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We're MAKE. Melbourne's first annual Alternative Comics Expo!
🦜Thank you to all of the volunteers, participants & attendees
🌟 We'll see you in 2027

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Some pics from a slightly crazy month of events.
As life sometimes does … everything got squeezed into a one month period … so weird …

It went like this
- two (sold out) concerts of The Equinox Sound Baths at the @theatreroyalhobart for @bingsantospirito
- a trip to Queenstown for SECRET STATION, which involved a live Bing/Santospirito X Woods set and an audiovisual installation in a train with a poem by Krystelle Jordan (which was very moving, we made people cry)
- a trip to Naarm for @makecomicsfestival where I joined very old friends-in-comics for Speaking to Pictures, a panel with @georgerexcomics and @elerimai and a market day.
- mum’s 86th birthday! We went to an Italian restaurant and had delicious things. Xo
- had an article out on @overlandlitmag
- the 14th @smallpresszines Zine Fair back in Nipaluna.

I’m very tired.
Jo and I are off for a few days with the dogs to the East Coast for a break. Our first holiday in years!

Genocide is bullshit.

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Phew … made a zine out of a performance comic I did last week at @makecomicsfestival. Come find me and 74 other stall holders TOMORROW ~> SMALL PRESS ZINE FAIR, 12—4pm at Youth ARC, 1 Market Plc. @smallpresszines

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NEW PULP+ EPISODE at the MAKE Festival (Link in Bio)

Welcome to a special presentation of Pulp Culture Plus, recorded on the ground at the MAKE (Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo) Festival!

Nath hits the market floor to catch up with eight talented creators: Alex Smith, Kieran Jack, Jorden Allen-Barr, Jason Franks, Connie Huynh-Williams, Benji Bajorek, Paul Börchers and Spedsy (Rob Lisle).

During the conversations we get behind the scenes to explore their creative processes, discover the comics and zines they have available, and hear their advice for anyone looking to create their own comic.

Whether you’re an aspiring comic creator, a zine enthusiast, an indie comics fan or simply curious about how these creative minds bring their ideas to life, this special episode is packed with inspiration, practical tips and a celebration of independent storytelling.

Thinking about creating your own comic or zine? Hear directly from the people doing it!

Follow the creators:
Alex Smith @alexsmithartist
Kieran Jack @halftoneproductions
Jorden Allen-Barr @gutless_jim
Jason Franks @jasefranks
Connie Huynh-Williams @connie.hw
Benji Bajorek @benjis.stories
Paul Börchers @maucatcomics
Spedsy / Rob Lisle: @spedsy

A huge thank you to all eight creators for sharing their time, knowledge and passion for indie comics, and to the MAKE Festival for bringing the creative community together.

Pulp Culture +: Celebrating the people, passion and process behind pop culture. Welcome to a special presentation of Pulp Culture Plus, recorded on the ground at the MAKE (Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo) Festival!

Nath hits the market floor to catch up with eight talented creators: Alex Smith, Kieran Jack, Jorden Allen-Barr, Jason Franks, Connie Huynh-Williams, Benji Bajorek, Paul Börchers and Spedsy (Rob Lisle).

During the conversations we get behind the scenes to explore their creative processes, discover the comics and zines they have available, and hear their advice for anyone looking to create their own comic.

Whether you’re an aspiring comic creator, a zine enthusiast, an indie comics fan or simply curious about how these creative minds bring their ideas to life, this special episode is packed with inspiration, practical tips and a celebration of independent storytelling.

Thinking about creating your own comic or zine? Hear directly from the people doing it!

Follow the creators:
Alex Smith @alexsmithartist
Kieran Jack @halftoneproductions
Jorden Allen-Barr @gutless_jim
Jason Franks @jasefranks
Connie Huynh-Williams @connie.hw
Benji Bajorek @benjis.stories
Paul Börchers @maucatcomics
Spedsy / Rob Lisle: @spedsy

A huge thank you to all eight creators for sharing their time, knowledge and passion for indie comics, and to the MAKE Festival for bringing the creative community together.

