It also gave me a chance to catch up with Geelong icon , all round top guy and artist Glen Smith who was there with long time associate and world renown ‘zine and group printing organizer/artist David Dellafiora.
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| Glen Smith |
On a day where the mercury was already smacking 30 degrees by noon the Melbourne Town Hall was a pleasant place to be. A line of punters was all ready to enter before the kick off and when I entered it was evident that this event had come along way since my first visit in 2008 when it was held on a Saturday morning in the Degraves St subway out front of the Sticky Institute.
Today there were rows of keen artists and activists all willing to show off their wares as well as publishers and comic artists.
I must state as my good lady wife pointed out that this was a collection of the friendliest group of people you could come across in a market type atmosphere. Everyone was pleased to meet you and encourage you to look through their works; many had freebies and special offers. Everyone was pleased to have someone view his or her work.
No precious types here.
I remember creating my first ‘zine back in the late 70s, it consisted of lots of glue, scissors and visits to the Mount Waverly library with a pocket full of 5 cent pieces. It was great to see that little has changed when it comes to the process considering all the social media tools at our fingertips.
A lot of people love the tactile and grass roots style of doing it yourself.
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| Steve and Antoinette from SCAR studios |
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| Scarlette Baccini |
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| Tim Malloy |
All up it was a wonderful couple of hours and when we left it was great to see the crowds had swelled immeasurably and local comic anthology Oi.Oi.Oi winning the Golden Stapler prize for best collective 'Zine. Congrats to Nat Karmichael for his excellent work.
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| Glen, David and the growing Town Hall crowd. |
