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‘Graphic Novels! Melbourne!’

‘Graphic Novels! Melbourne!’ Premiere from filmmaker Daniel Hayward and comic book maker Bernard Caleo. It examines the amazing comic book culture in Melbourne. We speak in particular with Nicki Greenberg, Pat Grant, and Mandy Ord about their life and work. … Continue reading

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Skinny Arse Comics Launch

Sunday, August 26, 2012, Yarra Building, Fed Square Come and lick the cream from the latest Australian comic crop at the Skinny Arse Comics Launch as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival 2012. Launching on the day will be… Unforgotten … Continue reading

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24 Hour Comics Day 2010 11am-ish – drawing drawing drawing

We are going to be a little light on the documentation this year until after the event. You can draw – or you can noodle with the computer. Please do check our video stream which clicks in and out. Shout … Continue reading

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Live from Cambodia [9am]

And #24hourcomics started about an hour ago at @javaarts in Phnom Penh #Cambodia. Troubleshooting scanning and internet stuff, hope to have pix and scans later. For now it’s time to DRAW. Wish us luck! http://www.ustream.tv/channel/24cambodia/ Follow us @comicslifestyle Hi to … Continue reading

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Tiny Peeks – Oct 30 2010

Exhibition and publication Hand Held Gallery 108 Bourke st Melbourne, Aust. Sept 30 – Oct 30 Artists in Exhibition Athonk, Jerome Bihan,  Richard Butler-Bowden, Amber Carvan, Toni  Dowd, M P Fikaris,  Ghostpatrol,  Ha – Ha,  Jase Harper, Michael Hawkins, James James, … Continue reading

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QuickDraw Launch Wed 18th Phnom Penh

>Book launch and exhibition opening: 6-9pm Wednesday, August 18, 2010 >Artist talk: “50 Years of Cambodian Comics,” 6:30pm Tuesday, August 24, 2010 Java Café & Gallery – 56 Sihanouk Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Java Arts’ new exhibition ‘QuickDraw’ is exactly … Continue reading

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Liquid City #2

Wrapping up production: arriving in late September 2010, this massive anthology of contemporary Southeast Asian comics includes Lat, Sonny Liew, Miel, Charlene Chua, Ivan Song, Nguyen Thanh Phong, Lim Cheng Tju and more! Looks like there will be a launch … Continue reading

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How I Made It To Eighteen

Tracy White:How I Made it to Eighteen will be coming out June 8, 2010. A date that has seemed so far away for so long and suddenly it’s almost here. As of today the book has had three reviews: VOYA … Continue reading

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If I was a fascist dictator.

By Ben Hutchings People will want one soon, because fascist dictators make a difference. They just get shit done and don’t give a fig. Here is what I would do: New Art Law: Artists would be forbidden to explain or … Continue reading

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Drawing Out, Drawing In: A Spotlight on Graphic Novels

The graphic novel is a form that still attracts more than its share of stigma and snobbery, but its audiences are evangelical, its writers inspired and its sales enviable. And some of the most exciting developments in the form are … Continue reading

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