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.

News and Stuff.

1.Anton Emdin won the GOLD STANLEY!!! Well done and well deserved.

2. Other people won Stanley Awards too.

3. Bobby N faithfully records the Melbourne comic meets. Well done Bobby.  The final meet for the year is Saturday November 26. Get along.

4. Food Funnies from Ben Juers. If I did eat duck I wouldn't eat Dapper.

5. Matthew Dunn has another book of his art out. Really makes me want to look at Lonely Monsters again.

6. Maude Farrugia on the way freedom is used to reduce freedom. Nicely put.

7. I've starting posting archived episodes to TheComicSpot's podomatic site again. Subscribe to the archives on iTunes for an episode every few days for the next few weeks.

8. Paul Gravett on David B.  Ahhhhh.... sigh. Epileptic is a mastepeice.


Cheerio.

Weekly linkage.

In an effort to keep this blog regular let's start a weekly linkage list that i've come across in my virtual travels.

If you have anything of interest then leave a comment or send it to thecomicspot(at)hotmail.com.


1. NZ expat Toby Morris (whose Great Gran comic I loved) has a collection of his Amsterdam drawings back in print. Latest pics of life with a new baby here and products for sale here.

2. Sam Wallman has a new book on the way. Sign me up already.

3. FEC Comics is having a bash on 25th November. Go along to by a copy of Kranburn. And listen to the next show of TheComicSpot or 3CR on the 24th of Nov for an interview with the managing editior of FEC.

4. Bernard Caleo (Melbourne comics MC and ComicSpot co-host) is blogging of the events of the writers festival. His blog is always worth a look.

Bower Bird by Ben Juers. Visit his blog.

5. Thanks to Pat Grant I've just discovered Ben Juers. We will talk to him on the show before the year is out. Looking forward to it and his POV on CCS in particular. Thanks Pat.


And that's your lot.

Cheerio.

Course almost wrapped: normal service to resume shortly.

2011 has been a busy year at TheComicSpot secret headquarters. Full time study, rural placements, work and the usual dramas of life have meant I haven't blogged as much as i would have liked.

But we have kept up the regular schedule of fortnightly programs on 3CR. You can listen to the latest here. There will be more programs added to the archive here in the next few weeks for those who missed out on earlier programs in the year.

It's been more than the usual team effort to keep things on schedule this year. In particular i would like to thank Jo Waite for stepping up this year, doing the radio production course at 3CR and stepping in to tweak the dials and push the buttons on air when I haven't been able to be in the studio. Great big HUZZAH! to Jo.

Just one of the haunting trees that populate The Mysterious All-Aloneo Archipelago

By the way, you should go along to Brunswick Bound on Sydney Rd and see Jo's latest exhibition. "The Mysterious All-aloneo Archpelago" - most most gorgeous work.An excellent description of which can be found at the VICKERYTRIP tumblr.

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