Apologies to everyone who has pre-ordered Moonbeard Volume One, we've had a couple orders go missing in the post and also have been delayed in shipping orders, we underestimated the popularity of Moonbeard and our one man fulfillment operation (myself) has only just caught up. All orders should arrive within the next 7 days. If you haven't received your copy by then please get in touch.
Matt Emery
Pikitia Press Publisher
2014 in Review: Chris Gooch
What have been your personal cartooning/comics highlights of 2014?
Probably the mentorship with Mandy Ord at First Site Gallery and the show and comic (both called Gasoline Eyedrops) that came out of it.
What are some of the comics you've enjoyed in 2014?
Prophet, Vinland Saga, Megahex, Life Zone.
What is something non-comics that you have enjoyed in 2014?
I really loved the movies Enemy, Snowpiercer and Whiplash. Also Ping Pong anime was great.
What are you looking forward to in 2015?
Making comics outside of art school - the problems and advantages of having to be completely self directed.
2014 In Review: Kumar Sivasubramanian
What have been your personal cartooning/comics highlights of 2014?
After 11 years of work, I finally managed to self-publish the comic I wrote, thanks to Kickstarter. It's not for public sale yet, but they soon will be through mulele.com and kumarx.com.
Also, ongoing manga translations of BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL and KNIGHTS OF SIDONIA.
What are some of the comics you've enjoyed in 2014?
WEIRD LOVE edited by Craig Yoe
MY DIRTY DUMB EYES by Lisa Hanawalt
USAGI YOIJIMBO COLOR SPECIAL by Stan Sakai
STAR TREK NEW VISIONS by John Byrne
TWELVE GEMS by Lane Milburn
SF by Ryan Cecil Smith
GCHQ by Jordan Speer
THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE A ROBOT by David Quantick and Shaky Kane.
What is something non-comics that you have enjoyed in 2014?
JODOROWSKY'S DUNE -- required viewing for any creative type or anyone with any creative interest whatsoever!
DragonForce's new album MAXIMUM OVERLOAD -- required listening for headbanging with your 6-year old.
What are you looking forward to in 2015?
There's going to be a 2015?!
2014 in Review: David Tulloch
What have been your personal cartooning/comics highlights of 2014?
Reaching 100 pages of the webcomic I'm drawing (All Unicorns to Battle Stations) was a big milestone. Ending a 1200 page run on a daily Playmobil comic was a highlight too.
What are some of the comics you've enjoyed in 2014?
I was great to finally read all of Ant Sang's Dharma Punks. I'd only ever got my hands on a couple of issues back in the olden days. I also really enjoyed the Wellington Zinefest, having never gone to one before, where I picked up many great titles.
What is something non-comics that you have enjoyed in 2014?
Reading. I made more time for reading this year, forcing myself to spend some quality time with a book each day. Otherwise it's the usual family and friends stuff.
What are you looking forward to in 2015?
I have a 100 page comic planned to do with Playmobil, which requires a few props to be made before it can be done. Looking forward to that. I have a couple of nearly finished scripts I need to find time for. Hoping to find more people to collaborate with.
2014 in Review: Sam Wallman
What have been your personal cartooning/comics highlights of 2014?
Being part of the Overland editorial crew has been an honour, and this Walkley nod me and the Global Mail crew got is pretty ridic. Working on cartoons for the union movement has been really nice. Fumbling with how cartoons and graphic art can be used as part of broader social movements feels good, albeit inherently limited.
What are some of the comics you've enjoyed in 2014?
Nicky Minus's work is heaps brave and funny. Seeing a bunch of people try on kinda political cartooning styles for Fluid Prejudice was great. I dunno, Patrick Kyle, Lee Lai, Murtaza Ali Jafari, Safdar Ahmed. The Refugee Art Project zines taught me a lot.
What is something non-comics that you have enjoyed in 2014?
Kayaking, my partner, all this rising political anger, dicks.
What are you looking forward to in 2015?
Setting up an activist artists studio in the tower of Trades Hall. Putting together this class anthology to follow on from Fluid Prejudice, and taking it to Toronto Comics and Arts Festival along with the Advice Comics crew and their new book. Exploring the comics-journalism form, hopefully along with other cartoonists, and watching a strong movement of staunch, funny political cartoonists emerge from the quagmire of apathy that is contemporary Ashtraya!! ;-P
