NEW! From the glorious 1970s: The Complete IRON OUTLAW by "Greg and Grae"
The gamble paid off: Despite the storylines being sensational for their time, Iron Outlaw was an overnight sensation.
The Complete Iron Outlaw reproduces the complete run of this series, with forty of the original pages of artwork lovingly reproduced, with all corrections and border notes included. This is a historical time capsule of a different era, offering a reflective insight into the mores of early nineteen-seventies Melbourne, and Australia. An incisive essay by Melbourne cultural historian Philip Bentley gives context to the works. The volume was produced with the full cooperation, input, and permission of the strip's original creators, Graeme Rutherford and Gregor McAlpine.
This large (25cm width x 33cm) hardcover volume runs to almost 200 pages, and includes extensive annotations and explanatory text, with a whole lot of extras. It deserves to be in every Australian library, and in the home of every lover of Australian comic history. This is the most comprehensive study of an Australian comic classic...ever!
Price includes all GST, and postage, including tracking withing Australia (overseas readers, please enquire for postage costs).
ISBN: 9780994362377
THE definitive book on Australian Comic Book History! Now AVAILABLE!
Brisbane author and researcher Graeme Cliffe spent TWENTY YEARS researching the background information to this book. You thought John Ryan's Panel by Panel was THE seminal work on the topic? This one is going to supersede it! Available NOW!!
To celebrate Graeme's recent appearance at the Probus Club (Taringa chapter), and for a short time only, the Comicoz price for this book is now only $50.00, which includes posting and packing to any address within Australia. (Overseas readers, please enquire.) Check our website for further details as to further availability....
A special limited number of signed copies (limited to ONLY 100 copies) -- signed by Graeme Cliffe (author), Neville Bain (cover designer), Ryan McDonald-Smith (book designer) and Nat Karmichael (publisher) -- was made available via Kickstarter on a limited basis for $100....please enquire to see if these limited editions are still available....
The Deluxe Edition (limited and numbered ONLY 40 copies) and signed by three Australian comic legends -- including the late Peter Chapman -- are now available on a first come, first served basis for $250....a genuine piece of Australian comic history. Please enquire to see if any still remain....
PLEASE NOTE: There are some updated details about the book available by clicking here.
Rob Feldman's Fridge Boy From Space
Those familiar with Rob Feldman's work will laugh out loud at the antics in this 84-page gem. Part parody, part adventure.... and a whole lot of fun! Soft cover comic suitable for all ages. I asked Rob if he was interested in writing/drawing a comic adventure suitable for the overseas market. I was expecting a 24, maybe 28 page story. NOTHING prepared me for this! And NOTHING will prepare you for the fun inside when you read it! Sadly, nothing prepared the American distributor for it either: they decided not to carry it. Which means, the only place you can order it ... is here!
NOTE: Price includes all shipping and packing charges within Australia.
GOLD! WInner of the 2019 Gold Ledger Award! "Acknowledging Excellence in Australian Comics and Graphic Novels" GOLD!
"Truth, Justice and the American Dream: The Men Behind Superman"
Written by Julian Voloj and illustrated by Sydney-based Award-Winning* artist Thomas Campi, this book tells the back story behind the creation of Superman. This is Thomas' first work in English. Comicoz was the first English-language publisher to sign up to publish this project, and is now available!
Comicoz is proud to present its first self-contained graphic novel in the proud European tradition. Based on archival material and original sources, "Truth, Justice and the American Dream: The Men Behind Superman" tells the story of the friendship between writer Jerry Siegel and illustrator Joe Shuster and places the tale in the wider context of the American comic book industry. The $49.95 price tag includes all postage and packing within Australia! (Overseas readers, please enquire about postage costs.)
DON'T be fooled into buying the INFERIOR overseas editions of this book. This edition is larger than the overseas edition, measuring 21 cm x 29 cm, in a deluxe hardcover. The book also features writer Julian Voloj's commentary on the story. Thomas Campi has provided some of his preliminary artwork for the book, and shares some of his artistic process. Short interviews with both creators are also featured. NONE of which is in the overseas editions! Have a look at some of the pages featured here. 220 pages in total, most in full colour! Hardcover with slip-jacket. Regular editions of the book are available here and in all good Australian bookstores for only $49.95 -- But make sure you buy the SUPERIOR Australian edition! The book was expertly designed by Ryan McDonald-Smith.
