Hey there my comic book reading friends! As you know, every second person out there in the 'words-only' book world belongs to a book club, whereby a bunch of people all agree to read the same book and then get together to discuss that book and eat cheese. I agree, it's about time us comic book readers did the same thing, and this Wednesday, thanks to the City of Melbourne and the City Library in Melbourne, we're going to do exactly that! Less cheese though, probably. Sorry, lactose-lovers.
So, if you're over 15 and a student and a reader of comics, hie ye hither here, where you'll find the book list and the dates, and if you'd like to come to one or all of the nights, email Gary Lee and let him know you're interested. Do come, I'd love to see you there. We're beginning with Tintin, of course - 'The Secret of the Unicorn', but we will travel all over the world in the first 6 fortnightly meetings of 'The Second Wednesday Comic Book Club'. Oh yes we will.
And the above is not the only remarkable comics-related thing coming out of City Library. There is also, in the upcoming Lord Mayor's Creative Writing Awards 2011, a category for 'graphic short story'. You need to enter a 4 - 8 page comics story by the end of August 2011 which will put you in the running for a $1000 prize. That's right. A grand. If you won with a 4 page story, that makes a $250 per page rate, which ain't bad. And if you win the overall prize for best piece of writing across all categories for a 5 page story, that would be a $1000 per page rate, which is even less bad.
Draw! Write! Enter!
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A book club for comics is a great idea, long overdue. Good luck w'it! Good first choice of book, too, though the sequel, Red Rackham's Treasure, contains one of Herge's favourite individual panels (page 25 panel 1), which might be a good talking point anyway. We wonder how Mr. Speilberg will shoot that panel!
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