ALIA Graphic Podcast

In today's episode Iurgi and Mia discuss: their recent reads (Maus, Lumberjanes, Fence Vol 6: Redemption, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin) an update on Australian comics the challenges of long manga series comics sales data from the U.S. that is mind blowing - for example, 49% of comics sales in the U.S. book market went to manga and more They also discuss their favourite picks from t...

This month Rebecca sits down to chat with Paul McLaughlin, the creator and writer of Lil Viking Space Rangers. Chapter 2 is out now with art by Trudi Monteath and Sarah Rackemann. Chapter 1 and 3 have art from Liana Wright. The discussion covers this delightful and humorous comics for kids, the process of making comics, Paul's experiences with libraries and doing workshops at libraries and, of cou...

In this roundup episode Jade and Rebecca sit discuss their recent reads, they pick their favourite newly released graphic novels and the latest news and resources, including: collection management and weeding of superhero comics, U.S. publishers ramping up releases of middle grade manga and lots of adaptations of books into graphic novels. New titles picks: The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught Th...

In our latest creator chat, Marissa sits downs with Queenie Chan, a Sydney based comics creator working in manga style. She has published three volumes of The Fabled Kingdom, which is a mix of prose and manga, the Women Who Were Kings series of manga and now she's republishing an expanded and updated three volume edition of The Dreaming, a manga located in an Australian boarding school in the bush...

In this month's roundup Gabby and Marissa discuss their recent reads. They also discuss Webtoons, Lore Olympus and the new Inklore imprint, and some other news like the recent article from The Guardian discussing comics, graphic novels and manga in France. They also discuss their favourite picks out of the new graphic novels published recently and coming up soon. You can find the whole February Ro...

In this creator chat we talk to Tim McEwen, co-creator of Greener Pastures. He's been making comics since the 80s and Greener Pastures is making a comeback that will, finally, include trade paperbacks and a graphic novel. Tim and Iurgi discuss Australian comics, the Comic Arts Awards of Australia (formerly Ledger Awards) and, of course, the ambitious plans to reprint Greener Pastures in trade pape...

In this creator chat we talk to Chris Gooch who’s recently published his third graphic novel with Top Shelf: In Utero. A young adult monster story with some horror thrown in for good measure. We talk about Chris' comics making process, which he often shares on social media too. His advice for young creators starting to make comics. The origins of In Utero and the influences in In Utero, from Otomo...

In this month's roundup James and Iurgi comment on their recent reads and several best graphic novels of 2023 lists published by different sources such as No Flying No Tights, Popverse and The Guardian. They comment on the recent announcement of Angourleme's Grand Prix award winner. They also discuss one of the big debates last year: are comics in crisis? While some talk doom and gloom, sales of c...

In our final podcast for 2023, Iurgi, Marissa and Rebecca get together to discuss their favourite reads this year. It's a mix of ongoing series, new series and old publications that we have revisited. Our favourite reads this year are: Iurgi Eventually Everything Connects by Sarah Firth Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC Comics) Spy x Family Tatsuya Endo (Viz Media) Revenge of the Libra...

This is a recording of the webinar held November 16 2023. We get many questions emailed to us by librarians and library staff across the country about the different factions of the graphic novel and comic world. So we thought that this year we would spend the time hearing from you and providing answers to those questions that you may have been wanting to ask for a while. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

In this episode Iurgi and Gabby discuss: the Harvey Awards announced at the New York Comic Con the little we know about Raina Telgemeier's upcoming graphic novel a really interesting survey carried out by the School Library Journal in the U.S. with really interesting data the Library Journal's upcoming Library Con Live and our very own upcoming webinar as well as their recent reads and favourite p...

Sarah Firth is a cartoonist, artist, writer, speaker, and graphic recorder who has been published extensively in Australia and overseas. Her work has appeared in the Eisner Award winning anthology, Drawing Power, and the Ledger Award winning anthology, Neither Here Nor Hair. She is also a founding member of Graphic Recorders Australia, a not-for-profit professional association that supports the Gr...

