129 March Roundup

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Iurgi and Gabby discuss the latest news and new graphic novel titles, including works by Australian creators.

In another packed episode, and we're only scratching the surface of what's in this month's blog post, Iurgi and Gabby discuss some of the latest news and new titles, which include more graphic novels by Australian creators. 01:40 Gabby and Iurgi discuss their recent reads and then go on a tangent about One Piece. We could be magic by Marissa Meyer and Joelle Murray Frieren Beyond Journey’s End by Kanehito Yamada, Tsukasa Abe The Pass by Katriona Chapman Criminal 3 The Dead and the Dying and 4 Bad Night by Ed Brubaker, Sean Philips One Piece tangent 11:17 News: Perentie Press is a new Australian publisher of graphic novels Publishers are expanding their publications of manga for adults New Hello Kitty comics on the horizon published by IDW in partnership with Sanrio The Rise of Image Comics, a book written by South Aus The CBCA Notables list has included three graphic novels in the list The British Book Awards have a new category for comics 30:12 Gabby and Iurgi’s favourite picks from the new titles out this month: PAWS The Trouble With Leo By: Nathan Fairbairn, Michele Assarasakorn Run Home by Alyssa Bermudez (St Martin’s Press) The Greenies by Emma Mills, Sarah Nicole Kennedy…

People in this episode

Hosts: Iurgi, Gabby

Topics covered

• graphic novels
• Australian creators
• manga
• comics news
• new titles
• book awards

Keywords

• graphic novels
• Australian creators
• manga
• comics news
• new titles
• book awards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Perentie Press, IDW, Sanrio, Image Comics, CBCA, Fantagraphics

Books & works: One Piece, Frieren Beyond Journey’s End, The Pass, Criminal 3 The Dead and the Dying, Criminal 4 Bad Night, PAWS The Trouble With Leo, Run Home, The Greenies, Dark Knights of Steel: Allwinter, Skating Wilder

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