Vale Montague Thomas Archibald 'Monty' Wedd 1921 - 1912 - Australian Comics! Comicoz: SHARING our Comics with the World.

Vale Montague Thomas Archibald 'Monty' Wedd 1921 - 1912

9/5/2012

Sad to relate, but I need to report on the passing of an Australian Comic Book Icon, Monty Wedd, who passed away last Friday while we were on our way to Longreach. (Curse not taking my computer: I have only just now learnt of his passing.) I had known he had been unwell for some time, after Dorothy (and then son Justin) sent me news of his illness around Christmas last year... Monty was a kind, generous man, always willing to pass on information about Australian artists and cartoonists older than he was! One summer he kindly posted me his conversations ('interview') with Australian Artist/Cartoonist Syd Miller (I must dig it out sometime)...
Rather than go into details about his life*, let's remember that old saying about a picture being worth a thousand words....

*Anyone interested in learning more about Monty's life story, please click here ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Wedd
These images, I should point out are Copyright The Estate of Monty Wedd, and I am presently seeking permission to use them here and in a newspaper article I am working on...

Comicoz has had a long association with Monty. In John Dixon's Air Hawk Magazine (Summer Edition of 1989) readers were invited to purchase copies of Monty's book "The Making of a Nation" (see above advertisement), and all copies in stock sold out... So much so, I didn't even end up with a copy myself!! Just before Monty's passing, Comicoz was in discussion with Monty's family about future possible projects. With all due respect for Monty's family, discussions will be suspended in order to allow the family to properly grieve ....

2 Comments

Roy Galloway

14/8/2018 13:47:34

Sad to hear of montys passing. I purchased the ben hall and ned kelly books from you. I recently purchased vol 1 and 2 the birth of a nation on internet. Vol 2 signed by monty was not cheap at 150 us dollars but they are as scarce as hens teeth. There was to be vol 3 but dont think it eventuated. I would be happy to purchase any other comic publications both monty and others if you publish them. Also would be good to have a hard cover of birth of a nation if you release.

Regards Roy.

Nat Karmichael

14/8/2018 20:00:54

Hullo Roy.

Many thanks for your message, Roy. And sorry you didn't hear of Monty's passing earlier. What a wonderful man he was!

If you look around this www.comicoz.com website, you'll find some other books and magazines I have published. We're in early discussion with Monty's family about the next volume to reproduce of his work. Dorothy has expressed a wish for it to be "The Making of a Nation", although I was hoping that the family might have the original artwork to "The Scorpion" so that we might be able to publish it for the very first time, as Monty intended (and not in the way it was censored in the comics when it was first published),

Still it is early days yet. A few more copies of "Bold Ben Hall" (and some of the scarcer "Ned Kelly" volume) need to be sold before we can consider entering any further agreement...

Kind Regards,

Nat.

Vale Montague Thomas Archibald 'Monty' Wedd 1921 - 1912

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