Insights

A memorable sidekick can make a comic strip feel bigger than its central premise. They provide contrast, interrupt predictable plans, expose the hero’s…

A strong children’s strip works on two levels at once. Young readers follow the action, recognise the emotions and enjoy the visual jokes, while adults notice…

Boo’s world: the art of drawing spooky but not terrifying depends on balance. The best humour-horror cartoons create a shiver, then quickly replace it with a…

The medieval horse is a beast of burden, a mount, and a comedic prop all at once. Drawing one well enough that a reader recognises it as a horse, a warhorse, a…

A memorable villain does more than block the hero’s path. They make readers laugh, worry, groan, and turn the page to see what outrageous thing they will do…

Picture a footy player lining up for a set shot. Sometimes a quick torpedo punt is the whole play, sometimes it's a chain of handballs down the wing.…

Sitting across the table from one of your own characters is a peculiar form of writing research. The cafe hums with the usual Melbourne mid-morning soundtrack…

Every cartoonist ends up with a kit that somehow fits together. The right pen feels like an old friend, the paper stops fighting back, and the tablet quietly…

Silent comics ask readers to follow panels one by one and let the story unfold in the quiet space between drawings. There is no dialogue bubble or caption to…

Medieval humour becomes especially lively when accurate history collides with objects, slang and habits that clearly belong in a different century. A knight…