Long List: 2024 Projects

Ryan K Lindsay, writer

A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at "The Truth," it's all in a day's work... but he also happens to be a deer.

Will he chase down his last story in this antler noir series?

Matthew Reilly - writer
John Hanna - artist

Matthew Reilly's blockbuster novel Hover Car Racer explodes off the page as a thrilling new graphic novel, brilliantly illustrated by John Hanna.

Never give up. Never say die.

Meet Jason Chaser, hover car racer. He's won himself a place at the International Race School, where racers either make it on to the Pro Circuit - or they crash and burn.

But he's an outsider. He's younger than the other racers. His car, the Argonaut, is older.

And on top of that, someone doesn't want him to succeed at the School and will do anything to stop him.

Now Jason Chaser isn't just fighting for his place on the starting line, he's racing for his life.

Published by Pan Mcmillan Australia
Released Australia & New Zealand

John Hanna - writer, artist, designer

A collection of five short horror stories, which were written and illustrated for a halloween themed zine event called Halloween Zine Spooktacular in 2024. Stories range from impending dread, to obsession, and the fear of the unknown...

Originally all hand drawn, and hand typsetted

50 pages
Printed by Comic Books on Demand

Stu Thornton, Creator, Artist, Writer

OUTLAW
Wanted by the Authorities. Hunted by the Underworld.
A modern day, 100% Australian comic book with a feel straight out of the Bronze Age of comics.

Created by The Mak Bros.
Story by Josh Mak
Details & Letters by Aaron Mak
Art by Ben Sullivan
Colours by Wilson Go

AN UNPRECEDENTED TRUE-CRIME NARCO-NOIR
Jason Lee finds himself sitting atop a failing business, despite being sold the notion that doing everything by the book pays off. For a man who refuses to accept failure, with more than just himself to look after, desperate times truly call for desperate measures.

BREAKING BAD x TRAINSPOTTING x TRUE CRIME coalesce into a whole more unfathomable than the sum of its parts.
We invite you to peer through the looking glass.

Alex Mankiewicz - illustrator

The creation tales of the Yindjibarndi, an Aboriginal mob in the Pilbara, rendered in graphic novel form.

Stu Thornton - Creator, Artist & Writer

OUTLAW
The saga continues.
Wanted by the Authorities. Hunted by the Underworld.
A modern day, 100% Australian comic book with a feel straight out of the Bronze Age of comics.

Shane Walsh-Smith, adaptation/artist

A graphic novel gamebook, published as part of the Skull of Agarash re-release.

You are Banedon, charged by your Guildmaster with the urgent mission of informing the Kai of the evil wizard Vonotar's defection to the Darklords.

This mini-adventure was originally published in text-only format in The Magnamund Companion, and was adapted into a graphic novel by Shane Walsh-Smith.

Jackie Ryan (writer, director, photographer, designer, etc.)

In Volume 6 of Burger Force, the team set their sights on a line-dancing troupe with some very unusual moves. Is it murder on the dance floor? Have guilty feet got no rythm? Does it take two to tango? All will be revealed when Burger Force swings into action.

Andrew Law - Creator, Story, Art
Julian Barr - Story, Script

Slayhemn is a high fantasy like they used to make, with fire-breathing dragons, barbarians and sorcerers. Our hero, Ravensthorne, is an outcast. His people rejected him because he was the only one of his kind born without magic. Ever since then, he’s gotten by on his talent for thieving. Now, he’s after the biggest score of his life: a crystal shard that will grant him the power to get revenge on those who cast him out. Is this quest worth his soul?

Molly Hunt, co-writer
Scott Wilson, co-writer
Christopher Wood, artist
Wolfgang Bylsma, editor and letterer

A bond stronger than time, a love more vast than space, and a will as powerful as the Dreaming; Mungala is a Gooniyandi warrior searching for the child taken from her.

Dreamwalker follows Mungala’s journey from the northwest of Western Australia through time, space and beyond and nothing, not even death itself, can stop Mungala from protecting her people and becoming the hero she needs to be to find her child…

Oli Ward, creator.

