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Comicoz statement: Clearly today's announcement that Diamond Comic Distributors is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy is going to throw some of our plans into disarray. Specifically, getting Air Hawk into overseas retailers' stores. Possibly The Collected Cloak too. I'll have to review plans and come up with a Plan B. Obviously, this has happened before for Comicoz: Denis Jones & Associates, Novella Distribution...both fell by the wayside. The comic industry (especially the small-time publishers) won't have experienced such a shakeup since the demise of the black and white boom in the early 1990s. I imagine that most Australian publishers, who have focused mainly on the Australian market, will be well-insulated from today's announcement. Which way for the medium? Well, let's watch this space and see. It's certainly going to be an interesting ride...!  |
Comicoz is Nat Karmichael's publishing imprint. Nat is committed to preserving a permanent collection of Australian comic and comic strips. He feels that there is a need to recognise comics' contribution to and depiction of Australian culture.
Nat Karmichael.
In 2024, the Australian Cartoonists Association bestowed Nat the honour of The Jim Russell Award for his "outstanding contribution to Australian cartooning". He is available for public speaking. Since 2011, Nat has self-published over twelve comic-related books and many more comics. He is presently the Membership Secretary of the Australian Cartoonists Association. He is the Lead Judge in the Ledger of Honour Awards for the Comic Arts Awards of Australia (formerly the Ledgers). Nat has now retired and spends most of his time with his long-suffering wife, occasionally seeing their six children and fourteen grandchildren. He still plans to publish more comics and comic-related books, the details of which you should see here on this website in the coming months... 
Nat by Charlotte
Comicoz acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay respects to elders, past, present, and emerging, and extend that respect to all First Nations peoples.
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