Pulp Culture +: Celebrating the people, passion and process behind pop culture.

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had an amazing time at the @makecomicsfestival market day this past weekend. got to meet @gentlecoda and get my books signed which was the highlight of my day (and the whole reason I went to the festival) ☺️ here’s my little #MAKEComicsFestival haul 📚

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💥🚨WILD NEW EPISODE DROP!💥💥 .. Ep 48 of @pulpculturepod is available for you to listen &/or watch and there's A LOT to talk about! Join @emjaytakespics & @nathstones via the [Link in bio. 🎧]❤️
#podcast #Carrie #BatmanYearOne @makecomicsfestival #making #Melbourne

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My epic haul from @makecomicsfestival Such a fun day meeting so many talented comic book creators

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We're over a day removed from @makecomicsfestival weekend, and after a day of being dead to the world, I feel like I might be able to find some words to help express how I'm feeling.

One of our committee members said it best when they called it a life-affirmingly good weekend. We got to spend all weekend surrounded by the most passionate, generous, caring, supportive and talented people, and we played a part in bringing them into the same spaces at the same time. The Australian comics community is so incredible, and willing to go so far out of their way and give so much of their time just to make the community grow and become stronger. Every single person that touched this weekend in any way, from speakers to tablers to patrons to organisers to volunteers all brought such an incredible positive energy, and a high that is hard to come down from.

Thank you so much to the speakers, panelists, tablers and especially the volunteers that took a chance on our start up festival. You came from all over Australia and put your trust in us, MAKE doesn't exist without you doing that for us. I'm so humbled and thankful to all of you, I hope you had a great experience and we can pay back your trust by making things bigger and better for you in the future.

Our fellow committee members are such an amazing group of people, we came together like a puzzle and pulled it off together, with so many people giving so much to get the event across the line. I can't imagine it happening without any one of them, and I'm already excited to get together to bring the next one to life.

-->Swipe to the next one photo, go on, I've got more to say, though to be fair, it's just going to be more yapping.-->

There are so many more people to thank, venues and coordinators that gave their space and time, those that helped us through fundraisers, everyone who said something nice to us when I was at max anxiety and ready to explode. I'm overwhelmed with the gratitude that I feel towards so many people. I had the chance to speak to so many of you, but I also missed out on speaking to a ton of people over the course of the weekend, I wish I could have let my mind slow down and talk to everyone, espec

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Had an absolutely amazing time in Melbourne this past weekend with some of the greatest alt comic peeps in Australia for the very first @makecomicsfestival with Brissy pals @madimarston @dinostock_ @floatingdisc @linkraptorart and many more. Thanks to new friends, everyone I met and shared conversations with, and the inspiration for future comic projects. ✌️

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Great day yesterday at Kensington Town Hall for @makecomicsfestival !

Big turn-out. Huge.

So stoked to get to know the faces behind the instagram handles and pick up works from:

@md_____blue
@sj.sabbagh
@lugggs
@_mattblue_
@benjis.stories
@linkraptorart
@madimarston
@stacygougoulis
@rtwa
@stickwriter
@studiobeedraws
@arielries
@chrisgooch44

...and more – still unpacking my boxes.

Also thanks to Steven for tabling with me through my first fair 🙏, and of course Bel 😘

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I wrote an article for @overlandlitmag about how comics are constantly excluded from literary scenes … and fuck ‘em we don’t need ‘em anyway, it’s them that need comics, but they just need to realise that for themselves. In the meantime come find us at our own festivals and in our own publications. Go read it and share it.

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it's been a busy weekend! it was so cool to check out the first ever @makecomicsfestival with @jesstmarshall and pick up some cool art and books/zines from a bunch of very talented people ❤️

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Great time at @makecomicsfestival this weekend!!
✍️ My board for the First to Final exhibition, showing some process for a few recent and upcoming pages and also chapter 55 all laid out with the speech bubbles continuous (not the way it gets to be displayed normally…)
✍️ My table setup for the market today
✍️ Sketching people at the panels yesterday
🎻 had to go play at a bush dance in the arvo though!

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