In this month's creator chat we catch up with Sydney based writer Mat Groom, one of the creators of Inferno Girl Red. Volume 1 was an incredibly successful Kickstarter and then it was published by Image Comics, earlier this year. The team is now on campaign mode for volume 2 on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129645662/inferno-girl-red-books-one-and-two-by-mat-groom-erica-durso...

In this episode Marissa and Iurgi cover a lot of ground. They discuss the comic they've been reading recently, the Comic Arts Awards of Australia and their favourite picks of the new titles published recently, including four new Australian graphic novels we're really excited about. For more news and the complete roundup of resources and podcasts visit our main blog:  https://aliagraphic.blogs...

Papercuts Comics Festival is a biennial comics festival held biennially in Adelaide, it is being run for the third time this September but the festival directors, Georgina Chadderton and Owen Heitmann, still found time to sit down with James for a Creator Chat to explain why they run the festival and what we can expect from this year's program. For more information about Papercuts Comics Fest...

In this creator chat we catch up with two of the most amazing creators for young readers. Both Jason Pamment and Remy Lai made quite a splash when they published their first graphic novels, Treasure in the Lake and Pawcasso. They were both in our Notable Australian Graphic Novels list in 2021 and they garnered a lot of recognition both in Australia and internationally. As they both published a new...

In this month's roundup we discuss what we've been reading lately, the best middle grade graphic novels of the year so far (according to Booklist), the Eisner Awards and our favourite picks from this month's new graphic novels.  For more news and the complete roundup of resources and podcasts visit our main blog:  https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com/   You can also follow us on Twitter...

In this month's roundup we discuss what we've been reading lately, reading recommendations for Pride Month(including Australian titles) and our favourite picks from this month's new graphic novels.  For more news and the complete roundup of resources and podcasts visit our main blog:  https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com/   You can also follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AL...

 In this month's roundup we discuss what we've been reading lately, the latest news (including the Eisners controversies around LGBTQIA+ graphic novels, and a practical guide to comic book collection development) and, of course, our favourite picks from this month's new graphic novels.  We also discuss King Con, the new library comic con at Kingston Libraries in Victoria with Iurgi, who...

In our first creator chat of the year we're honoured to have James Foley and Brenton McKenna in conversation. James recently published Secret Agent Mole Book 1:Goldfishfinger(Scholastic) and Brenton McKenna recently published Hairy Holes (Magabala Books).  We sat down with them after they read each other's books and they just started talking. We hope you enjoy this amazing conversation betwee...

  You may have noticed we have been a little bit quiet. We haven’t had a podcast episode since December. That’s quite a long time. The  good news is that we’re back! We have a new podcast episode with Gabby and Iurgi discussing some of the news, what they’ve been reading and discussing their favourite picks from the graphic novels released this month. Best of all, we also have a creator...

It's the end of the year and we've gathered to discuss our favourite graphic novels of the year, including:  It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood Barb the Brave by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall #2) by Tim Probert Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe Spy x Family series by Tatsuya End Our Dining Table by Mita Ori M is for monster by Talia Dutton Magus o...

We are excited to have four amazing speakers to talk about all things comics and manga. In this webinar we will focus on Junior and YA comics as well as manga and we will explore how they inspire reading and creativity. Hosted by ALIA Graphic Convenor Iurgi Urrutia, we’re pleased to announce four incredibly exciting speakers: Gabby Cundy, librarian specialising in Children's and Youth literature a...

In this month's roundup we talk about the 30th Anniversary of Power Rangers, Tommi Parrish's new graphic novel, the upcoming reprint of Queenie Chan's The Dreaming, Superman: Son of Kal El, and eComics at libraries. Borrow Box is now also offering comics through its app and Comics Plus has some exciting updates.   We also discuss our favourite picks from the new graphic novels just publi...

In this month's creator chat, Bradley from the ALIA Graphic team, catches up with Sara W. Searle.  Sarah migrated from New England to Perth and has been fully embraced by the Australian comics community where she has already received three Silver Comic Arts Awards of Australia. Her latest graphic novel is The Greatest Thing, published by First Second. You can find out more about Sarah on her...