There is also a special Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Hardcover copy available (for $75). This website is the ONLY place you can obtain the signed edition by Thomas Campi (artist), Julian Voloj (writer) and Nat Karmichael (publisher). Send a message via the Contact tab on this website, and I'll send you details about how you can get a copy. This is only on the basis of a first-come, first-served opportunity, with TEN of only ONE HUNDRED copies already sold! This will NOT be offered again!
"I really believe that this will be the book that will launch Thomas Campi into the artistic mainstream in America, and the English-speaking world." - Nat Karmichael. The book's publication coincided with the 80th Anniversary of the first appearance of Superman in Action Comics #1. Have a look at some of the illustrations for some of the pages here! There is also a draft of a picture of Joe Shuster with Jerry Siegel, especially illustrated by Thomas Campi, that will be used in the special signed and numbered limited edition of the book.
*2014 Prix Cognito for Best Graphic Novel (Brussels Book Fair) for Les Larmes Du Seigneur Afghan
2014 Spectrum Fantastic Art Gold Award - Category comics
2015 Bronze Ledger Award (with Vincent Zabus) for Gente Corriente
2016 Prix Cognito for Best Documentary Graphic Novel (Brussels Book Fair) for Macaroni!
Air Hawk comics: Issues #1 to #4 : 2024-5 printing (Second Volume).
The second volume of Australia's classic aviation adventure strip, Air Hawk by John Dixon, is now available here via the Comicoz website (for those who look here)! We're not going to be making a big song and dance about it just yet... because there are new plans afoot!
These four issues cover the first ten adventures (in sequence), and most are reproduced from the original artwork. That makes these copies far superior to the six issues released between 1988-90. Each volume is self-contained.
Issue #1 features two adventures (the first and second), with a John Dixon cover.
Issue #2 has three complete stories (adventure three, four and five). Tony Menzie illustrated the cover.
Issue #3 covers adventures six, seven and eight, with a classic Gary Chaloner cover.
Issue #4 completes the series (for now) with adventures nine and ten. Cover art by Frantz Kantor.
Buy all four editions for the special price of $60 (includes all postage within Australia), or individually for $15 each (plus $10 postage). *Please email me if this is your preference to [email protected]
Overseas readers will be able to purchase all copies (or individual issues) a little later in 2025 when we run a Kickstarter for the next amazing volume (and more details of that really soon)!
Batrisha and the Creepy Caretaker by Dillon Naylor.
This book won a Bronze Award at the 2023 Comic Arts Awards of Australia, announced at Adelaide's Papercuts Comic Festival. To celebrate Dillon Naylor's achievement - it's his first major comic award - we're going to offer a discounted price for the book right through the remainder of 2024!
Gloomwood Hollow is a dark forgotten place, visited once a year by its creepy caretaker, Old Joe. Now, for the very first time, someone else is there, sitting in the shadows, waiting. A pale, dark-haired little girl and her two-tailed cat, hungering for the perfect scary story...
"Batrisha and the Creepy Caretaker" is a story written and illustrated by Ballarat-based artist Dillon Naylor that everyone is going to love! This hardcover book features Batrisha, a character Dillon first created in 2001 for children's magazine K-Zone. Zoe (age 13) said: “I loved it! It’s so cool at the start – all the describing words. It kept me interested all through, and I love what happened to Old Joe and Batrisha after they told their stories.”
You and your family are going to love the story too! This is an Australian artist at the peak of his game, telling a tale that will keep you hooked right to the last page. Hardcover, 100 pages, all in full-colour, size 23 cm x 29 cm with dustjacket. Price includes postage and packing within Australia (overseas readers, please enquire).
Batrisha The Vampire Girl (Ze Collected Comics, Volume 1)
This first volume, published in early 2022, collects Dillon Naylor's early Batrisha comics, and is the first co-production between Cowtown Comics and Comicoz.
This 52-page comic reproduces all those original comic stories that first appeared in K-Zone Comics ... over 20 years ago ... all in this first volume. (Yes, more will be published in the future!) Whether you remember these all-colour tales from back in the day, or if this is your first experience in reading them, you're in for a treat: they still remain some of the funniest comics you will read (or re-read) all year!
These make the perfect present for anyone who enjoyed Batrisha and the Creepy Caretaker book. Price includes all postage and packing to any address within Australia.
