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Norman Clifford celebrates!

2022 Ledger of Honour recipient Norman Clifford celebrating his award and reading all about himself in last year’s Annual.

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Save the date, mate!

The 2023 Awards ceremony will be held on Friday night, 15 September in Adelaide, ahead of the Papercuts Comics Festival weekend. Venue and timing details to be advised. As Stinky the Comic Book Crow says: “Save the date, mate!”

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LedgerAwards.org retiring

Today, the lights go out on the old website and emails associated with “ledgerawards dot org”. It’s the final technical move from the Ledger Awards to Comic Arts Awards of Australia. Same awards, different name. The physical awards themselves will still be known as “a Ledger”, and our nine panel grid graphic mark will still be around to link us …

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How to get a free 2022 Annual

Hopefully by now the 2022 Comic Arts Awards of Australia Annual will be in the hands of Dr Bruce Mutard PhD MDes BFA. He’s happy to send copies of the physical 92 page book to interested parties, but we’d like to make it as easy on him as possible. Each annual weighs in at 332g. So… Please send a postage-paid …

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2022 Annual off the presses!

The much-delayed (for reasons varied and complex) 2022 Comic Arts Awards of Australia Annual is finally out in the wild! We’ll be posting details on how to nab a free copy of this 92-page ode to Aussie comics when we have bulk copies delivered to various states. A digital version will also be available from this very site. More details …

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2022 Award Recipients!

In a ceremony held last Saturday at the Perth Comics Arts Festival, the 2022 Award recipients were announced. GOLD AWARDS Still AliveSafdar Ahmed (Twelve Panels Press) Stone Fruit Lee Lai (Fantagraphics Books) SILVER AWARD Patience & Esther: An Edwardian RomanceSarah Searle (Iron Circus Comics) BRONZE AWARDS As You DriveNina Dakin (Published in Myth #6, Curtin Illustration Club’s Annual Comic Anthology) TurtlenecksSteven Christie …

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2022 Awards Ceremony: Saturday, 6 August

2022 Awards Ceremony: Saturday, 6 August 3:45 – 4:40 (WA time) The Comic Art Awards of Australia (ex Ledger Awards) have been running for the past 18 years and are Australia’s only award dedicated exclusively to the medium. Come and celebrate the incredible year in comics that has been 2021, where awards will be given out for gold, silver and …

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2022 Judging Panel!

The Comic Arts Awards Of Australia’s Organising Committee are proud to announce the 2022 Judging Panel: Sarah Howell Sarah is a cartoonist and graphic scribe, a founding member of Squishface Comics Studio and a founding organiser of the comic arts festival and artist market, Homecooked Comics. She has been a resident artist at the National Gallery of Victoria and a …

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2022 Short List announced!

The Comic Arts Awards Of Australia Organising Committee is proud to announce the 2022 Judges’ Short List. The Committee would like to thank the Judges for their time & efforts. 20/20Annie HuangBlueprint Comics After LockdownLisa Parr, writer.Isaac Wilcox, artist.Self- published Alexander, The Servant and The Water of LifeReimena YeeHiveworks Comics (online) As You DriveNina DakinPublished in Myth #6Curtin Illustration Club’s …

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Call for Entries now open!

That’s right, folks… it’s the CALL FOR ENTRIES to the 2022 Comic Arts Awards of Australia! Is your comic worthy of a gong? Of course it is! Head to the CALL FOR ENTRIES page and submit. Entries close Sunday 6 February 2022.

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