2024 Shortlist announced!

The Organising Committee of the Comic Arts Awards of Australia, together with the 2024 Judging Panel, congratulate the 42 projects that make up the 2024 Shortlist:

A Fistful of Pain (ComixTribe)
Writer: Ryan K Lindsay. Illustrator: Louie Joyce.

A Letter from the Somme (Self published)
Writer: Matt Rice

A Work in Progress (Self published)
Words, art, layout, and design by Aśka

A Yuletide Flame (Siberian Productions)
Story and Art: Hayden Fryer. Song Lyrics: Tinman Johnson. Variant Cover: Zack Castro. Editor: Merran Davies.

Adventure Illustrated #2 (Cyclone Comics)
Writer/Artist: Gary Chaloner. Colourist: Graeme Jackson. Writer: Michael Michalandos. Artist: Tim McEwen.

Amphibia Noir Part 2 (Halftone Productions)
Writer/Illustrator: Logan French. Letterer: Bradley Adan. Editor: Kieran Jack.

Bazza the Bogan Barbarian: Vampires and Vegemite (Self published)
Creators: Sorab Del Rio, Don Ticchio, Emerson Dimaya, Alzir Alves, Edwin Estrada, Adam Ramos

Bird Girl Chapter 3 (Curtin Illustration Club)
Writer/Illustrator: Nina Dakin

Bleak Tales (Amplified Press)
Writer/Penciller/Inker/Colourist/Letterer: Owen Heitmann. Writer: Sarah Milne.

Captain Congo and the Bumbang Pineapples (The School Magazine)
Writer: Ruth Starke. Artist: Greg Holfeld

Deadsheet (Self published)
Writer/Artist/Letterer: Benji Bajorek

Death Drop Drag Assassin #1-2 (Scout Comics)
Writer: David Hazan. Artist: Alex Moore. Letterer: Lucas Gattoni

Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures (Allen & Unwin)
Creator: Jason Pamment

Eventually Everything Connects (Allen & Unwin)
Creator: Sarah Firth

Forecasts: a story of weather and finance at the edge of disaster (University of Toronto Press)
Writer: Caroline E. Schuster. Artist/Letterer: Enrique Bernardou. Artist/Colourist: David Bueno

Friends and Benefits (Self published)
Creator: Andy Drws

Ghost Book (Allen & Unwin)
Creator: Remy Lai

Hairy Holes (Magabala Books Aboriginal Corp)
Writer/Illustrator: Brenton E. McKenna

Howie the Hellhound (Scout Comics)
Writer: Jared Prestwidge

LOBO: the Hunted and the Hunter (Self published)
Artist/Co-Creator: Daniel A. Becker

Mandatory Fun (Self published)
Writer/Artist: Mike Greaney

Manta #1-#10 (Self published)
Creator: Jorden Allen-Barr

Meat4Burgers (Self published)
Writer: Christof Bogacs

Memories of Ilma (Takeon Publishing)
Writer/Illustrator: John P. Attard. Layout/Graphic Design: Annie Huang. Editors: Meg O’Shea, Frances Norman, Michelle Lander, Annie Huang

Monkey, Bug, Rabbit and Goose! Everything All Together! (Self published)
Writer/Artist: Greg Holfeld

Monomyth (Mad Cave Studios)
Writer: David Hazan. Artist: Cecilia Lo Valvo, Federico Bertoni. Colourist: Marissa Louise. Letterer: Lucas Gattoni

My Daddy problems are bigger than your Daddy problems (Self published)
Creator: Neale Blanden

Octane Render: Cartoonists talk about A.I. art (Self published)
Writer/Artist: David Blumenstein. Editor: Emilie Friedlander

REBEL REBEL: The graphic biography of David Bowie (Self published)
Researcher/Writer/Artist: Con Chrisoulis

Requiem #1 (Self published)
Co-Writers: David Hazan, Christof Bogacs

Ruined (First Second)
Creator: Sarah Winifred Searle (Layouts/Pencils/Colors/Letters)

Secret Agent Mole book 1: Goldfish-Finger (Scholastic Australia)
Writer/Artist: James Foley

Secret Agent Mole book 2: The Boar Identity (Scholastic Australia)
Writer/Artist: James Foley

Solid State (Webtoon Originals)
Writers/Artists: L.G. Veldenmire (Lola Baldsing), Scott Higginbotham

Squishbook: Make comics with Squishface Studio and friends! (Nakedfella Productions/Squishface Studio)
Editor/Writer/Artist: David Blumenstein. Contributors: Ben Hutchings, Sarah Howell, Jo Waite, Scarlette Baccini, Briar Rolfe, Alex e Clark, Patrick Alexander, Jin Hien Lau, Ive Sorocuk, Alex Pavlotski, Nicholas J. Johnson, Warwick Holt

Sun, Sand & Self-Doubt (Amplified Press)
Writer/Penciller/Inker/Colourist: Owen Heitmann

The Perfect Human (Island Magazine)
Writer/Illustrator: Niki Bañados

The Wrath of The Cursed – Legacy (Halftone Productions)
Writer/Illustrator/Cover Artist (Standard Cover): Kieran Jack. Creator/Editor/Cover Artist (Variant Cover): Matt Kyme. Letterer: Graeme Jackson. Cover Artists (Dee’s Comics Variant): Camillo Di Pietrantonio, Rui V Macarico

Under Kingdom (Dark Horse)
Writer: Christof Bogacs. Pencils/Inks/Colours/Lettering: Marie Enger

Viewfinder (Self published)
Writer/Illustrator: Alice Lam

Your Highness, Your Highness (Self published)
Artist: Chris Pitcairn

Gold, Silver and Bronze Award recipients from this shortlist will be announced at the 2024 Awards Ceremony on Friday, 29 November, at Old Parliament House in Canberra.

Please get in touch with the event organiser daniel@comicartsaust.com.au if any listings need to be updated or corrected.