Discussion (8)¬

1. Joseph says:

   August 15, 2011 at 3:43 pm

   Hmmm… just jogged past the Opera House on the way to work this morning and saw the posters for Graphic. But of course I got my tix ages ago!

2. Theo Macdonald says:

   August 15, 2011 at 8:25 pm

   I’m surprised you haven’t blogged about the Robert Crumb debacle.

   • Scott says:

     August 16, 2011 at 7:27 am

     Not much to say.

     Comics has a history around the world of being misunderstood. Crumb doubly so. I understand his decision and reasoning, but we’ll miss him of course.

     For the curious, here’s an explanation.

3. Theo Macdonald says:

   August 16, 2011 at 12:18 pm

   And Australia has a history of misunderstanding things, so I guess this was sort of inevitable.

4. Christina says:

   August 21, 2011 at 6:44 am

   Thank you very much for coming and giving a wonderful and thoroughly interesting talk! (And thanks for taking the time to sign my silly notebook) 🙂

5. Peader says:

   August 21, 2011 at 11:08 pm

   The whole weekend was particularly inspiring and edifying. Comics in Australia are pretty small potatoes [but we’re working on it], so its great that lately through graphic and other sources that they’ve been getting a bit of press after being the subject of a bi-annual cut and paste filler article for so long. Thanks

6. JNgaio says:

   August 23, 2011 at 4:37 pm

   I was so sad I couldn’t make it… curse being broke. Come to Melbourne! Oh please oh please!

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   August 24, 2011 at 11:04 pm

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