“Am I going to just continue to shoehorn other characters into it or do I make up my own guy… so that’s what I did”. Mike Mignola, 2018. Comic books act to both link us to our past stories found in our mythology and help to create new mythology by keeping the old alive through …
Author Archives: Isaac George
Comic Gong Strikes Back!
Wollongong City Library astonished the fans on Saturday, 14 May 2022, as the team behind the event delivered another Comic Gong to a once again hungry crowd. Fans of the now long running annual event rejoiced as Comic Gong returning after a brief two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 lockdowns with a successful relaunch. Like …
How social media helped bring together a mourning community.
“He was a father. Not just my father, but a father to all that would get to know him.” Josh Adams- Neal’s son. Days have passed since the announcement of Neal Adams death; he was one of the most influential and driving forces to have worked in the comic medium. Fans and creators around the …
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‘Indie’, Friend or Foe?
DOES THE PHRASE ‘INDIE’ HINDER THE CREATOR IN THE LONG RUN? “There is something magical inherent in the form of comics, in the experience of ‘reading’ a story in both words and images, combining the right and left sides of the brain, for an experience that amounts to more than the sum of its parts”. …
Addicted To This- ‘No Salvation’ CD cover
This was a illustration from 2017 which included a blend of traditional marker work and Photoshop for the Australian band Addicted To This for their first EP ‘No Salvation’. This was a fun project, go heck them out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M_Bvg9dU_8
COMX DRINK & DRAW- BRONWYN
This was a special edition of the series that was live streamed on Wednesday the 1st December 2021 using my phone, -so excuse how shaking and blurred out i look (or be greatful haha)- that focused on my comic series, Bronwyn so if your keen to know some more of my background and the origin …
Why do we create comics?
As a creator myself I have asked a few times in my publishing journey if I was on the right path, and always I have come to the answer, yes. In my next article I will be interviewing a few of my fellow creators to ask the age old question, why do we do it. …
PANEL TO PANEL
What I wish I had known when I started in comics. Over the course of the past 10 years, the comic industry has hit the consciousness of the mainstream viewer more now than ever. Out of this has come a boom in Australian independent creators seeking to forge their way in the comics industry acting …
THE COMX ORIGIN
Australian comics finds a new home as web developer turns publisher. From web developer to comic promoter, to comic book publisher Shane Syddall is aiming to become Australia’s largest independent publisher and promoter. With one question in mind, why are we not supporting Aussie talent. Shane Syddall has been a long-time comic reader of mainstream …
Vivian Jones: Occult Detective- Issue One- PRE-ORDER NOW!
Due December 2021, this issue showcases the adventures of the giraffe detective, Vivian Jones as he investigates crimes with supernatural overtones after an encounter that left him scarred as a child. This book, both written and illustrated by myself also will feature a sketchbook showing how the series came to be; full of sequential layouts, …
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