ALIA Graphic Podcast

In this creator chat sit down with Greg Broadmore and Nick Boshier, who have created One Path, together with Andy Lanning, a brutal and epic comic book series. The first of four volumes is out through Mad Cave.Greg Broadmore is an artist, writer and game director from New Zealand with lots of film credits in his career including: Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, and Neil Blomkamp’s District 9. Among others. Nick Boshier is an Australian actor, comedian and writer famous for being the actor behind Trent from Punchbowl and one of the creators of Bondi Hipsters.04:55 Nick and Greg talk about their relationship with comics and their influences.19:09 Greg talks about finding work at Weta Workshop after 7 years unemployed.22:23 Nick talks about meeting Greg and how they started to collaborate. Greg talks about a failed project to create mixed reality video games, which led to the creation of One Path.30:27 Greg and Nick discuss the process of making One Path and the world they built together with Andy Lanning.50:39 Greg and Nick recommend some titles that have been very influential for them as creators.To stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/The ALIA Graphic Groove Theme 2025 courtesy of Clint Owen Ellis https://www.clintowenellis.com/

Karen Wasson is a children’s author based in Melbourne. Jake Minton is an illustrator based in Byron Bay. Together they have created Inked, a middle grade graphic novel adventure of a fish, or maybe we should say octopus, out of water. It’s also a story about friendship and finding your own path. Inked is the first graphic novel from Hardie Grant’s new imprint dedicated to graphic novels called Figment and it’s out now.In this chat we discuss: Karen and Jake's relationship with comicstheir relationship with librarieswhat it was like working on their first graphic novel and how it all came about are they making another graphic novel?they also recommend some comics and graphic novels they loveTo stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/The ALIA Graphic Groove Theme 2025 courtesy of Clint Owen Ellis https://www.clintowenellis.com/

In this month's roundup podcast Luke and Iurgi start with a discussion of their recent reads.Then:15:34 A discussion of some news including: ALIA Graphic Notables coming up, new graphic novels by Australian creators, cartoonist R.E. Burke's arrest in the U.S. and consequences of the situation in the U.S. for comic cons and book tours, a new comics app coming up called Sweet.36:52 A discussion of their favourite picks from this month's new titles including:Luke's picks:Very Bad at Math by Hope LarsonThe Littlest Fighter by Joey WeiserYoung Adult - Student Government by Dave Justus, Lilah Sturges, Joe EismaAdult - Gilt Frame by Matt Kindt, Margie Kraft KindtManhole Vol. 3 (of 3) by Tetsuya TsutsuiIurgi's picks:Inked by Karen Wasson, Jake A. MintonI Ate the Whole World to Find You by Rachel AngHelen of Wyndhorn by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, Matheus Lopes, Clayton CowlesEl Fuego by David RubinTo stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

The field of comics librarianship is growing and evolving and that’s what we want to explore in a few special episodes, talking in-depth with comics librarians. ALIA Graphic was created as a group five years ago. And right from the start we established contact with the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable. A group that’s been around for longer than us and a group that has achieved a lot since its creation. So we're absolutely delighted to have Amie Wright with us, who was the first president, or first Prime Minister, of the graphic novels and comics roundtable. 04:57 Amie talks about her PhD, researching comics history and censorship, the stigma around comics and her work teaching of comics and history. 12:47 Comics librarianship before the Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable.25:38 Every library needs a graphic novels champion because comics are important and comics librarianship is gets at the core of a good library service, serving the whole community and their needs. 28:18 Amie talks about how the library education days at Toronto, San Diego and New York helped make the case to the American Library Association for the creations of the Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable. 34:33 Amie talks about what the original goals for the Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable were when the group was created.38:00 Iurgi talks about what the goals were when ALIA Graphic was created. To create resources for librarians, the monthly roundups, blog, podcast, creator chats and webinars. The Perth Comic Arts Festival is discussed as a vibrant festival dedicated to comics that has a partnership with the State Library of WA.41:55 Amie talks about how and why the Toronto Comic Arts Festival is bringing back library education day this year in partnership with Graphic Medicine International Collective, the Graphic Novels and Comics and Roundtable and the Ontario Library Service.44:43 How comics librarianship has developed since the creation of the GNCRT. 53:58 Amie talks about the greatest achievements and challenges in comics librarianship.  01:01:33 What can we do to continue to advocate for and promote comics in libraries.

We're back in 2025 and start the year with a roundup of news and new titles from December, January and February. Marissa and Luke discuss the Angouleme festival, Diamond going bankrupt, the best titles of 2024, their favourite picks from the latest crop of new titles and what they've reading lately.For more information and to check out the full roundup with all the news, articles and resources visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

James, Gabby, and Marissa look back at the what ALIA Graphic has achieved this year.