ALIA Graphic Podcast

In this month’s roundup Marissa and Iurgi go through some of the latest news, their recent reads and their favourite picks from this month’s crop of new titles. 01:04 News in brief 04:22 Recent reads: Ranma ½ by Rumiko Takahashi Who Made Me a Princess? by Spoon, Plutus The Top Dungeon Farmer by Lim Hyeong, Lee Ha-kyung, sdcknight I Killed the Main Player by Greenkirin, HELP.ME The Extra’s Aca...

In this creator chat Mia sits down for a conversation with Li Chen the creator of the delightful Detective Beans series. Li Chen, from New Zealand, always loved drawing and has been working as a full-time comic artist since 2012. Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat was her first graphic novel and she's just published the third book in the series: Detective Beans and the Map of Mystery....

In this episode Luke sits down for a chat with Gregory Mackay the creator of the Anders graphic novels, a delightful series for young readers (and for all ages really). They discuss: the newly published Anders and the Mountain, the fourth book in the adventures of Anders series, the themes and inspiration behind the Anders series the publication of Anders in French and French comics culture other...

In this creator chat Marissa sits down for a conversation with Wendy Tyrer who recently publisher her first graphic novel, The Curator with a new publisher of Australian graphic novels: Perentie Press. In The Curator, artists are mysteriously going missing all over the world. But Mimi, a struggling art student working at the National Gallery of Victoria isn’t worried about her own safety. After me...

In this creator chat, Iurgi sits down to catch up with Campbell Whyte, an excellent cartoonist from Perth who also moonlights as educator at the Milk Tooth School of Art and Stories and is also the Chairperson of the Perth Comic Arts Festival. He somehow found time to join us today to talk about Luna Express, an excellent graphic novel set in Perth that is full of teen angst, social commentary, ma...

In this month's roundup, Iurgi and James discuss all the latest. They start the episode with some of the news in brief. Then... 04:49 Recent reads Kingdom Come by Mark Waid and Alex Ross Punderworld by Linda Sejic Talgard by Gary Proudley and various artists Pigeons! A Fable For Our Times by Marc Chalvin System Preference by Ugo Bienvenu 11:13 News: We’re including more reviews and interviews on o...

In this creator chat, Iurgi sits down for a chat with Lee Lai who has just won the Stella Prize for Cannon. It was long overdue with Cannon being one of the most outstanding graphic novels of 2025. The chat was recorded before the Stella Prize winner was announced. 00:20 Introduction 05:39 Lee talks about the recent book tour in Australia 07:43 Lee looks back at the publication of Stone Fruit...

In this creator chat, ALIA Graphic convenor Sabina Wills sits down for a chat with Andrea Innocent to discuss her recently published debut graphic novel Lamington Left Behind, published by Figment Books. 00:20 Acknowledgement of country and introduction to Andrea Innocent 03:43 Andre talks about her relation to libraries 04:56 Andrea discusses the comics she read as a kid 06:40 The chat moves to t...

In this month's roundup, Iurgi and Mia discuss all the latest. 02:09 Recent reads:  Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat by Li Chen Once and Future Riot by Jean Sacco Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill by Akagishi K Cannon by Lee Lai 11:35 News: DC’s Absolute Batman is super popular Anti AI and Matt Kindt’s hand drawn comics  STEAM powered comics for middle...

In another packed episode, and we're only scratching the surface of what's in this month's blog post, Iurgi and Gabby discuss some of the latest news and new titles, which include more graphic novels by Australian creators. 01:40 Gabby and Iurgi discuss their recent reads and then go on a tangent about One Piece. We could be magic by Marissa Meyer and Joelle Murray Frieren Beyond Journey’s End by...

In this episode Mia sits down for a chat with Georgina Chadderton. Georgina is a freelance cartoonist, lover of dogs, and plant enthusiast living on Kaurna Country (Adelaide), South Australia. Georgina has recently published Oh Brother , a memoir about growing up with their younger brother Robert, who is autistic and has an intellectual disability. The book is being published by Penguin Random Hou...

In another packed episode, Iurgi and Mia discuss some of the latest news and new titles, which include two new graphic novels by Australian creators. Campbell Whyte returning with the highly anticipated Luna Express and Georgina Chadderton making her debut with Oh Brother. Also, the first twelve issues of Melbournian C.S. Pacat’s Fence have been collected into a new paperback. 02:00 Recent Reads M...

