A selection of comics currently available from The Sticky Institute, 10 Campbell Arcade, Degraves Subway, Melbourne.
Mystery New Zealand Cartoonists #1 UPDATE: John Cecil Hill
Digging through boxes and folders of treasure that threaten to engulf my apartment, I've accumulated a few New Zealand cartoonists that I'm seeking information on. I have biographical notes for some of them but would appreciate any new information folk might have on these artists. I found these 1937 cartoons in a custom bound collection titled Political Cartoons. They were compiled for the New Zealand Minister of Employment in Labour's first cabinet, Hubert Thomas Armstrong. The volume contains cartoons from The Evening Post, The Auckland Star and The New Zealand Herald. The Collection is filled primarily with the work of Sir Gordon Minhinnick but there are also many examples from The Auckland Star that are signed J.C.H, a cartoonist completely unknown to me.
Update: Via a FB post by Dylan Horrocks, Kristian Thompson has identified J.C.H. as John Cecil Hill. Kristian pointed to a Victoria University page with brief biographical notes on Hill.
Advice Comics One
Advice Comics 1 is available from the Advice Comics store, I heartily approve of this finely crafted product. (photo yoinked from Three Thousand.)
Sam West writes about Advice Comics 1 at Three Thousand.
Object of beauty:
114pg book, risoprinted at caldera press in melbourne + a two sided dustjacket/poster (katie parrish///michael hawkins) screenprinted by walker mettling in providence, rhode island.
People who produced the solid form:
calderapress.tumblr.com
walkermettling.tumblr.com
What is in it:
new advice from BOYFRIEND (Michael Hawkins), SALLY (Katie Parrish), MULBERT (written by Andrew Connor, drawn by Carla McRae), NICKY MINUS (Nicky Minus), BABY W (Lee Lai), DR. ENTRAILS (Walker Mettling), IGNATZ LAB RAT (Ben Juers), MARY LEUNIG (Mary Leunig) & RAYMOND RAY (Marc Pearson)
Lion Hunting - Illustrations by Conrad Frieboe
Another selection of children's reader illustrations by Conrad Freiboe. Freiboe was active as an illustrator for the New Zealand Ministry of Education during the 1940's -1960's and contributed to various New Zealand magazines during these decades.
Other work by Conrad Freiboe:
Paper Trail
Tomorrow: Zine and comic event Copier Jam. FB Event page.
Copier Jam is an exhibition showcasing current zine and independent comic creators, collectives and distributors from across Australia. Join us at Childers Arts Space (CHARTS) during the Childers Festival for the Copier Jam! opening event, "The Staples Sessions: Zine and Indie Comics" with curator Jeremy Staples
Georgia Kartas interviews Cazz, Naja and Soph, founders of the All Star Women's Comic Book Club.
Caravan of comics are giving you free comics weekly, just take them.
Clockwise: Rae Joyce, Damon Keen, Ant Sang, Sam Orchard.
New Melbourne comics publisher Twelve Panels Press launch their first title at The Salty River by Jan Bauer at Readings in Carlton, Melbourne, 27th August. FB Event
Coming up this week if I can get my act together: A lengthy investigation into the career of one of New Zealand's unsung pioneering cartoonists Phyllis Fitzgerald by Darian Zam.
This column is sneakily bought to you by the Barry Linton Kickstarter. Finely crafted comics and prints by Barry delivered through the mail system into your sweet sweet hands.
Barry reviews a copy of 20th Century BC.
Paper Trail masthead courtesy of Toby Morris.
