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By: Penny Modra
Date: 28th Mar 07
Format: Book
Motivation: Pimp your coffee table
What:
Conceived on a Tram
When:
Launching Thurs 5 April, 6pm
Where:
Trades Hall, cnr Victoria and Lygon St, Melbourne
How much:
Launch free
Book RRP $19.95
Conceived on a Tram, published by Sleepers, is a book put together by Melbourne illustrator Paul Oslo Davis. You may know him from his A3, one page 'zine, Raised Eyebrows (and if not, then go to Sticky and get it right now). This collection features the work of 16 cartoonists, illustrators and graphic novelists including Andrew Weldon, Leigh Rigozzi, Anthony Woodward, Tim Danko and the magnificent Mandy Ord. There are essays by Danny Katz (OF CAPITALISATION FAME) and Shaun Micallef, who will also help to launch the book next Thursday.
In Paul's words, the book is "my own selfish guidebook to Melbourne doodlers", but, selfish or not, it's a conversion manual for the illustratively uninitiated. "I wish Australian publications could embrace magazine illustration and cartoons the same way that American and Japanese publishers do. I reckon people will get sick of Getty Images' photos sooner or later and will come back to something more human." The revolution will be illustrated.