Shriya NevatiaAustralian comics
December 6th 2006 10:41
I would never have thought that Skippy could be lascivious or that Killeroo could be an Australian hero, but they were just some of the revelations in Heroes and Villains an exhibition of Australian comics showing at the State Library of Victoria.
Some of the Australian comics in the exhibition are disappointing because they pastiche trends and heroes in the American comic world like, The Panther who looks suspiciously like The Phantom but with little pricked ears…or The Lone Avenger gunfighter of the west…Australia.
The exhibition as a whole is fantastic though I had to put on my nerdy spectacles to read about the heroes and villains because the text is too teensy for people without superpowers. Unfortunately there were no super nerds in the exhibition at the time I was there to invent into heroes in a comic of own, but I learned heaps about the development of the comic book. Some of the most interesting aspects were about horror comics and the 1970s when comixs went underground. Strangely, I think comics flourish most beautifully in an underground environment.
Some of the Australian comics in the exhibition are disappointing because they pastiche trends and heroes in the American comic world like, The Panther who looks suspiciously like The Phantom but with little pricked ears…or The Lone Avenger gunfighter of the west…Australia.
The exhibition as a whole is fantastic though I had to put on my nerdy spectacles to read about the heroes and villains because the text is too teensy for people without superpowers. Unfortunately there were no super nerds in the exhibition at the time I was there to invent into heroes in a comic of own, but I learned heaps about the development of the comic book. Some of the most interesting aspects were about horror comics and the 1970s when comixs went underground. Strangely, I think comics flourish most beautifully in an underground environment.
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