Sci-Fi & Squeam

6 Aug 2013

Episode # 177 : Comics Ozmosis : Down under Comics !

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Comics! Comics! Comics!

Us Queers and our Straight Alliancer Mr Emmet O’Cuana talk in studio about all things Comics in Oz and abroad, we also have an interview the Squeamer had with Wolfgang Bysmla from Gestalt Comics the Aussie comic company based in Western Australia who are about to premiere in the 1st ever ABC comics documentary about their experience as publishers and the journey they faced in getting themselves to San Diego Comic Con…

“the inside story of Australia’s most ambitious comic creators and their fight to conquer the American market,” – Comic Book Heroes

Going to air in Australia on 13 & 20 August 2013, the radical two-part documentary was taken over two years in Tokyo, Perth and San Diego.

“For six years, these Perth men have been producing mature, ground-breaking Australian comic books through their company Gestalt Publishing. They are publishing the likes of Academy-Award Winner Shaun Tan, and Aurealis-Award Winners Justin Randall and Tom Taylor. Other top-tier writers and artists from around the world are now clamouring to work with them. ” – Comic Book Heroes

Comic Book Heroes: The inside story of Australian comic book creators, Wolfgang Byslma and Skye Walker Ogden, and their battle to penetrate the US market by travelling to the heart of the comic book industry, San Diego Comic-Con International.
Playing from Tuesday the 13th of August 10pm est on ABC 1 Australia.

…and we also had the very 1st ever Ozmosis Comics segment on the show with Emmet O’Cuana from The Momus Report and Beardy and the Geek.

Emmet is an Irish born freelance writer who currently lives in Melbourne, Australia. He is a self-confessed geek with a near encyclopedic interest in comics, film and various other geekery. He takes us into the wonderfully diverse world of Aussie comics and fills us in on just what is out there and what is available, as well as information on specific artists and discussions about upcoming conventions and comic meets!

Plus Andy Hawken returns with Behind the Mask – news and views on the Marvel and D.C ‘Verses and all things good and lovely in the comics of Superheroes and the like!

Awesome! So listen to this Podcast !