Handmade Histories
An Analysis of Australian Comics Procured from Zine Fairs, Comics Fairs and Market Days and Published in 2022
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5903969 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronnie Scott (0000-0002-4798-7661, RMIT University, corresponding author), Elizabeth Macfarlane (The University of Melbourne), Gabriel Clark (UTS, Australia), Meg O’shea (Independent researcher), M V O'Shea, Patrick Grant (0000-0001-6802-3864, UTS) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x241299145 |
| OpenAlex | W4406806591 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
What kinds of comics were sold and procured from Australia's zine fairs, comics fairs and market days in 2022? The research team for Folio, a comics oral history project, visited Australian zine fairs, comics fairs and market days between February and October 2022 at a time when many such marketplaces had resumed trade for the first time after 2 years of COVID lockdowns. The research team identified 144 comics that were clearly identifiable as being published in 2022, and then investigated this cross-section of Australia's comics life in 2022, finding a frequent focus on COVID; mental health, disability and chronic illness; online life; place; and climate disaster. Beyond the documentation of these comics and themes from an important but easily-missed quadrant of Australian comics publishing, the research team considers this comics environment - with its links to other publishing cultures, its incorporation of anomalies - for its research potential
Advertising · Art · Art history · Business · Comics · Literature · Visual arts · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Digital Games and Media · Gender, Feminism, and Media
| Highly cited | No |
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