ACAF is a comic arts festival all about comics, cartooning, illustration and storytelling and the related industry BUT our focus is on the Comic Artists, honing their craft, developing their profiles and their businesses.
ACAF Day 1 – Conference Day
A new addition this year, the ACAF Academic Day is a chance for academics, comics fans and interested members of the public to attend a series of lectures and presentations regarding the art of story telling via comics and graphic novels.
The theme for the 2018 ACAF Academic Day is Australian Story Telling in Graphic Novels and Comics.
For the full day’s details please see here.
ACAF Day 2 – Creator Development Workshops
Learning, Earning and Life as a Comic Artist
Day Two features a mix of master classes, workshops, and panel sessions focusing on the professional development of Australian Comic Creators, from both a skilling-up perspective as well as developing and deepening the understanding of avenues for publishing, printing, marketing, selling and distributing their work. For aspiring artists, writers and fans there are also sessions on story telling, developing comic creation skills and breaking into the industry. There will be networking opportunities, portfolio evaluations, informal coaching and classroom sessions. Finishing off the day will be drinks and celebrations including book launches by talented Australian Artists.
Comic Creators confirmed as appearing include:
- Karen Beilharz (Kinds of Blue, Eternal Life)
- Wolf Bylsma (Gestalt Publishing)
- Gary Chaloner (Cyclone Comics)
- Andrew Constant (Torn, Broken Line, Fly, Kid Phantom)
- Ryan Griffen (Cleverman)
- Louie Joyce (The Corner Store, Past the Last Mountain)
- Ryan K Lindsay (My Little Pony, Ghost Town, Fatherhood, Negative Space)
- Paul Mason (The Soldier Legacy)
- Brenton McKenna (Ubby’s Underdogs 1-3)
- Robbie Miles (Mythmaker Media)
- Craig Phillips (Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts, Adventures of Jack Scratch)
- Justin Randall (Changing Ways, 30 Days of Night)
- Christian Read (Karnak, Unmasked, Eldritch Kid)
- Nicola Scott (Black Magick, Wonder Woman, Teen Titans)
For the full day’s details please see here.
ACAF Day 3 – Comics Market Day
ACAF features an Artists Alley open to comic artists and the public with comics, graphic novels and related literature available for sale.
There will also be free panel sessions, exhibitor spaces for corporate sponsors, and artist signing opportunities.
For the full day’s details please see here.
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