No Space Like Space - An Exhibition by Ashley Ronning. FB Event page.
Be-Longing For It- An Art Exhibition Exploring Meth use Among Gay, Bi and Queer Men. FB event page.
Squishface Studios 5th Birthday Celebration. FB Event page.
Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair 2015 part two
There were a lot more comic people at this years Sticky zine fair, apologies to the hundred odd folk I missed. Here's a few of the comics folk I managed to get holiday snaps of.
Rose Wu, Rosa Hughes-Currie and Linda Lew
Ben Juers and Michael Hawkins
Michael Fikaris
Merv Heers
Simon Hanselmann, JMKE, and HTML Flowers
Ele Jenkins
Nicky Minus and Bailey Sharp
Minicomics Mogul Andrew Fulton
Chris Gooch draws the zine scene
Phil Bentley
Jess Parker, Ben Hutchings, Scott Reid, and Captain David Blumenstein (focus optional)
Brendan Halyday and Frank Candiloro
Brent "The Destroyer" Willis
Ive Sorocuk
Jase Harper and James Andre
Nicky Minus and Sam Wallman
Bobby N
HTML Flowers
Marc Pearson
Tim Molloy
Not Matt...by Michael Fikaris
After the wonderful afternoon selling good comics to good Melbourne folk, Brent Willis and I headed over to Port Melbourne to purchase healthy salads. In a terrifying confrontation we found Brent's toughest of the tough anti-anti-heroes from THRUST JUSTICE had escaped the page and entered our reality! We hastily purchased out healthy salads and retreated to the safety of my Art Deco apartment on the waterfront.
Thrust Justice in the "COMICS"
Thrust Justice in "THE REAL WORLD"
To learn more about Thrust Justice purchase a copy to read with your healthy salad from the Pikitia store.
16 Comics You Can Buy at Sticky Institute Right Now!
A selection of comics currently available from The Sticky Institute, 10 Campbell Arcade, Degraves Subway, Melbourne.
Some Melbourne Comic Events That You Could Possibly Go To
Alyx Dennison's Talking People @ Night, poster by young firebrand talent Marc Pearson. I believe this event involves some fine cartooning talent amongst the night's performers.
Squishface Studio's celebrate their third birthday on Monday Jan 26th. FB event page.
Tim Molloy exhibition in February at the Old Bar, Fitzroy, Melbourne. 24th Feb.
The All Star Women's Comic Book Club has already happened today but because I'm slow and feeble I'm only posting about it now. Still, it is on every month and you may wish to attend next month. More details on the All Star Women's Comic Book Club FB page.
The Melbourne comics collective where members are required to be able to bench a minimum are launching a quarterly anthology Melbourne Comics Quarterly. More details at melbournecomics.com and the FB event page.
Sissy Blvd running from Friday 16 January – Sunday 15 March. More info here, and FB event page.
Lee Lai, Katie Parrish, Merv Heers and Sam Wallman are queer cartoonists based in Melbourne. Using The Substation's front gallery space and Transit Gallery billboards, this exhibition will examine remnants of gay liberation, reflections on contemporary queer assimilation and resilience, mincing the fine line between subtlety and obviousness. Supported by The Substation and Hobsons Bay City Council.
The Melbourne comics meet up is on February 7th at the usual place and time, Prince Alfred Hotel in Carlton, 2pm - 6pm. FB event page.
2014 in Review: Ben Juers
What have been your personal cartooning/comics highlights of 2014?
Finally self-publishing Psychotherapy, the anthology I co-edited with Bailey Sharp.
What are some of the comics you've enjoyed in 2014?
QHCQ by Jordan Speer, Irene #4, Fluid Prejudice edited by Sam Wallman, Pleasure by Nicky Minus, Boyfriend: Magic, Sentiment and Bondage by Michael Hawkins, the George Carlson collection from Fantagraphics, Megahex by you-know-who.
What is something non-comics that you have enjoyed in 2014?
Memories of things I enjoyed prior to 2014.
What are you looking forward to in 2015?
The new anthology from Sam Wallman. How to Read Nancy by Mark Newgarden & Paul Karasik. Doing my Minicomic of the Month. Deciding every three days to become a vegetarian for about a day.
