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Mike Barry is the creator of Action Tank, a junior graphic novel series that he self published and was fully embraced not just by the ALIA Graphic committee on our notables, but also by the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge and was also shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards.
It was then published in the U.S. by Scout Comics and included in the ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable’s Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List.
And, of course, it’s also been recognised by the Comics Arts Awards of Australia!
Now Mike has published Action Tank Book 3, the epic conclusion to this cosmic adventure of a young boy’s journey home for dinner and his mum’s pasta carbonara.
Mike also shares his love of libraries as a patron and a comic book creator. And we discuss self publishing comics, what makes comics special, and collaborating with other creators.
For more info on Mike and Action Tank visit: https://actiontankcomic.com/
For more from ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics visit: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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In this month's podcast roundup Gabby and Iurgi share their favourite recent reads, they discuss an article on how to start a comics festival at the library, and a San Diego Comic Con panel where librarians reflected on the impact that comics, graphic novels and manga have had on library readership and propose the next steps to broaden its appeal.
It's also the awards season, so they spotlight some of the key awards and discuss their favourite picks of new titles, including two new awesome Australian titles:
The Dreaming Vol 3 by Queenie Chan (IFWG Publishing Australia)
Follow Your Gut by Ailsa Wild, Lisa Stinson, Briony Barr, Gregory Crocetti, Ben Hutchings (Scribe Publications)
For all the news, resources and new titles and more information visit out website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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In this creator chat Iurgi sits down to catch up with Christian Carnouche (who was in our very first creator chat back in 2020 as the writer of The Resurrected) and Meriam Carnouche who recently published Tunis to Sydney, with art by Sam Rapley, through FairSquare Graphics.
Tunis to Sydney is an intimate, personal and poignant graphic novel that delves into the labyrinth of grief, resilience in the face of loss, and the complexities of human relationships.
For more from Carnouche Productions:
Website: https://carnoucheproductions.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carnouche_productions
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carnouchec
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Carnouche-Productions-Comics-588415654692779
For more info and news from ALIA Graphic check out our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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In this special ALIA Graphic Webinar we had three very special guests talking about their experiences in creating comics, the freedom of the creative process in comics, why it’s important to defend different stories and art and their experiences with censorship, book challenges and bans.
We were absolutely honoured to have:
Briar Rolfe, a Melbourne based cartoonist who loves to make comics about the sorts of fun and messy people you might meet on the street and has a soft spot for dad jokes and queer characters who are works in progress. Briar’s debut graphic novel Get Your Story Straight will be out September 2025 through Hachette Australia.
Eleri Harris, is an Eisner award-winning cartoonist, journalist and editor working on Ngunnawal Country in Australia’s national capital. Her non-fiction history, science and reportage comics have been exhibited and published all over the world. For a decade she was Features Editor at US-based comics website and magazine, The Nib, and is now using all she learned to write a book about comics journalism. The Power of Graphic Journalism, co-authored by Sarah Shay Mirk, will be released by Abrams ComicArts in 2025.
Ryan Estrada, is an author and an adventurer. In the multiple award winning Banned Book Club he teamed up with his wife Kim Hyun Sook to tell the true story of her experiences being hunted down by the police for participating in an underground illegal reading club in 1980's Korea. Ryan has spent 22 years travelling the world. He has lived and visited over a dozen countries and his work is heavily inspired by his experiences and the cultures and people that he has met in his travels. Ryan will join us to discuss Banned Book Club, book challenges and bans in North America and Korea and the upcoming No Rules Tonight where he teams up with his wife Hyun Sook to tell a new story of fighting for freedom!
Please visit our website for more: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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In this creator chat James talks to Kyle Wiseman and Rod Riley about VOX Books, hardcover books with an easy to use and durable full audio recording of the book. VOX Books is a product of Library Ideas and they have just partnered with James Bennett in Australia.
Kyle and Rod talk about VOX Books, making comics and graphic novels available in this format and working with comics at a supplier level.
James Bennett and Library Ideas are hosting a VOX Books information session Tuesday July 30 at 12pm AEST. For more info go here: https://www.addevent.com/event/sW22272978
If you’re a creator and/or publisher of comics and want to add your titles to James Bennett’s catalogue go here: https://bennett.com.au/publisher-services
To stay up to date with ALIA Graphic, follow our podcast and check out our website for all the latest news, resources, and webinars: https://graphic.alia.org.au
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In this month's episode Jade and Mia talk about their favourite recent reads and our recent webinar. They also discuss the most interesting news from this month that have piqued their interest and their favourite new titles.
