Squishface Studio

Forgot to post this ages ago! Over at Pikitia Press, Matt asked Aus/NZ comics creators for their wrap of 2012. You can read answers from the following Squishfacers:

IVE: http://pikitiapress.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/2012-in-review-ive-sorocuk.html

BEN: http://pikitiapress.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/2012-in-review-ben-hutchings.html

DAVID: http://pikitiapress.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/2012-in-review-david-blumenstein.html

SCARLETTE: http://pikitiapress.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/2012-in-review-scarlette-baccini.html

SARAH: http://pikitiapress.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/2012-in-review-sarah-howell.html

And there’s so many more of these. A trove of great remembrances and reading suggestions and more. Check out a helpful index Matt provided.

A pirate lady by Sarah! Made for one of her kids’ classes.

Patrick Alexander takes us round the studio to investigate what Sarah, Ive, Marta, Ben and David are working on for the Exhibitchin’! show. Apologies, the clip is unedited and a bit long — but near the end Ive draws a really great portrait of Patrick.

Thank you to Canson for sponsoring the show, which opens Sat 25th August at 2pm. 309 Victoria St, Brunswick!

Ive, Sarah, Ben, David and Marta took a trip to Cowwarr in July to do some drawing at the Cowwarr Art Space. Sarah went up early to run comics workshops with kids, and then we spent a great weekend in town drawing, hanging out and opening our exhibition Squishface & Fraser (a joint exhibition with printmaker Sue Fraser).

We had a fantastic time. If you think you might like to visit the Art Space or maybe even tee yourself up a residency there, go here for more info.

Check out other amusing clips over at the Squishface YouTube channel.

Here’s what you missed at last night’s Ladies Drawing Auxiliary:

• LEONIE V. BRIALEY speaking about her work and her Ph.D on sincerity in autobiographical comics
• SARAH HOWELL presenting her influences, and sketches for her upcoming graphic novel (it’s real!)
• JO WAITE discussing the immense story-world she has developed for her graphic novel, and how that story-world has interfered with the actual writing of the book

You will want to be at Squishface for next month’s event!

Things at Squishface on a Thursday: Jo and Benno working hard. The new spinner rack. Sarah teaches.

Go look at Sarah’s blog. She’s been doing things!

One of the things we’re doing in Gippsland in July is THIS exhibition at the Cowwarr Art Space!

The opening is on Sunday 8th July at 2pm. We’ll be there, because we’re doing a big fun two day comics jam event over that weekend — also at Cowwarr Art Space. Anyone ‘round Gippsland who wants to hang out and draw with the Squishfacers should get themselves there!

Thanks to Matt Emery, who reminded me we needed to post this up!

Sarah spoke at the Emerging Writers Festival’s Town Hall Conference a few weeks back, on a panel called Building an Audience. She gave a talk about organising the Caravan of Comics, what effect it had on audience-building for the participants and what anyone considering a similar tour could expect.

Then, our friend Nadia and her bub Ruben came by the studio. As you can see from the photo, Sarah gave him a similar talk.

Sarah’s working on a story about PMs Joseph Lyons & Harold Holt, and wannabe Tony Abbott, and the selkies that complicate their lives.

These are some of her notes about Joseph and Enid Lyons.