HOMCOOKED COMICS FESTIVAL Northcote Town Hall 28th august 2022
It’s a beautiful warm and sunny day, one that heralds the dawning Spring
and after being bogged at a local market car park earlier in the day due to the
constant rain that was most of August, it was lovely to experience what was to
come. Warmer weather and less heavy clothing.
Today was also an exciting day as it was the long awaited return of one of the few independant comic/zine conventions that had been organized since CoVid ruined everything.
Homecooked Comics
Festival at the Northcote Town hall was a single day event, and judging
by the quality of participants behind the tables, it was a stellar line up. A great swag of the comic community, with
several country and interstate artists making the trip for the event. Besides a
myriad of smaller ‘zine artists, there was the cream of the current crop of
artists that are creating what is fast becoming a renaissance in Australian
comics. Sitting behind the table were such talents as Dillion Naylor. Peter Lane.
Dave Dye, Alan Rose, Gary Dellar, Nicholas Cleary, Rob (Spedsy) Lisle, Daniel
Reed, Matt Kyme, Roger Stitson, Kieran Jack. Angie Spice, Darren Close and Peter
Lawson. (Sorry to those I’ve neglected) There was one noticeable absence, as
this must be the first time I’ve been to one of these shows and there wasn’t a
SCAR presence. Both Antoinette Rydyr and Steve Carter were dearly
missed.
Though every
table was filled in the decent size hall. The attendance was a bit
disappointing. It was great to catch up with those known and finally meet
others whose work I admire, coming home with probably more books than I intended
to do.
Congratulations
on the burgeoning comics community for banding together on a one-day event that
was only open for five hours. Which they did with enthusiasm and without the
usual cosplay, special guests (?), and merchandise of the larger Cons, which
are still very stale and getting more expensive.
Here are some photos of the day and though it’s hopefully
on the way out, it was still apparent that CoVid is still a major concern for
people with health issues.
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| Matt Kyme and Dave Dye |
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| Roger Stitson (right) |
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| Daniel Reed and Pilko |
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| Peter Lane, Spedsy and Nick Cleary |
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| Gary Dellar, Alan Rose , Peter Lawson |
