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David Blumenstein

Author & Illustrator of Graphic Novels/Comics

based in VIC

David Blumenstein works as a service designer and visual communicator. His award-winning comics work includes Free Money, Please and #takedown: My Evening on a Pier with Pick-up Artists and Protesters (Pikitia Press) and Octane Render: Conversations with cartoonists about A.I.. His comics have appeared in The Guardian, The Nib and Australian MAD, as well as numerous book collections, including the upcoming anthology Cartoonists for Palestine (Crucial Comix).

He is a founding member of Squishface Comic Studio, a shared workspace for Melbourne cartoonists since 2011, and is deputy president of the Australian Cartoonists Association.

His most recent book is Squishbook: Make comics with Squishface Studio and friends!, a collaboration with 13 comic artists and writers plus a horde of local Grade 2s. In 2024 he has run Squishbook workshops in every Australian state and territory except SA. Sorry SA.

Saul Cohen

"Reading was always important to me, but sometimes I was told that comics weren't "real books". Let's put that in the bin where it belongs. Reading comics may be a stepping stone to "wordier" prose, but it's enough in and of itself because reading is valuable for bringing new ideas and perspectives into your life, not for giving you lots of lovely long words to store away. Comics is great for firing those ideas right into a kid's brain, Australians love reading comics, and so they should."

Local Area

VIC

Frankston & Mornington Peninsula, Geelong, Hume, Latrobe - Gippsland, Melbourne

Event Types

Reading Workshop Panel guest Panel facilitator Media commentary Primary school visit Secondary school visit

Genre

Graphic Novels/Comics

Age Groups

Adults Young Adult (13+) Middle Grade (8-12)

Themes

Politics Social justice Art making cartooning

This author holds a Working with Children Check (WWCC).

Get in contact:

squishfacestudio.com