LX-ios is a Cyberknight with a strict code of Honour who becomes entranced by Jax, an impulse driven Technomancer. Opposites collide when they find themselves in an unlikely partnership as they fumble through unfamiliar territory in a virtual reality called The Cyberverse
Honour Bound Volume One collects episodes 1-5 of Honour Bound

Scott Wilson, writer
Katie Houghton-Ward, artist
Matt James, colour artist
Wolfgang Bylsma, editor and letterer

The Indigiverse continues!
The awakening of Adam Hart’s powers and responsibilities as Dark Heart has begun... As the chaos of the Mamoo grows, so too do the forces to combat them. But can Adam use the Dreaming, a place of the past, present and future, to become the hero the world so desperately needs?

* Rowan Williams, writer/artist

An autobio comic about getting overwhelmed by little things (and sorting rubbish). Riso printed by Not Gutter (Tokyo).

Stuart Medley

A 100 page, short graphic novella, PUR-bound, 148mm x 148mm, CMYK print. Print version comes with four postcards of the "Child's Play" paintings featured in the story.
The setting: An art gallery in an old military facility. The scenario: A war in the near future has been won by the arts and sciences against the forces of hate and knownothingism. An uneasy peace must be defended. What lengths will the bleeding-hearts go to in protecting their hard-won territory? What price their beliefs? Their very souls hang in the balance.

Rob Feldman: Creator, Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer, Colourist.
Nat Karmichael: Editor and Comicoz publisher.
Steve Panozzo, Chris Kelly: Designers, Layouts.

"Fridge Boy in Space" is an affectionate salute to the marvels of Sci-Fi and Superhero film and comic creations of the fifties, sixties, and, even more recently, the seventies, using the time-honored genres of spoof and parody, in that order (or perhaps in the other order). 84 fun-filled pages, full colour. For people who remember Monty Python, Leo Baxendale, The Pineapples at the Dawn of Time. You have now been warned.
(YOU NEED TO SMELL THIS COMIC. PHYSICAL COPIES WILL BE SENT.)

John Dixon: Creator, Writer, Artist, Letterer.
Nat Karmichael: Editor, Comicoz Publisher.
Alicia Jones: Designer, Layouts.
Jeff Battista, Graeme Cliffe, Andrew Dixon, Matt Emery, Jeremy Macpherson, Roger Stitson, Don Ticchio, Stefan Woods: Editorial Input, Assistance.

A chronological reprinting of the classic Australian daily newspaper adventure strip, featuring the first two daily adventures from 1963. This comic was reproduced from the original artwork of John Dixon's world-famous feature. 36 black and white pages, colour
John Dixon cover, includes short biography of creator John Dixon. The storyline features Jim Hawk, a former WWII pilot and his aviation adventures in the Australian Outback. "Dixon captures [the outback country] with graphic authenticity" (Ryan, Panel by Panel).
PHYSICAL COPIES WILL BE SENT.

John Dixon: Creator, Writer, Artist, Letterer.
Nat Karmichael: Editor, Comicoz Publisher.
Don Ticchio: Designer, Layouts.
Tony Menzie: Colour Cover Art.
John Clements, Andrew Dixon, Andreas Eriksson, David Griffin, Jeremy Macpherson, Philip O'Brien, Stefan Wood: Editorial Input, Assistance.

The second issue in the series chronologically reprinting the classic Australian daily newspaper adventure strip "Air Hawk". This issue features three daily adventures (the third, fourth, and fifth) from 1963 and 1964. This comic was reproduced from the original artwork of John Dixon's world-famous feature. 68 black and white pages, colour
Tony Menzie cover, includes short biography of creator John Dixon, and details about Dixon's early layout styles. The storylines all feature Jim Hawk, a former WWII pilot and his aviation adventures in the Australian Outback. "Dixon scripts are well-written with plenty of action, drama, suspense, and characterization" (Ryan, Panel by Panel).
PHYSICAL COPIES WILL BE SENT.

Spell Kitty: First Flight is the 44-page all-colour graphic novel telling the origin story of Spell Kitty, the magical kitten from Queen’s Park, London, who uses her newfound powers to fight evil and save the city from a mad scientist and his latest creation.