2023 Shortlist announced!

The Organising Committee of the Comic Arts Awards of Australia, together with the 2023 Judging Panel, congratulate the 29 projects that make up the 2023 Shortlist:

7 Fragments (self published)
Written, drawn & designed by Aśka

A Lightness (self published)
Written and illustrated by Sarah Winifred Searle

Amphibia Noir (Halftone Productions)
Written and illustrated by Logan French
Edited by Kieran Jack and Bradley Adan
Book design by Kieran Jack

Batrisha and the Creepy Caretaker (Comicoz)
Written and illustrated by Dillon Naylor
Book design by Ryan McDonald-Smith
Project coordinated by Nat Karmichael

Big Egg (self published online)
Written and drawn by Mike Greaney

Cramped (self published)
Written and illustrated by Audrey Marks

‘Crossing the Strait‘ (published in West Coast Comics Anthology #2, Neighbourhood Press)
Written and illustrated by Lewis O’Donnell

Dark Heart #1 (Gestalt Publishing)
Written by Scott Wilson
Illustrated by Katie Houghton-Ward
Coloured by Justin Randall
Edited and lettered by Wolfgang Bylsma
Editing assist by Zelda Harper-Balsamo
Executive producer: Benny Eggmolesse

Dead City Lullabies #1 (self published)
Written and illustrated by Aidan Roberts

Fantastic Cadaver (The Illustration Club)
Tyson Elmer, Jorden Allan-Barr, Natasha Provan, Sally Henderson, Iluka Silversmith, Leander D’Cruz, Nina Dakin, Izzy French, Fascher, Rosie Moana Pickett, and Jorden Allan-Barr

Flock Chapter 1: Warbird (Gestalt Publishing)
Written and illustrated by Paul Mason
Edited by Amanda Bacchi
Book design and lettering by Wolfgang Bylsma
Variant cover by James Brouwer

Food/Love (Gestalt Publishing)
Written by Gary Proudley
Art by Jake Bartok
Edited and lettered by Wolfgang Bylsma
Recipes by Emily Harvey

Fractured Shards Book 2 (Comics2Movies)
Written and lettered by Stephen Kok
Illustrated by Riccardo Faccini
Coloured by Kevin Anthony de Castro
Edited by Dan Feuerriegel and Shaun Keenan
Created by Dan Feuerriegel, Shaun Keenan and Stephen Kok
Book design by Kieran Jack
Variant cover by Jamie Johnson

Infernal Regions (self published)
Written and illustrated by Rebecca L. Stewart
Cover colours and lettering by Simon Robins

Koi (Amplified Press)
Written and illustrated by Adam Gillespie
Pinups by Owen Heitmann, Jana Hoffmann, Finn O’Sullivan

Leathery Little Saints (self published)
Written and illustrated by Fionn McCabe

My Aunt is a Monster (Random House Graphic)
Written and illustrated by Reimena Yee

Neverlanders (Penguin Random House Australia)
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Jon Sommariva
Colours by Msassyk, Vaneda Vireak, Jean-Francois Beaulieu
Lettering by Wolfgang Bylsma
Edited by Christopher Hernandez

Our Members Be Unlimited: a comic about workers and their unions (Scribe Publications)
Written and illustrated by Sam Wallman

Rainbow the Koala: Surviving The Wild (Allen & Unwin)
Written and illustrated by Remy Lai

Sluggish #1 (Psycho Janitor)
Written and illustrated by Rob Lisle

Talgard Tome Two (Gestalt Publishing)
Written by Gary Proudley
Stories illustrated by Cody Anderson, Lauren Armstrong, Al Barrionuevo, Daniel A. Becker, Sarah Boxall, Sacha Bryning, Robert Buratti, Gary Chaloner, Queenie Chan, Tatiana Davidson, Jana Hoffmann, Louie Joyce, Paul Mason, Tim McEwen, Brenton McKenna, Stephanie Palladino, Dean Rankine, Cristian Roux, Campbell Whyte
Coloured by Justin Randall
Cover art by Sacha Bryning
Edited and lettered by Wolfgang Bylsma

The Comic Guide to the Northern Territory (self published as TFJ Productions)
Written and illustrated by Thor F. Jensen

The God of Arepo (self published)
Written by writing-prompt-s, sadoeuphemist, stu-pot, ciiriianan
Illustrated by Reimena Yee

The Greatest Thing (Allen & Unwin)
Written and illustrated by Sarah Winifred Searle

The Phantom, Until The Final Bell: Requiem For A Masked Heavyweight (The Phantom #1925, Frew Publications)
Written and illustrated by Paul Mason
Cover illustrated by Paul Mason
Editing assist by Amanda Bacchi
Edited by Glenn Ford

West Coast Comic Anthology #2: Stories from the twilight and periods of obscurity (Neighbourhood Press)
Stories by Ellen Broadhurst, Tim Meakins, Lew Ro, Maggie Johnson, Aśka, Nina Dakin, Scott Alexander-Mironov, Emma Flea, Sally Bower, Stuart Medley, Jessica McLeod and Edward J Grug III, Gloomy Doom, Vilde Espenes, Jorden Allen-Barr, Coda Owens, Blair Caulfield, Sarah Winifred Searle, Adam Yojimbo, Tyson/Goon, Andrei Buters, Oscar McKay, Shane Tholen, Nora Alexander-Mironov
Cover, title illustrations and publication design by Nora Alexander-Mironov

Witchy Vol. 2 (Oni Press)
Written and illustrated by Ariel Slamet Ries

Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons Book Three (DC Black Label)
Written by Kelly Sue DeConnick
Illustrated by Nicola Scott
Coloured by Annette Kwok
Lettered by Clayton Cowles
Cover illustrated by Nicola Scott and Annette Kwok

Gold, Silver and Bronze Award recipients from this shortlist will be announced at an Awards Ceremony on 15 September in Adelaide.

Please get in touch if any listings need to be updated or corrected.