Showing posts with label australian comic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label australian comic. Show all posts

Saturday, December 28, 2013

E noho rā 2013


Big thanks to all the New Zealand & Australian cartoonists and comic makers who contributed to the 2013 in Reviews. I'm signing off for a few days and will back with some galleries and interview posts on Jan 1st 2014.

I'll be trying to get my head around a few more places next year, please consider liking/following Pikitia Press in these places:

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2013 in Review survey index:

Gregory Mackay
Brendan Boughen bit.ly/JTJaic
Cory Mathis
Matthew Hoddy
Andrew Fullton
David Blumenstein
Justin Randall
David C Mahler


Ben Michael Byrne  
Brendan Halyday   
Toby Morris
Bruce Mutard  
Stuart McMillen  
Joshua Santospirito bit.ly/18Gnek2
Frank Candiloro
Richard Fairgray  
Colin Wilson  
Jason Franks  
Matt Kyme  
Anthony Woodward  
Caitlin Major  
Sarah Laing  
Sam Orchard  
Gavin Aung Than
Scarlette Baccini  
David Follett
Simon Hanselmann  
Michel Mulipola
Li Chen  
Ryan K Lindsay    
Christopher Downes  
Dean Rankine
Alisha Jade    
Theo Macdonald
Paul Mason  
James Davidson  
Tim Molloy  
Jason Chatfield

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Magic Town - Phil Belbin





During 1948 and 1949 Phil Belbin produced comic adaptions of RKO Radio pictures for K G Murray magazine Cavalcade. Adaptions included Return of the Badman, Fort Apache, Magic Town, Night Song, Rachel and the Stranger, The Bishop's Wife,The Velvet Touch, If You Knew Suzie, The Miracle of the Bells and Out of the Past.


 







 



Read Belbin's adaption of Out of the Past here.

Read Belbin's adaption of The Bishop's Wife here. 

Monday, May 27, 2013

The Bishop's Wife - Phil Belbin



The Bishop's Wife, part of a series of RKO films adapted by Phil Belbin in the late 1940's for Cavalcade magazine. Read Belbin's adaption of Out Of The Past here.











The non-trailer for The Bishop's Wife.



Monday, March 18, 2013

Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor - ComicOZ


Comicoz have released an excerpt from their first volume of John Dixon's Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor via Issuu. This first collection features five complete Air Hawk stories, an interview with creator John Dixon, and a wealth of background and biographical information.

Comicoz publisher Nat Karmichael has commenced work on a second volume of Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor whilst the first 200 page collection published in 2010 is still available on order from Comicoz.

 
 Read an excerpt of Air Hawk from The Sun Herald here.

 Eddie Campbell cover for Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor Vol One.

Air Hawk and The Flying Doctor © 2013 John Dixon

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Philp Belbin Film Adaption - Out Of The Past


For a brief period during 1948 and 1949 Phil Belbin produced comic adaptions of RKO Radio pictures for Murray magazine Cavalcade. Adaptions included Return of the Badman, Fort Apache, Magic Town, Night Song, Rachel and the Stranger, The Bishop's Wife,The Velvet Touch, If You Knew Suzie, The Miracle of the Bells and Out of the Past. The film adaptions were replaced in late 1949 with original comics featuring Flash Cain, Private Detective, illustrated by Belbin and written by Ray Heath. These were subsequently replaced by Kath King of Kismet Cove, the adventures of a female reporter, illustrated by Belbin and scripted by Sydney Ockenden.

Samples of Belbin illustration work and cartoons here.

Read Kath King - Diamonds of Death here.

Read a biography of Belbin by Greg Ray here.