Comic Arts Awards of Australia Acknowledging excellence in Australian comics publishing

The Ledger Awards Organising Committee are very honoured and proud to announce the 2019 Ledger Awards Judging Panel. We have gathered a group of six experts in the field of comics – drawn from a mix of creators, retailers, publishers, scholars and commentators – to participate in the selection of recipients for this year’s Ledger Awards. This year, the judging …

It’s that time of year! Time to submit your Australian comics project to the 2018 Long List! The Long List is a list of Australian comics published in the calendar year of 2018. You can submit as many comics as you like and they needn’t be your own. We would like to ensure that the widest net is cast for eligible projects …

Congratulations to all the 2018 Ledger Awards recipients! We’re very proud to be involved with a community/scene/industry/art form that produces such amazing work – work of an international standard and often involving international teams and publishers.   2018 GOLD LEDGER Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts – Ten Tales from the Deep, Dark Woods (Allen & Unwin) Craig Phillips, Writer, Pencils, Inks …

BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ADVENTURES (IDW, mini series) Matthew K. Manning, Writer Jon Sommariva, Penciller Sean Parsons, Inker Leonardo Ito, Colourist The animated worlds of the current Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nickelodeon cartoon and Batman: The Animated Series collide in this mini-series featuring fan-favourite characters from both universes.   BLACK MAGICK #6-10 (Image, ongoing series) Greg Rucka, Writer Nicola Scott, Artist …

The Short Listed Projects for 2018 (for work published in 2017), will be revealed at OzComic-Con in Melbourne this coming Saturday, 9 June, at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre! If you’re attending the Con, look out for the Ledgers display. The Short List will also be made available on the Ledgers website (right here) at 10.00am on Saturday morning. The Gold, …

Tonight at the Australian Comic Arts Festival (ACAF) held in Canberra, the two recipients of the 2018 Ledger of Honour were announced. This year’s recipients are Moira and Kathleen Bertram and Yaroslav Horak. Moira Bertram (with her letterer sister, Kathleen) was one of the very few female artists working in the comics industry of the 40s and 50s in Australia. …

The Ledger Awards Organising Committee invited a group of six – drawn from a mix of creators, retailers, publishers, scholars and commentators on Australian comics – to participate in the selection of recipients for this year’s awards. We are very honoured and proud to announce the 2018 Ledger Awards Judging Panel: Philip Bentley Philip is a writer, editor and historian …

The Ledgers Organising Committee is proud to announce that the 2018 Ledger of Honour recipients will be revealed at ACAF, the Australian Comic Arts Festival in Canberra on Saturday evening, February 10. The Ledger of Honour is the Australian Comics Hall of Fame Award. Since 2016, the Ledger of Honour has been awarded to two recipients, one living and one …

Congratulations to all the 2017 Ledger Awards recipients! We’re very proud to be involved with a community/scene/industry/art form that produces such amazing work – work of an international standard and often involving international teams and publishers. 2107 GOLD LEDGER Small Things. Mel Tregonning. (Allen & Unwin) 2017 SILVER LEDGER Australi. Timothy Wood, writer; Pius Bak, artist. (Self published) Past the …

The Ledger Awards, established to acknowledge and promote excellence in comic book arts and publishing in Australia, will be held in Sydney for the first time, this Friday June 16 from 7pm at the St James Hotel (114 Castlereagh St, Sydney). Since their inauguration in 2005, previous awards events have been held in Melbourne. Fully independent and run as a …