Salvation Jane!
The "Creatives"!
The Uncanny Expats!
Hey! That's the Expats, below:
(Germaine, Clive, Barry and David from page 8 of MONGREL 1)
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Three stories! One ending! The comic book series set in Australia for those who hate and fear comic books set in Australia!
A self-contained 12-part comic book story for those who hate and fear 'graphic novels'!
The tale that will provide the final word on the 'Does Australia actually exist?' debate.
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Okay, okay, enough palaver: I've been wanting for some time to get back into reading a regular comics series, you know one where you have a connection with the characters, and the author. I think that somehow, somewhere, I'm developing a theory that that rhythm of reading comics is part of the way in which comics produce meaning, and that the turn to more literary 'event' publishing which have given us the Era of the Graphic Novel, well, it's missing something essential. Oh, it's nice. But it's missing something.
Anyway, during the second half of 2011, I found myself on the road in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia, and before I knew it, that monthly comics series was being written and drawn by me. Folks, I didn't want to do it. But my hand was forced.
So I will produce 12 of these pamphlets throughout 2012 and introduce you to: The Uncanny Expats and their search for the hoax who has suddenly become real; the tense young inner-city family The 'Creatives', on the road trip holiday which will surely send them over the edge, and Jane Patterson, or Salvation Jane, the girl who embodies the Great Australian Ambivalence: including but by no means limited to, fighting, drinking and driving trucks.
And the way I would like you to receive MONGREL (for that is the name of the pamphlet) is by mail. Yes, by post. I want you to open your letter box and every month for there to be a comic book sitting there which adds another piece to this world I'm building for you. I want you to SUBSCRIBE - and the place to do that is HERE.
