Cynic

Cynic magazine was started by Tafka in October 2000. Still the only Daria Fanzine, it had an extremely small but loyal readership. It is suspected that virtual copies got passed about the place because the mailing list was rather smaller compared to the amount of people who came up to Tafka & said "you write that?!"

Originally called BC News, Cynic was a light read with reviews & a serial fanfic, and up-to-date information on the ABC and what their intentions were with the show. Cynic was first released in printed format at the Queensland University of Technology's art department. Few copies of this format remain, although an autographed copy is still owned by Lew Richardson, whose fanfic Heroes had the honour of being the first reviewed in Cynic.

This incarnation of Cynic continued publication through until February 2001, when editor/writer/do-monkey Taf moved house. She considered it a good run & a fun project and that it had probably run it's course. She was wrong. In late 2002, she was approached by Cincgreen, who had rather enjoyed Cynic and is said to have been inspired by it for the Green Sink, to start it up again, this time with more involvement from the community. Ultimately, this resulted in a "too many fingers in the pie" situation, and Cynic lost most of its original charm.

Cynic disbanded for the final time in late 2003, several months after founder Taf left due to irreconcilable differences with a number of the new staff. It was renamed The Padded Walls at Tafka's departure, as she refused to allow them to continue to use the name of her former magazine.