tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33008112851098473222024-03-15T02:58:30.178+11:00BLACK MERMAID PRODUCTIONS™The blog for Elf~Fin™ comic book readers, Black Mermaid™ enthusiasts, and mermaid lovers around the world!Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.comBlogger627125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-47610884151604165982015-05-03T11:48:00.000+10:002015-05-03T11:51:22.988+10:00Children's Graphic Novelist Andrew Cranna Appearing at Sydney Writers' Festival 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sydney-based children's book illustrator and comics creator Andrew Cranna of <i>The Bloodhound Boys </i>fame, will be presenting a session on graphic novels at the upcoming Sydney Writers' Festival. He will also be battling it out in the live sketching stakes with his fellow illustrators. Here is the info you need to book:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Graphic novels for the younger generation have exploded onto bookshelves and libraries across the world. Not only are they growing in popularity, they are also an absolute delight to create. Graphic novelist and primary school art teacher Andrew Cranna shows you how to create a graphic novel for kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Date: </b>Wednesday 20 May 2015</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">It’s big. It’s bad. It’s tough. And it’s back by popular demand. Yes, it’s the greatest drawing showdown this side of the harbour: Illustrator Battle Rounds! And there can be only one winner. Watch in awe as children’s illustrators race each other and the ticking clock in a live draw-off hosted by Oliver Phommavanh. Illustrators include carry-over champ Andrew Cranna, as well as Tony Flowers, Felicity Gardner, Serena Geddes, Gus Gordon, James Gulliver Hancock, Gregory Mackay and Matt Stanton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Date:</b> Sunday 24 May 2015 </span></div>
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-2214873236566064292015-02-05T19:36:00.000+11:002015-02-05T19:37:23.164+11:00Australian Comics Creators "Who Do You Think You Are?" Survey 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The last time the Aussie comics community was surveyed was in 2009. That original survey, which was published by the Australian Society of Authors (ASA), was designed to collect data that would help the organisation develop rates for comics writers and artists. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Since that time the community has changed and consequently this second survey has been designed to find out what shifts have happened, what creators are doing, where and what they're publishing, what they need in the future to help them achieve their ambitions and goals, and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you are an Australian comics creator, please participate and promote the survey as widely as you can so we can get a solid sample. The results will be published later in the year.</span></div>
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-61770342772432353322015-01-26T09:23:00.003+11:002015-01-26T09:38:12.641+11:00Comics Masterclass Launches 2015 Short Course Program<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His two-hour workshop will be held in Sydney in February and in February and in Canberra in March 2015. It will cover subject matter such as markets in Frances, Belgium and Spain; “Bande Dessinée” (Franco Belgium drawn strips); storytelling techniques and more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Comics Masterclass is planning an exciting lineup of other workshops during the year with coverage in other States and Territories, as well several online workshops to encourage Australia-wide participation and introduce innovative ideas and creative techniques to a growing community of comikers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #6b6a6a;">F</span>or more information on the European Comics workshop in Canberra go to:<br /><a href="http://comicsmasterclass.com/services/short-courses/breaking-into-european-comics-canberra/" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="European Comics - Canberra"><span style="color: cyan;">http://comicsmasterclass.com/services/short-courses/breaking-into-european-comics-canberra/</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A few weeks ago my friend Nick Nicolaou from <a href="http://www.megeffects.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Makeup Effects Group</span></a> emailed me to let him know one of his interns – Hannah Crosby – was looking for a home for a sculpture she had created. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Turns out that Hannah had just finished a props course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). As part of her final year assignment, Hannah created a large statue of a mer creature. It had been standing in the NIDA foyer for some time but needed to move out to make way for new installations, and Hannah had no place to store it and would have been quite bereft if she had had to throw it out. Nick asked me if the statue could come home with me and I shouted a mighty "Yes!" without hesitation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So a few days ago, my dad and I drove out to NIDA in a borrowed ute and met Hannah and her studio partner – Aussie comiker <a href="http://www.golgotha.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Matt Godden</span></a> whom I have known for many years from a Sydney comics meet up (talk about another coincidence!). We spent some time chatting and easing the statue out of storage then loading it up and tying it off. Then home it came.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just so you have a clearer vision of its dimensions and how it was constructed, it's made from polystyrene with a steel armature on the inside. The surface is coated with gyprock and finished to look like bronze. The statue is life-sized and about 1.8 metres tall and 1.5 metres square. It isn't that heavy but is attached to a wooden plinth painted black which is about 1 metre square.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nick suggested that it would look great in the garden and he is right... However, I am hesitant in leaving it in the rain and we've had some heavy showers the last few days. Right now I am tossing up where to put it. The library would be perfect except for the fact it is occupied by cats at all times of the day and night, and I suspect they would use the sculpture as a climbing tree. I am also thinking about the outdoor patio area which is near a fountain. It is all undercover but we would really need to see how it fit in with the surroundings. It is temporarily being stored in one of our empty sheds so it is not exposed to the elements but we will figure it out soon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I also have some plans to showcase it to an appreciative mer audience down the track. One way or another it is going to be given pride of place. I am thrilled with it, I get great pleasure looking at it, and I am very appreciative that Hannah has entrusted it to me. Thanks, Hannah (which by the way is a name shared by the world famous Hannah Fraser AKA "Hannah Mermaid"!).</span></span><br />
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-45467718944002539532015-01-01T00:30:00.000+11:002015-01-03T11:01:29.999+11:00Aussie Comic Convention Circuit 2015 [UPDATED 03/01/15]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 22px;">Happy New Year, Aussie Comikers and Blog Readers! </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Black Mermaid Productions presents its regular calendar for Aussie comikers to plan their annual comics convention circuit. The list also includes some international expos. Please note that at the time of publishing, some of these events have not been promoted on their respective websites with the relevant dates and venues. Also, some of these events have not set up their websites yet so there will be no link attached to it. This post will be updated as more information becomes available so please stop by regularly for additional information.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px;"><b><a href="http://www.bdangouleme.