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My origin story. True story. But apparently this friend of my mum is still alive and doing quite well ….

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2017 zine fair is ANNOUNCED!

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I always quite liked this drawing. #drawing #thelongweekendinalicesprings #graphicnovel #comics #craigsanroque #joshuasantospirito #australia #aliceSprings #centralaustralia #culture #aboriginal (at Alice Springs, Northern Territory)

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2017 zine fair is ANNOUNCED!

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This was published in Island Magazine in Tasmania in 2014. It is part of my ongoing Sleuth series of comics and art events. For more information - check out http://joshuasantospiritoart.com

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#AmosWaistcoat says nice things. #sleuthcomic #comic #drawing #pen #australia #comics #graphicnovel #desert #giant

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Grab this HAPPY MEAL value pack from San Kessto Publications - they’re doing a massive clean out of stock. $20 Australian + postage can get you ALL of these goodies!!

Or grab each of the Happy Meat drawing anthologies for $5+postage individually.

http://sankessto.com

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Hopefully you can make it to Her Majesty’s Favourite Really Great Graphical Festival 2016 and not be sad like all those mainlanders who can’t get over for it.

It’s all about illustrators and comic-makers. Image by Joshua Santospirito for Her Maj 2016.

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Friday, June the 3rd - The Hobart Art Crawl #2, An evening of exhibitions in Hobart-town leading to the Grand Poobah for a night of live bands and live drawings, (all exhibitions will be up for all of June) Facebook Event STARTING AT —>>> Feels by Leonie Brialey 6pm @ Frankie’s Empire ’s opening, Live music by Platypus Freaks (Katharine Daly and Leonie) Australian graphic literature’s very own sensual philosopher Leonie Brialey is opening an exhibition of her beautiful beautiful beautiful minimalist comics at Frankie’s Empire. Often published in The Lifted Brow and currently working on a graphic novel named Raw Feels in the pipeline - Most exciting! THEN CONTINUING ON TO —>>> Khulan by Katie Houghton-Ward 6pm @ Area 52 window exhibition of exquisite comic-art from the comic published by Gestalt Comics (Perth). THEN RAMBLE ON TOWARDS —>>> Night On Bear Mountain, group exhibition starring Jennifer Cossins, Melissa Baldock, Jess Polanshek (USA), Jocelyn Parry-Jones, Sarah Millicent Elliott, and MORE. 6pm @ Red Parka shop windows: Criterion St. THEN BUMBLE ON TO THIS ONE — >>> Mathers Place Soapbox BILLBOARD exhibition with Alyssa Bermudez, Tania Walker and Leonie Brialey (Leonie is also featured in the solo exhibition at Frankie’s Empire Café). These EXTRAORDINARY artworks are in Criterion Lane, Mathers Place and on the side of the Playhouse Theatre. AND FINALLY COME TO … —>>> WIRED FOR SOUND AND VISION - The final stop on the Art Crawl Live music, live writing and live drawing, HUGE lineup 7pm till late @ The Grand Poobah, $5 entry starring…. MUM AND DAD, ALYSSA BERMUDEZ, MICHAEL BLAKE, LUISA ROMEO, JOSHUA SANTOSPIRITO, PIPER BLACK, ALEX DAVERN, THE STAN SHOW, CARVIS JOCKER

Saturday, June the 4th - The Small Press Zine Fair Hobart’s popular annual zine fair 1-5pm, Grand Poobah, FREE ENTRY Zines, zines, soup, zines. Bands - Betsy Blue, Niandra Lades, Zoe Zac (solo set), Platypus Freaks and Sarah Lacey Ann Monday, June the 6th - Gagey Life and other stories 5:30pm Tasmanian Writers Centre exhibition launch Comics by the students of Claremont College, organised by the wonderful Tassie comic artist Leigh Rigozzi Thursday, June the 9th - AGDA talk by Mandy Ord and Eleri Harris Super well loved Australian comics artists Mandy Ord and Eleri Harris will have a long chat with each other, do some comics readings, discuss their work and the form of comics! Eleri is the Favourite Artist in Residence for 2016, and we’re super excited to have brought Mandy to Tassie. – 7pm, Foundry, upstairs at Brooke St Pier Tickets can be bought through the AGDA Tasmania website or on the door Her Majesty’s Favourite Really Great Graphical Festival is Hobart’s annual celebration of local comics, illustration and zines. It is supported in 2016 by the wonderful community of artists in Hobart, Rachel Tribout, Nadine Kessler Design, the Hobart City Council, Tasmanian Writers Centre, Foundry, AGDA, Red Brick Road Cider House, Sankessto Publications, The Grand Poobah, Frankies Empire Cafe, The Golden Panther Cafe and many many more. 

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Her Majesty’s Favourite Artist in Residence 2016 (FAIR) Viscountess Eleri Harris of Upper Sandy Bay, Lower Sandy Bay, Battery Point, Taroona and the wider Sullivan’s Cove region.

Did you know that the sorely missed comics website The Nib is about to come back online in June? On the editorial team is Tasmanian cartoonist/editor Eleri Harris. At the Zine fair (June 4th) - FAIR Eleri will be releasing a sneak peak of the first part of her extraordinary Tassie comic focusing on aspects of the Sue Neill-Fraser story. FAIR Eleri is also giving a talk with wonderful Melbourne comics hero Mandy Ord on June 9.

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Her Majesty’s Favourite Really Great Graphical Festival, Hobart Tasmania, June 3-9

The Southernmost Tasmanian graphical celebration in the nation!

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Her Royal Portrait, 2016 By Madame Camille Antoine Design by Baroness Nadine Kessler

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Issue 6 #downthere #tasmanian #comics #sankesstopublications

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A print from a #drawing I did in Turkey in 2014. #ink #illustration #turkey

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At the pub with a stout and tu print-proofs for 3rd pressing of #longweekendinalicesprings waiting for @nadinekesslerdesign to join me.

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Hobart launch of Swallows Part One

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Yay!! #SwallowsComic @nadinekesslerdesign #sankesstopublications