Best Libcomix Podcasts (2025)

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113 May Roundup 45:37

4d ago45:37

45:37

In this month's roundup, James and Luke discuss the comics, graphic novels and manga they've read recently: Luke: Ghost in the Shell Volume 1, Banned Book Club. James: My Favorite Thing is Monsters Volume 2, I Ate the Whole World to Find You. 18:08 James and Luke discuss some of the news: Boom! Studios' comics will no longer be available on Comics …

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112 April Roundup 42:16

1M ago42:16

42:16

In this month's roundup, Iurgi and Mia discuss the comics, graphic novels and manga they've read recently: Mia: The strange case of Harleen and Harley and Check, Please volume 1. Iurgi: Haikyu, Demon Slayer, Apothecary Diaries, Blade Runner 2039. 09:13 Iurgi and Mia discuss some of the news: Awards (CBCA and Aurealis Awards) The final (we hope) dec…

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111 Creator Chat with Greg and Nick of One Path 56:09

1M ago56:09

56:09

In this creator chat sit down with Greg Broadmore and Nick Boshier, who have created One Path, together with Andy Lanning, a brutal and epic comic book series. The first of four volumes is out through Mad Cave. Greg Broadmore is an artist, writer and game director from New Zealand with lots of film credits in his career including: Peter Jackson’s T…

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110 Creator Chat with Karen and Jake of Inked 28:48

2M ago28:48

28:48

Karen Wasson is a children’s author based in Melbourne. Jake Minton is an illustrator based in Byron Bay. Together they have created Inked, a middle grade graphic novel adventure of a fish, or maybe we should say octopus, out of water. It’s also a story about friendship and finding your own path. Inked is the first graphic novel from Hardie Grant’s…

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109 March Roundup 48:07

2M ago48:07

48:07

In this month's roundup podcast Luke and Iurgi start with a discussion of their recent reads. Then: 15:34 A discussion of some news including: ALIA Graphic Notables coming up, new graphic novels by Australian creators, cartoonist R.E. Burke's arrest in the U.S. and consequences of the situation in the U.S. for comic cons and book tours, a new comic…

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108 Reflecting on Comics Librarianship with Amie Wright 1:10:05

3M ago1:10:05

1:10:05

The field of comics librarianship is growing and evolving and that’s what we want to explore in a few special episodes, talking in-depth with comics librarians. ALIA Graphic was created as a group five years ago. And right from the start we established contact with the American Library Association’s Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable. A group tha…

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107 February Roundup 39:06

3M ago39:06

39:06

We're back in 2025 and start the year with a roundup of news and new titles from December, January and February. Marissa and Luke discuss the Angouleme festival, Diamond going bankrupt, the best titles of 2024, their favourite picks from the latest crop of new titles and what they've reading lately. For more information and to check out the full ro…

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106 Wrap Up 2024 28:39

5M ago28:39

28:39

James, Gabby, and Marissa look back at the what ALIA Graphic has achieved this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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105 Comics and Libraries: The Pros and Comic Cons 58:19

6M ago58:19

58:19

In this episode we present the recording of our most recent webinar. Are you thinking of hosting a comic event at your library? Join us as we hear from those who have run these programs before and what tips and tricks to look out for. We hear from five speakers from four library services that have run comic con events. Each of the speakers gives a …

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104 Libraries and Your Local Comics Store with Greenlight Comics and Kings Comics 1:21:13

6M ago1:21:13

1:21:13

In this creator chat James meets with Dan from Greenlight Comics in Adelaide and Angelo from Kings Comics in Sydney to talk about their comics stores work with libraries and what they can offer to libraries. This is a wide ranging conversation that explores for them to partner with libraries as suppliers, what makes it appealing for libraries to wo…

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103 November Roundup 23:15

6M ago23:15

23:15

In this month's roundup Marissa and Luke share their recent favourite reads: The Road: a Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet and Cormac McCarthy Wolvendaughter by Ver Bloom by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau Raybearer, Redemptor, and The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko, which aren't graphic novels but would make great adaptations …

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102 Creator Chat with Dean Rankine 45:58

7M ago45:58

45:58

In this creator chat James sits down with Dean Rankine, a comics artist and writer who won a Ledger Award in 2015 for Itty Bitty Bunnies: Saves X-Mas and the Stan Cross Award in Book illustration in 2020. He's the artist behind Magda Szubanski's Timmy the Ticked Off Pony and most recently he has published Death Metal Elves, with his characteristic …

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101 October Roundup: Add to Your TBR 29:03

7M ago29:03

29:03

In this month's roundup Jade and Mia discuss their recent favourite reads: Tabby by Stephen Kok, PR Dedelis Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule, Ryan Brown Escape From St Hell: My Trans Teen Life Levels Up by Lewis Hancox Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo Roaming by Jillian Tamaki, Mariko Tamaki Then they discuss: The Harvey Awards with the double win…