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Angouleme International Comics Festival</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 22px;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 22px;"><i>Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême)</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 22px;"> (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 18px;">Angoulême, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 22px;">France): 29 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 18px;">January-1 February 2015 (various venues</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 18px;">)</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://blog.stickyinstitute.com/?p=1365" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Sticky Institute – Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair</span></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">(Melbourne, Victoria): </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">15 February 2015 (Melbourne Town Hall)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://www.myminicomicon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Minicomicon</span></a></b> (Brisbane, Queensland): 28 February 2015 (The Edge, Southbank)</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">MARCH 2015</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/component/content/article?id=1165063" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Central West Comics Festival</span></b></a> (Parkes, New South Wales): 13-15 March 2015 (various venues)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Nowconinfo?ref=br_tf" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">NowCon</span></a></b> (Nowra, New South Wales): 21 March 2015 (venue TBA)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://room801.com.au/tickets/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Room 801</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Parramatta, New South Wales): 28-29 March 2015 (Holiday Inn, Parramatta)</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">APRIL 2015</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.comic-con.org/wca" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">WonderCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"> (Anaheim, California USA): 3-5 April 2015 (Anaheim Convention Center)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Supanova</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Melbourne, Victoria): </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">10-12 April 2015</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"> (Melbourne Showground)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Oz ComicCon</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">(Perth, Western Australia): 11-12 April 2015 (Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Supanova</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Gold Coast, Queensland): </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;">17-19 April 2015 (Gold</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;"> Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;">)</span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Oz ComicCon</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> </span></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">(Adelaide, South Australia): 18-19 April 2015 (Adelaide Showground)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/HomecookedComics" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Homecooked Comics Festival</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Melbourne, Victoria): 26 April 2015 (Northcote Town Hall)</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Free Comic Book Day</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (World and Australia wide): 2 May 2015 (check with your nearest comic book store for details and activities)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b style="line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.inkersandthinkers.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Inkers and Thinkers Symposium – Alternative Forms, Alternative Voices</span></a></b><span style="line-height: 24px;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;">(Adelaide, South Australia): 15-16 May 2015 (University of Adelaide)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/activities/Pages/Comic-gong-2015.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Comic Gong</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia): 16 May 2015 (Wollongong City Library, Town Hall and Art Gallery)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Phoenix ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Phoenix, Arizona USA): 28-31 May 2015 (Phoenix Convention Center)</span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">MCA Zine Fair</span></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): TBA May 2015 (Museum of Contemporary Art)</span><br />
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<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">JUNE 2015</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hermajestysfestival" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Her Majesty's Favourite Really Great Graphical Festival</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> including </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/smallpresszines?fref=nf" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Small Press Zine Fest</span></a><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">(Hobart, Tasmania): 3-6 June 2015 (various venues TBA)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Supanova</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): 19-21 June 2015 (Sydney Showground, Olympic Park)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Supanova</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Perth, Western Australia): 26-28 June 2015 (Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Oz ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Melbourne, Victoria): </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;">27-28 June 2015</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;"> (Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre)</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">JULY 2015</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.comic-con.org/cci" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">San Diego ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"> (San Diego, California USA): 9-12 July 2015 (San Diego Convention Centre)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.avcon.org.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">AVCON</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Adelaide, South Australia): TBA July 2015 (Adelaide Convention Centre) </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.bostoncomiccon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Boston ComicCon</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;">Boston, Massachusetts, U</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;">SA): 31 July-2 August 2015 (Seaport World Trade Center)</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">AUGUST 2015</b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.smash.org.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">SMASH!</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): 8-9 August 2015 (Rose Hill Gardens)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/TAFO/C87TAFO/cmkfor.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">The Comic Market 88 – Natsukomi</span></b></a><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">[AKA Comiket and Comike] (Tokyo, Japan): </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">14-16 August 2015 (Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Centre) </span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">SEPTEMBER 2015</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Oz ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Brisbane, Queensland): </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;">19-20 September 2015</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;"> (Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre)</span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.spxpo.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Small Press Expo</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"> (North Bethesda, Maryland USA): 19-20 September 2015 (Bethesda North Marriot Hotel and Conference Center)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Oz ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;">26-27 September 2015</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;"> (Sydney Exhibition Centre, Glebe Island)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Comic CON-Versation</span></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): TBA September 2015 (Ashfield Library)</span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">OCTOBER 2015</b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">New York ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (New York City, New York USA): 8-11 October 2015 (Javits Center)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.amcexpo.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Armageddon Expo</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Melbourne, Victoria): 17-18 October 2015 (Melbourne Showground)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Halloween at Liverpool City Library</span></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Liverpool, New South Wales): 31 October 2015 (Liverpool Library)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.youngwritersfestival.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">National Young Writers' Festival / This is Not Art Zine Fair</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> </span></span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">(Newcastle, New South Wales): TBA October 2015 (Various Newcastle venues)</span><br />
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<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">NOVEMBER 2015</b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Supanova</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Adelaide, South Australia): 20-22 November 2015 (Adelaide Showground)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Supanova</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;"> (Brisbane, Queensland): 27-29 November 2015 (Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="https://cartoonists.org.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Australian Cartoonists' Association (ACA) Stanley Awards and Conference</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">(Melbourne, Victoria): TBA November 2015 (Venue TBA)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><b>City of Sydney Zine Fair</b> </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f;">(Sydney, New South Wales): TBA November 2015 (Waterloo Library)</span></span></span><br />
