ALIA Graphic Podcast ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics

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 course, he has three comics he recommends too.
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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
The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha
No Remorse: The Illustrated True Stories of Lemmy Kilmister and Motörhead by various authors
Adversary by Blue Delliquanti 
For a full list of new release titles and all the news and resources please visit our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

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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.
We discuss her influences, what it's like working in the manga style in Australia, the original publication of The Dreaming with Tokyo Pop and the reasons for the new expanded edition.
For more info on Queenie Chan and her comics check out her website: https://queeniechan.com/
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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 Roundup blog post with more news, resources and the full list of new titles in our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/
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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 paperbacks and finish the story they started back in the early 90s.
For more info on Greener Pastures visit: https://www.greenerpasturescomic.com
To back the Greener Pastures Kickstarter currently live visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/timmcewen/greenerpastures8
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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's Domu to the first couple of episodes of Digimon. We also discuss his love of genre stories, his favourite monster films and he recommends some graphic novels to read.
To stay up to date with Chris Gooch check out his website: https://www.chrisgooch.com.au
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