ALIA Graphic Podcast

In this episode we present the recording of our most recent webinar.Are you thinking of hosting a comic event at your library? Join us as we hear from those who have run these programs before and what tips and tricks to look out for. We hear from five speakers from four library services that have run comic con events. Each of the speakers gives a brief overview of their event.SPEAKERS:Sarah Hopkins and Sabina Wills - Comics ExtravaganzaFel Jeges - King ConDennis Cahill - Comic ConversationsStacey O'Brien & Roseanne Travers - Comic Gong Thank you to the panellists. For more from ALIA Graphic go to our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

In this creator chat James meets with Dan from Greenlight Comics in Adelaide and Angelo from Kings Comics in Sydney to talk about their comics stores work with libraries and what they can offer to libraries.This is a wide ranging conversation that explores for them to partner with libraries as suppliers, what makes it appealing for libraries to work with their local comics store and their processes.They also recommend their favourite comics of the moment, which turns into a James Tynion IV love-fest.You can find Greenlight Comics here: https://greenlightcomics.com/You can find Kings Comics here: https://kingscomics.com/For more from ALIA Graphic our website is: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

In this creator chat James sits down with Dean Rankine, a comics artist and writer who won a Ledger Award in 2015 for Itty Bitty Bunnies: Saves X-Mas and the Stan Cross Award in Book illustration in 2020. He's the artist behind Magda Szubanski's Timmy the Ticked Off Pony and most recently he has published Death Metal Elves, with his characteristic cartoony style.Dean is most famous for working on The Simpsons, Futurama, Rick and Morty and Invader Zim and he also loves working with school and libraries doing comics workshops.In this episode, Dean discusses his own comics, what it's like working for established franchises, creating his own books and what his comics workshops in schools and libraries are like.For more from Dean Rankine follow his Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deanrankine/For more from ALIA Graphic check out our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

In this month's roundup Jade and Mia discuss their recent favourite reads: Tabby by Stephen Kok, PR DedelisEight Billion Genies by Charles Soule, Ryan BrownEscape From St Hell: My Trans Teen Life Levels Up by Lewis HancoxSpy x Family by Tatsuya EndoRoaming by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko TamakiThen they discuss: The Harvey Awards with the double win of the Tamaki super team; Akira Toriyama being inducted into the hall of fame; New manga titles to buy recommended by Sara Smith of the Graphic Library blog; Figment, a new Austrlalian imprint dedicated to publishing graphic novels; A recent article on The Conversation about iyashikei mangaFinally, they discuss their favourite picks of the new titles out this month:The Weirn Books Vol. 2: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon by Svetlana ChmakovaCrystal Cadets by Anne Toole, K. O'Neill, Paulina GanucheauNo Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook, Ryan EstradaPirate Princess by Luca Frigerio, Lorenza Pigliamosche, Simon BowlandThis Land is Our Land by Julio Anta, Jacoby Salcedo, Francesco SegalaFor the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au

We started ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics in February 2020. The first episode of our podcast was published in March 2020 as the world prepared to go into lockdown and it's been a whirlwind ever since. We've been publishing monthly roundups of news, resources, webinars and new titles published since March 2020. We created our podcast feed and published our first creator chats in May 2020. All this takes an enormous amount of time to compile but we feel it's important to share everything we have gathered, not just among the ALIA Graphic Committee but with everyone and anyone interested.We have also made a special effort to interview as many Australian comics creators as possible. Our creator chats focus on Australian creators discussing what they love about comics, how they fell in love with the medium and, of course, their comics and graphic novels. A lot of them are on our YouTube channel and all of them are on our podcast feed (because some of them are camera shy and that's totally fair). We never could've imagined it but we are this is the 100th episode of our podcast.To celebrate this we have received some messages. We want to thank the ALIA National team for their support and we're glad to receive a message from ALIA Deputy CEO Trish Hepworth.Then, we hear from four awesome Australian creators who have been kind enough to put their pencils down and send us a message. We hear from:Sarah Winifred Searle, who tells us about what she loves about libraries and how libraries have helped her as a library creatorReimena Yee tells us about what she loves about comics as a story telling medium and how things are changing in the Australian comics sceneMat Groom talks about what he loves about the Australian comics community and his love of librariesJames Foley answered lots of questions and he has a lot to say about making, the Australian comics community and more.A huge thank you to all four of them for putting their pencils down for a few minutes and sending us a message. A special thanks to Chris Gooch who sent us the art for this episode.And a heartfelt thank you from everyone in the ALIA Graphic Committee to all creators and guests in the first 100 episodes. We love your work and we thank you for every email with feedback, the creator chats and your support.For more from us, check out our website and socials. Visit our website for more: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

In this creator chat Laura J. Carroll discusses her first graphic novel: Making the Shrine. Laura is a writer and visual artist living in Naarm (Melbourne). She's also a proud unionist and the extended covid lockdowns brought her back to drawing. Three years later she has published a graphic novel that explores the making of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne and stories around it. It's a tender and funny graphic novel exploring the soul of a Melbourne's most treasured monument. Laura received an Arts Grant from the City of Melbourne that helped in the development of the graphic novel. She joins committee member Luke Darlington in conversation. For more on Laura J. Carroll and Making the Shrine visit: https://www.laurajcarroll.au/For more from ALIA Graphic check out our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

In this month's roundup James and Marissa discuss their recent reads, the plans to open a national manga and animation archive in Japan, Batman Day, including some Batman must reads and banned book week.They also discuss their favourite picks from this month's new titles::Morgana and Oz by Miyuli (Webtoon Unscrolled) [9781998854837]The Hidden Life of Trees: A Graphic Adaptation by Peter Wohlleben, Fred Bernard & Benjamin Flao (Greystone Books) [9781778401657]A Quick and Easy Guide to Coming Out by Kristin Russo (Oni Press) [9781637155066]Squishbook: Make Comics With Squishface Studio and Friends by Various authors (Nakedfella Productions) [9780987391261] [Australian creators]For all the news, new titles and resources please visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

Mike Barry is the creator of Action Tank, a junior graphic novel series that he self published and was fully embraced not just by the ALIA Graphic committee on our notables, but also by the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge and was also shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards. It was then published in the U.S. by Scout Comics and included in the ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable’s Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List.And, of course, it’s also been recognised by the Comics Arts Awards of Australia!Now Mike has published Action Tank Book 3, the epic conclusion to this cosmic adventure of a young boy’s journey home for dinner and his mum’s pasta carbonara.Mike also shares his love of libraries as a patron and a comic book creator. And we discuss self publishing comics, what makes comics special, and collaborating with other creators. For more info on Mike and Action Tank visit: https://actiontankcomic.com/For more from ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics visit: https://graphic.alia.org.au/