Melbourne Comics Meet Up April

 
Today after chess in the Carlton Gardens I strolled down to Melbourne comics meet up at the Prince Alfred Hotel in Carlton. Phil Bentley schooled me up on some of the 'boundary pushing' Australian publications of the sixties and seventies. Also had an interesting seven degrees of Colin Wilson discussion with Colin.

Bobby N

Some recent European work by Colin Wilson.

Reissue of Du Plomb Dans La Tête with Stallone cover.

Colin's second instalment in the Jour J series.

Colin's 'Signature'

Stunning Joe Wylie cover for the last Colin Wilson edited issue of Strips #10, Courtesy of Phil Bentley.

English Comics Daily Diversion: Chick's Own and Bubbles June 14th 1952

Happy 34th Birthday, Ive Sorocuk

Caravan of Comics 2013

The second Caravan of Comics embarks from Australia this year taking Melbourne cartoonists over to America for various comic events. This caravan features an almost entirely different line-up than the 2012 excursion and includes: Scarlette Baccini, Mirranda Burton, Marijka Gooding, Patrick Alexander, Gregory Mackay, Dan Hayward and Bruce Mutard. 

The Caravan of Comics site has full details here.

An Indiegogo campaign is currently fundraising for caravan travel costs here.

 


Caravan Of Comics 2 from Daniel Hayward on Vimeo.

Kath King of Kismet Cove - Men of The Sickle Moon

Kath King of Kismet Cove - Men of the Sickle Moon by artist Phil Belbin and writer Sydney Ockenden from Cavalcade Oct 1951.

Read Kath King - Memory for Faces here.

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 and Sydney Ockenden.

Karl Wills On Tumblr

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English Comics Daily Diversion: Chick's Own and Bubbles June 28th 1952

St Owl's Bay Broadsheet Launch - Simon Hanselmann

A few pics from early in the night of the Melbourne launch of Simon Hanselmann's St Owl's Bay Broadsheet. Published by Floating World in Portland, the Melbourne release included a limited edition supplemental page. More pics from the launch at Silent Army. The Silent Army store will have a limited supply of St Owl's Bay available next week.

 First Page St Owl's Bay Broadsheet

 Hanselmann in the Truth Zone (pic yoinked from Fikaris.)

Click for larger view of the TRUTH ZONE