Tag: Milk Shadow Books

Australian comics, graphic novels and events that excite us in 2015: Part 2

Australian Comics 2015

While penning the first part of a look at the year ahead in Australian comics, it became immediately obvious that there were just too many things to fit into a single post. Even more impressive was the response we had to the piece, with the creators not only sharing the article, but bringing a stack …

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Comics: Madman releases short documentary on the artists of Milk Shadow Books

Milk Shadow Books - Madman Documentary

Following their distribution deal with Milk Shadow Books earlier this year, Madman has released a mini-documentary about Tim Molloy, Ben Hutchings and Dillon Naylor, three of the creators that have recently had their works published or re-released through Milk Shadow. Recently, the ABC in Australia aired a two-part documentary on Gestalt Comics, the rising star of …

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Local Focus: Milk Shadow Books launches ‘Da ‘n’ Dill’ and ‘Plump Oyster’ collections

Squirt-Stone: Plump Oyster Collection

Australian comics have come back into focus with the success of the ABC documentary Comic Book Heroes, highlighting local publishing house Gestalt Comics. While they seem to be determined to take over the world, another local outfit, Milk Shadow Books, simply “aims to publish the weirdest trips, strangest journeys, and assorted stories that make you …

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WIN: Australian graphic novel collection from Milk Shadow Books and Madman (CLOSED)

YOU STINK AND I DON’T

To celebrate Madman partnering with Milk Shadow Books, the independent Australian comics and graphic novel publisher, Behind the Panels has a set of four books to give away to our fans. Thanks to both Milk Shadow Books and Madman, we have copies of the brand new 2-volume collection of YOU STINK AND I DON’T, Australia’s long-running underground …

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Madman partners with Milk Shadow Books

Milk Shadow Books banner

Madman have committed to helping out the Australian comic book industry even more with the announcement that they will be distributing Milk Shadow Books titles from August. Madman are already distributors of Gestalt Comics titles, and this ensures that our fine local product has an even wider distribution than it would otherwise allow. The publisher …

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Milk Shadow Books announce Da ‘n’ Dill – The Showbag Years

DA 'N' DILL - THE SHOWBAG YEARS!

Australia’s Milk Shadow Books announced this morning that they have a new book in production, diving into the archives of Dillon Naylor’s Da ‘n’ Dill comics. Here’s what the official press says. Prior to the 1990s, a visit to a Show, Fete or Fair might result in a showbag and that would result in cheap novelties, …

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