Korero Vol 2 No 9

Selection of Illustrations from New Zealand wartime publication AEWS Background Bulletin Korero Vol 2 No 9, May 8th, 1944. Artwork is credited to Korero staff artists,  Scenic depictions of Fairlie look like the work of Conrad Freiboe with other contributions possibly the work of Ken Alexander and Russell Clark.

Illustrations and cartoons from Korero Vol 2 No 17. Illustrations and cartoons from Korero Vol 2 No 4.
 

John Santry Cartoons and Illustrations #2

Another selection of John Santry (1910 - 1990) Illustrations from the Australian Woman's Weekly. I'm slowly working through some recordings of Santry and hope to post some excerpts from his recollections of working on The Conways and Illustration work in the 1940's.

John Santry Illustrations #1

John Santry newspaper strip The Conways with Betty Roland.

 

Source: http://trove.nla.gov.au/

12 Comics You Can Buy Right Now From Polyester Books!

Part one of a series of irregular posts spotlighting comics with blurry photos that you can buy from various places. The following comics are a sample of the shelves in Polyester Books 'World's Freakiest Bookstore', 330 Brunswick St, Fitzroy Melbourne.

 

 

Paper Trail

John Higgins on his trip to Australia late last year.

 

 Tom Taylor, John Higgins, Colin Wilson (Yoinked from John's site.)

Archives New Zealand are posting a selection of material to Flickr including vintage advertising material. Read an article on Archives New Zealand here.

Matt Huynh interviewed by Comics for Grown-ups.

 Daniel Elkin reviews the Sheehan Brother's The Inhabitants.

Illustration by Melanie Matthews.

The Comics Spot review several Australian comics.

Jason Paulos process post for Alter Ego Cover.

I interviewed Tim Gibson for Sequart.

The Ledger Awards have announced Judges for 2014.
 

Big Joey Morris

Forty page preview of the Legend of Space Cat Bob.

Daniel Kalder profiles Milk Shadow Books.

Sarah Laing talks creative process on Radio NZ.

Scary Minds reviews Frank Candiloro's Mail Order Mutant!

This week on Te Pikitia Blog:

 More cartoons and illustrations from NZ wartime bulletin Korero.

An interview with Golden age Australian cartoonist, June Mendoza.

Paper Trail masthead courtesy of Toby Morris.