Flash Cain - Phil Belbin & Ray Heath 1951

Before illustrating Kath King of Kismet Cove for Cavalcade, Phil Belbin produced the adventures of Private Detective Flash Cain debuting in April 1949 from scripts by Ray Heath. Flash Cain like other stories featured in K G Murray magazines was repackaged as a comic book.

 Flash Cain Covers from Ausreprints who host a wealth of information on K G Murray comics and other Australian publishers of reprint material.

 

Flash Cain adventure strip Killer Near At Hand from April 1951 issue of Cavalcade.

Images © 2013 Estate of Phil Belbin and Ray Heath

English Comics Daily Diversion: Chicks Own and Bubbles Dec 29th, 1951

Paper Trail

Darian Zam writes about the work of cartoonist and commercial artist, Joseph Bruno Moran.

Image from Darien Zam's Long White Kid. Maori Wonderland picture album, published by Frank Duncan & Co Ltd, c. 1920. Possibly the cover, as well as the company’s logo, were designed by Moran. Courtesy of Early Canterbury Photographers blog, canterburyphotography.blogspot.com

Ghost Ghost Tumblr.

 
Joe Wylie's political fumetti at Porcupine Farm.

Bookmarks catchup: Karl DuFresne writes about New Zealand cartooning historian Ian F. Grant.

 Cartoon by NZ cartoonist Trace Hodgson

Five questions with New Zealand cartoonist Steve Bolton.

 

Toby Morris shares recent gig posters he's illustrated.

Janet McAllister writes about New Zealand Comics exhibition Nga Pakiwaituhi.

 Frank and Becky of Tiny Kitten Teeth feature on The Mutant Season at Nerdist.

Animated abstract cartoons by DRAW.

Chris Arrant interviews Moth City creator Tim Gibson.

Sarah Laing shares illustrations from her forthcoming novel The Fall of Light.

John Retallick has brought his Comic Spot podcast out of retirement with an interview with future co-host Gary Chaloner. John with Jo Waite and Bernard Caleo interviewed a wide range of cartoonists in the Comic Spot's first iteration. Listen to Comic Spot archives here.

The Public Relations Institute of New Zealand present a talk from three New Zealand cartoonists this Thursday 21st March at Dida's Wine Lounge in the Auckland CBD. Rod Emmerson, Chris Slane and Guy Body will discuss cartoons and news media with MC Brendan Boughen. More details here.

Bookmarks catchup: Dylan Horrocks talked to Arts on Sunday about New Zealand comics and recounted his experiences at the 2012 Frankfurt Bookfair and Treviso in Italy.

Tim McEwen reviews Bobby N's Digested #2

Nat Karmichael reviews Kokoda: That Bloody Track. Copies are currently available on selected Australian news stands and from Zbeach True Comics.

Cartoonist, 2013 Ruebens Host, and stand-up comedian Jason Chatfield promotes his upcoming show at the 2013 Melbourne Comedy Festival with some speed cartooning. Tickets online at http://goo.gl/Jk53c.

From the Pikitia Press WIP folder:

A conversation with Chromacon Illustration and Comic Arts Festival 2013 organiser Allan Xia.

 Illustration by Allan Xia

English Comics Daily Diversion: Tiny Tots #934

Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor - ComicOZ

Comicoz have released an excerpt from their first volume of John Dixon's Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor via Issuu. This first collection features five complete Air Hawk stories, an interview with creator John Dixon, and a wealth of background and biographical information.

Comicoz publisher Nat Karmichael has commenced work on a second volume of Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor whilst the first 200 page collection published in 2010 is still available on order from Comicoz.

 

 Read an excerpt of Air Hawk from The Sun Herald here.

 Eddie Campbell cover for Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor Vol One.

Air Hawk and The Flying Doctor © 2013 John Dixon

English Comics Daily Diversion: Playbox No's 1070, 1071

Kath King - Memory For Faces

Kath King adventure comic from the December 1952 issue Cavalcade. Illustrated by Phil Belbin, written by Sydney Ockenden.

Read Kath King - Diamonds of Death here.

Read Belbin's adaption of RKO Movie Out of the Past here.

Samples of Belbin illustration work and cartoons here.

Read a biography of Belbin by Greg Ray here.

 

Images © 2013 Estate of Phil Belbin