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<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">DECEMBER 2015</b><br />
<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><a href="http://www.berrypop.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Berrypop</span></a> </b><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;">(Berry, New South Wales): TBA December 2015 (various venues)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><a href="http://www.comiket.co.jp/info-a/TAFO/C87TAFO/cmkfor.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">The Comic Market 89 – </span>Fukukomi</span></a></b><span style="color: cyan;"> </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 24px;">[AKA Comiket and Comike] (Tokyo, Japan): TBA December 2015 (Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Centre)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;">Please contact us on </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><a href="mailto:blackmermaid@blackmermaid.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">blackmermaid@blackmermaid.com</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> if you want additional events to be added to this list.</span></span></span>Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-16755717589445906082014-11-12T18:15:00.002+11:002014-11-12T18:19:19.537+11:00Big Kids Creating Kids Books at Camp Creative<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Multi-award winning illustrator and cartoonist and our old mate Jules Faber is running a children's writing and illustrating course in Bellingen, NSW, Australia in January 2015.</span><br />
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Well, in working as a cartoonist and illustrator for over 20 years, Jules has figured out the right way to approach a children’s book from an illustrator / author’s perspective. Many people believe it is easy to write a children’s book but the complexity of children's publishing is deceptive. Some authors claim it’s actually more difficult than creating adult fiction<br />
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Jules has been working in book illustration for over 20 years, having completed work on many grown-up books and 10 children’s books for well-known authors like comedian Anh Do and cricketer
David Warner. Jules is a multi-award-winning children’s book illustrator
and cartoonist. He won the 2014 Book of the Year for Older Children at the
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Children and the Best Cover at the Australian Book Design Awards with designer
Nic Stofberg. His versatility as an artist means he has worked in a variety of
different fields including live caricature, editorial cartooning, editing an
award-winning comic book series and animating on a Disney program. From 2002-2004 he
taught <i>Comic Book Illustration</i> and <i>Scriptwriting and Storyboarding</i> for TAFE
Qld, and in 2005 he began a full-colour series of comics entitled <i>Golgotha</i>,
which he re-imagined in 2014 in classic black and white. He has served three terms as the President of The Australian
Cartoonists Association, the world’s oldest cartoonists organisation, and has
won three Rotary Cartoon Awards, Australia’s biggest International cartooning
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-2413907495750739742014-11-05T18:16:00.001+11:002014-11-05T18:16:17.295+11:00Presenting Comics Masterclass at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards and Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Black Mermaid Productions’ (BMP) partner and comic book writer Julie Ditrich will be presenting an information session on the new Comics Masterclass arm of BMP at the upcoming Australian Cartoonists’ Association (ACA) Stanley Awards and Conference in mid November. Julie will talk about this new professional development service that provides comics script and sequential art assessments, short courses and training for the next generation of Australian comics creators. Comics Masterclass team members Julie Regan will discuss the benefits of Creativity Coaching, and Lyndall Briggs will addresses creatives who are struggling with inner life issues such as anxiety and depression that may be hampering their success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The event features an extraordinary line up of cartooning and comics talent including Nicola Scott, Pat Grant, Madeleine Rosca, Bernard Caleo, Steve Panozzo, Peter Lewis, Mark Knight, Nigel Buchanan, Jon Sommariva, David Rower, Sarah Catherine First, Warren Brown, Mike Bowers, David Pope and many others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">PS Julie is super excited and honoured to have had her first ever caricature, which was created by the amazing <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheCartoonsOfChristopherDownes" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Christopher Downes</span></a>. See if you can spot it in the poster at the top.</span></div>
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-84594126626869262192014-08-06T20:44:00.000+10:002014-08-06T20:55:05.431+10:00Graphic Novel Dress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Came across a great dress worn by Arya Stark from <i>Game of Thrones</i> who stepped out in it recently at Comic Con. The dress is made entirely from comic book and graphic novel pages. You can read all about it and answer the question "What and how is the belt made?" at the <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/style/maisie-williams-comic-dress/#utZ3XgetLByv5yBd.99" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Mama Mia Blog</span></a>. </span>Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-62503387579905414652014-08-06T16:31:00.000+10:002014-08-06T16:33:10.962+10:00Comic ConVersation at Ashfield Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ashfield Library will be holding its inaugural "Comic ConVersation" event in September. Melbourne-based Ledger Award winning graphic novelist <a href="http://www.brucemutard.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Bruce Mutard</span></a> (<i>The Sacrifice, The Silence</i>) will be the special guest, and there will be a multitude of panel discussions and workshops on offer. Among the exhibitors and comics storytellers are Black Mermaid Productions' director Julie Ditrich, as well as </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Marcelo Baez, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Paul Caggegi,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thomas Campi, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Chewie Chan,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Regina Clarke, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sorab Del Rio, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Samantha Emery,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Peter Fairfax,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Judex, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tim McEwen,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Jan Scherpenhuizen,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Nathan Seabolt and </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Christopher Sequeira. <a href="http://www.kingscomics.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kings Comics</span></a> will be partnering at the event.</span><br />
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-9742083911313877252014-07-16T14:14:00.000+10:002014-07-30T15:06:17.373+10:00Bruce Mutard Words into Pictures Exhibition [UPDATED: 22/07/14]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A mighty CONGRATULATIONS to Aussie graphic novelist extraordinaire, Ledger Award winner and Comics Masterclass script and art assessor Bruce Mutard who has just completed his Masters with the launch of his <i>Words into Pictures</i> exhibition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It took Bruce nearly eight hours to install the exhibition into a gallery space at Monash University in Melbourne. Apparently only a quarter of the work made it up on the walls. The work is meant to be immersive and it had to shape itself to the space. The exhibition attracted the close-knit Melbourne comics community but unfortunately only ran for three days. Alas, we couldn't make it down from Sydney. However, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bruce hopes to install the entire work in another gallery space in the near future.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you want to check out more of Bruce's work then go to to his website: </span><a href="http://www.brucemutard.com/" style="orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">http://www.brucemutard.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: You can check out some great photos on <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://bobbynsblog.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/bruces-exhibition.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Bobby N's Blog</span></a> </span>and <a href="http://www.darkmatterzine.com/words-into-pictures/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Dark Matter Zin</span>e</a>, which also has a video walk-through.</span><br />