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100 We celebrate 100 episodes! 22:50

8M ago22:50

22:50

We started ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics in February 2020. The first episode of our podcast was published in March 2020 as the world prepared to go into lockdown and it's been a whirlwind ever since. We've been publishing monthly roundups of news, resources, webinars and new titles published since March 2020. We created our podcast feed and publis…

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99 Laura J Carroll of Making the Shrine Creator Chat 1:01:54

8M ago1:01:54

1:01:54

In this creator chat Laura J. Carroll discusses her first graphic novel: Making the Shrine. Laura is a writer and visual artist living in Naarm (Melbourne). She's also a proud unionist and the extended covid lockdowns brought her back to drawing. Three years later she has published a graphic novel that explores the making of the Shrine of Remembran…

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98 September Roundup 44:52

8M ago44:52

44:52

In this month's roundup James and Marissa discuss their recent reads, the plans to open a national manga and animation archive in Japan, Batman Day, including some Batman must reads and banned book week. They also discuss their favourite picks from this month's new titles:: Morgana and Oz by Miyuli (Webtoon Unscrolled) [9781998854837] The Hidden Li…

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97 Creator Chat with Mike Barry (Action Tank Book 3) 46:18

9M ago46:18

46:18

Mike Barry is the creator of Action Tank, a junior graphic novel series that he self published and was fully embraced not just by the ALIA Graphic committee on our notables, but also by the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge and was also shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards. It was then published in the U.S. by Scout Comics and included in the ALA Grap…

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96 August Roundup 36:44

9M ago36:44

36:44

In this month's podcast roundup Gabby and Iurgi share their favourite recent reads, they discuss an article on how to start a comics festival at the library, and a San Diego Comic Con panel where librarians reflected on the impact that comics, graphic novels and manga have had on library readership and propose the next steps to broaden its appeal. …

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95 Creator Chat with Meriam and Christian Carnouche 40:23

10M ago40:23

40:23

In this creator chat Iurgi sits down to catch up with Christian Carnouche (who was in our very first creator chat back in 2020 as the writer of The Resurrected) and Meriam Carnouche who recently published Tunis to Sydney, with art by Sam Rapley, through FairSquare Graphics. Tunis to Sydney is an intimate, personal and poignant graphic novel that de…

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94 Drawing Attention: Comics and Censorship 1:05:47

10M ago1:05:47

1:05:47

In this special ALIA Graphic Webinar we had three very special guests talking about their experiences in creating comics, the freedom of the creative process in comics, why it’s important to defend different stories and art and their experiences with censorship, book challenges and bans. We were absolutely honoured to have: Briar Rolfe, a Melbourne…

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93 Creator Chat with Kyle and Rod on VOX Books 48:26

10M ago48:26

48:26

In this creator chat James talks to Kyle Wiseman and Rod Riley about VOX Books, hardcover books with an easy to use and durable full audio recording of the book. VOX Books is a product of Library Ideas and they have just partnered with James Bennett in Australia. Kyle and Rod talk about VOX Books, making comics and graphic novels available in this …

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92 July Roundup 25:11

11M ago25:11

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In this month's episode Jade and Mia talk about their favourite recent reads and our recent webinar. They also discuss the most interesting news from this month that have piqued their interest and their favourite new titles. Safdar Ahmed, Scott McCloud, Raina Telgemeier, and Mike Barry's Action Tank and more get lots of love. Mia also talks about h…

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91 Creator Chat with Josh Santospirito 53:38

11M ago53:38

53:38

In this creator chat we host Josh Santospirito, a multimedia artist, musician and comics creator. His previous two graphic novels are The Long Weekend in Alice Springs and Swallows. He has just recently published a beautiful graphic novel The Islands Where We Left Our Ancestors, published by Scribe. Make sure you buy it for your library, it’s an ab…

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90 June Roundup 20:55

11M ago20:55

20:55

In this month's roundup Rebecca and Marissa discuss Pride Month graphic novel lists, essential manga, their favourite picks from this month's new lot of graphic novels (which include a few titles by Australian creators) and their favourite recent reads. For the full roundup with all the news and resources please visit our website: https://graphic.a…

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89 May Roundup: I'll add that to the list 32:34

1y ago32:34

32:34

In this month's roundup Gabby and James discuss: Their recent reads James presenting at ALIA National Recent comic cons at libraries (Comic Gong, Dandy Con, King Con) More on recent attempts at bans in Australia Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier's new graphic novel: Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding Graphic novel sales in Australia are booming Th…