Safdar Ahmed, Scott McCloud, Raina Telgemeier, and Mike Barry's Action Tank and more get lots of love. Mia also talks about her love of Teen Titans and declares Raven to be the best character ever created in literature.
For all the news and new titles and more information visit out website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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In this creator chat we host Josh Santospirito, a multimedia artist, musician and comics creator. His previous two graphic novels are The Long Weekend in Alice Springs and Swallows. He has just recently published a beautiful graphic novel The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors, published by Scribe. Make sure you buy it for your library, it’s an absolute must have for all Australian libraries.
For more on Josh and book launch dates across Australia check out: https://www.joshuasantospirito.com
For more from ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics check out our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au
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In this month's roundup Rebecca and Marissa discuss Pride Month graphic novel lists, essential manga, their favourite picks from this month's new lot of graphic novels (which include a few titles by Australian creators) and their favourite recent reads.
For the full roundup with all the news and resources please visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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In this month's roundup Gabby and James discuss:
Their recent readsJames presenting at ALIA NationalRecent comic cons at libraries (Comic Gong, Dandy Con, King Con)More on recent attempts at bans in AustraliaMaia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier's new graphic novel: Breathe: Journeys to Healthy BindingGraphic novel sales in Australia are boomingThe Graphic Medicine International Collective's shortlistAnd they discuss their favourite picks out of the new titles out this month:
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book 2 by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)New Hello Twigs comics from Andrew McDonal and Ben Wood (Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)And they announce our upcoming webinar. We're really excited about this webinar and we have three incredible guests. Make sure you register for it.
For more information, news, new titles and to register for the webinar please visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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In today's episode Iurgi and Mia discuss:
their recent reads (Maus, Lumberjanes, Fence Vol 6: Redemption, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin)an update on Australian comicsthe challenges of long manga seriescomics sales data from the U.S. that is mind blowing - for example, 49% of comics sales in the U.S. book market went to mangaand moreThey also discuss their favourite picks from this month's new titles:
Together Forever by Kristen Gudsnuk (Scholastic Inc) [9781338630824]Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne, Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly) [9781770466968]A Fox in My Brain by Lou Lubie (Fairsquare Comics) [9781960171108]Dwellings by Jay Stephens (Oni Press) [9781637152911]For a full list of new release titles and all the news and resources please visit our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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This month Rebecca sits down to chat with Paul McLaughlin, the creator and writer of Lil Viking Space Rangers. Chapter 2 is out now with art by Trudi Monteath and Sarah Rackemann. Chapter 1 and 3 have art from Liana Wright.
The discussion covers this delightful and humorous comics for kids, the process of making comics, Paul's experiences with libraries and doing workshops at libraries and, of course, he has three comics he recommends too.
For more on Lil Viking Space Rangers visit: https://www.lilvikingspacerangers.com/
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In this roundup episode Jade and Rebecca sit discuss their recent reads, they pick their favourite newly released graphic novels and the latest news and resources, including: collection management and weeding of superhero comics, U.S. publishers ramping up releases of middle grade manga and lots of adaptations of books into graphic novels.
New titles picks:
The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught
The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha
No Remorse: The Illustrated True Stories of Lemmy Kilmister and Motörhead by various authors
Adversary by Blue Delliquanti
For a full list of new release titles and all the news and resources please visit our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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In our latest creator chat, Marissa sits downs with Queenie Chan, a Sydney based comics creator working in manga style. She has published three volumes of The Fabled Kingdom, which is a mix of prose and manga, the Women Who Were Kings series of manga and now she's republishing an expanded and updated three volume edition of The Dreaming, a manga located in an Australian boarding school in the bush.
We discuss her influences, what it's like working in the manga style in Australia, the original publication of The Dreaming with Tokyo Pop and the reasons for the new expanded edition.
For more info on Queenie Chan and her comics check out her website: https://queeniechan.com/
For more from ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics check out our new website: https://queeniechan.com/
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In this month's roundup Gabby and Marissa discuss their recent reads. They also discuss Webtoons, Lore Olympus and the new Inklore imprint, and some other news like the recent article from The Guardian discussing comics, graphic novels and manga in France.