Available NOW! Emile Mercier: A Selection of Cartoons
Now Available! A selection of cartoons drawn by Emile Mercier (1901-1984), and especially chosen for the National Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour.
In recent years, cartoonist Emile Mercier's son Michael kindly donated his Father's cartoons to the National Cartoon Gallery for future preservation. The Gallery is now sharing some of these vintage cartoons with the Australian public. This selection was especially chosen by some modern-day cartoonists and every-day Australians from all walks of life. Have a laugh at some of the funniest cartoons from a master cartoonist, and marvel at how they accurately depict an Australia long past.
Paperback, 150 pages, 27 cm x 20 cm. Includes a short biography of Emile's life by Lindsay Foyle (former editor of The Bulletin) and an introduction especially written for this volume by Emile's son Michael Mercier.
Rock 'n' Roll Fairies
Collecting each and every episode from Total Girl magazine from earlier this century, this book shares more comic book mastery from Dillon (Batrisha and the Creepy Caretaker) Naylor. Beautifully coloured, this 118-page hardback volume is a fabulous means of introducing younger readers into the joys of graphic novel reading. But it's also one to be enjoyed by people of all ages!
ISBN: 9780994362391
$35 includes all postage and packing for Australian readers. (Overseas readers, please enquire for prices.)
TWO TRUNDLE books by Neil Matterson for the price of one!
TWO COPIES for all Australian TEACHERS! One for you and one for your School Library!
Each of these high-quality hard cover books contains 172 pages of Australian cartoonist Neil Matterson's little-known comic strip TRUNDLE. Matterson is best known for his newspaper features St Pips and Its A Baby, as well as his political cartoons in The Bulletin and, more recently, Brisbane's Sunday Mail.
Matterson has written a 14 page essay within the book, detailing his past, his influences, and his thoughts on TRUNDLE. As a pantomime feature, TRUNDLE is a character that will appeal to people of all ages.
The books also contain 9 Sunday strips that have never before been published.
This SPECIAL SALES price for TWO books includes GST, and all postage and packing charges within Australia. Overseas orders, please enquire for postal costs.
Bold Ben Hall by Monty Wedd - Short-Listed at the 2019 Ledger Awards!
The special Numbered Signed Limited Edition of the book (to 350 copies) is no longer available. To compensate, I shall include another book from our catalogue. The price tag includes postage and packing costs within Australia. Overseas customers, please ask for costs to your location. Buy it now and (while stocks last!) obtain an extra book from Comicoz' back catalogue!
* Ned Kelly, winner of the 2015 Bronze Ledger Award for excellence in Australian comic book publishing.
Limited stock! Be quick! AUSTRALIA! An Australian comic anthology...
How did this volume come to be? In early 2016, a select group of Australian cartoonists and artists was invited to contribute to this anthology. All artists freely donated their time and talents in contributing to this project. The theme chosen was ‘Australia’. The only limitation was that the page count could not exceed five pages. The idea was to raise funds for an Australian charity, beyondblue. Sadly, no book distributor was able to found to get the book out there for the general public...
This 92 page, hardcover high-quality book was NEVER available in bookstores. Besides clearly illustrating what an amazing talent pool of creative artists and cartoonists were working in this medium in Australia around this time, one of the contributors inside the volume went on to win an Award for their work! Glen Lumsden's contribution ("Kelly's Revenge") won him the 2016 Stanley Award for Comic Book Artist at the Australian Cartoonists Association's annual ceremony. In fact, this book and this website is the ONLY place you can find this Award-winning work!
Rob Feldman's contribution (a coloured re-working of his Oi Oi Oi! Special Nostalgia Edition) ensured he was a Finalist in the same Award, and both Ian C. Thomas and Dani Vittz' work were also nominated. The end result? This book is a pleasing array of different art styles and stories that should keep the even the most finicky of comic readers satisfied.
NOTE: Some of the stories within this volume have been written for a more mature readership. Persons with a delicate nature are urged to be selective about reading some of these stories. NOTE TOO: The cover art shown was not the final art chosen for the book, although it is very similar.
Overseas orders: please enquire before you place all orders as the cost will be calculated for you by the kind staff at our local Post Office.
The Copyright to the selection of art shown is owned by Lesley Vamos, Chris Wahl and Andrez Bergen, Owen Heitmann, Glen Lumsden and Ian C. Thomas.
The Complete Oi Oi Oi! Collection
Here's a very special offer for a very limited time!
