Congratulations! to The Big Issue: Edition #350.

Having experienced homelessness and working for some for whom it remains a lived experience,
I have always been supportive of the principles behind the magazine The Big Issue.  
 http://www.bigissue.org.au/   While Carlene and I are not subscribers, when we visit the city we purchase a copy from street vendors.   Carlene did just that on her recent trip to Victoria to see Lora and Lollie.   I only got to read the issue - Edition #350 (dated March 16 - 29 2010) - yesterday after she arrived home.

I was absolutely staggered to read a wonderfully written article about Australia's recent Graphic Novels (especially those not covered by the Courier Mail article earlier in the year).   There is so much going on in the medium in this country (much of it not even mainstream), and so much great work deserving recognition.   So, Bravo! "The Big Issue" for publishing this article (entitled "The Soft Cell", pages 34 and 35), and Bravo! to Jen Breach for writing a well-researched and well-linked article that will keep me busy contacting artists/creators for months into the future! 

For those readers of this Blog unable to access a copy of the edition in question, here are the links provided in the article:
www.sawbonesonline.com
www.gestaltcomics.com
www.cardigancomics.com
www.patgrantart.com 
www.sirwdchosen.blogspot.com
Happy surfing, reading and researching to all of us!

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