Related Research Articles
Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, including explicit drug use, sexuality, and violence. They were most popular in the United States in the late 1960s and 1970s, and in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.
The Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction is an annual literary award for Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror fiction. Only Australians are eligible for the award.
Australian comics have been published since 1908 and Australian comics creators have gone to produce influential work in the global comics industry,
The Ledger Awards are prizes awarded to "acknowledge excellence in Australian comic art and publishing." Named after pioneering Australian cartoonist Peter Ledger (1945–1994), the awards were first held in 2005 to help promote and focus attention on Australian creators and their projects, both in Australia and overseas. Initially, the awards were held annually and announced online on or around Australia Day, 26 January. In recent years, they have been held at the State Library of Victoria on the Friday evening before the Melbourne Supanova convention.
Craig Phillips is a New Zealand-based author/illustrator and publisher at Wildling Books, New Zealand.
Tom Taylor is an Australian comic book writer, playwright and screenwriter. A New York Times bestselling author, his work includes DC Comics series Injustice, DCeased, Nightwing, Superman, Suicide Squad and Marvel series All-New Wolverine, X-Men Red, Superior Iron Man and Star Wars comics.
Gary Chaloner is an Australian comic book artist, writer and publisher. He is known for his creations The Jackaroo, Flash Damingo, Red Kelso and The Undertaker Morton Stone, as well as his work on Will Eisner's John Law.
Bernard Caleo is a Melbourne-based Australia comic artist, comic book editor, performer, and presenter.
Nicki Greenberg is a Melbourne-based Australian comic artist and illustrator.
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and WASFF to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers". To qualify, a work must have been first published by an Australian citizen or permanent resident between 1 January and 31 December of the corresponding year; the presentation ceremony is held the following year. It has grown from a small function of around 20 people to a two-day event attended by over 200 people.
Nathan Jurevicius is a Canadian/Australian illustrator, director, toy designer, author, and fine artist whose diverse range of work has appeared in numerous publications, advertising campaigns, festivals, and galleries around the world.
Penni Russon is an Australian writer of children's literature and young adult fiction.
Joyce Farmer is an American underground comix cartoonist. She was a participant in the underground comix movement. With Lyn Chevli, she created the feminist anthology comic book series Tits & Clits Comix in 1972.
Judith Ann Darragh is a New Zealand artist who uses found objects to create sculptural assemblages. She has also worked in paint and film. Darragh is represented in a number of public collections in New Zealand. In 2004, The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa held a major retrospective of her work titled Judy Darragh: So... You Made It?
Rachel Fenton, also known as Rae Joyce, is a graphic novel artist and author from New Zealand.
Sarah Laing is a New Zealand author, graphic novelist and graphic designer.
Jem Yoshioka is a New Zealand illustrator and comic artist. She has won several comic awards and is best known for her webcomic Circuits and Veins which has attracted a large following on Webtoon.
Squishface Studio is an open comics studio, retail, and co-working space for comic artists and illustrators in Brunswick, Australia. It was founded in November 2011 by Ben Hutchings, Sarah Howell, David Blumenstein, Marta Tesoro, Arran McKenna and Sacha Bryning, and formally opened to the public on January 26, 2012. As of 2019, Hutchings and Blumenstein continue to be resident artists.
Lee Murray is a New Zealand science fiction, fantasy, and horror writer and editor. She is a third generation Chinese New Zealander who has written over forty works. She is a five-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a twelve-time winner of the Sir Julius Vogel Award. She is most noted for her Taine McKenna military thrillers, and supernatural crime-noir series The Path of Ra.
References
- ↑ Three words : an anthology of Aotearoa/NZ women's comics. Joyce, Rae,, Laing, Sarah, 1973-, Neville, Indira, 1973-. Auckland, New Zealand. ISBN 9780994120502. OCLC 948291321.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Webb, Carolyn (29 August 2011). "Artist uncovers a hidden world". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ↑ "Storyteller finds an animated career". www.heraldsun.com.au. 28 November 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ↑ "Aurealis awards 1995-2017 | Aurealis Award" . Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "2008-2013 | The Ledger Awards" . Retrieved 18 September 2019.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
 | This article about a New Zealand artist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This profile of a comics artist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |