In this month's roundup, Iurgi and Mia discuss the comics, graphic novels and manga they've read recently:

Mia: The strange case of Harleen and Harley and Check, Please volume 1.

Iurgi: Haikyu, Demon Slayer, Apothecary Diaries, Blade Runner 2039.

09:13 Iurgi and Mia discuss some of the news:

• Awards (CBCA and Aurealis Awards)
• The final (we hope) decision on Maia Kobabe's Gender Queer by the Australian Classification Review Board.
• Shakespeare adaptations by Joe Quesada's new imprint Amazing Comics, a Mad Cave imprint.
• An interview with Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud on USA Today
• An article about teaching with comics on the National Education Association website
• And a great article reporting on a large study in the UK about the plummeting reading rates on young readers, except for comic book readers

28:16 Discussion moves to favourite picks from this month's new releases. Australian titles:

• Thylacine and the Time Machine by Renee Treml (Allen & Unwin)
• Godzilla: Skate or Die by Louie Joyce (IDW)
• One Path by Greg Broadmore, Nick Boshier, Andy Lanning (Mad Cave) [9781545816301] [Australian creator]

Mia's Picks:

• The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier, Scott McCloud (Scholastic)
• Outsider Kids by Betty C. Tang (Scholastic)
• Ginseng Roots by Craig Thompson (Pantheon)

Iurgi's picks:

• A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Fred Fordham (Harper Collins)
• The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, Paul Karasik, Lorenzo Mattotti, David Mazzucchelli (Faber & Faber)

Finally, we’ve also put a call out for new general members and a convenor as we’re hoping to expand the committee in 2025. You don't need to be an expert in comics, graphic novels and manga! If you love comics and you're keen to support them in libraries please let us know through the jotform on our Roundup blog post.

You can find all these news and new titles, and so much more on our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

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In this creator chat sit down with Greg Broadmore and Nick Boshier, who have created One Path, together with Andy Lanning, a brutal and epic comic book series. The first of four volumes is out through Mad Cave.

Greg Broadmore is an artist, writer and game director from New Zealand with lots of film credits in his career including: Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong, and Neil Blomkamp’s District 9. Among others.

Nick Boshier is an Australian actor, comedian and writer famous for being the actor behind Trent from Punchbowl and one of the creators of Bondi Hipsters.

04:55 Nick and Greg talk about their relationship with comics and their influences.

19:09 Greg talks about finding work at Weta Workshop after 7 years unemployed.

22:23 Nick talks about meeting Greg and how they started to collaborate. Greg talks about a failed project to create mixed reality video games, which led to the creation of One Path.

30:27 Greg and Nick discuss the process of making One Path and the world they built together with Andy Lanning.

50:39 Greg and Nick recommend some titles that have been very influential for them as creators.

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Karen Wasson is a children’s author based in Melbourne. Jake Minton is an illustrator based in Byron Bay. Together they have created Inked, a middle grade graphic novel adventure of a fish, or maybe we should say octopus, out of water. It’s also a story about friendship and finding your own path. Inked is the first graphic novel from Hardie Grant’s new imprint dedicated to graphic novels called Figment and it’s out now.

In this chat we discuss:

• Karen and Jake's relationship with comics
• their relationship with libraries
• what it was like working on their first graphic novel and how it all came about
• are they making another graphic novel?
• they also recommend some comics and graphic novels they love

To stay up to date and for the full roundup of news, resources and new titles visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

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