The Story of Comics

An illustrated talk, using projected images and live drawing on the whiteboard to tell the story of the evolution of comic books through the twentieth century, from comic strips (1910s) to comic books (1940s) to graphic novels (1980s and onward).

Topics covered

* Multiculturalism and comics

* Commerce and comics

* The influence of world events on comics, and how the rise of the Nazis brought about the superheros who fought them

* Famous cartoonists and their creations

* Comics in Australia