The schedule for the Academy Day Talks has been released and we have an absolutely packed day of talks and seminars by comic creators from our own home grown locals to industry juggernauts!
PCAF 2024 Academy Day Talks
SATURDAY July 27th
State Library of WA
FREE Event, All Ages Welcome
Ticketed Bookings Essential!
To secure your ticket, head to the link HERE to browse all of PCAF 2024’s upcoming events.
The Page and the Panel
State Library of WA – Level 1
11:00am – 11:45am
Featuring: Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
As comics-makers, we are faced with balancing an endless tension between the limits of The Page and the endless possibilities of The Panel. Join us as celebrated comics-maker Rosemary Valero-O’Connell takes us on a guided journey through her creative process of creating compelling comic layouts.
Rosemary is a 2 Eisner and 4 Ignatz awards winning co-creator of acclaimed graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me, alongside Mariko Tamaki, and the sole creator of Don’t Go Without Me and Golden Record. Needless to say, you’ll be in good hands.
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So-called Australia
State Library of Western Australia – Level 1
12:00 – 12:45pm
Featuring: Lola Baldsing, Scott Higginbotham, Molly Hunt & Andrei Buters, moderated by Campbell Whyte
Join this eclectic panel of comics-makers as they discuss how they have re-imagined Australia as a land of fantasy, science fiction and the supernatural. The paradoxical nature of this place as both ancient and young, untouched and unsettled, pristine and polluted, makes it uniquely fertile ground for the imagination. The works discussed will include web comic sensation Solid State by Lola Baldsing and Scott Higginbotham, Spinifex Valley by Molly Hunt, which launches The Alchemy Universe series, and the post-apocalyptic Perth opus Dead by Thirty by Andrei Buters.
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Story Hatching Story Catching
Level 1 – State Library of Western Australia
2:00 – 2:45 pm
Featuring: Trace Balla
Beloved Australian comics-maker, Trace Balla will share a behind the scenes presentation on how she transforms real experiences into compelling narratives that gently guide readers through geographical and emotional spaces. Have a peep at her latest work in progress, ask questions, and have a go at making a short comic yourself. Trace’s multi award winning books include Rockhopping, Rivertime, Shine, Landing with Wings, Leaflight and The Thank You Dish.
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How to Fix a Broken Nest
State Library of Western Australia – Level 1
3:00 – 3:45pm
Featuring: Thi Bui & Elizabeth Marruffo
Internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Thi Bui will join PCAF’s Creative Director, Elizabeth Marruffo to discuss their motivations for making autobiographical comics and the discoveries they’ve made along the way. Join us as we reflect on the homes that we make, the homes that we choose, the homes that are imagined and the homes that are inherited.
Thi Bui is the author of the award winning graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do. She is currently researching and drawing Nowhereland, a work of graphic nonfiction about immigrant detention and deportation. Elizabeth Marruffo is currently working on her debut comic Pup Pup is the Boss of the Stars, set in her small hometown on the border in Mexico.
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My Biggest Mistakes
State Library of Western Australia – Level 1
4:00 – 4:45 pm
Featuring: Ariel Ries, Reimena Yee, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, Thi Bui, Andrei Buters, David Blumenstein & Aśka
Everything is going great, right? No problems here, just smooth sailing, making comics and living our best lives. Well, we know that’s not really the case. In this session, we’re going to be getting messy and revealing our biggest comics mistakes with the hope you don’t have to make them too!
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