playing the Mighty Mighty in Wellington this Friday the 27th of November for our album release!! We are joined by the amazing Hoopla! and Stefanimal :)
Come along, it's going to be awesome.

Road Trip Comic Strips

The Gladeyes Play the South Island

HEY EVERYONE,

WE ARE COMING DOWN TO THE SOUTH ISLAND TO PLAY OUR ALBUM RELEASE PARTIES!!!

FRIDAY THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER AT THE WUNDERBAR IN LYTTLETON/CHRISTCHURCH WITH THE DIALTONES AND ADAM WILLETTS!!!

SATURDAY THE 14TH OF NOVEMBER AT CHICKS HOTEL IN PORT CHALMERS WITH JOHN WHITE (OF MESTAR FAME)

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!!! I MEAN IT!!!!

Monika is a Recovering Co-dependent

We've got a new single out, it's from the forth coming album and it's called Monika! Our drummer made a joke that it's the story of someone recovering from a co-dependent relationship. I don't buy it! Have a listen -



the Gladeyes - Monika

Mixing finally finished!!

We finally finished mixing our record tuesday of last week at around 11:30pm!
Two and a half years of work have come to an end. It's a really strange but wonderful feeling- we now have SPARE TIME!!Here is a picture of how we felt by the end of it all (in reality we weren't actually surrounded by records, but, you know...)

It's offical release date is 2nd November. We will be playing some shows in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin in November, please come and help us celebrate!
The record is called 'Pyschosis of Love.'It's out on Lil' Cheif records.