"Weird Shit, I like it" - Brett Warnock, Top Shelf  

        Let's face it, everyone's got a Fikaris fetish. Who hasn't the garrulous Queenslander endeared himself to?
    Veteran of many a hard-fought bong, he now makes his home in Melbourne, where most days you'll find him drawing on the couch.
         The troublemaking Toowoomban has been publishing his regular comic for at least 4 years, which bears the title Froth. The term resonates with with a multiplicity of meanings - it could mean the inconseqential toppings that mask meaningful depths, or the essential, primordial ooze from which we all emerged. What is clear is that it's truth in advertising - the contents continually  change in style and approach, and are rarely longer than a page.  It's about as close as you'll find to a direct channel to one person's subconscious.
 

 
         Michael's regular issuings of Froth are supplemented by a constant flow of tiny comics in varied sizes regarding varied subjects. 

And his contributions are a fixture in anthologies such as Motherwort, Nice, Milk Bar, Bloo Dydee Blud, One, Pantry and just about every other extant anthology.  Not surprisingly, Michael has won the prestigious 'Most Prolific' gilded trophy twice in a row at the annual Melbourne Small Press Awards, and received praise from reviewzines such as Milk Bar, Comics Edge, and Comics Quarterly.      Other appreciations have seen his work featured in local exhibitions as well as nationwide in the "Cut N' Paste" traveling zine show and the National Young Writers' Festival. And of course, you've seen him in Q-Ray's documentary Comic Book Virus.     Of late fevent Fikaris has been scrambling to keep up with demand for the Pure Evil collection (so far Polyester and Minotaur have had trouble keeping it in stock),  done with assistance from Greg MacKay.  It's a celebration and overview of the Southeast's comix environment, themed around the baser inclinations that lurk in all artists.  Also in the works are Fikaris FontsÔ , soon coming to a computer near you.

What will the future hold for our small press anthropologist? Having just concluded Froth some longer stories beckon, as surely does the couch.          Follow frenetic Fikaris in future issues of Australian Home and Garden, New Idea, and Antipodal High Times.  - From Who's Who in Australian Alternative Comics, 16th Edition

Happy Ending Beastie Boys Karate!   Cartoons to be submitted to    High Times Australia

Michael Fikaris (Froth)  

frothindustries@hotmail.com  (checked bimonthly.)
P.O. Box 348, Flemington 3031, Victoria, Australia. 

http://www.analogfarrago.com/zines.htm 
A review of Froth.  

http://www.cutnpaste.va.com.au/exhibition/093.html 
Writeup for 'Great Traveling Zine Show'  
     - old mailing address.
http://www.pr.com.au/sickpuppy/mug_shots/fikaris.htm  
Mug shot - print and frame on your wall. 

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Nook/3508/one/oneframes.html  
A cartoon in 'One' comics.  

http://www.loud.net.au/noise/display_stories/1-90000/601-900/display_stories_751.html  
Malvern Stars LOUD profile. 

http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/smallpress/viewnews.cgi?newsid962094542,48498,
Silver Bullet Comics review of Froth.

Bio - Noise.net.au
http://www.noise.net.au/cocoon/noise/display_Members/1-90000/21301-21600/display_Members_21347.xml

Slug City
http://www.noise.net.au/cocoon/noise/display_Media/1-90000/8701-9000/display_Media_8940.xml

Comic Book Lifestyle Exhibition - Kieran Mangan, Greg MacKay, Michael Fikaris

http://www.qdcomic.com/silentarmy.htm

Malvern *Stars*