The Australian comics folio website has just been launched and it’s a treasure trove of stories, information, interviews, essays, and so much more on Australian comics, Australian comics creators and the Australian comics community at large. In this episode we have a chat with two of the key researchers involved in the project.  The Lead Investigator for the project was Elizabeth MacFarlane,...

We start the year with Jurgi and James trying to catch up with everything that's happened during the summer holidays. 01:42 Jurgi and James breeze through some of the latest news from the world of comics 06:29 James and Jurgi discuss the news that have piqued their interest: the recently announced animated series of Lore Olympus graphic novel sales were up in 2025 (in the U.S. book market) the UK'...

For the final episode of 2025 the ALIA Graphic committee gathers to discuss our favourite comics of the year. Luke talks about Ginseng Roots by Craig Thompson, Gachiakuta by Kei Urana and The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn by Tri Vuong. Sabina talks about Hairy Holes Book 2 by Brenton E McKenna, BS #1 Short Stuff 2020-2025 by Bruce Mutard and Kusama Polka Dot Queen, by Simon Elliot James talks about...

Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris are award-winning graphic journalists and longtime editors of the critically acclaimed graphic journalism website and publication The Nib. They have recently published Making Nonfiction Comics, an excellent book that combines comics, prose, interviews, infographics and so much more. The book is the perfect field guide to graphic journalism while showcasing valuable skill...

In this mont's roundup Iurgi and Gabby go through some of their recent reads, news and new exciting titles. 02:04 Recent reads: Gabby: The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza by Mac Barnett and Shawn Harris Kindred Dragons by Sarah Mansinga  Sword of the Champion by Eric Lide Iurgi: One Punch Man by One, Yusuke Murata Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor by Mark Waid, Bryan Hitch Sherlock Holmes: A...

In the October Roundup, Iurgi and Luke start by talking about the treaty going ahead in Victoria and their love o f horror.  4:40 Luke gives a rundown of what’s happened this month 06:24 Iurgi and Luke discuss their recent reads: Iurgi:  The Knives by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips Godzilla: Skate or Die by Louie Joyce  The Veracity Trap by Chip Kidd, Michael Cho The Hunger and the Du...

In the September Roundup podcast (yes, we do realise we're in October already) Mia and Gabby discuss their recent reads, then discuss some of the latest news and their favourite picks from this month's crop of new titles. 02:00 Recent reads: The umbrella academy vol. 1, Hulk teach, Neopets, Inked  07:12 News 12:50 New titles: Monster Blood (Goosebumps: The Graphic Novel) by R.L. Stine, Maddi...

In the third episode of the Comics Librarianship series Iurgi sits down with Jane Burns, an experienced lecturer, researcher, published author and public speaker. Jane is a member of the Executive Council of the Library Association of Ireland and has been awarded Fellowship status by the LAI for contributions to the development of the profession and commitment to Continuous Professional Developmen...

In this second episode of the Comics Librarianship series Iurgi sits down with Matthew Noe, who is the Lead Collection and Knowledge Management Librarian at Harvard Medical School, an instructor for the University of Kentucky and Library Juice Academy, and a Trustee for the Worcester Public Library. He is a former President for the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Comics Round Tab...

In this month's roundup Marissa and Mia go through their latest read, recent news and new graphic novels. 01:26 Recent reads: Marissa:  Nimona / N D Stevenson Julienne Nothing Special I Killed the Main Character vs Extra’s Academy Survival Guide Mia:  Gender Queer My brother’s husband volume 1 13:56 News: Image Comics Jim Shooter, the force behind Marvel’s rise and Secret Wars, has passe...

In this month's roundup Iurgi and Marissa go through the latest news, PD and new graphic novels. 01:30 Recent reads: Marissa:  Stars in Their Eyes by Jessica Walton, Aśka Webtoons, so many webtoons The Curie Society by Heather Einhorn, Adam Staffaroni, Janet Harvey, Sonia Liao Nevermoor has a French graphic novel adaptation! But no English edition yet Iurgi:  The Cartoonists’ Club by Rai...

In this creator chat, Iurgi catches up with Gavin Aung Than, the creator of Zen Pencils, Super Sidekicks, Baa Baa Black Belt and now Creature Clinic which out through Figment in Australia and First Second for the rest of the world. Creature Clinic is the world’s finest and only hospital for mythical beings where everyone from trolls and unicorns, to fairies and giants can expect to get the very be...

In this creator chat, Rachel Ang discusses her new graphic novel I Ate the Whole World to Find You. The discussion covers how Rachel got interested in comics, their time working in libraries, inspiration for the stories on I Ate the Whole World to Find You, and Rachel recommends three graphic novels. To stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: h...