http://www.flinchbook.com Production Diary for the Flinch graphic novel Mon, 04 May 2009 15:19:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fiona Gruber reports on the Australian comics/graphic novel scene... Read it here... http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=293 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 the launch of this new graphic novel from Gestalt. Event ... http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=286 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 tale of this very author's impact on an impressionable mind, well, I grinned... drunkenly I'm ... http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=282 ICv2 announce the upcoming publication of Flinch, with particular reference to Shaun Tan's involvement. Read it here... http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=270 Newsarama's Zack Smith interviews the editorial team behind Flinch, Wolfgang Bylsma and Skye Ogden. Read it here... http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=268 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" which features stunning artwork by Skye Ogden. Read it here! http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=265 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 at the time a young man should. This is the story of how a bad dream refused to come ... http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=253 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 in its natural habitat. It's like living right next to a myth. I love colossal squids ... http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=240 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 the other of them. Being asked to contribute to the Flinch anthology gave me the chance ... http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=236 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 me a small space through which I can say something personal about people. The 'Way Out' comic ... http://www.flinchbook.com/?p=205