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Second edition of ‘Flinch’ from Gestalt Comics in September

Flinch (Gestalt Comics)

Following the screening of the first episode of Comic Book Heroes, the Nick Dunlop documentary on the history of Australia’s Gestalt Comics, their early anthology Flinch has completely sold out at the publisher level. As such, Gestalt have announced that they are going back for a second printing, due out in September 2013. The new …

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TV Review: Comic Book Heroes

Wolfgang Bylsma and Skye Walker Ogden - 'Comic Book Heroes' (ABC TV)

A fascinating look at the rise of Gestalt Comics in a documentary that was two years, thousands of miles and some punched walls in the making. It is difficult to speak of an ‘Australian comic book industry’ per se, but the rise of comic culture in this country is undeniable. Australia’s attendance at comic book …

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