In this month's roundup Gabby and James discuss:

• Their recent reads
• James presenting at ALIA National
• Recent comic cons at libraries (Comic Gong, Dandy Con, King Con)
• More on recent attempts at bans in Australia
• Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier's new graphic novel: Breathe: Journeys to Healthy Binding
• Graphic novel sales in Australia are booming
• The Graphic Medicine International Collective's shortlist

And they discuss their favourite picks out of the new titles out this month:

• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book 2 by Emil Ferris (Fantagraphics)
• New Hello Twigs comics from Andrew McDonal and Ben Wood (Hardie Grant Children's Publishing)

And they announce our upcoming webinar. We're really excited about this webinar and we have three incredible guests. Make sure you register for it.

For more information, news, new titles and to register for the webinar please visit our website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

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In today's episode Iurgi and Mia discuss:

• their recent reads (Maus, Lumberjanes, Fence Vol 6: Redemption, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin)
• an update on Australian comics
• the challenges of long manga series
• comics sales data from the U.S. that is mind blowing - for example, 49% of comics sales in the U.S. book market went to manga
• and more

They also discuss their favourite picks from this month's new titles:

• Together Forever by Kristen Gudsnuk (Scholastic Inc) [9781338630824]
• Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne, Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly) [9781770466968]
• A Fox in My Brain by Lou Lubie (Fairsquare Comics) [9781960171108]
• Dwellings by Jay Stephens (Oni Press) [9781637152911]

For a full list of new release titles and all the news and resources please visit our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

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This month Rebecca sits down to chat with Paul McLaughlin, the creator and writer of Lil Viking Space Rangers. Chapter 2 is out now with art by Trudi Monteath and Sarah Rackemann. Chapter 1 and 3 have art from Liana Wright.

The discussion covers this delightful and humorous comics for kids, the process of making comics, Paul's experiences with libraries and doing workshops at libraries and, of course, he has three comics he recommends too.

For more on Lil Viking Space Rangers visit: https://www.lilvikingspacerangers.com/

For more from us check out our new website: https://graphic.alia.org.au/

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