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-34870209051689316352014-05-01T16:41:00.000+10:002014-11-05T16:46:50.522+11:00Comics Characterisation Workshop at Comic Gong<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Black Mermaid Productions (BMP) partner and comics writer Julie Ditrich will be presenting a one-hour beginner’s workshop on characterisation at Comic Gong in May 2014. The workshop is entitled: <strong style="border: 0px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></strong>“Becoming Dr Frankenstein: How to Create Fabulous Comic Book Characters”. The workshop content includes the following:</span></div>
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<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All great comic book and graphic novel stories start with great characters whether they are heroes, villains or other archetypes. This beginner’s workshop shows you how to create a character profile from scratch by identifying and patching together the physiological, psychological and energetic components that make up your lead and supporting players.</span></em></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Date:</b></span><b> </b>Saturday 17 May 2014<br style="font-style: normal;" /><b><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Time:</span> </b><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">12pm to 1pm</span><br style="font-style: normal;" /><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Venue: </b></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Wollongong Town Hall, car. Kembla and Crown Streets, Wollongong NSW 2500 Australia</span><br style="font-style: normal;" /><b><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cost:</span> </b><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">FREE</span><br style="font-style: normal;" /><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Website: </b></span><a href="http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/activities/Pages/Comic-Gong.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #1e678d; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Comic Gong 2014">http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/activities/Pages/Comic-Gong.aspx</a><br style="font-style: normal;" /><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Workshop Program:</b></span><span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span><a href="http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/activities/Pages/Workshops.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #1e678d; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Comic Gong 2014 Workshop Program">http://www.wollongong.nsw.gov.au/library/activities/Pages/Workshops.asp</a></span></span></div>
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-71810715482210307632014-04-25T13:13:00.001+10:002014-04-25T13:14:40.827+10:00Comics Masterclass Writing Workshop: Animal Magic<h3>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Animals often appear in comic book stories in the form of friends, sidekicks or threats. However, writers can also incorporate animal spirit into creating multi-dimensional characters that resonate with readers. This workshop shows participants how to capture animal traits and energies in character profiles and model sheets, and also provides an understanding of how to use animals symbolically to comment on story themes. Presented in association with the Sydney Comics Guild. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Presenter:</strong> Julie Ditrich</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Date:</strong> Saturday 10 May 2014</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Time:</strong> 11am to 2.00pm</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Venue:</strong> The Dash Bar, Harold Park Hotel, 70A Ross Street, Forest Lodge NSW 2037 Australia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(02) 9660 4745</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://haroldparkhotel.com.au/" style="border: 0px; color: #1e678d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Harold Park Hotel">http://haroldparkhotel.com.au</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Who Should Attend? </strong>Comics writers and artists who want to create fabulous characters in their stories.<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br />Audience Age:</strong> 18+</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Level:</strong> Intermediate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Duration:</strong> 90 minutes of workshop presentation (plus a one hour information session on Comics Masterclass™—meet some of the team, understand the philosophy, find out about services, ask questions)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Materials:</strong> Pen, pencil, sketchbook, notebook, and / or computer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cost: </strong>FREE</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Bookings:</strong> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/619683648109752" style="border: 0px; color: #1e678d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sydney Comics Guild Facebook Events">Sydney Comics Guild Facebook Events</a></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ABOUT THE PRESENTER</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://comicsmasterclass.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/julie_ditrich.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1e678d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Julie Ditrich" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-732" src="http://comicsmasterclass.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/julie_ditrich-150x150.jpg" height="150" style="border: 0px; color: transparent; float: left; height: auto; margin: 5px 20px 20px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: middle;" width="150" /></a><span style="color: #6b6a6a;">Julie Ditrich is a published comics writer and editor with over 270,000 sales of her works around the world. She has been published through Image Comics and Warp Graphics in the USA, and her latest fantasy mermaid comic book series </span><i style="border: 0px; color: #6b6a6a; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Elf~Fin: Hyfus & Tilaweed </i><span style="color: #6b6a6a;">was self-published through Black Mermaid Productions in Australia. She was the co-founder and the co-portfolio holder of the Australian Society of Authors Comics / Graphic Novels Portfolio for five years, and has also lectured extensively on comics at various writers’ festivals, tertiary institutions, pop culture conventions and arts organisations around Australia. Julie recently co-created Comics Masterclass™, which provides professional development for the next generation of Australian comics creators.</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.blackmermaid.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #1e678d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Black Mermaid Productions"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">www.blackmermaid.com</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: red;">ABOUT COMICS MASTERCLASS™</span></strong></span><span style="color: #6b6a6a;">Comics Masterclass™ is an Australian-based service that provides professional development to comics creators in the form of comics script assessments, editorial services, mentoring and coaching, and short courses and weekend intensives.</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.comicsmasterclass.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #1e678d; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Comics Masterclass"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">www.comicsmasterclass.com</span></a></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">ABOUT THE SYDNEY COMICS GUILD</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #6b6a6a; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Sydney Comics Guild is a group for professional and amateur comics artists, and comics enthusiasts and fans. It is a forum where comics creators can network with each other. The Guild encourages all styles and genres, within appropriate age brackets, in comics and all comic media from web to print and everything in between.</span><br />
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-73449108957329305742014-02-05T16:36:00.000+11:002014-02-05T17:01:01.481+11:00The School Magazine Seeks Comics Submissions<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;">
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internationally. You can download a copy of the </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">submission
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Manuscript Submission</span><span style="line-height: 150%;">. Email submissions are not accepted (other than
queries for nonfiction articles). Hardcopy submissions accepted ONLY. For more
information go to </span><a href="http://theschoolmagazine.com.au/authors-and-artists/guidelines-for-contributors/writers" target="_blank"><span style="color: #386eff; line-height: 150%;">http://theschoolmagazine.com.au/authors-and-artists/guidelines-for-</span><span style="color: #2900fb; line-height: 150%;"> contributors/writers </span></a><span style="line-height: 150%;">or further enquiries can be
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at least two cartoon serials or graphic novellas in each issue. It publishes
fantasy, humour, folktales, historical drama, sci-fi and a mixture of these
genres. Readers love humour and are in the 8-12 year old reading age ranges.
