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TheComicSpot 200904 - Comics in literary journals. mar 09

he March 09 edition of TheComicSpot goes all capital 'L' literature! John Retallick and Jo Waite talk to the editors of literary journals Going Down Swinging and Meanjin about what it takes to includes comics in the world of literary journals. Are the journals ready to edit comics properly, what sort of content are they and their readers looking for and what barriers are there to publication? Lisa Greenaway from Going Down Swinging and Sophie Cunningham from Meanjin join in the discussion.

You should also check out Torpedo and The Lifted Brow as they accept submissions too.


TheComicSpot 200905 - Comics at the Jewish Museum, comics on billboards. Apr 09

TheComicSpot crew speaks to Superheroes and Schlemiels curator Jessica Rynderman about this wonderful exibition at the Jewish Museum of Australia. S+S explores the role of Jews in comics history and highlights some Jewish Australian creators too. We also speak to Rebecca Umlauf of Strip Billboard about her project that takes local comic artist's work and puts it on a billboard for the next year. Oh Yeah - good times!

It's a Rebecca filled hour of comics goodness.

Apologies for the hiss in the first 15 mins of the show - i did all i could to minimise it and it gets better the longer you listen.