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88 April Roundup 37:13

1y ago37:13

37:13

In today's episode Iurgi and Mia discuss: their recent reads (Maus, Lumberjanes, Fence Vol 6: Redemption, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin) an update on Australian comics the challenges of long manga series comics sales data from the U.S. that is mind blowing - for example, 49% of comics sales in the U.S. book market went to manga and m…

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87 Creator Chat with Paul McLaughlin 33:38

1y ago33:38

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This month Rebecca sits down to chat with Paul McLaughlin, the creator and writer of Lil Viking Space Rangers. Chapter 2 is out now with art by Trudi Monteath and Sarah Rackemann. Chapter 1 and 3 have art from Liana Wright. The discussion covers this delightful and humorous comics for kids, the process of making comics, Paul's experiences with libr…

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86 March Roundup 20:57

1y ago20:57

20:57

In this roundup episode Jade and Rebecca sit discuss their recent reads, they pick their favourite newly released graphic novels and the latest news and resources, including: collection management and weeding of superhero comics, U.S. publishers ramping up releases of middle grade manga and lots of adaptations of books into graphic novels. New titl…

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85 Creator Chat with Queenie Chan 1:09:41

1y ago1:09:41

1:09:41

In our latest creator chat, Marissa sits downs with Queenie Chan, a Sydney based comics creator working in manga style. She has published three volumes of The Fabled Kingdom, which is a mix of prose and manga, the Women Who Were Kings series of manga and now she's republishing an expanded and updated three volume edition of The Dreaming, a manga lo…

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84 February Roundup 25:26

1+ y ago25:26

25:26

In this month's roundup Gabby and Marissa discuss their recent reads. They also discuss Webtoons, Lore Olympus and the new Inklore imprint, and some other news like the recent article from The Guardian discussing comics, graphic novels and manga in France. They also discuss their favourite picks out of the new graphic novels published recently and …

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83 Creator Chat with Tim McEwen of Greener Pastures 1:07:18

1+ y ago1:07:18

1:07:18

In this creator chat we talk to Tim McEwen, co-creator of Greener Pastures. He's been making comics since the 80s and Greener Pastures is making a comeback that will, finally, include trade paperbacks and a graphic novel. Tim and Iurgi discuss Australian comics, the Comic Arts Awards of Australia (formerly Ledger Awards) and, of course, the ambitio…

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82 Creator Chat with Chris Gooch 46:46

1+ y ago46:46

46:46

In this creator chat we talk to Chris Gooch who’s recently published his third graphic novel with Top Shelf: In Utero. A young adult monster story with some horror thrown in for good measure. We talk about Chris' comics making process, which he often shares on social media too. His advice for young creators starting to make comics. The origins of I…

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81 January Roundup 40:28

1+ y ago40:28

40:28

In this month's roundup James and Iurgi comment on their recent reads and several best graphic novels of 2023 lists published by different sources such as No Flying No Tights, Popverse and The Guardian. They comment on the recent announcement of Angourleme's Grand Prix award winner. They also discuss one of the big debates last year: are comics in …

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80 Our Favourite Reads This Year 18:04

1+ y ago18:04

18:04

In our final podcast for 2023, Iurgi, Marissa and Rebecca get together to discuss their favourite reads this year. It's a mix of ongoing series, new series and old publications that we have revisited. Our favourite reads this year are: Iurgi Eventually Everything Connects by Sarah Firth Nightwing by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo (DC Comics) Spy x Fa…

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79 ALIA Graphic Webinar: Let's Get Practical 1:04:48

1+ y ago1:04:48

1:04:48

This is a recording of the webinar held November 16 2023. We get many questions emailed to us by librarians and library staff across the country about the different factions of the graphic novel and comic world. So we thought that this year we would spend the time hearing from you and providing answers to those questions that you may have been want…

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78 October Roundup 40:41

1+ y ago40:41

40:41

In this episode Iurgi and Gabby discuss: the Harvey Awards announced at the New York Comic Con the little we know about Raina Telgemeier's upcoming graphic novel a really interesting survey carried out by the School Library Journal in the U.S. with really interesting data the Library Journal's upcoming Library Con Live and our very own upcoming web…

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77 Creator Chat with Sarah Firth and Eventually Everything Connects 1:04:55

1+ y ago1:04:55

1:04:55

Sarah Firth is a cartoonist, artist, writer, speaker, and graphic recorder who has been published extensively in Australia and overseas. Her work has appeared in the Eisner Award winning anthology, Drawing Power, and the Ledger Award winning anthology, Neither Here Nor Hair. She is also a founding member of Graphic Recorders Australia, a not-for-pr…

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76 Creator Chat with Mat Groom of Inferno Girl Red 1:00:01

