ACA Conference 2014: Another teaser...

The teasers keep coming to make you keen to attend the Australian Cartoonists' Association's Conference at the Menzies Hotel on the 14th and 15th of November 2014:

The Adventures of Jasper, by Glen Lovett

By chance, I happened to see an article of fellow Aussie Cartoonist Glen Lovett who now lives in Canada.

Glen is an amazing artist and I've ordered the first two books (graphic novels) of his "The Adventures of Jasper" series:

1. Lost in Skookum Valley
2. Secrets of the Petroglyph

Glen was kind enough to sign them for me and my kids (10 and 13). We all love the books!

The drawings are beautiful, the stories engaging, so yes, both books are excellent!

If you are a fan of Franco/Belge "Bande Dessinees", like me, you will enjoy these books!

Glen is currently drawing the third adventure of Jasper which will be set in Australia. Can't wait to see it finished so that I can order it!

Check Glen's Website and Blog for more details...

Glen has agreed to an interview for Inkspot, the magazine of the Australian Cartoonists' Association. I am looking forward to sending Glen lots of questions and have more insights into his creative process.

Pandeia by Paul Caggegi

Paul Caggegi is a very talented Australian cartoonist and I've had the chance to meet Paul when he helped me at the Top Ryde Shopping Centre Cartoon Exhibition back in August 2013 (photos here and here).

Paul is running a Kickstarter campaign to print the first book of his Pandeia graphic novel: Click Here!

Check it out!

Cinebook

I grew up in France, reading "Bande Dessinees" (Graphic novels) all the time and collecting them. I have a collection of over a thousand BDs. When I moved to Australia, I was sad to see that pretty much the only titles I was used to that were translated into English were Tintin and Asterix.

Although my kids liked looking at my BDs, it was a bit hard to read for them as their French is good, but they are not native speakers having been brought up in Australia (and my wife is Australian).

So, imagine my surprise, a couple of years ago, when I found out that a company in England, run by a Frenchman called Olivier Cadic, was publishing the best of the European BDs in English language.

Needless to say that I have bought a lot (and I mean a lot) of their titles and my kids are really enjoying reading BDs. I bought some BDs from Cinebook for the local public school where my kids go as well and the books are a big hit with the kids at the school library.

BDs are great, try them! Note that some of the titles are aimed older readers, not just kids (Titles like "XIII", "Largo Winch", "Thorgal", "Orbital", etc.). Kids love "Yakari", "Cedric", " Lucky Luke", etc...

Check out the Cinebook website: http://www.cinebook.co.uk/

Disclaimer: I am in no way associated with Cinebook, I just happen to like their graphic novels very much...