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Canberra Geek Markets

GEEK MARKETS next FREE pop culture event. On 29 April 2023, Fitzroy Pavilion, Exhibition Park. will once again be completely dedicated to everything geek! films, series, cosplay, comics, games and entertainment. Visitors can share their geekiness passion during the biggest FREE pop culture in Canberra. Always wanted to meet comic artists and cosplayers or are you a fan of series, movies, esports …

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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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2021 Award recipients announced!

Congratulations to all 2021 Comic Arts Awards of Australia recipients! We’re very proud to be involved with a community/scene/industry/art form that produces such amazing work. This year’s recipients were announced online in a streamed event via Facebook last night. GOLD Black Magick Nos 12-16/Volume 3: Ascension Nicola Scott (artist), Chiara Arena (colour assists), Greg Rucka (writer), Jodi Wynne (letterer). Image Publishing. …

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Comic Arts Awards of Australia streaming LIVE! Save the date and time!

Drop your pencils, keyboards and stylists for one night and celebrate Australia’s leading comics making talents for comics published during the challenging year that was 2020. 11 trophies, 11 winners. Who will they be? Tune in Friday, July 30th 6:30pm AWST / 8:30pm AESThttps://www.facebook.com/LedgerAwards

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