2. ‘Withheld’ by Bobby.N
When the system has wrongly put you behind bars for most of your life, what is it that keeps you going? What can you look forward to?
© 2009 Bobby.N
3. ‘Daemon Street’ by Terry Dowling...
Skye Ogden and Terry Dowling deliver the graphic novel adaptation of Terry’s acclaimed short story, “The Daemon Street Ghost Trap”.
© Terry Dowling & Skye Ogden
4. ‘Night’ by Mel Tregonning
Sometimes the light conceals and the dark reveals…
© 2009 Melanie Tregonning
5. ‘Twain’ by James Barclay &...
Jed and Aram are brothers but their bond goes far deeper than that. They are Twain. Two halves of a circle that contains a powerful, destructive energy. Each knows the fury within him, desiring it and loathing it in equal measure....
The Australian
Fiona Gruber reports on the Australian comics/graphic novel scene…
Read it here…
Book Launch: 7 May 2009
You are invited to join us in celebrating the launch of Flinch at Dymocks Melbourne on Thursday, 7th May from 6:30pm!
Join Shaun Tan, Tom Taylor, Colin Wilson and others in celebrating...
A fondness for tentacles
As I mention in my bio, I like tentacles. I also hold a respected fondness for that silently creeping uneasiness that Lovecraft penned so well.. and when I was given the chance to illustrate Christian’s...
ICv2
ICv2 announce the upcoming publication of Flinch, with particular reference to Shaun Tan’s involvement.
Read it here…
Newsarama
Newsarama’s Zack Smith interviews the editorial team behind Flinch, Wolfgang Bylsma and Skye Ogden.
Read it here…
Articulate
The Australian ABC’s Articulate news and culture blog ran a piece on Flinch, focusing on the adaptation of Terry Dowling’s acclaimed short story, “The Daemon Street Ghost-Trap”...
It’s Steam Engines when...
Mad old Charles Fort used to say ‘It’s Steam Engines when it’s Steam Engines time.’ Things make themselves available to you when you’re ready for them. For me, I read Lovecraft...
Living right next to a myth…
We can send people to the moon.
We can see what’s happening on Mars.
Yet we have this enormous creature right here on earth that, even with all of our incredible technology, we are yet to see alive...
Bringing my words to life…
I’d had this idea knocking around my head, something about brothers (or sisters) containing a devastating power within them. Kind of like a doomsday device that is triggered by the death of one or...
Progression
Being approached to create something for this collection was an amazing incentive to better and further myself. I tend to work better when there is reason behind my work, and this opportunity has given...
‘Moral Lessons’ Artwork
These are part of a series of images vaguely inspired by nineteenth century conduct books, but really just elaborations of free-floating doodles from my sketchbooks – especially those I can never...
A strange old house on a chill autumn...
A lifelong fan of comic books and the graphic novel form, I’m delighted to have “The Daemon Street Ghost-Trap” given such a faithful and classy treatment by Skye Ogden.
I’ve always...
Relief & Pride
The feeling one gets on finally publishing their first book is a mixture of relief and pride. I recommend it to anyone. If you have the talent, then do it. Finish your book, print off a few copies, and...
Cover art by Shaun Tan
© 2009 Shaun Tan
‘Withheld’ by Bobby.N
When the system has wrongly put you behind bars for most of your life, what is it that keeps you going? What can you look forward to?
© 2009 Bobby.N
‘Daemon Street’ by Terry...
Skye Ogden and Terry Dowling deliver the graphic novel adaptation of Terry’s acclaimed short story, “The Daemon Street Ghost Trap”.
© Terry Dowling & Skye Ogden
‘Night’ by Mel Tregonning
Sometimes the light conceals and the dark reveals…
© 2009 Melanie Tregonning
‘Twain’ by James Barclay...
Jed and Aram are brothers but their bond goes far deeper than that. They are Twain. Two halves of a circle that contains a powerful, destructive energy. Each knows the fury within him, desiring it and...
‘The Snare’ by Ray Fawkes...
A horrifying, unnatural plague visits the town of Casares, and one man carries the key to its cure – if he can only deliver it.
© 2009 Ray Fawkes & Anton McKay
96,000m
“96,000M” started out as 2000AD proposal. I’d been wanting to send something in to 2000AD but didn’t have anything that was really appropriate. I’d just finished illustrating...
‘No Craft’ by Christian...
‘No Craft’ is the story of tattoos, Lovecraft and what isn’t under the bed. Every single word and every single image inside of it is entirely true.
© 2009 Christian Read & Andrew...
‘Speak of the Devil’ by...
Change your name, change your life…
Nothing, however, can change your past. ‘Speak of the Devil’ is the reluctant confession of a modern day serial killer.
© 2009 Justin Randall...
‘White Dove III’ by Tom...
The Earth is dying. A voyage of hope has finally reached it’s destination, an unspoiled planet capable of supporting human life. The two crew members have been asleep for twenty years. It’s...
‘The Ride Home’ by Anton...
A radio attached to the handle-bar of his bicycle, our inebriated Listener rides home from a Saturday evening at the pub. As the voices of a late-night talk-back programme crackle in the cold air,...
‘Moral Lessons’ by Shaun Tan
A series of images by Shaun Tan, depicting emotional metaphors as only he can.
© 2009 Shaun Tan
Flinch is a collection of engaging stories by established and emerging creators, all playing on their interpretation of ‘flinch’. From facing the ‘other’ within ourselves, to the tale of a prison inmate discovering what keeps him going, to a handful of stories exploring traditional (and non-traditional) hauntings alike. 