Mini Paper Trails

 

Mini paper trails this week 'cause I'm busy as all heck.


Profile of World War One cartoonist William Dobson.

The June/July issue of the Lifted Brow is out with a stunning cover by Ben C and featured comics by Simon Hanselmann, HTMLflowers, Katie Parrish, Noel Freibert, Leonie Brialey, Ben Juers, Lashna Tuschewski and David C Mahler. Buy a copy here.

Photos from Monsters exhibition at M2 (facebook gallery).

Jason Paulos at Monsters

Mat Tait's adaption of Wagner's The Flying Dutchman is completed and online in fourteen parts.

Ronnie Scott reviews Joshua Santospirito's and Craig San Roque's A long Weekend in Alice Springs.

Animated film, Shelved, featuring designs by Greg Broadmore, more info here.

 

Paul Tumey writes about the influence of the work Australian born English cartoonist H. M. Bateman. Tumey has just started a great column, Framed! at TCJ, started with a serialised look at early work of Jack Cole.

Roger Langridge interviewed at A Moment of Cerebus. (Hat-tip Jason Winter)

Bob Kerr has posted details and samples of his paintings of the Waihi gold strike of 1912 and a series of exhibitions in New Zealand.

John Dixon covers from the golden age of Australian comics.

 

Paper Trail masthead courtesy of Toby Morris.

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Elliot Francis Stewart Tumblr.

Sarah Laing's colouring comics.

   
David C. Mahler tumblr.

Waitangi Day drawings gallery by Susan Te Kahurangi King (via facebook).

Brent Willis' reviews David Tulloch's Utterly Rucked. Read Utterly Rucked online here.

Gavin Aung Than's Seneca: Sympathy For The Devil at Zen Pencils.

Simon Hanselmann has a launch for his Floating World broadsheet St Owl's Day at the Silent Army Storeroom on 27th March at 110 Franklin St, Melbourne. "TRUTH ZONE" EXHIBITION: the sixty nine 2012 episodes of the COMICS WORKBOOK "comics criticism comic" will be on display for perusal and buying. Facebook it.

  
Brandon Graham shares an upcoming Prophet cover by Helen Maier.

Ben Stenbeck Blog.

Dan Best writes about the effects of Frederic Wertham's work on the Australian comics industry.

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Rejected Pat Alexander 4 pager from Dark Horse Presents here.

 

Andrew Fulton's Smaller Comics have a pay what you want sale on here.

Chromacon is a new Illustration and Comics Art convention in New Zealand launching on 12 May at the old Armageddon stomping grounds, the Aotea Centre. A fine line up of illustrators and cartoonists have already been announced on their site and unlike other conventions down this way entrance to Chromacon is free. More information here.

Jason Franks writes about crowdfunding.

 Art by Jan Scherpenhuizen and story by Jason Franks from Sixsmiths vol. 2

Toby Morris has a tumblr!

What if money was no object - Alan Watts at Zen Pencils.

Hamilton comics alert: www.cakeburger.com

(I once saw Mr Cakeburger walk into a comic shop, swipe an issue of Gaiman/Romita Jr's Eternals off the shelf, pay for it and then roll it up and shove it in his back pocket. Cakeburger ain't precious about his comics, I like that in a comics creator.)

The Duluxe Tiny Kitten Teeth Hardcover is now available from Topatoco.

 The Beardy and the Geek podcast interview T-Rex Jones.

The latest issue of The Lifted Brow #15 is available and continues their run of featuring fine cartoonists from Australasia and around the world. Cartoonists featured int he latest issue are, Ben Sea, Blaise Larmee, Noel Freibert, Tin Can Forest, Ben Juers & Bailey Sharp, Simon Hanselmann.

  

The Melbourne comics scene documentary Graphic Novels! Melbourne! film makers Daniel Hayward and Bernard Caleo have announced a screening at the 2013 Angouleme Comics Festival in France (French article here), with screenings in Berlin, Hamburg and London to follow. Focusing on the work of Pat Grant, Mandy Ord, Nicki Greenberg, Bruce Mutard, Graphic Novels! Melbourne! also features Scott McCloud, Dylan Horrocks, Paul Gravett and Shaun Tan amongst others.

 Pat Grant's poster for Graphic Novels! Melbourne!

Another screening in Melbourne will be at Cinema Nova (380 Lygon Street Carlton) on Wednesday 23 January at 6.30pm, with a Q & A afterwards.

Photos from the Carlton Readings laneway premiere are here.

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Roger Langridge shares a comic for his daughter's tenth birthday. The Popeye series Langridge is currently writing for IDW will be concluding with the twelfth issue. Langridge has also set a goal to post a comic or illustration on his blog daily for 2013 so keep an eye on frequent updates at Hotel Fred.

Sarah Laing dissects the making of a book cover.

 

Brandon Graham teases a forthcoming Fil Barlow wraparound cover for Prophet #33

 

Bob Temuka at the Tearoom of Despair writes about Murray Ball's Footrot Flats.

Josh Santospirito is interviewed by Framed magazine here.

Tim McEwen reviews Chris Downes The Littel Dragun.

Steve Holland serialised a John McNamara illustrated Paul Temple strip over at Bear Alley over December, first episode here.

 © Evening News courtesy Bear Alley

Holland's Bear Alley Books has announced their latest publication, a 262 page Index and history of the Almalgamated Press/IPC comic Lion. Pre-orders available here.

 
From late 2012, Daniel Best at 20th Century Boy, ran a fascinating series of articles on Australian comics and comics in Australia.

 Was K.G. Murray a Spy?

Desert Dragon Comic by  George T.C. Hubble

The Banning of Detective Comics

 Comics or Classics?

Samples of the work of Tom Glover, at one time heralded as New Zealand's leading cartoonist. I'll have a feature on Glover's work on the Pikitia blog next week.

Tom Glover's Skeeter and his Magic Ring from Sydney Sunday Sun circa 1930's.