Purchase all nine issues of Oi Oi Oi! at this special heavily-discounted price! Includes all GST and postage and packing costs within Australia.
One day (perhaps) I shall revisit the publication. It would be good to have published a round ten issues of the comic. And that way (hopefully) I would be able to finish the serialised story "Seven" by Alisha Jade, and the third (and final) episode of "Magpie" by Frantz Kantor and Andrez Bergen.
Although the magazine did not make enough money from newsstand sales to keep it afloat, I am proud of the fact that I gave it a go. It remains (as I type this, in April 2020) the last newsstand Aussie comic to have been marketed on newsagent shelves, and it certainly had its loyal followers. It was also good to have paid the Aussie creatives who contributed, and to allow them to keep the copyright to their work. How many Australian (or overseas) comics can say they can do that?
If you haven't read the magazine, or seen it on the shelves, please give it a go, and let me know your thoughts on it. If enough of you buy these remaining copies, maybe I'll be tempted to put out another issue.... ??
Prices include postage and packing within Australia.
Oi Oi Oi! Issue Eight
Eighth Issue - described as Winter 2016 Edition - is actually the ninth in the series.
Hoping that Australian newsagent readers would yearn for the continued adventures of Magpie, I invited Frantz Kantor to supply the colour cover to this issue. What's not to like? It is absolutely brilliant!
Inside was just as thrilling: 16 black and white stories from Stuart Walsh and the penultimate episode of Alisha Jade's serial Seven. 28 colour pages (16 on nice shiny glossy paper!) featured the second episodes of both Magpie by Andrez Bergen and Frantz Kantor, and Preston Peace by Jason Towers and Owen Heitmann. Other colour stories were by Dave Dye Antoinette Rydyr, and Paul Bradford and Austin Mengler.
And the core of all these issues of Oi Oi Oi! once again working together - Ryan McDonald-Smith. Designing, and Nat Karmichael Editing.
I still have a good supply of this issue available presently, so the price reflects that.
This comic was specifically targeted to an all-ages audience, so no-one should be offended by any of the themes inside. It's simply a good Aussie comic!
Price includes Postage and Packing within Australia.
Oi Oi Oi! Issue Seven
Seventh Issue - described as Autumn 2016 Edition.
After serialising Alisha Jade's serial Seven, I had always promised her the cover to Issue Seven....and she supplied a wonderful wraparound colour cover than even today makes me remember that summer.
16 black and white pages, with 24 in colour. This issue is when I started to feel that I was getting a handle on editing, and I was able to be selective about material to publish. I really like this one, although it didn't sell as well as I thought it would. I thought it would be the break-through and that sales would ensure it would became a viable proposition. At the time, I was also juggling the editorial responsibilities of the Australian Cartoonists' Association's quarterly magazine Inkspot.
I didn't nearly get enough copies of this issue from the printer as I wish I had now, and there are only limited copies available. Of course, it was also the first time I decided to run a superhero story: Magpie.
Black and white story inside was by Frank Candiloro and Alisha Jade's Seven story-line continued. The coloured pages featured Frantz Kantor and Andrez Bergen's Magpie, Jason Towers and Dillon Naylor's Preston Peace and Rene Pfitzner shared his Goblins for the first time.
Design: Ryan McDonald-Smith. Editor: Nat Karmichael. Printer (for the last time, as it turned out): King Wang.
This comic was specifically targeted to an all-ages audience, so no-one should be offended by any of the themes inside. It's simply a good Aussie comic!
Price includes Postage and Packing within Australia.
Oi Oi Oi! Issue Six - Rare! Not many copies left!
Sixth Issue - described as Late Spring 2015 Edition.
Another beautiful wraparound colour cover. Art by Eevien Tan.
44 black and white pages, with none in colour. This issue is hard to find now. It appears to have been better distributed than Issue Four, but it sold poorly. Some people have told me that they nearly passed it by, as it looked very much like the colouring books that were very popular at the time. It won no Awards, and was nominated for none. Still, it remains one of my favourites, mainly for the diversity of content within.
I have only a few copies remaining.
Black and white stories inside by Magic Sweater, Josh Spencer and Mitchell Hall, Gavin Thomson, Ben Michael Byrne, Veronica Rooke and Dillon Naylor. Alisha Jade's Seven story-line continues here.
Ryan McDonald-Smith Designed the book. Again. Edited by Nat Karmichael. Again.