Comic serials can be: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: JA;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-15230079093068089772014-01-29T11:01:00.000+11:002014-01-29T11:01:20.859+11:00ASA Comics Business Workshop with Julie Ditrich<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BMP Director Julie Ditrich will be presenting a one day workshop in Sydney in May 2014 entitled "The Comics Business: from idea to print", which is part of the Australian Society of Authors' (ASA) professional development seminar program. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The course will guide participants through the process of creating a comic book or graphic novel from story development and scripting to assembling a creative team, art production, pitching to publishers, self publishing, distribution and marketing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Participants will gain an understanding of the end-to-end comics creation and production process, as well as the workings of the Australian pop culture scene. They will also learn how to manage relationships with artists, designers, printers, editors and other key parties involved in the successful publication of a comic book or graphic novel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Date:</i> Saturday 31 May 2014</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Time:</i> 10am to 4pm (six hours)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Venue: </i>ASA Offices, Suite C1.06, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo in Sydney, NSW, Australia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Cost:</i> ASA member $155; Member of a Partner Organisation $185; Non-member $230</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Bookings: </i><a href="https://asauthors.org/event/11627/the-comics-business-from-idea-to-print" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">CLICK HERE TO BOOK ONLINE</span></a> or phone the ASA on (02) 9211 1004</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Please note that Jason Franks will be presenting the same seminar in Melbourne in October. <a href="https://asauthors.org/event/11628/the-comics-business-from-idea-to-print" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">CLICK HERE</span></a> for information on the Melbourne event. </span><br />
<br />Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-40935702283548543062014-01-28T16:50:00.000+11:002014-01-28T16:50:23.147+11:00Jozef Szekeres to be Special Guest at New Room 801 Convention<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Room 801 is a new Australian convention for over-18s only, with a special focus on yaoi and yuri. Special guests include BMP Director Jozef Szekeres, Aarin, Dr Scott Beattie, Mary Borsellino, Level4Chaos, and Luke Miller. The schedule includes Fic Readings, Erotic Fiction, Legal Issues and Censorship, Expression Through Fandom, Comparing Homoerotica, Slash and Yaoi / Yuri, Translating Visual Novels, and Fiction Pitches and Feedback.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Date:</strong> Friday 21 to Sunday 23 February 2014<br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Times:</strong> Friday – 6.30 to 8.30pm<br />Saturday – 9am to 5pm plus swap meet 6pm to 9pm<br />Sunday – 9am to 5pm<br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Venue:</strong> Y Hotel Hyde Park, Sydney CBD<br />5-11 Wentworth Ave, Sydney NSW 2000<br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Contact:</strong><a href="http://room801.com.au/contact-us/" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #ff33ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"> <span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://room801.com.au/contact-us/</span></a><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Website:</strong><span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #3366ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://room801.com.au/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.1s linear; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #ff33ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://room801.com.au</a></span></span></span></div>
Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-32044745175356649712014-01-28T16:08:00.000+11:002014-01-28T16:50:44.762+11:00New Structures in Scriptwriting with Linda Aronson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Scriptwriting guru Linda Aronson will be presenting a seminar on "New Structures in Scriptwriting for Film and TV" at the Australian Film and Television Radio School (AFTRS), which will be particularly apt for advanced comic book writers. The two-day masterclass on advanced theories and techniques for creating original story design routinely provokes standing ovations from acclaimed and experienced film writers all over the world. Linda explodes the conventional screenwriting theory which assumes that structures means only one hero on a linear chronological journey. Instead she takes on and provides practical writing guidelines for writing flashback scripts, <i>Pulp Fiction </i>structures, multiple storyline films and fractured forms. Linda demonstrates how 18 of these modern forms work to predictable patterns, and provides practical templates for writing them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Don't leave it till too late. Last time Linda gave a class in Australia the event was booked out and lots of people couldn't get in.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sydney </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Date:</i> Saturday 22 to Sunday 23 February 2014</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Time:</i> 9.30am to 5.30pm (16 hours total)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Venue: </i>Australian Film and Television Radio School (AFTRS)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Cost:</i> $495 / $445.50 GST exempt</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Melbourne</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Date:</i> Saturday 1 to 2 March 2014</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Time: </i>9.30am to 5.30pm (16 hours total)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Venue:</i> Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Cost: </i>$495 / $445.50 GST exempt</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.open.aftrs.edu.au/course/W571" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">CLICK HERE</span></a> for further information and bookings.</span><br />
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<br />Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-12424928550292231352014-01-01T00:15:00.000+11:002014-08-06T14:19:58.222+10:00Aussie Comic Convention Circuit 2014 [UPDATED 06/08/14]<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Happy New Year! </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">Here's our regular calendar for Aussie comikers to plan their annual comics convention circuit. We've added a few more zine fairs this year. The list also includes some international expos. Please note that at the time of publishing, some of these events have not been promoted on their respective websites with the relevant dates and venues. This post will be updated as more information becomes available so please stop by regularly for additional information.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.bdangouleme.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Angouleme International Comics Festival</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 22px;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 22px;"><i>Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême)</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 22px;"> (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px;">Angoulême, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 22px;">France): 30 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 18px;">January-2 February 2014 (various venues</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; line-height: 18px;">)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://blog.stickyinstitute.com/?p=730" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sticky Institute Zine Fair</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Melbourne, Victoria): 9 February 2014 (Melbourne Town Hall)</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b><a href="http://room801.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Room 801</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): 21-23 February 2014 (Y Hotel on Hyde Park)</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" style="color: #eb570b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Oz ComicCon</span></a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> (Perth, Western Australia): 29-30 March 2014 (Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.inkersandthinkers.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Inkers and Thinkers – The Evolution of Comics Symposium</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Adelaide, South Australia): 4 April 2014 (University of Adelaide)</span></span></span><br />
