News and Stuff - 28.11.11

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Tim Molloy new collection. Out in Feb 2012.

1. It Shines and Shakes and Laughs! So will I when i get my hands on it.

2. Introducing Lani Fernance. A nice start on her blog and good to see more women posting comics online.

3. TRAILS is happening on December 2. Go along and draw.

4. At Lines on Paper Matt Emery clues us all in on Kiwi legend Russell Clark.

5. Mirranda Burton prints a 'self portrait with a beetle'. The residency at Dunmoochin is going well. Check out Mirranda and Dunmoochin in this article with gorgeous images.

Queenie Chan previews some new work.

6. Queenie Chan must be one of the best selling comic artists in Australia. Her collaborations with Dean Koontz fly off shelves. She shares some art from another new non Koontz work at her site. She also crochets!

7. Go and support the Beginnings Anthology at indiegogo by preordering a comic. This looks like a great initiative from the regulars from the ACT comics meet. Good luck getting the backing guys. More tidbits about Beginnings at their blog.

Brunswick will never be the same. Australia's First Open Comic Artists Studio.

8. Ben Hutchings has put his money where his mouth is and started Squishface Comic Studio. It has a shopfront too i hear. If you want an affordable studio space to draw comics in then contact Ben and find out all you need to know. Huge congrats to Ben for biting the bullet. We'll talk to him on an upcoming episode of the program and get the goss. This is a big deal.

9. Uncle Neale lets us all know about Aftershock. As the Big Issue always used to say, 'not just a good deed but a good read'.

10. David Blumenstein on the art or indeed the artlessness of shilling through social media.

11. Mumblier is having guest strips. Very good lineup so far with more to come. YAY!

12. Sam Wallmans 'Being Born os Going Blind' will be launched on Satuday 3rd Dec but if you can't make it then BUY ONE NOW. You'll hate yourself forever if you miss out on one.

13. The final 2011 Melbourne Comics Meetup is happening this Saturday 3rd Dec too. Say Fare thee well to Greg Gates before he jets off to Adelaide. You can hear TheComicSpot in conversation with Greg here too.

That's all folks.