Saturday, February 2, 2013

Harry Dansey

Harry Dansey at Ngāweka pā, Ōkato, holding an adze which was found at Ngaweka pā. (Photo by Rigby Thomas Ewen Allan)

Further selection of Harry Dansey illustrations from How the Maoris Came.

More samples of Dansey's work here.























 
Source: Harry Dansey photo:  http://vernon.npdc.govt.nz/search.do?id=280044&db=object&view=detail&mode=1

Monday, January 28, 2013

Paper Trail


Some of this edition of Paper Trail goes back a few months as I play catch up with old bookmarks and various scraps of paper.

Jerome Bihan interviews contributors to his Radio As Paper anthology on the Awry Comics blog. Tim Danko here and Ralphi here.


Peter Jetnikoff reviews Graphic Novels! Melbourne!. Emmett O'Cuana reviews the Melbourne comics scene doco here.



Graphic Novels! Melbourne! Co-film maker Bernard Caleo writes about his serialised mini comic Mongrel and taking Graphic Novels! Melbourne! international.

Bernard Caleo portrait by Gina Kalabishis

Sam Wallman previews work from his forthcoming Australian history anthology.


Html Flowers shares pages of Bright Threadz #2 here and here.



  Chris Slane reveals the truth about comics and art.

  
Sam Wallman discovers the work of mid nineteenth century Melbourne artist Edward Wilson in the National Library of Victoria here.

 
Roger Langridge shares his cover design process for the last issue of IDW's Popeye.


Lunchtime monster portraits from Toby Morris

  
Bruce Mutard previews his contribution to the multiple artist, Jason Franks written The Sixsmiths vol. 2.
 

The Watcha podcast review a pile of 'fun' Australian comics.


Sam Orchard is in the last few days of an original art sale here.


Joshua Santospirito shares his design process for the cover of his forthcoming graphic novel The Long Weekend in Alice Springs.

 
Steve Holland at Bear Alley shares The Vulture, a parody of The Eagle from the pages of mid twentieth century English magazine, Lilliput. The Vulture features work by Australian cartoonist Arthur Horner, later the creator of Colonel Pewter which ran from 1952 to 1970, in England and Australia. The complete 18 year run of Colonel Pewter featured in Melbourne's The Age.

 
Parenting cartoons, The Little Things, by Peter Lole and Matt Lawrey.


Ness at Aggressive Comics interviews Tim Molloy.




FEC Comics feature on Guy Fi podcast

 FEC Men Steve Sparke and BMB

Go buy some Clayton Noone and Stefan Neville comics here.


Simon Hanselmann shares some more pages from his forthcoming anthology Victoria Drugs Scene. Sam Gaskin in conversation with Simon Hanselmann here. Robin O'Connell talks to Hanselmann on Inkstuds.


Jason Franks writes about his series McBlack.

 
Coming up from the Pikitia Press blog WIP folder:

Illustrations of Wynne W Davies.


Ray Wenban's The Story of ANZAC



 Underground Comix in Australia


More Russian illustration and cartooning.


Nevile Lodge and "Convoice".