Publishing powerhouse Wolfgang Bylsma joins #Melbnova & #Goldnova! Wolf is EIC of Australia's leading graphic novel publisher, Gestalt Comics, and CEO of Comics On Country. He's adapted several series into comics, including Wastelander Panda & Cleverman! supa.fans/WBylsma

✨Kindly welcome our next VIP Guest of PCAF 2025, Katie Houghton-Ward! ✨ With 20 years experience in the comic book industry and no plan to stop anytime soon, her work includes Kulan, Talgard and Indigiverse! See 🔗 in bio for more PCAF info

✨ Give the warmest welcome our next VIP Guests for PCAF 2025, Stick Mob Studio!✨ Stick Mob Studio is a collective of storytellers from Mparntwe-Alice Springs who tell stories that reconfigure reality. See 🔗 in bio for more PCAF info

✨Please welcome our next VIP Guest; Stick Mob Studio's Creative Director Declan Miller!✨ Declan's graphic novel series, Mixed Feelings, was made to show the diversity of stories that make up his hometown, Alice Springs – Mparntwe. See 🔗 in bio for more PCAF info

✨Please welcome Stick Mob Studio's second VIP Guest, their Strategic Director Wendy Cowan!✨ Wendy works on a wide range of art-cultural-literacy projects, most recently establishing the storytelling collective, Stick Mob Studio. See 🔗 in bio for more PCAF info

A race from ancient mythology seeks coexistence with humans, but faces a battle for survival. Excellent Australian comic book series inspired by first nations culture #Cleverman #Australia #comics #indiecomics Gestalt Comics

🎉 Give a giant welcome to our next Stick Mob Studio VIP Guest, Seraphina Newberry ✨ Painting since the age of five, her love of reading comics inspired her to create graphic novels in high school as an additional form of creative expression. See 🔗 in bio for more PCAF info

🎉 And for our last VIP Guest from Stick Mob Studio, please give a massive welcome to graphic novelist Alyssa Mason!✨ With a passion for drawing from a young age, her love of anime and Shōnen Manga influence her approach to visual storytelling. See 🔗 in bio for more PCAF info

🎉 Here to help us celebrate the 20th anniversary of Australia's leading independent graphic novel publishing house, give a massive welcome to our next VIP Guest: Gestalt Comics' Editor-in-Chief Wolfgang Bylsma!! ✨ See 🔗 in bio for more PCAF info

In July, PCAF ~ Perth Comic Arts Festival will be celebrating 20 YEARS of Gestalt! Come help us look back on those oh-so valuable learning experiences as we strove to trailblaze a new pathway for Australian comics into the Aus book trade, international marketplace, and screen adaptations...

🎉For the last of our VIP Guest announcements for PCAF 2025, give the biggest welcome to comics author Scott Wilson!✨ Co-founder and Author of the INDIGIVERSE, sharing his language and stories inspired by his culture through Superheroes See 🔗 in bio for more PCAF info

Publishing powerhouse Wolfgang Bylsma joins #Sydnova & #Perthnova! Wolf is EIC of Australia's leading graphic novel publisher, Gestalt Comics, and CEO of Comics On Country. He's adapted several series into comics, including Wastelander Panda & Cleverman! supa.fans/WBylsma

The architect of the Indigiverse, Scott Wilson joins #Sydnova & #Perthnova! Continuing the Indigenous storytelling traditions in the modern era, Scott is the author of Dark Heart and co-writer of Dreamwalker, part of the shared Indigiverse comic universe! supa.fans/SWilson

Tomorrow at PCAF ~ Perth Comic Arts Festival Academy Day you'll find Wolfgang Bylsma Skye Walker Ogden Scott Wilson & katie houghton-ward talking about their vision for comics, and looking back on (the first) twenty years of Gestalt! 3pm at the State Library of WA

The optimistically titled "Gestalt Comics: The First Twenty Years" exhibition opens at the State Library of WA 12th July at 5:30pm, as part of the PCAF ~ Perth Comic Arts Festival ! Take in an extraordinary range of original art from some of our projects, and help us celebrate making it this far!

I love creating all-ages books with great artists. And I’m so glad DC is backing us with Children of the Round Table. I hope it has the kind of success that The Deep and Neverlanders have had, and that just as many young readers pick it up. FOC for C.o.R.T. is tomorrow!

Publishing powerhouse Wolfgang Bylsma joins #Novalaide & #Brisnova! Wolf is EIC of Australia's leading graphic novel publisher, Gestalt Comics, and CEO of Comics On Country. He's adapted several series into comics, including Wastelander Panda & Cleverman! supa.fans/WBylsma