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is Australia's largest con. It has been held in Sydney and Brisbane each year since 2002 and 2003 respectively and growing to include Perth and Melbourne since 2008. It features, in addition to comic books, a mix of current TV pop cultures, from science fiction and fantasy to anime and manga. It
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In the 1940s, following the banning of the importation of American comics, a number of Australian publishing companies were formed producing comic books, using local comic book artists. Most of which disappeared in the 1950s as a result of import bans being lifted, a censorship campaign, and the
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This was a decade of recession for the Australian comic market, with production costs rising the prices of local comics rose. Comics faced increased public scrutiny, with censorship of comics beginning in 1954, competition from television (1956) and the re-introduction of American comic imports
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Since the late 1970s, the comic scene in Australia has been largely driven by self-publishers who created, printed and distributed their own books, with a few publishers who were willing to publish the work of others gradually emerging. Of these, some companies, such as
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From the 1940s through the 1970s, many local reprints and translations of American – as well as British, European, and South American – comics were published in Australia. Since the 1980s there have been fewer local reprints and more direct importing of foreign comics.
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Australian artists/writers also began to regularly produce work for overseas comics companies, a development made easier by the internet, as a tool for both scouting talent and sending deliverables quickly (which was previously only possible by use of
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the Australian Government placed a ban on the importation of American comics and syndicated proofs. As a result, the local comic book industry flourished. Following the war, Australia incurred a huge national debt: local publishers found they had a
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form due to easy availability of photocopiers and cheap postage. Many artists who began by self-publishing photocopied black-and-white comics at this time have continued on to become popular illustrators and graphic novelists, including
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During the 1990s, Australian creators continued to place their work in Australian newsagents via distributors such as Gordon & Gotch, to diminishing success. Popular Australian comic books of the era include
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In the 1970s there was a resurgence in local comic activity, drawing inspiration from the explicit and politicised American underground comic scene, although mainly associated with radical journals such as
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Australian Black and White Artists' Club Collection of cartoons and caricature drawings, 1920s; 1943–1991 (approximately 4,000 drawings, watercolour sketches, duotone prints, bromide negatives and bromide
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featured characters such as Bloodthirsty Ben and Callous Claude; The Mulga Merrymakers, Perky Pete the Prospector; and Lucy Lubra the Artful Abo! On 20 May 1934 another Australian comic was published
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Since the 1980s there have been fewer local reprints and more direct importing of foreign comics. On the local front new material started with the release of Tad Pietrzykowski's graphic novel
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The 1960s saw the demise of the few locally produced titles that had managed to survive the recession in comic book publishing in the previous decade. Sales of reprints such as
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Burrows, Toby and Stone, Grant (eds.). "Comics in Australia and New Zealand: the collections, the collectors, the creators". New York; Norwood : Haworth Press, c1994.
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Harker, Margot 'Cultural pariahs : The National Library of Australia's collection of Australian romance comics', in ‘’The National Library Magazine’’, March 2009
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Later in the mid-1980s many more anthology comic titles appeared, forming the basis for the modern Australian self-publishing community. Three notable ones were
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features special guest comic book writers and artists and actors from currently in-vogue series, movies and anime, as well as special effects creators.
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Crook, Edgar. 'Comic capers in the National Library', in "NLA News", January 2005, Volume XV Number 4. Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2005.
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as import restrictions continued to be enforced, at the same time the modern American style comic book (mostly sans color) was adopted. In its
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the Australian comic book market was dominated by British comic papers until late 1931 with the launch of the first Australian comic book,
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By 1939 there were political protests about the dumping of overseas magazines and comics in Australia, on behalf of the local industry.
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In the late 1930s the market began to be saturated by the release of reprints of US strips popularised by the women's magazines,
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Nick Henderson Comic Collection, 1960s–1990s, ca. 350 items, includes Australian and Australian reprints of American comics
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were also an important recognition of Australian comic creators from their inception in 1991, until the OzCons ceased.
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titles continued to strengthen, with readers beginning to focus on new American imports, particularly the burgeoning
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was published in September 1908. It featured illustrations, with the text printed below and lasted only one issue.
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More permanent venues, retailers and galleries devoted to independent comics work also began to appear, including
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In the 2000s, a significant market for Australian comic creators was commercial Australian children's magazines.
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Maynard, Amy. "The Melbourne Scene: A Case Study of Comics Production, City Spaces, and The Creative Industries".
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The Society of Australian Black and White Artists was formed in Sydney in 1924, and still exists today as the
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The Andrew M. Potts Australian independent comic book and fanzine collection, 1989–2003 (3 boxes, 172 items)
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were a much sought after recognition of Home-grown Australia Self-Publishing in the mid to late nineties.
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conventions, held from 1992 to 1998 in Sydney, with an additional event in Melbourne in 1997, and the
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comic with an Australian flavour, it ran for eight issues as an anthology and then another five as
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Reverie Publications – publisher of anthology, firstly in 1985 and then re-established in 2018.
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by George Little. While there was text below each frame, the panels contained word balloons.
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introduction of television. The predominant publishing companies during this time included:
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Nugent, Ann, ‘From Fatty Finn to the Phantom’, ‘’NLA News’’, June 1996, Volume VI, Number 9
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became another form in which Australian comics creators made their presence felt overseas,
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included such titles as The Borderlander co-written by Steve Proposch and illustrated by
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as well as a 1990s revival – over thirty related comics were published in the series).
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revived the Australian adventure style comic book also in 1974 with the best selling
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have gone to produce influential work in the global comics industry (especially in
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Harker, Margot ‘Preaching purity’, in ‘’The National Library Magazine’’, June 2009
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comics, occasionally dipping into a backlist of stories acquired from K.G. Murray.
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but with mainstream distribution – it generated national publicity from opponents
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appeared in 1924, and continued to appear each Christmas for the next 35 years.
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in 1982. Oz Comics in 1983 which debuted The Southern Squadron and the popular
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Comics Australia -Commentary and critique on the Australian comics scene
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Since 2002 international publishers have increasingly begun to publish
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reprints, although they published thousands of other comics, including
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from Sydney in 1986 lasted only four issues, as it was in the style of
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anthology comic lasting seven issues that was distributed nationally..
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Kevin Patrick Collection of Australian Comics, 1970–2005 (~170 titles)
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focusing on its most popular feature (plus other spin offs including
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commenced. It featured three pages of strips and cartoons, including
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Milk Shadow Books – publisher of underground comics, art and writing
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Cartoons and caricatures of current events and public figures by
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The Australian Comics Journal – Australian Sequential Art Review
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Bulletin drawings, 1886–1960 (18,070 drawings), artists include
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Collection of Australian reprints of American and English comics
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Association des Critiques et des journalistes de Bande Dessinée
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by Wynne Davies. The 13 November 1921 saw the first issue of
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Paper Empires: a History of the Book in Australia, 1946–2005
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Judy Horacek collection of cartoons, 1996–2006 (80 drawings)
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Support and Buy directly from 25+ Australian Comic Creators
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Heroes & villains: Australian comics and their creators
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Comic artists and illustrators oral history project, 1995–
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comic supplement was issued. It featured strips including
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reprints, as well as selected children's and humor titles
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Geoff Pryor collection of cartoons and drawings, 1978–
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Australian talent produced exciting creations such as
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On 4 September 1920 the first continuing Australian
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