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Tim Burton’s Batman was released 35 years ago and the comic book world was changed.
It inspired me to embark on a fanart homage project, with the help of a photocopier, to do a Batman/Joker story in comic strip form. Year One and The Killing Joke were big influences but I used a lot of work by other Bat-artists as well.
I will start posting 1 or 2 pages a day from 5/09/2024. https://www.facebook.com/share/6oAWNUwhd4AH8c3i/?mibextid=WC7FNe
Hope you enjoy it.
All characters are of course copyright DC.

Just checking if anyone has used this NZ site? Lots of comics and books available.

Comics & graphic novels | Books | Trade Me Marketplace Comics & graphic novels | Books, on Trade Me, New Zealand's leading shopping website.

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Coming to Melbourne at the end of October.
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Batman™ in Concert Tickets on sale NOW!!

I’m not sure this is true, I see a few I have actually read!! What about you? 😂😂

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Our pick for September's General Book Club is 'A Language of Limbs' by Dylin Hardcastle. Our General Book Club will be held on the 18th of September at 7pm. You can join our waitlist via our TryBooking page.

"The first love of a teenage girl is a powerful thing, particularly when the object of that desire is her best friend, also a girl. It's the kind of power that could implode a family, a friendship, a life. On a quiet summer night in Newcastle, 1972, a choice must be made: to act upon these desires, or suppress them? To live an openly q***r life, or to try desperately not to?

Over the following three decades, two lives almost intersect in pivotal moments, the distance between them at times drawing so thin they nearly collide. Against the backdrop of an era including Australia's first Mardi Gras and the AIDS pandemic, we see these two lives ebb and flow, with joy and grief and loss and desire, until at last they come together in the most beautiful and surprising of ways.

A Language of Limbs is about love and how it's policed, friendship and how it transcends, and hilarity in the face of heartbreak. An unashamed celebration of q***r life in all its vibrancy and colour, this story finds the humanity in all of us, and demands we claim our futures for ourselves."

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Just heard about this cool pop event in Ballarat https://www.facebook.com/share/rbWEiUBhq8WGCqqP/?mibextid=ox5AEW

Popcon is Sonika’s annual pop culture convention, back for our fourth in-person installment since 2019, bigger and better than ever!!
A space to express appreciation for the fun parts of the media we consume, EVERYTHING pop culture from movies and tv to books and video games - there is something for everyone at PopCon!
All are invited to attend this FREE event!

10am - 5pm Saturday 16th of September
Barkly Square - 25 Barkly Street, Ballarat East

What you will find at PopCon 2023:
- Over 25 different stall holders including pop culture stalls, artists, authors, fan clubs and associations
- Cosplay competition
- FREE talks and workshops
All day live action role play demonstrations and workshops with Swordcraft Ballarat
- All day Plus Gaming video games
- All day Good Games table top games
- Headspace + CMY Chill space
- Food
- FREE badgemaking, photobooth
AND MORE

Information for cosplay competition and workshop registrations at linktr.ee/PopCon2023

PopCon 2023 is an all-ages event, safe and secure, strictly no alcohol, drugs, va**ng or smoking permitted

Barkly Square is a wheelchair accessible venue.
For any additional accessibility enquiries, please get in touch with us

The City of Ballarat is committed to being a child safe organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse and harm.

FReeZA is a Victorian Government initiative that supports young Victorians to get involved in their community by planning and running drug, alcohol and smoke-free events for other young people.

With Melbourne Comic and Toy Fair – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

Walking tour idea https://www.facebook.com/share/p/8XLnRKyLcLnCMkLQ/?mibextid=ox5AEW

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-03/booktopia-demise-no-tough-read-for-independent-booksellers/104131780

Independent booksellers aren't reading a whole lot into the demise of industry giant Booktopia. But should they? At its height, Booktopia posted a package every 3.9 seconds to millions of Australians. Now, some independent bookshops hope its collapse will lead to a boost in business.

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Looks great!

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Meet our Exhibitors! We might be wrong but we think Kay Craddock, the famed Antiquarian bookseller with a beautiful store on the Collins St hill has exhibited at every one of ANZAAB's Rare Book Fairs ...which makes some 53 fairs in a row! Kay's specialities - literature, fine press books, books on books and her partner's specialty - books on special forces are always a highlight of the Melbourne Rare Book Fair. The fair opens 25 July... do come and say hello!
Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller

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Infographic: The Next Characters to Enter the Public Domain 📖

📲 Want more content like this with daily insights from the world’s top creators? ⁠See it first on Voronoi.

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Umberto was a wise man.
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Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:

"It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.

"There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.

"If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the 'medicine closet' and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That's why you should always have a nutrition choice!

"Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity."

I am selling a few Graphic Novels for a friend.
“One Model Nation” looks particularly interesting. PM if you are interested in any of them.

Coming soon.

It’s finally here folks!!! Bookings for the 2024 Melbourne Rare Book Week events are now open!

Running from the 18th to the 27th of July, Melbourne Rare Book Week will be celebrating its 10th anniversary with 45 free events. That’s right, 45 free events!

Bookings can be made at https://rarebooksmelbourne.com/
(Please note that some events are being ticketed by the hosting institutions and may not be active just yet)

Get in quick to avoid disappointment.

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Basking in the Autumn sun and listening to our favourite tunes 🌞🎶 come and join us in-store for a cozy afternoon surrounded by books, vinyl and coffee ☕🫖

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