We’re coming close to the end of the year. In a way we’re starting to wrap up, but on the other hand we’ve just announced our second webinar and we’re thrilled!
For this webinar we have managed to gather four really amazing speakers who will be discussing how comics and manga nurture and inspire reading and creativity. It may be wrong for us to say it, but this is definitely a webinar you don’t want to miss. All the information about the webinar and the free registration details are here. Make sure you register and we look forward to seeing you there.
November will also be the last session for this year’s Graphic Novel Club. We invite you all to attend with some tasty food at hand, after all, we’re discussing graphic novels that centre on food. As always, we have three suggested graphic novels to read but we look forward to hear what other graphic novels that centre on food you recommend. All the Graphic Novel Club information and the free registration details are here.
News
The Harvey Awards were announced at New York Comic Con. You can check out all the winners and watch the whole ceremony here. Two Australian creators were among the nominees, Lee Lai for Stone Fruit and Simon Hanselmann for Crisis Zone.
Popverse has been covering the NYCC quite extensively. Here’s an article on how comics are under attack in the US presented by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and a great interview with Denis Kitchen discussing comics history and censorship.
Mobile webcomics are exploding in growth. Publishers Weekly looks into it and libraries should stay up to date as a lot of these titles also find their way to digital comics platforms and print.
Miracleman is a legendary comic but one with a very troubled history. If you’re excited about Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham finally returning to finish what they and Alan Moore before them started, Popverse has published a great article that explains the troubled history and why this is such a big deal that has many comic fans excited.
Peach Momoko is publishing Demon Wars a manga that expands the Marvel Universe, mixed with Japanese folklore. This looks like a really interesting proposition. Read the news on CBR.
Collections
Librarian Sara Smith has published a really handy blog post compiling all the major awards of 2022 in the U.S., with nominees and winners.
Star Wars comics and books continue to be popular and the High Republic books that are being published are no exception. The problem is that they’re being churned out pretty rapidly and it’s easy to get lost. The good news is that The Beat has published a handy guide to what’s being published so if you want to make sure you’re getting all the High Republic action, this is a good place to start.
Webinars/Podcasts/Videos
Melbourne’s Reading book shop has a podcast series and they’ve recently published the first (of we hope many) episodes focusing on comics hosted by one of Australia’s greatest champions of the medium, Bernard Caleo. In this first episode of The Comics Question, Bernard interviews Mirranda Burton, who has just been awarded the Readings 2022 Young Adult Award for Underground.
Love & Rockets is one of the greatest comic book series to come out of the U.S. and now there’s a whole documentary dedicated to it free to watch on YouTube. You can watch it here.
Junior & YA
Awaken Volume 1 by Koti Saavedra (Seven Seas)
The Big Adventures of Babymouse: Once Upon a Messy Whisker by jennifer Holm, Matthew Holm (Random House)
Buddy Gator - Glad to See You by Chow Hon Lam (Basheen Graphics Singapore)
Candy & Cigarettes volume 1 by Tomonori Inoue (Seven Seas)
The Dragon Prince: Bloodmoon Huntress by Nicole Andelfinger, Felia Hanakata (Scholastic)
The Evil Secret Society of Cats volume 1 by Pandania (Seven Seas)
Freestyle by Gale Galligan (Graphix - Scholastic)
Iyanu Child of Wonder Book 2 by Iyanu Okupe (Dark Horse)
The Last Mechanical Monster by Brian Fies (Abrams ComicArts)
Leon the Extraordinary by Jamar Nicholas (Scholastic)
Lore Olympus volume 3 by Rachel Smythe (Del Rey Books)
Marvels Vol 2: The Undiscovered Country by Kurt Busiek (Marvel Comics)
Max Meow 4: Taco Time Machine by John Gallagher (Random House)
She Hulk Vol 1: Jen Again by Rainbow Rowell, Roge Antonio, Luca Maresca, Rico Renzi (Marvel Comics)
Side Effects by Ted Anderson, Tara O’Connor (Aftershock Comics)
Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaardner, Vincent Zabus, Nicoby (SelfMadeHero)
Thieves by Lucie Bryon (Nobrow)
Adult
Batman: One Dark Knight by Jock (DC Comics)
Be Very Afraid of Inuki Kanako by Inuki Kanako (Kodansha Comics)
Black Water Lilies by Frederic Duval, Michel Bussi, Didier Cassegrain (Magnetic Press)
Dancing on the Volcano by Floor De Goede (Oni Press)
A Fade of Light by Nate Fakes (West Margin Press)
First There Was Chaos by Joel Priddy (Uncivilized Books)
Hakim’s Odyssey Book 3 by Fabien Toulme (Graphic Mundi)
The Human Target Book 1 by Tom King, Greg Smallwood (DC Comics)
Invisible Wounds by Jess Roliffson (Fantagraphics)
The Journey of Marcel Grob by Philippe Colin, Sebastien Goethals (Naval Institute Press)
Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto (VIZ Media)
Lucy by Tanino Liberatore (Heavy Metal)
Movements and Moments by Anthology by various authors (Drawn & Quarterly)
No Kidding by Madeleine Martin, Vero Cazot (Fairsquare Comics)
Open Bar by Eduardo Medeiros (Oni Press)
