Syd Nicholls frontpage for Sydney newspaper Direct Action, 10 August, 1914.
Happy Birthday 59th Birthday Eddie Campbell
Word Balloons
Issues #1-#9 of Philip Bentley's Australian Comics Magazine Word Balloons are now available from Te Pikitia Store. Word Balloons features interviews, reviews and excerpts from Philip's Australian comics history as a fan, retailer and publisher from the 1960's to the present.
Paper Trail
Ronnie Scott profile and interview with Simon Hanselmann.
Down There #3 - Tom O'Hern's Blood and Bone available online at San Kessto Publications.
Kelly Sheehan writes about the launch of Earth's End Publishing.
Dave Dye writes about the beginning of World War One for Australians and New Zealanders. Dave's extensive graphic history of Anzac involvement in the WW1 is available at the Wotsleft store.
Lee Gracie's The Adventures of Doctor Duck, is an odd sci-fi epic webcomic starring a duck with a moustache. A lot of unintentional humour from mispellings and Lee's crude, almost "outsider" art gives it a certain appeal that I wouldn't ascribe to more polished efforts. Lee's bio from Doctor Duck: "Lee Gracie has been drawing comics for over 25 years in Australia. He has worked on drawings for TV and movies, and once owned his own comic shop. He has ADD, Bipolar disorder, and dyslexia. He still sells his comic books at fairs."
Hey look! Some cool covers from Virgil Reilly's Silver Flash comics circa 1950's.
Paper Trail masthead by Toby Morris.
Savage Bitch - Steve Carter & Antoinette Rydyr
New in Te Pikitia Store:
At long last, the notorious cult comic-strip from Picture magazine by the controversial fan-favourite Aussie comicbook and horror legends S.C.A.R. (Steve Carter and Antoinette Rydyr) has been collected into a prestigious 104 page full-colour graphic novel for the first time ever.
Not to mention a wonderful and entertaining foreword by the legendary Stephen R. Bissette (Swamp Thing, Tyrant, Taboo), American artist, editor and publisher of the horror genre; and special guest spot by celebrated Aussie creator and artist Dave Heinrich (The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks).
Savage Bitch was originally published in serialised form in Picture magazine by Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) between 1995 and 1997, as a 'Jungle Girls' adventure like no other; controversial, challenging and bizarre!
Savage Bitch is an excellent showcase of all of the elements that S.C.A.R. are famous for: feisty amazons, fascinating alien worlds and freakish monsters. Not for the easily offended or faint-hearted...
This vibrant and colourful presentation contains two complete thrilling adventures along with stunning new art and pin-ups.
Land of the Buku Buku (45 pages): On becoming a warrioress Savage Bitch embarks on her first adventure with a small hunting party into an unknown region where they encounter a brutal tribe of subhuman amazons.
The Fury of Blood Bitch (47 pages): After being cast out of their clan during a violent dispute, Savage Bitch and five tribeswomen are forced to fend for themselves in a hostile wilderness full of monstrous predators."
