Reference Books

The Golden Years of Ginger Meggs

The Golden Years of Ginger Meggs Edited by John Horgan | Pan Books | 1982ISBN: 0330270478 Notes Includes biographical information about J.C. Bancks.   EDIT ENTRY | DELETE ENTRY Entry created: April 6, 2023 at 12:58 pm | Updated: April 6, 2023 at 12:58 pm

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Heroes & Villains: Australian Comics and their Creators

Heroes & Villains: Australian Comics and their Creators Kevin Patrick | State Library of Victoria | 2006ISBN: 0977506444 Notes Issued to promote the Heroes & Villians exhibition curated by Dr Kevin Patrick at the State Library of Melbourne. Includes bibliographical references.   EDIT ENTRY | DELETE ENTRY Entry created: April 6, 2023 at 12:50 pm | Updated: April 6, 2023 …

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Australian Comics 1924-1966: an index and price guide

Australian Comics 1924-1966: an index and price guide Roger and Edda Morrison | Roger Morrison | 1997 Notes 113 pages with colour illustrations.   EDIT ENTRY | DELETE ENTRY Entry created: April 6, 2023 at 12:47 pm | Updated: April 6, 2023 at 1:31 pm

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The Brodie Mack Method

The Brodie Mack Method Brodie Mack | Brodie Mack | 1942 Notes 12 pages, issued with The Brodie Mack Correspondence Art School. Date is approximate and taken from contemporary advertisements.   EDIT ENTRY | DELETE ENTRY Entry created: April 6, 2023 at 12:45 pm | Updated: April 6, 2023 at 12:45 pm

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The Brodie Mack Correspondence Art School

The Brodie Mack Correspondence Art School Brodie Mack | Brodie Mack | 1942 Notes 12 pages, illustrations and instruction sheets. Come with The Brodie Mack Method. Date is approximate, taken from contemporary advertisments.   EDIT ENTRY | DELETE ENTRY Entry created: April 6, 2023 at 12:40 pm | Updated: April 6, 2023 at 12:42 pm

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Johnson’s Official Phantom Price Guide

Johnson’s Official Phantom Price Guide Nigel Johnson | Nigel Johnson | 2006ISBN: 0977540405 Notes Updated edition of 1993 price guide. 84 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Includes CD   EDIT ENTRY | DELETE ENTRY Entry created: April 6, 2023 at 12:38 pm | Updated: April 6, 2023 at 12:38 pm

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Johnson’s Official Phantom Price Guide

Johnson’s Official Phantom Price Guide Nigel Johnson | Nigel Johnson | 1993 Notes Squarebound, 70 pages. No comic books, just a price guide and listing of Phantom comics as published by Frew   EDIT ENTRY | DELETE ENTRY Entry created: April 6, 2023 at 12:36 pm | Updated: April 6, 2023 at 12:36 pm

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Comics in Australia and New Zealand: The Collections, the Collectors, the Creators

Comics in Australia and New Zealand: The Collections, the Collectors, the Creators Toby Burrows, Grant Stone, editors | Haworth Press | 1994ISBN: 9781560246640 Notes Comics in Australia and New Zealand … has also been published as Australian & New Zealand journal of serials librarianship, volume 4, number 3, 1994. Contents: Introduction / Toby Burrows The comic book industry in Australia …

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Twentieth Century Australian Comic Books

Twentieth Century Australian Comic Books Roger Morrison | InHouse Publishing | 2017ISBN: 9781544710624 Notes This is an index. It provides, for the first time, the title of every comic book published in Australia in the twentieth century. It also provides the names of publishers and indicates whether the title was a series or a ‘one shot’. Included are not only …

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Australia’s First Comic Book: A Problem of Definition

Australia’s First Comic Book: A Problem of Definition Roger Morrison | In House Publishing | 2016ISBN: 9781539889700 Notes There has long been disagreement over which publication should be recognised as Australia’s first comic book. This disagreement is largely due to the absence of a definition of an Australian comic book. In this volume, an examination of the history of comic …

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