August Roundup

August Roundup

It’s another great month for comics and, particularly, for Australian comics.  The awards season continues. Reimena Yee has been nominated for an Ignatz Award and the Comic Arts Awards of Australia have announced the shortlist. It’s a beauty! Make sure you check...
July Roundup

July Roundup

  A lot happened last weekend at the San Diego Comic Con. The Nib, which is ceasing publication soon, received the Eisner Award for Best Anthology. We’re very happy and celebrating as Australian Eleri Harris has worked as an editor and creator for The Nib for a long...
June Roundup

June Roundup

June has been a tough and busy month. After the death of Ian McGinty at the age of 38, #ComicsBrokeMe started trending on Twitter, a sobering and heartbreaking hashtag where comic creators spoke and opened up about how hard it is to make comics and how bad the work...
August Roundup

May Roundup

May has been an interesting and challenging month. Gender Queer has gone to the Australian Classification Review Board. ALIA has made a submission to the review board and has also spoken at the hearing. We wait for the decision from the review board.The Eisner Award...
April Roundup

April Roundup

You may have noticed we have been a little bit quiet. We haven’t had a podcast episode since December. That’s quite a long time.The  good news is that we’re back! We have a new podcast episode with Gabby and Iurgi discussing some of the news, what they’ve been...
March Roundup

March Roundup

March has been a really huge and exciting month. We announced our Notable Australian Graphic Novels of 2022 short list. These are, we believe, the best graphic novels by Australian creators published last year and we believe every library should have them. You...