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Graphic novels are rapidly gaining recognition in the literary community for their accessibility, as well as their exciting and innovative content across all genres. This weekend workshop presented by BMP DIrectors Jozef Szekeres and Julie Ditrich will enable you to gain an understanding about the scope and versatility of the “comics” medium, which forms the foundation of visual narrative in graphic novels. You will learn:
What defines comics
The history of comics
The graphic novel format and categories
The vocabulary of comics (icons)
The language & conventions of comics (closure, gutters, word balloons, panel borders, transitions, time, movement)
Illustrating for comics (shots, pencilling, inking, colouring)
Writing for comics (visual storytelling, plotting & story structure, appealing to the senses, word/image combinations, characterisation, page breakdowns, script formats)
The profession of comics (deadlines & production schedules, contracts, protecting your rights, running a business, publishing proposals, resources).
The workshop will be both theoretical and practical, and participants will get an opportunity to create sequential art. You will need to bring pencils, pens, sharpener, ruler, rubber and A3 or A4 white paper.
Date: Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 October 2008
Time: 10am to 4pm
Venue: NSW Writers' Centre, Balmain Rd, Rozelle NSW 2039 Australia (see location map on the NSW Writers' Centre website )
Cost: $170 (NSWWC members); $140 (NSWWC concension members); and $250 (non-members)
Further Information & Bookings : Phone +61 2 9555 9757; Fax +61 2 9818 1327; Email workshops@nswwriterscentre.org.au
Australian publishing consultant and literary agent Brian Cook will talk openly and frankly about publishers' expectations in regard to submissions from comics creators hoping to break into the commercial book world. That world is not purely and simply about the artistic work – there are other considerations such as the economics of publishing, synergy with a publisher's "list", and the potential publisher/creator relationship that need to be kept in mind. BMP Director and Australian Society of Authors Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio holder Julie Ditrich will follow up by discussing what information goes into the various components of a graphic novel proposal such as the covering letter, sample material and the preliminary marketing plan.
Seminar Information
Event: Supanova (Sydney)
Date: Saturday 21 June 2008
Time: 6.00pm to 7.00pm
Venue: The Supanova Seminar Room, The Dome, Sydney Olympic Park (ground floor near entrance—see program map for location)
Entry fee: There is no charge to attend the seminar. However, attendees must be exhibitors or hold a Saturday Day Pass ($20.00) or a Supafan Weekend Pass ($40). Tickets can be purchased at the door or through Ticketek on 132 849.
Special Instructions: Please note that the Expo opens at 10.00am and shuts at 6.00pm and special arrangements have been made to accommodate this seminar. Creators wishing to attend are requested to go directly to the Downstairs Seminar Room and then to leave the venue promptly after the seminar has finished. No exhibitors will be allowed back into the Hall after 6.00pm.
Further Information: Supanova and the Australian Society of Authors.
Julie Ditrich will be discussing comics and graphic novels publishing pathways on a panel discussion at the Wollongong City Gallery Zine Fair in April 2008. Presented by South Coast Writers Centre, this panel will be part of a day-long program of activities, including a zine fair and workshops.
Are You Serious? Zines, Comics & Graphic Novels Panel Discussion
Time: 4pm
Date: Sunday 13 April 2008
Venue: Wollongong City Gallery, corner of Kembla and Burelli Streets, Wollongong (diagonally opposite Woolworths), NSW Australia
Panel: Chair – Clementina Velasco (local writer and zine maker), Vanessa Berry (zine maker and writer), Matt Huynh (Stikman Comics) and Julie Ditrich (comics writer).
Further Information: Vivian Vidulich at Wollongong City Gallery on +61 2 4228 7500.
Jozef Szekeres will be presenting an Australian Society of Authors Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio session at the Supanova Brisbane event.
What is the ASA Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio?
The portfolio is a special interest group that aims to provide industry support to Australian artists and writers currently working in the comics medium and, in particular, the graphic novel format. The major objectives of this new portfolio will be to:
(1) Protect and promote the professional interests of comics creators (both writers and artists);
(2) Form a professional community of active members who operate in this specialist discipline; and
(3) Liaise and cross-pollinate ideas with like-minded Australian and overseas organisations whose focus is on the promotion of the comics art form.
Who should attend this comics industry meeting?
Established and emerging writers, artists, pencillers, inkers, colourists and letterers working in the comics medium and its various formats (comics periodicals, graphic novels, zines, webcomics etc).
Why is it important to attend?
This is an opportunity to set the agenda for a new advocacy group looking after the professional interests and the rights of comics creators, and to find out the benefits of joining the ASA.
When is it being held?
Date: Saturday 5 April 2008
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: Supanova Seminar Room, Exhibition Building, RNA Showgrounds, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane
Entry fee: There is no charge to attend the meeting. However, attendees must be exhibitors or hold a Saturday Day Pass ($20.00) or a Supafan Weekend Pass ($40). Tickets can be purchased at the door or through Ticketek.
Special Instructions: Please note that the Expo opens at 10.00am and shuts at 6.00pm. Special arrangements have been made to accommodate this meeting. Creators wishing to attend are requested to go directly to the Supanova Seminar Room and then to leave the venue promptly after the meeting has finished. No exhibitors will be allowed back into the exhibition space after 6.00pm.
Further Information: Julie Ditrich on +61 2 9606 4728
Julie Ditrich will be presenting an Australian Society of Authors Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio session at the Supanova Melbourne event. Details to be posted here soon.
What is the ASA Comics/Graphic Novels Portfolio?
The portfolio is a special interest group that aims to provide industry support to Australian artists and writers currently working in the comics medium and, in particular, the graphic novel format. The major objectives of this new portfolio will be to:
(1) Protect and promote the professional interests of comics creators (both writers and artists);
(2) Form a professional community of active members who operate in this specialist discipline; and
(3) Liaise and cross-pollinate ideas with like-minded Australian and overseas organisations whose focus is on the promotion of the comics art form.
Who should attend this comics industry meeting?
Established and emerging writers, artists, pencillers, inkers, colourists and letterers working in the comics medium and its various formats (comics periodicals, graphic novels, zines, webcomics etc).
Why is it important to attend?
This is an opportunity to set the agenda for a new advocacy group looking after the professional interests and the rights of comics creators, and to find out the benefits of joining the ASA.
When is it being held?
Date: Saturday 29 March 2008
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: Supanova Seminar Room, Exhibition Hall (via Main Entrance off Epsom Rd), Melbourne Showgrounds
Entry fee: There is no charge to attend the meeting. However, attendees must be exhibitors or hold a Saturday Day Pass ($20.00) or a Supafan Weekend Pass ($40). Tickets can be purchased at the door or through Ticketek.
Special Instructions: Please note that the Expo opens at 10.00am and shuts at 6.00pm. Special arrangements have been made to accommodate this meeting. Creators wishing to attend are requested to go directly to the Supanova Seminar Room and then to leave the venue promptly after the meeting has finished. No exhibitors will be allowed back into the exhibition space after 6.00pm.
Further Information: Julie Ditrich on +61 2 9606 4728
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