<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" style="color: #eb570b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Oz ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> (Adelaide, South Australia): 5-6 April 2014 (Adelaide Showground)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>Supanova</b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Gold Coast, Queensland): </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">4-6 April 2014 (Gold</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"> Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Supanova</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Melbourne, Victoria): </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">11-13 April 2014</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"> (Melbourne Showground)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 22px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.comic-con.org/wca"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">WonderCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Anaheim, California USA): 18-20 April 2014 (Anaheim Convention Center)</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/992"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Free Comic Book Day</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (World and Australia wide): 3 May 2014 (check with your nearest comic book store for details and activities)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://wollongong.com/whats-on/event-details.aspx?id=1170" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Comic Gong</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia): 17 May 2014 (Wollongong City Library, Town Hall and Art Gallery)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Phoenix ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Phoenix, Arizona USA): 5-8 June 2014 (Pheonix Convention Center)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.mca.com.au/events/zine-fair-2014/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>MCA Zine Fair</b></span></a><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): 25 May 2014 (Museum of Contemporary Art)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Supanova</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): 13-15 June 2014 (Sydney Showground, Olympic Park)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Supanova</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Perth, Western Australia): 20-22 June 2014 (Claremont Showground)</span></span><br />
<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" style="color: #eb570b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Oz ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Melbourne, Victoria): </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;">5-6 July 2014</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"> (Royal Exhibition Building)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="https://www.avcon.org.au/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">AVCON</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Adelaide, South Australia): 18-20 July 2014 (Adelaide Convention Centre) </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.smash.org.au/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">SMASH!</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): 9-10 August 2014 (Rose Hill Gardens)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.comic-con.org/cci"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">San Diego ComicCon</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (San Diego, California USA): 24-27 July 2014 (San Diego Convention Centre)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.bostoncomiccon.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Boston ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">Boston, Massachusetts, U</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;">SA): 8-10 August 2014 (World Seaport Trade Center)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.comiket.co.jp/index_e.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Comic Market 86 – Natsukomi</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> [AKA Comiket and Comike] (Tokyo, Japan): Date 15-17 August 2014 (Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Centre) Natsukomi </span></span><br />
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<!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment--><b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" style="color: #eb570b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Oz ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Brisbane, Queensland): </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;">6-7 September 2014</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"> (Convention & Exhibition Centre)</span><br />
<b style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" style="color: #eb570b;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Oz ComicCon</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;">13-14 September 2014</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"> (Sydney Harbour Expo)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.spxpo.com/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Small Press Expo</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (North Bethesda, Maryland USA): 13-14 September 2014 (Bethesda North Marriot Hotel and Conference Center)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.ashfield.nsw.gov.au/page/whats_on.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Comic CON-Versation</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): 20 September 2014 (Ashfield Library)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/about/program_GRAPHIC.aspx"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">GRAPHIC</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;">(Sydney, New South Wales): DATE TBA October 2014 (Sydney Opera House)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://www.youngwritersfestival.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">National Young Writers' Festival / This is Not Art Zine Fair</span></a></b><span style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Newcastle, New South Wales): 2-5 October 2014 (Various Newcastle venues)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">New York ComicCon</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (New York City, New York USA): 9-14 October 2014 (Javits Center)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://armageddonexpo.com/au/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Armageddon Expo</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Melbourne, Victoria): 18-19 October 2014 (Melbourne Showground)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><b><a href="http://cartoonists.org.au/"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Australian Cartoonists' Association (ACA) Stanley Awards and Conference</span></a></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Sydney, New South Wales): Dates 14-15 November 2014 (Venue TBA)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Supanova</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f;"> (Adelaide, South Australia): 20-23 November 2014 (Adelaide Showground)</span></span><br />
<a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/" style="font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Supanova</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: georgia; line-height: 24px;"> (Brisbane, Queensland): 28-30 November 2014 (Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><a href="http://www.comiket.co.jp/index_e.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">The Comic Market 87 – </span>Fukukomi</span></a></b> </span><span style="color: #3f3f3f; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 24px;">[AKA Comiket and Comike] (Tokyo, Japan): Date TBA December 2014 (Tokyo Big Sight International Exhibition Centre)</span><br />
