81 January Roundup

ALIA Graphic Podcast

English - January 29, 2024 21:06 - 40 minutes - 32.4 MB
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Previous Episode: 80 Our Favourite Reads This Year

Next Episode: 82 Creator Chat with Chris Gooch

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 crisis? While some talk doom and gloom, sales of comics are very strong with comics appearing at the top of the charts regularly and in different countries.

James and Iurgi also discuss their favourite picks out of the new graphic novels published in December and January. Iurgi's favourite pick is In Utero by Chris Gooch, published by Top Shelf. James' favourite pick is Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei, Elettra Stamboulis and Gianluca Costantini, published by Tundra Books / Random House.

Finally, they announce the new website for the ALIA Graphic Novels and Comics group and changes to the ALIA Graphic Book Club.

You can find the whole January Roundup blog post with more news, resources and the full list of new titles from December and January in our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

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