Paper Trail

Murtaza Ali Jafari, a 24-year-old Hazara refugee, outside the Refugee Art Project. - See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/human-smuggling/part-4-a-man-who-spent-26-months-in-detention-found-solace-in-art-program-1.7375#sthash.c6wpHTgH.dpuf

Murtaza Ali Jafari, a 24-year-old Hazara refugee, outside the Refugee Art Project. - See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/human-smuggling/part-4-a-man-who-spent-26-months-in-detention-found-solace-in-art-program-1.7375#sthash.c6wpHTgH.dpuf

Murtaza Ali Jafari, a 24 year old Hazara refugee, involved with the Refugee Art Project profiled at Times Colonist.

Dylan Horrocks' Incomplete Works Launch party in Auckland, Tuesday, April 1st (April Fool’s Day) 6pm-7pm Auckland Central Library (44-46 Lorne Street) Map Whare Wananga Level 2.

 Sarah Laing: The Alison Bechdel fan comic.

Auckland Sci Fi & Collectables retailer, Retrospace, profiled at Retail News.

Interview with Manga translator and comics writer Kumar Sivasubramanian.

Arran McKenna draws 'Interesting Times' for The Helix magazine.

Dave Dye previews a proof copy of The Anzac Legend.

Danielle Street profiles Jeremy Bishop and Arkham City Comic.

 (Pic yoinked from stuff.co.nz)

Running Tuff: New Zealand Running Blog with cartoons.

English Comics Diversion: David Roach on Angel Badia Camps.

the Refugee Art Project.

Murtaza Ali Jafari, a 24-year-old Hazara refugee, outside the Refugee Art Project. - See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/human-smuggling/part-4-a-man-who-spent-26-months-in-detention-found-solace-in-art-program-1.7375#sthash.c6wpHTgH.dpuf

Roger Langridge and Mark Evanier on new Rocky and Bullwinkle series.

David C Mahler: Hole In the Wall.

David Henshaw obituary by Matthew Grocott.

Paper Trail masthead courtesy of Toby Morris.

Mini Paper Trail

Nick Drnaso contributes a comic to the Lifted Brow.

 
Comicoz tease an image from a forthcoming Michal Dutkiwicz book Verity Aloeha.

Ung Bun Heang Obituary (1951/52-2014) by Tom Spurgeon

Katie Parrish - This is Water

 
PODCAST: Darren Yeow on Sidebar Nation

Congratulations to Kevin Patrick on completing his thesis on The Phantom.

I interviewed Richard Fairgray for sequart.org

Scans of a how to cartoon book circa 1945 The Cartoonist by Australian cartoonist Tom Shield.

The Art of Jason Hong.

The Phantom exhibition at the Albury Library Museum profiled by the Border Mail.

PREVIEW: Dean Rankine's Itty Bitty Bunnies in Rainbow Pixie Candy Land #1

The ACT comic meet up have a dedicated site.

David C Mahler - Excerpt from Coracle #4

Paper Trail

Boy's Own adventure by Tony Thorne in Demons.

WIP: Jase Harper's Awk Wood.

Preview of Roger Langridge's L'il Ernie.

Preview for new comic from Katie Parrish.

A lengthy post on T.C. Denne’s soft drink and ice cream business by Darian Zam.

Recreation of a mid-1960s hand screen-printed poster for the Peter Pan Dazzle, by Bob Godfrey.

Philip Bentley has released a his comics memoirs A Life in Comics available from Second Shore.  Phil has been involved for much of the past 50 years with the Australian comics scene through fandom, retailing, writing and publishing. More info on A Life in Comics – a personal history of comics in Australia 1960-1990 here.

  
Phil also recently announced the end of his Australian comics publication Word Balloons.

"With the release of A Life in Comics it seems an appropriate time to draw a line under the publication of Word Balloons. It was not my intention from the outset to conclude its run here, but anyone who has been following the magazine’s trajectory will have seen that its frequency has slowed over the years. This is just the natural consequence of producing an work as labour of love. Eventually enthusiasm will run out. I had thought that perhaps at the end of producing the book I would feel energised and be enthusiastic about getting back into WB, but the opposite has been true, so I very much feel it is time to move on"

Back issues of Word Balloons can be purchased from Second Shore.

Emmet O'Cuana reviews Home Brew Vampire Bullets #0.

Eleri Mai Harris made a beautiful comic for the 2013 Caravan of Comics TCAF excursion.

Gallery of New Zealand reprint comics at The Library of American Comics Blog.

The Dominion Post profiles Murray Webb.

Simon Hanselmann's 2013 CAB report.

Daniel Best announces a Keith Chatto ebook biography.

Neale Blanden diagrams the Melbourne Comics Community.

Jem Yoshioka writes about the recent Women's Cartoon colloquium in Wellington.

Sarah Laing's commentary on the Women's Cartoon colloquium.

  
David Mahler writes about Marc Pearson.

Have you ordered your SAVAGE BITCH?

 Stephen A. Russell profiles Art Spiegelman for The Age prior to his recent Australian visit.

Paper Trail masthead courtesy of Toby Morris.

ACTIVE CITIZENS: Silent Army Storeroom

The Silent Army Storeroom at 110 Franklin st. Melbourne CBD (Down alleyway entrance at rear) is hosting a flurry of events this month including the creation of Active Citizens, a giant wooden comic book jam drawn during friday evenings over the course of the month. Contributing artists so far include Michael Hawkins, Merv Heers, Marc Pearson, David Mahler, Simon Hanselmann, Michael Fikaris, Matt Emery, James James, Clare Wilson, Sam Wallman with more to come.

The Silent Army Storeroom, open Fridays 12pm -8pm offers a fine range of weirdo comics, papers and ephemera.

Purchase fine paper goods online at the Silent Army online store.

More pics on Silent Army on instagram. 

Silent Army Storeroom site.