ALIA Graphic Podcast

Oct 26 2024 101 ep. 42 mins 7

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In this podcast, the ALIA Graphic team discusses the latest news relevant to libraries and graphic novels. We also interview Australian comic book creators in our creator chats series. Our group of volunteers aims to support library staff interested in all aspects of collection development, advocacy and programming related to graphic novels and comics.
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101 October Roundup: Add to Your TBR

Oct 26 2024 29 mins

In this month's roundup Jade and Mia discuss their recent favourite reads: Tabby by Stephen Kok, PR DedelisEight Billion Genies by Charles Soule, Ryan BrownEscape From St Hell: My Trans Teen Life Levels Up by Lewis HancoxSpy x Family by Tatsuya EndoRoaming by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko TamakiThen they discuss: The Harvey Awards with the double win of the Tamaki super team; Akira Toriya

100 We celebrate 100 episodes!

Oct 20 2024 22 mins

We started ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics in February 2020. The first episode of our podcast was published in March 2020 as the world prepared to go into lockdown and it's been a whirlwind ever since. We've been publishing monthly roundups of news, resources, webinars and new titles published since March 2020. We created our podcast feed and published our first creator chats in May

99 Laura J Carroll of Making the Shrine Creator Chat

Oct 09 2024 61 mins

In this creator chat Laura J. Carroll discusses her first graphic novel: Making the Shrine. Laura is a writer and visual artist living in Naarm (Melbourne). She's also a proud unionist and the extended covid lockdowns brought her back to drawing. Three years later she has published a graphic novel that explores the making of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne and stories around

98 September Roundup

Sep 29 2024 44 mins

In this month's roundup James and Marissa discuss their recent reads, the plans to open a national manga and animation archive in Japan, Batman Day, including some Batman must reads and banned book week.They also discuss their favourite picks from this month's new titles::Morgana and Oz by Miyuli (Webtoon Unscrolled) [9781998854837]The Hidden Life of Trees: A Graphic Adaptation by

97 Creator Chat with Mike Barry (Action Tank Book 3)

Sep 11 2024 46 mins

Mike Barry is the creator of Action Tank, a junior graphic novel series that he self published and was fully embraced not just by the ALIA Graphic committee on our notables, but also by the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge and was also shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards. It was then published in the U.S. by Scout Comics and included in the ALA Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable

96 August Roundup

Aug 31 2024 36 mins

In this month's podcast roundup Gabby and Iurgi share their favourite recent reads, they discuss an article on how to start a comics festival at the library, and a San Diego Comic Con panel where librarians reflected on the impact that comics, graphic novels and manga have had on library readership and propose the next steps to broaden its appeal. It's also the awards season, so th

95 Creator Chat with Meriam and Christian Carnouche

Aug 14 2024 40 mins

In this creator chat Iurgi sits down to catch up with Christian Carnouche (who was in our very first creator chat back in 2020 as the writer of The Resurrected) and Meriam Carnouche who recently published Tunis to Sydney, with art by Sam Rapley, through FairSquare Graphics.Tunis to Sydney is an intimate, personal and poignant graphic novel that delves into the labyrinth of grief, r

94 Drawing Attention: Comics and Censorship

Aug 11 2024 65 mins

In this special ALIA Graphic Webinar we had three very special guests talking about their experiences in creating comics, the freedom of the creative process in comics, why it’s important to defend different stories and art and their experiences with censorship, book challenges and bans.We were absolutely honoured to have: Briar Rolfe, a Melbourne based cartoonist who loves to ma

93 Creator Chat with Kyle and Rod on VOX Books

Jul 27 2024 48 mins

In this creator chat James talks to Kyle Wiseman and Rod Riley about VOX Books, hardcover books with an easy to use and durable full audio recording of the book. VOX Books is a product of Library Ideas and they have just partnered with James Bennett in Australia. Kyle and Rod talk about VOX Books, making comics and graphic novels available in this format and working with comic

92 July Roundup

Jul 23 2024 25 mins

In this month's episode Jade and Mia talk about their favourite recent reads and our recent webinar. They also discuss the most interesting news from this month that have piqued their interest and their favourite new titles.Safdar Ahmed, Scott McCloud, Raina Telgemeier, and Mike Barry's Action Tank and more get lots of love. Mia also talks about her love of Teen Titans and declares