Going Down Swinging 30 - call for submissions.

***From the GDS website. A supporter of quality Australian comics.***
GDS No.30 - SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN - January 2010In 2010 Going Down Swinging turns 30 years old, and to celebrate we're producing a very special anniversary 30th edition, to be launched in a series of festival events this August and September.

GDS No.30 will feature new poetry, short fiction, comic art, and spoken word from around the world in a bumper book / CD edition. We will be welcoming very special guest editors to the production table, including some illustrious GDS alumni, plus guest spoken word editors from all continents. New commissioned works, two global CDs of live and studio spoken word, and a haiku section edited by co-founder Myron Lysenko, are just some of the treats in store!

We are now calling for submissions of poetry, short fiction / non-fiction, flash, comic art, haiku and haiga, and spoken word recordings.

Head to the Submissions page to download the Guidelines and Cover Sheets and send us your work. Submissions for this issue will close on 31st March.

And sign up to GDS News to keep up to date on developments in this exciting year of Swinging!

Halftone Heroes Exhibition

Matt Dunn - creator of the great zombies in Brunswick comic 'Lonely Monsters' (grab it at his site) is having an exhibition. I'll be going along. I reckon you could do worse than doing the same.

Jase Harper and Neale Blanden on this weeks episode.

Join TheComicSpot crew 5pm this Thursday on 855am in Melbourne or streaming online at 3cr.org.au

Joining John, Jo and Bernard in the studio will be Jase Harper and Neale Blanden.

Two great cartoonists with their own distinct voices. Uncle Neale has done the hard yards in the alt comix scene and shares his knowledge as a lecturer at Holmesglen TAFE with the yoof of the nation. Jase harper has recently made the move to Melbourne from the seedy Brisbane scene and is flexing his illustration and comix muscles in a new town.

It should be a lively hour of good comix talk.

 Static electricity anyone?

From Jase harper's flickr page.

Look at the pretty Bee!

From Neale's blog

Enjoy the show.

Anthony Woodward and Andrei Buters on this weeks episode.

Just prerecorded this weeks show as i'll be out of town on Thursday.

I'm joined by Ballarat's own Anthony Woodward and newcomer to Melbourne Andrei Buters. They talk about getting started in comics, some of their current works and both have some great books to recommend to you all.

Tune in this Thursday at 5pm on 855am in meblourne or streaming live on 3cr.org.au.

Don't forget to subscribe to Anthony minicomics. www.awcomix.blogspot.com!

And look for Andrei' s Dead by 30.

Best of 09 from Paul Gravett featuring Australian comics.

The 'man at the crossroads' Paul Gravett (if you don't know the reference you need to read more of Eddie Campbell's Alec comics - The Years Have Pants) writes some great articles for the British and wider European press. He also curates, ponders and proselytises for the medium.

He's doing a round of best ofs and featured a few Australian works.

http://www.paulgravett.com/index.php/articles/article/pg_tips_no._27/

Please check out his site for some wonderfully interesting, intelligent and entertaining writing about the medium.

Then there is the wonderful readyourselfraw.com he's associated with as well. Good good work right there.

oh.. and don't forget to buy his books too!

Alec: The Years Have Pants

Eddie Campbell.

Small Press Idol - they'll accept Australian work!

There's even been an Australian finalist in the past.

http://www.smallpressidol.com/start.htm