1+ y ago1:00:01

1:00:01

In this month's creator chat we catch up with Sydney based writer Mat Groom, one of the creators of Inferno Girl Red. Volume 1 was an incredibly successful Kickstarter and then it was published by Image Comics, earlier this year. The team is now on campaign mode for volume 2 on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129645662/inferno-gi…

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75 August Roundup 40:45

2y ago40:45

40:45

In this episode Marissa and Iurgi cover a lot of ground. They discuss the comic they've been reading recently, the Comic Arts Awards of Australia and their favourite picks of the new titles published recently, including four new Australian graphic novels we're really excited about. For more news and the complete roundup of resources and podcasts vi…

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74 Creator Chat with Georgina and Owen of Papecuts Comics Festival 1:25:26

2y ago1:25:26

1:25:26

Papercuts Comics Festival is a biennial comics festival held biennially in Adelaide, it is being run for the third time this September but the festival directors, Georgina Chadderton and Owen Heitmann, still found time to sit down with James for a Creator Chat to explain why they run the festival and what we can expect from this year's program. For…

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73 Creator Chat with Jason Pamment and Remy Lai 53:21

2y ago53:21

53:21

In this creator chat we catch up with two of the most amazing creators for young readers. Both Jason Pamment and Remy Lai made quite a splash when they published their first graphic novels, Treasure in the Lake and Pawcasso. They were both in our Notable Australian Graphic Novels list in 2021 and they garnered a lot of recognition both in Australia…

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72 July Roundup 18:49

2y ago18:49

18:49

In this month's roundup we discuss what we've been reading lately, the best middle grade graphic novels of the year so far (according to Booklist), the Eisner Awards and our favourite picks from this month's new graphic novels. For more news and the complete roundup of resources and podcasts visit our main blog: https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com/ Yo…

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71 June Roundup 22:36

2y ago22:36

22:36

In this month's roundup we discuss what we've been reading lately, reading recommendations for Pride Month(including Australian titles) and our favourite picks from this month's new graphic novels. For more news and the complete roundup of resources and podcasts visit our main blog: https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com/ You can also follow us on Twitte…

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70 May Roundup 56:32

2y ago56:32

56:32

In this month's roundup we discuss what we've been reading lately, the latest news (including the Eisners controversies around LGBTQIA+ graphic novels, and a practical guide to comic book collection development) and, of course, our favourite picks from this month's new graphic novels. We also discuss King Con, the new library comic con at Kingston …

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69 James Foley and Brenton McKenna in Conversation 1:01:41

2y ago1:01:41

1:01:41

In our first creator chat of the year we're honoured to have James Foley and Brenton McKenna in conversation. James recently published Secret Agent Mole Book 1:Goldfishfinger(Scholastic) and Brenton McKenna recently published Hairy Holes (Magabala Books). We sat down with them after they read each other's books and they just started talking. We hop…

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68 Notables, news and new titles 56:08

2y ago56:08

56:08

You may have noticed we have been a little bit quiet. We haven’t had a podcast episode since December. That’s quite a long time. The good news is that we’re back! We have a new podcast episode with Gabby and Iurgi discussing some of the news, what they’ve been reading and discussing their favourite picks from the graphic novels released this month.…

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67 End of year wrap up 37:06

2+ y ago37:06

37:06

It's the end of the year and we've gathered to discuss our favourite graphic novels of the year, including: It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood Barb the Brave by Dan Abdo and Jason Patterson Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall #2) by Tim Probert Lore Olympus by Rachel Smythe Spy x Family series by Tatsuya End Our Dining Table by Mita …

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66 Webinar: Nurturing and inspiring reading and creativity using graphic novels and manga 1:17:08

2+ y ago1:17:08

1:17:08

We are excited to have four amazing speakers to talk about all things comics and manga. In this webinar we will focus on Junior and YA comics as well as manga and we will explore how they inspire reading and creativity. Hosted by ALIA Graphic Convenor Iurgi Urrutia, we’re pleased to announce four incredibly exciting speakers: Gabby Cundy, librarian…

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65 November Roundup 43:02

2+ y ago43:02

43:02

In this month's roundup we talk about the 30th Anniversary of Power Rangers, Tommi Parrish's new graphic novel, the upcoming reprint of Queenie Chan's The Dreaming, Superman: Son of Kal El, and eComics at libraries. Borrow Box is now also offering comics through its app and Comics Plus has some exciting updates. We also discuss our favourite picks …

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64 Creator Chat with Sarah W. Searle 24:40

2+ y ago24:40

24:40

In this month's creator chat, Bradley from the ALIA Graphic team, catches up with Sara W. Searle. Sarah migrated from New England to Perth and has been fully embraced by the Australian comics community where she has already received three Silver Comic Arts Awards of Australia. Her latest graphic novel is The Greatest Thing, published by First Secon…

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