As in previous years, the Comicoz Award for Best Australian Original Comic Book still does not bring its recipient any monetary rewards or worldly acclaim, and the Award bestowed remains a totally an honorary one. However, as I said last year (and as I say again this year) Awards are fun things and they generate discussion, which is healthy for our medium.
I am not bribed into choosing the recipient. The Award is simply my summation of who I think is deserving of it, based on the Australian comic books I have read during the past twelve months. As a Reader, you are welcome to disagree and make your thoughts known, but I shall not change my mind, and the Award will still stand…
The winner of the Comicoz Award for Best Australian Original Comic Book for 2014 is....(drumroll, drumroll).....

Mildura-based, Dave Dye works in an environment away from any comic scene, and has slaved 'for over 5000 hours' (that's three years full-time!) to produce the detailed history of the ANZAC story. His book covers the period from about June 1914 to May 5th the following year all over 200 wonderfully detailed pages. As I said last April, when reviewing the book on this Blog: There is no way that the Reader can approach a read of this book as "a light read", given the amount of detail presented. "The story is presented in a manner which makes it easier for the layman to understand why, who, where and what took place", says Dave. And this is exactly what one gets.