This comic was specifically targeted to an all-ages audience, so no-one should be offended by any of the themes inside. It's simply a good Aussie comic!
Price includes Postage and Packing within Australia.
Oi Oi Oi! Issue Five
Issue Five - July 2015.
The very first Australian comic work by Chiara Arena is featured on the cover, before she began working for American comics (as a colourist for Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott's Black Magick series).
20 black and white pages. This issue was originally planned to appear as a freebie on Free Comic Book Day, but ended up being a fund-raiser and a Souvenir Edition for Jeremy Staples' Copier Jam! exhibition. It retailed for $5 at the time. Very few copies now remain.
Black and white stories inside by Alisha Jade, David Piper and Ian C. Thomas. Introduction by Jeremy Staples.
Designed by Ryan McDonald-Smith, Edited by Nat Karmichael.
There was nothing in this edition that will offend anyone -- it is simply a good Aussie comic!
Price includes Postage and Packing within Australia.
Oi Oi Oi! Issue Four
Fourth Issue - described as Winter 2015 Edition.
Special theme of this issue was 'War'.
Another wraparound colour cover, this time by Tony Thorne.
44 black and white pages and 8 in colour. This issue appears to have had very limited distribution, and a lot of people did not find it on the Australian newsstands. Quite a few copies remain, although I would rather see it at your place rather than mine!
Black and white stories inside by Tony Thorne, Paul Mason, Veronica Rooke, Ra Bia, Dave Dye, Paul Power and Peter Player. Alisha Jade's Seven story-line continues here. The colour story is by Sorab Del Rio and Emerson Dimaya.
Ryan McDonald-Smith Designed the book and it was again Edited by Nat Karmichael.
Some people may be offended by some of the themes inside, but most people will just enjoy it for what it is -- a good Aussie comic!
Price includes Postage and Packing within Australia.
Oi Oi Oi! Issue Three
The series continues!
Third Issue - from January - March 2015.
The very first fantastic wraparound colour cover was by David Follett.
36 black and white pages and 16 in colour. This issue again appeared on the Australian newsstands. It was not short-listed for anything and won no awards. But I still love it! Limited copies remain.
Black and white stories inside by Owen Heitmann, Hagan (Christophe Granet), Lauren Metzler, Dean Rankine, Danny Zemp, Peter Player and the second episode of Alisha Jade's Seven story-line continues here. The two colour stories are by Sarah Laing and the first collaborative work of Mark Hobby and Ben Michael Byrne's Job Dun appears here.
Again, Designed by Ryan McDonald-Smith, and Edited by Nat Karmichael.
Some people may be offended by some of Peter's work inside, but most people will just enjoy it for what it is -- a good Aussie comic!
Price includes Postage and Packing within Australia.
Oi Oi Oi! Issue Two: Short Listed for a Ledger Award.
The series continues!
Second Issue - from October - December 2014.
Beautiful colour cover by Leslie Vamos. This issue features all-female Australian artists and cartoonists.
32 black and white pages and 16 in colour. This issue again appeared on the Australian newsstands, and was short-listed for a Ledger Award for 'Excellence in Australian Comics'. Limited copies remain.
Black and white stories inside by Madeleine Karutz, Mel Stringer, Sarah Catherine Firth and Alisha Jade's first episode of her Seven story-line begins here. Two colour stories by Cailtin Major and Scarlette Baccini are worth the price alone!
Again, Designed by Ryan McDonald-Smith, and Edited by Nat Karmichael.
Some people may be even more offended by some of the material inside, but most people will just enjoy it for what it is -- a good Aussie comic!
Price includes Postage and Packing within Australia.
Oi Oi Oi! Issue One: Stock Limited!
This is where this series all began!
First Issue - from June 2014.
Colour cover and 48 black and white pages throughout, with the fabulous cover by Anton Emdin. This issue won the Golden Stapler Award for Best Collaborative Zine. This issue was the first Australian comic on the newsstands for many years. Limited copies remain.
Collaborators inside include stories by Rob Feldman, Tony Thorne, Glen Le Lievre, Bruce Mutard, Dillon Naylor, SCAR Studios (Steve Carter, Antoinette Rydyr) and Josh Santospirito.
Designed by Ryan McDonald-Smith, Edited by Nat Karmichael.
Some people may be offended by some of the material inside, but most people will just enjoy it for what it is -- a good Aussie comic!
Price includes Postage and Packing within Australia.