Long awaited, here it is.

Jeez, NYWF even has a Wikipedia entry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Young_Writers’_Festival

Art by Jo Waite and Matt Hyunh.

thanks to Hayden Fryer for photos.

National Young Writers Festival Bloggery:
Nicki Greenberg
http://nickigreenberg.blogspot.com/2007/10/this-is-not-art-newcastle-rocks-out.html
Sarah Howell
http://barleyhush.blogspot.com/2007/10/festival-club.html
Matt Hyunh
http://stikmancomics.livejournal.com/94195.html

Armageddon
Hayden Fryer
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=144404636&blogID=319842543
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=144404636&blogID=320745978

Small Press Expo Photos and Blogs:
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/collective_memory_spx_20071/

Supanova Photos
courtesy Pirochan:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pirochan/sets/72157602412411372/

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From Kirrily Schell:

“The Machine Translations song ‘Need a Miracle’ film clip can now be seen online.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPgaHmx1KUM

The film clip is created by yours truly (an edit of my film Toots + some extra animated bits)”

More? www.inkwinks.com

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“Finlay Lloyd Publishers invites you to celebrate the launch of their new book, Rooftops a graphic novel by Mandy Ord, to be launched by Steve Grimwade.”

Saturday, December 1, 2007
2:00pm – 4:00pm, Brunswick Bound, 361 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Australia

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7190406721

http://mandyord.blogspot.com

Sneak peek at November’s edition of http://www.chewie.org/

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France: A peek in at Lucie Albon’s site reveals some collaborations with comics collective Café Creed, many (as above) online due to the webbery of Pat Cab.
http://www.cafe-creed.com
http://luciealbon.net/bd.htm
http://luciealbon.net/bd_collectifs.htm
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Creed

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New Zealand:

13th-20th November 2007
Tim, Matt, and Sean Molloy present:
MOLLOY AHOY!

For the first time in their illustrious careers, the three Molloy
brothers will be conducting a show together, in the environs of Cross
Street Studios. Though each has pursued his own unique path towards
artistic satisfaction and invention and all work in different
mediums, the three are united by a love of the bizarre and share
influences such as surrealism, horror, street art, science fiction
and comic books. They also all work in froms that extend beyond
traditional fine arts practices and look to reach a wider audience.
The three Molloy brothers are all also musicians, and a selection of
various recordings will be available for listening and purchase at
the show.
Tim, currently residing in Melbourne, will be travelling back to New
Zealand specifically for the exhibition.

Opening: Tuesday 13th November, 7pm.
Daily: 14th-20th November. 10am till 6pm

Hi there y’all, for those of you who need reminding, the ‘Molloy Ahoy’ show is on this Tuesday the 13th at 7pm. Cross St Studios, 27 Cross St, Newton. Be there or be square! We’ve been lucky enough to get sponsorship from Villa Maria wines, and hopefully there’ll be some beers too, but I would advise all those truly dedicated boozehounds out there to bring some of your own too. x

More info? Contact Tim.
http://www.comicslifestyle.com/profile/Timmolloy
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November is “National Blog Posting Month”.
The object is to write one post a day for the whole month.
If you’re blogging up comics stuff, I’ve set up a little group on their networking site.
http://nablopomo.ning.com/group/comicsbloggers

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Soda Pop Comics recently participated in the 24 hour comics drawing day, (comic by Rosa Colon) and has an anthology on the way: “check out the cover for the Soda Pop Anthology. We have 5 really talented girls who wrote and drew amazing stories for us. Both comics premiere at Kaisen, November 11.”

“This is the cover for our new short story “$19.95″. In this story Bianca has to earn money in order to buy a comic book her mother won’t buy for her.”

http://www.myspace.com/sodapopcomics
http://www.comicspace.com/sodapopcomics/

Meanwhile, pop culture mavens @rtificium have just taken part in

The 1st Annual Cartoon & Comics Encounter @ Plaza Carolina, Puerto Rico
“In the activity, the following artists & artists groups participated:

Alvaro Cortés
Artificium
Arturo Yepéz
BlackRose Comics
Carlos Alvarez “Cadmius”
DreamGrafix
Dave Alvarez Studios
El Antillano
Ernesto E. Cruz “Vego”
Martin Gaudier
Scorp 22 Studios
Unity Artists Groups
& many others”

more info & pictures

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…but the skulls, they laugh.

courtesy Michael Fikaris

*BOOK LAUNCH*
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1st
6-9pm at FOREPAW –
275 High street Northcote
Melbourne Australia.

LIMITED EDITION of 100 only w/ IN ORDER of APPEARANCE:
Mandy Ord, Michael Hawkins, Anthony Lister, Paicey, Oliver, Tai Snaith, Anthony Woodward, Leigh Rigozzi, Keg, Carol Wood, Cecilia Fogelberg, Deven Marriner, Vexta, Pandarosa, James Dodd, Al Stark, Braddock, nelio, Daniel Fikaris, Zoe Churchill, Katy Robinson, Ness Flett, Samm Ella Curtis, Tom Civil, Texta Queen, silent army, MoMo, Empire, PoPo, Josh2000,EvE, Miso & Ghostpatrol, Psalm, Cut, Susan Butcher, Tim Molloy, Pip Stafford, Kerry Allemand, Marc Martin, Wesley Denick, Alice Mrongovious, ghost patrol, Nick Potter, Laura Tanner, Aaron O’donnell, Kieran Mangan, Boon, Deviant, Sean Claney, Tres, xero, Jason Heller, Lucrecia Quintanilla, Lachlan Conn, Michael Fikaris, Tim Danko.

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Sotha aspires to marry his sweetheart Phalla, the daughter of a wealthy merchant. But a street altercation casts suspicion and blame on him, and he leaves home to seek a better fortune in Phnom Penh. While Phalla tries to forget Sotha, and consents to an arranged marriage, doubt remains in her heart that this is the correct choice…

Our Books and Meta-House invite you to an exhibition of comic art by Em Satya, on November 6th, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Em Satya is an artist who has worked in nearly every field of illustration. Most foreigners have seen his cartoons as ‘Nono’ in Cambodge Soir, and many Khmer readers have enjoyed his comic adaptations of classics such as Sopaset and Sovannasam.
Now, he presents his first comic in graphic novel format, funded with the help of literary aid project VALEASE.

‘Flower of Battambang’ is a graphic novel set in Battambang and Phnom Penh, shelved when the market for local comics experienced a downturn. Nearly two decades later, Em Satya has taken up his pen and finished the story, which has been assembled into one volume.

The Exhibition will open on November 6th (original art and signed prints will be on sale).

The graphic novel (in Khmer, French and English) will premiere on November 20th.

“A cartoonist, a pirate radio station, and the lost letters of a schizophrenic”

Dream cartoonist Jesse Reklaw (the syndicated “Slow Wave”) finds himself within the eye of a tempest when his latest comic depicts the World Trade Center rebuilt as an IHOP staffed by Afghan refugees.

Downstairs, his roommate Fausto keeps to himself by creating lush soundscapes for his weekly pirate radio show and immersing himself in a second-hand photo album containing the lost letters of a schizophrenic. But Fausto’s quiet days are numbered as attention surrounding the cartoon threatens to bring his underground operation into the limelight.

www.compoundeyemovie.com

Hat tip to Shannon Wheeler for info.
Image Copyright © 2007 John Balquist Productions. All Rights Reserved.
Used for promotional purposes.

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