We will be posted on Bank St with loads of comics and Tee's and Buttons for sale so if you're in town of the Folk Festival of the Year drop by and say g'day!

For more details about the festival go to: http://www.portfairyfolkfestival.com/

We look forward to seeing you there!

Local Act Comics merges with radioTAK

We are super excited about this move. As a relatively new body in Aussie comics LAC is slowly gaining recognition from readers and retailers alike. By combining the talents of everybody involved with radioTAk and the PCC I think we can really start to make a name for Aussie comics.

My thanks to Troy for his initiative in this move.

LAC is proud to be supporting the Perth Comics Collective - we expect very great things to come out of WA.
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Dave.C

In what I'm hoping will be a big boon for Australian comics, this week we announce that radioTAK will be joining forces with Local Act Comics.

David Cunning's vision for Australian comics is synonymous with my own and between us I'm hoping we can get this industry moving in the right direction. Between the superb series already underway at Local Act, a whole swag of new goodies about to come out of the newly formed Perth Comics Collective, and my ongoing series, we're hoping to get a real comic resurgence happening here.

This means my current series and anthologies will now come out under the Local Act banner - I'll still be in charge of these but David will help ease the burden of publishing and distribution. Similarly I'll be on the lookout for new talent and bringing a lot of new faces to print this year. But mainly I'll be able to spend more time drawing - look out for Owen book 2 soon, among various others, assisted by the very talented Matt Elder.

This year is shaping up to be an exciting year for Aus comics between Local Act, new directions at Phosphorescent Comics, Gestalt's Character Sketches, Mark Selan's Sureshot Presents and many others taking an initiative to get more projects off the ground.

So what are sitting around reading forums for? Get back to the drawing board and make some comics!�
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Troy Kealley quoted from pulpfaction.net

Canine capers inspire comic tale

PET owners love their animals, but few people immortalise their pets in a comic book.

Koroit writer Graeme McDonald has done just that with his King Charles cavalier spaniel Millie.

Millie is the inspiration for The Adventures Of Millie Piddley Pup, which is McDonald's latest venture with Local Act Comics. Unlike his other projects with Local Act - which include the gritty sci-fi Afterlife and the forthcoming crime-noir Ma B - Millie is aimed at children.

``She loves it, she's quite proud - she took the comic to school and showed it off,'' he said.

Millie also has some crossover appeal, with some clever references to The Sex Pistols, Australian Idol, Lethal Weapon and funk bassist Bootsy Collins littered throughout the story.

The comic is slowly growing in popularity since it had been picked up by prominent comic stores such as Kings Comics in Sydney and Minotaur, Alternative Worlds and Comics R Us in Melbourne.

Getting it into south-west stores was more difficult, McDonald said.

``I've been to a couple of shops and they've said `no, comics don't sell','' he said. ``I walked out the door of one shop and onto the street and sold a complete set of all the comics right there to someone on the street.''

Fortunately, Kulcha Shift in Warrnambool and the Warrnambool Art Gallery have started stocking the comics and some local libraries had picked up copies of each title.

Local Act Comics will bring a stall to the Port Fairy Folk Festival. McDonald hopes to be involved in the Fun4Kids Festival.

http://the.standard.net.au

Millie Piddley Pup REVIEWED in THE STANDARD

Ma.B #0 Reviewed on the ComicBloc

Sometimes, it takes more than love to keep a family together; this quote sums up the premise of the new action/thriller series Ma. B perfectly.

A woman on the run has to keep her family together while avoiding the police who are tracking her down for her husband's murder.

Read the full article at at:

http://www.comicbloc.com

Millie the dog and his less than eager companion, the cat, go on a wild adventure together to stop the Great Pop Idol Swindle from happening!

Millie originally began as part of the Local ACT Comics anthology collection and was made into a full-length comic. It's an exciting tale that features a dog and a cat's adventures that seem tailor-made for younger audiences, since the writer created the story especially for his daughter. It's a one-shot tale that's full of action and hilarity.

Read the full article at at:

http://www.comicbloc.com

This story is a closer look at vigilantes and their lives. How do they affect others and are they a solution to the violence present in society?

Vigil is a closer look at the personal impact that violence has on everyday lives and how people deal with them. It follows the separate lives of three families, as well as other people over the course of several years. The story begins in 1963 and continues on into the present day.

Read the full article at:

http://www.comicbloc.com

No one knows exactly what the future will bring, but there is plenty of speculation about it. There are books, TV shows and movies covering the vast myriad of different paths our lives can take. This comic is a thoughtful look into one of these possible futures, along with the slow decline of the human race through the eyes of one seemingly indestructible human who watches mankind's progress over the course of several years.

This originally began as part of an anthology collection before it was decided to be expanded further into a full length, one-shot comic book. The concept behind the story is the high price people would have to pay for immortality and the bleak outlook on life that possibly awaits us. It's set in the future and, already, there are complications with water as a severely limited resource. The story begins in 2011, in the not too distant future.

Read the full article at:

http://www.comicbloc.com

This time, I invite all of my fellow ComicBlocers to come and check out this wide variety of Australian talent in this thrilling first anthology collection that's full of fun stories and beautiful artwork for you to delight your senses in.

The first anthology collection to come out of Local ACT Comics features 10 different stories on a variety of subject matters and with a smattering of talented artists and writers. It also features a short introduction by publisher Dave Cunning.

Read the full article at:

http://www.comicbloc.com

After Life makes page 2 in the Hamilton Spectator!
Wed, Nov 1 2006

LAC's own Graeme McDonald and Gareth Colliton are featured with their collaborative effort After Life on page 2 of the Hamilton Spectator. This article marks the second appearance of After Life in the newspapers of south west Victoria.

Well done to Graeme and Gareth!

For your own copy of After Life check back with us soon. The online store will be operational within the next couple of weeks and we are pushing for the titles to be carried in comic book stores nation wide. Contact your local comic book retailer for copies of LAC's titles including After Life.