Join us for the 2025 Festival | JULY 12 + 13 | State Library of WA

Tale Town 2025: Anger is an Energy

Comics creators were asked to respond to the rise, spread and normalisation of fascist ideologies in the world. Contemporary media floods us with relentless stories of anger, injustice and violence on a massive scale, but how do we respond as individuals?

What do we do with the mad that we feel?

Collect your free copy of this year’s Tale Town at the festival to witness how creators have been influenced by these feelings and if perhaps these feelings of anger may have been transformed through a creative act into a useful energy.

Cover Art by Jorden Allen-Barr

Curation & Creative Direction by Elizabeth Marruffo

Contributing artists:
Atsushi Kaneko, Campbell Whyte, Aw Shux! Comix (Lux Hannah Pemberton & Shen Zeng), Dandelion Chambers, Hanaé Meyer, Caramel Coda, Link Parsons, Max Loh, Languid Bones, Eden Andrews, Ella Marriott, Al Sarich, S.R. Henderson, Sam Kindlespark, Jorden Allen-Barr, Steven Martellotta, Ali Marbeck, Kero Blair, Mhari Harris, Fascher, Stuart Medley and Lorena Alvarez Gomez