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<br />Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-62020864337037212712013-12-21T17:10:00.000+11:002013-12-21T17:16:54.985+11:00Body of Work Casino Collection Launch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">A few weeks ago we were honoured and privileged to have been invited to attend a special event in Sydney – the launch of the 2014 </span><a href="http://bodyofworkcasinocollection.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Body of Work Casino Collection</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">, which was held in the </span><a href="http://www.trivett.com.au/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Trivett Bespoke</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;"> showroom in Alexandria. Our connection to the event was the incomparable Hannah Fraser (AKA </span><a href="http://www.hannahmermaid.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Hannah Mermaid</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">) who served as a model for some of the exquisite photographic pieces on display. Hannah also has the reputation as being the world's foremost professional mermaid, marine </span>eco<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">-warrior, performer and model. She is truly a pioneer in all things mermaid. But that night, it was all about the photographer Bob Armstrong and his art.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Body of Work (BOW) is a series of photographic books that retail between $250 and $500 each. They are coveted collectors' pieces and are distinguished by the brilliant photography and production standards. Each photo is tactile. For example, a shell and pearl girdle on one of the models feels like crunchy shells on a beach. You can also feel smooth cool lustre of the pearls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BOW is an Australian brand but best known overseas because in the seven years of its existence it has accumulated 117 international awards for design, photography and incomparable print reproduction. In the last two years BOW has won all the top prizes known as Bennys (14 in all!) in the art print section of the American Premier Print Awards, which are to print what the Oscars are to films.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbqaVk6JHNpAd9yorXkP3Ne5wDuG1iLrWOt7GAsNZOjiHvuI6tsWv6AqM2-aZbWkqyr2NQwL8u13XqV5E1Is-YTpOu8-d9Na3S7qbFzbVH_8DW0aiAF_PBJIAh8vsmCnlTwXdmm49LaA/s1600/image006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbqaVk6JHNpAd9yorXkP3Ne5wDuG1iLrWOt7GAsNZOjiHvuI6tsWv6AqM2-aZbWkqyr2NQwL8u13XqV5E1Is-YTpOu8-d9Na3S7qbFzbVH_8DW0aiAF_PBJIAh8vsmCnlTwXdmm49LaA/s200/image006.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the night in question we walked like James Bond amongst the Aston Martins, Rolls Royces, Bentleys and McLarens, nibbling on delicious truffle infused canapés and suppressing our desire to caress the body work on the cars, which would have</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> resulted in trails of finger- and perhaps even fin-prints (depending on who was doing the touching) over the paint job. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Displayed in between the prestige vehicles were the new photographic pieces in the Casino Collection. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These portraits and full length poses were nearly life size (1500 x 1000mm) and are amongst the world's most exclusive collections of photographic artwork masterpieces. For the first time they were available for sale or rental. The starting price is $25,000.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In 2014, similar events are scheduled for Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Chicago. We were luck to have been invited to the inaugural one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(1) Bob Armstrong introducing BOW 2014 Casino Collection in the Trivett Bespoke McLaren Showroom</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(2) Hannah Mermaid (photo credit: Jozef Szekeres)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(3) Image from the BOW photo shoot in December 2013 for the 2015 Casino Collection</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(4) One of the luxury cars that Jozef got to sit in.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(5) Bob Armstrong with models Hannah Fraser (sans mermaid tail) and Anna Bliss who flew in from LA for the launch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">For further information and high resolution photographs please contact Fiona Barraclough on +61 467 801 367.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">(1) Jozef and Hannah in the chassis of one of the cars during an audience participation sectionof the evening (smoke machine and special effects and all)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">(2) Jozef and Julie with Hannah</span><br />
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-18102062549059146532013-12-21T13:44:00.001+11:002013-12-21T15:09:25.906+11:00The Ledger Awards Announced for 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Ledger Awards, established to acknowledge and promote excellence in comic arts and publishing in Australia, are being re-launched in Melbourne in April 2014. Inaugurated in 2005, they return after a five-year hiatus with a new structure and a new major sponsor: <a href="http://www.supanova.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Supanova Pop Culture Expo</span></a> Fully independent and run as a not-for-profit annual event, they are named after the pioneering Australian cartoonist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Ledger" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Peter Ledge</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">r</span></a><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span>(1945 – 1994).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Gold, Silver and Bronze Ledgers will be presented for outstanding comics work published in the calendar year 1 January to 31 December 2013. Two Platinum Ledgers will also be awarded to acknowledge individuals whose contributions to comic art, publishing and community in Australia have helped shape the art form in a meaningful way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For more information visit: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://ledgerawards.org/">http://ledgerawards.org</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The call for entries information is here: <a href="http://ledgerawards.org/long-list-2013/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://ledgerawards.org/long-list-2013/ </span></a></span></div>
Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-53159880077538383342013-12-21T13:31:00.000+11:002013-12-21T13:31:03.539+11:00Inkers and Thinkers Symposium<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">The University of Adelaide will be holding the <i>Inkers and Thinkers – The Evolution of Comics Symposium</i> </span><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">on Friday 14 April 2014. It is being organised by the Discipline of Media with the assistance of the J M Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice. </span><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /><span style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;">This is an inter-disciplinary symposium, so researchers from all disciplines, artists and writers will be presenting 20 minute talks about some aspect of the comics medium they feel needs to be discussed as we push on well into the 21st century. Comics as become well entrenched in the Australian cultural landscape in the past decade and it’s here to stay and only get better. Comics veteran (and Comics Masterclass team member and coach!) is giving the keynote speech, where he will talk about the state of comics publishing in Australia and where he think it needs to go </span><br style="orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; widows: 2;" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For more information go to: <a href="http://www.inkersandthinkers.com/" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">http://www.inkersandthinkers.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/InkersNThinkers" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">https://twitter.com/InkersNThinkers</span></a><br /><br />Remember, it is on the Friday before <a href="http://www.ozcomiccon.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Ozcomicon</span></a> Adelaide next year, so you may want to go attend that as well.</span></div>
Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-57781132597310055772013-10-28T18:00:00.002+11:002013-10-28T18:00:46.290+11:00Elf~Fin Leaks and Peeks 33Just wanted to give you a little bit of a hint about future characters in the second and subsequent issue of <i>Elf~Fin: Hyfus & Tilaweed.</i> We're not ready to release panel art just yet but we will show you a couple of our new supporting characters: Grall and Innahri who are both "Quoths" (rhymes with "goths") within a new pod.<br />
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<br />Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-31599787625019788472013-10-13T17:34:00.000+11:002013-10-13T17:35:23.083+11:00A Two Trickster Christmas Treat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jozef was lucky to attend a book launch a few days ago for Sophie Masson's new title <i>Two Trickster Tales from Russia</i>, which was launched by fantasy author Kate Forsyth in Sydney.<br />
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The book features two retold Russian folktales – "Masha and the Bear" and "The Rooster with the Golden Crest". It was illustrated in a classic style by David Allan, and designed by Fiona McDonald who happens to be a mermaid aficionado.<br />
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Sophie also has a connection to mermaids – or to be more precise – selkies. We covered her children's book <i>Thomas Trew and the Selkie's Curse</i> last year in a <a href="http://blackmermaidproductions.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/selkie-dreaming.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">blog pos</span>t</a>.<br />
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Sophie is one of Australia's prolific children's fantasy authors. She is also the Chair of the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) and an advocate for children's writers and illustrators.<br />
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<i>Two Trickster Tales from Russia</i> is the launch title for a new Australian publisher called <a href="http://christmaspresspicturebooks.com/books/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Christmas Press</span></a>. You can find the names of stockists on the <a href="http://christmaspresspicturebooks.com/buying-our-books/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Buying Our Books</span></a> page or order it direct. The RRP is AUD$22.95 plus postage & handling.<br />
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We've each got signed copies and we're delighted to add them to our respective libraries.<br />
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Congratulations, Sophie, David and the editorial and production team, for a major coup!<br />
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Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-29691009634389013012013-10-13T15:26:00.000+11:002013-10-13T15:26:39.161+11:00Halloween Black Mermaid® “Mer Mummy” Design Released<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Black Mermaid Productions™ (BMP) has just released its annual Halloween design in the Black Mermaid® range of artwork. This year’s image consists of a mer mummy and fits comfortably in the horror oriented collection, which also features a mer zombie, mer ghost, mer witch and mer vampire.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Designed by Jozef Szekeres, this piece is also a departure from the more animated stylisation of previous designs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">The BMP <span style="background-color: transparent;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span>Black Mermaid® silhouetted logo, which is beloved by many fans and who indeed has a </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/BlackMermaid.OfficialSite" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Black Mermaid – Official Facebook page"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Facebook</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> page of her own, is the star of this design and the rest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">The design features on a range of t-shirts, greeting cards, framed prints, homeware and other collectibles that can be found at the BMP online shop—</span><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/black_mermaid" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Black Mermaid Boutique"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Black Mermaid® Boutique</span></a><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/black_mermaid" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(191, 191, 191); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #ff33ff; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Black Mermaid Boutique">.</a></span></div>
Black Mermaid Productionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12273850139434385130noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3300811285109847322.post-4006025368521579092013-10-03T19:29:00.000+10:002013-10-04T06:13:22.243+10:00Support Mary Doe Trailer Kickstarter Campaign<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #121a0d; font: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #121a0d;">You can't get a better endorsement than that, and that's why we're asking our readers and fans to transition from mermaids to zombies for just a few moments in time and to check out a new Kickstarter campaign that was just launched by our great friends and supporters of 20 years – Nick and Paul from</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <a href="http://www.megeffects.com.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Makeup Effects Group</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Nick and Paul are serious dudes with some serious screen credits. They've done Hugh Jackman's makeup in <i>Wolverine, </i>Aaron Eckhart's makeup in <i>I Frankenstein</i>, and even Marlon Brando's makeup in <i>The Island of Dr Moreau</i>. They've worked on <i>The Matrix; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Babe </i>and many more movies (check out their show reel at the bottom of this post). </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #121a0d;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">They are also kind-hearted and generous to a fault with a razor sharp focus on quality makeup effects and production values in everything they do. They are now transitioning from SFX to directing and producing. The first project they want to work on is a horror / zombie thrilled called </span></span><i style="color: #121a0d; line-height: 24px;">Mary Doe. </i><span style="color: #121a0d; line-height: 24px;">They've got all the infrastructure in place but need to raise $75,000 to film the trailer, which is the starting point for financing the film that has been building for the past five years. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #121a0d; line-height: 24px;">We LOVE these guys and have spent many hours talking comics, hanging out at their studio and going to movies together so please support the project if you can. We've included the campaign video so you can check it out here in the first instance. That's Nick in the second video.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #121a0d;">Here's the link to the actual </span><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1251452262/mary-doe-movie-promo-trailer" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Kickstarter Mary Doe Promo Trailer campaign</span></a><span style="color: #121a0d;">. If you've got some time, also just check out the </span><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1251452262/mary-doe-movie-promo-trailer/posts" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Updates</span></a><span style="color: #121a0d;"> page, which has some other groovy material.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #121a0d;">Most importantly, please dig deep to get them over the $75,000 funding line.</span></span></span></span></div>
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