February 1, 2025
Carnal memories
Happy Birthday to Netribution! 25 years mean a generation of creative folks have dived into independent cinema and exchanged tips and ideas about how to fund a film. How to fund a film, that title alone rings bells in the back of my head.
I remember meeting Nic on my third day in Glasgow. Being gently interviewed over dinner to make sure I could fit in the colorful community of our near-West End flat, proudly sitting on top of Corunna St. Many years later I would learn this area actually had a name: Finnieston, now a much desirable and gentrified spot. What I also didn’t know back then, is that Nic may also have interviewed me for another dark purpose named Netribution.
Did it ever cross his brilliantly utopist mind that I could bring my art to the website? I hope so. Because being involved as a resident of Netribution was pure joy. It’s now been 18 years since I drew my last caricature for Carnal Cinema, managing to illustrate a…