come along to North Bazaar, 222 High Street Northcote, at 8pm this on
Friday night the 12th of October, for the final in a series of three
great Fridays celebrating the work of local comic book makers and
animators. All have been part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival
exhibition, ‘Aggressively Strange Fables: Melbourne Underground Comics
and Animation Art Exhibition’ (
Friday’s event is:
‘The Great Australian Graphic Novel’
Nicki Greenberg’s graphic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic
‘The Great Gatsby’ was launched last month. Bruce Mutard’s tale of a
conscientious objector living in Melbourne during the Second World War
will be published in April 2008. Both these books are being published
by Allen & Unwin, and we are thrilled to present Nicki and Bruce in
conversation with their publisher, Erica Wagner.
Nicki and Bruce will be showing images from their work on the large
screen at North Bazaar.
The discussion will centre around how the publication of these books
has come about, and cast forward as to the future of the ‘big serious
comic book’ in Australia.
Time: 8 – 9pm
Place: North Bazaar, 222 High Street Northcote
Cost: Free, and it’s a good chance to check out the exhibition as
well, which officially finishes on Sunday 14 October.
Hope to see you there!