They also discuss their favourite picks out of the new graphic novels published recently and coming up soon.
You can find the whole February Roundup blog post with more news, resources and the full list of new titles in our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
Please follow, subscribe, rate our podcast and read graphic!
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In this creator chat we talk to Tim McEwen, co-creator of Greener Pastures. He's been making comics since the 80s and Greener Pastures is making a comeback that will, finally, include trade paperbacks and a graphic novel.
Tim and Iurgi discuss Australian comics, the Comic Arts Awards of Australia (formerly Ledger Awards) and, of course, the ambitious plans to reprint Greener Pastures in trade paperbacks and finish the story they started back in the early 90s.
For more info on Greener Pastures visit: https://www.greenerpasturescomic.com
To back the Greener Pastures Kickstarter currently live visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/timmcewen/greenerpastures8
For more from ALIA Graphic visit: https://graphic.alia.org.au
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In this creator chat we talk to Chris Gooch who’s recently published his third graphic novel with Top Shelf: In Utero. A young adult monster story with some horror thrown in for good measure.
We talk about Chris' comics making process, which he often shares on social media too. His advice for young creators starting to make comics. The origins of In Utero and the influences in In Utero, from Otomo's Domu to the first couple of episodes of Digimon. We also discuss his love of genre stories, his favourite monster films and he recommends some graphic novels to read.
To stay up to date with Chris Gooch check out his website: https://www.chrisgooch.com.au
To stay up to date with ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics check out our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au
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In this month's roundup James and Iurgi comment on their recent reads and several best graphic novels of 2023 lists published by different sources such as No Flying No Tights, Popverse and The Guardian. They comment on the recent announcement of Angourleme's Grand Prix award winner. They also discuss one of the big debates last year: are comics in crisis? While some talk doom and gloom, sales of comics are very strong with comics appearing at the top of the charts regularly and in different countries.
James and Iurgi also discuss their favourite picks out of the new graphic novels published in December and January. Iurgi's favourite pick is In Utero by Chris Gooch, published by Top Shelf. James' favourite pick is Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei, Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini, published by Tundra Books / Random House.
Finally, they announce the new website for the ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics group and changes to the ALIA Graphic Book Club.
You can find the whole January Roundup blog post with more news, resources and the full list of new titles from December and January in our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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In our final podcast for 2023, Iurgi, Marissa and Rebecca get together to discuss their favourite reads this year. It's a mix of ongoing series, new series and old publications that we have revisited. Our favourite reads this year are:
Iurgi
Eventually Everything Connects by Sarah Firth
Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC Comics)
Spy x Family Tatsuya Endo (Viz Media)
Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld (Drawn & Quarterly)
Marissa
The Nameless City trilogy by Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
Nothing Special by by Katie Cook (Webtoons, coming to print 2024, Random House) The God of Arepo by Reimena Yee (webcomic and ebook: https://reimenayee.com/the-god-of-arepo/)
The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono (Viz Media)
Rebecca
Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama (Kodansha)
Ghost Book by Remy Lai (Allen & Unwin)
Flavor Girls by Loïc Locatelli-Kournwsky (Archaia)
Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan Estrada, Hyung-Ju Ko (Iron Circus)
For more news and the complete roundup of resources and podcasts visit our main blog: https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com/
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This is a recording of the webinar held November 16 2023.
We get many questions emailed to us by librarians and library staff across the country about the different factions of the graphic novel and comic world. So we thought that this year we would spend the time hearing from you and providing answers to those questions that you may have been wanting to ask for a while.
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In this episode Iurgi and Gabby discuss:
the Harvey Awards announced at the New York Comic Conthe little we know about Raina Telgemeier's upcoming graphic novela really interesting survey carried out by the School Library Journal in the U.S. with really interesting datathe Library Journal's upcoming Library Con Live and our very own upcoming webinar as well as their recent reads and favourite picks from this month's new graphic novels.For more news and the complete roundup of resources and podcasts visit our main blog: https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com/
Hit the subscribe button for our podcast and blog and please leave us a glowing review, it will make you feel warm and fuzzy and every little bit helps.
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