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Dillon Naylor Dillon Naylor i(A137928 works by)
Born: Established: 1968 ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

Australian cartoonist, illustrator and toy designer.

A long-term participant in Australia's underground comic-book scene, Dillon Naylor also produced a number of posters for rock bands, from indie Melbourne acts to international acts such as The Beastie Boys.

His comic strip 'Batrisha the Vampire Girl' ran for many years in children's magazine K-Zone, and spawned two books in the early 2000s. Other children's comic strips include Rock 'n' Roll Fairies (in magazine Total Girl) and Camilla and Mike (in education magazine Challenge).

He also produced the long-running comic strip Da 'n' Dill, which appeared in the Sun-Herald (2001-2008), as well as being included as an insert in showbags: Milk Shadow Books' compilation of the strips is called Da 'n' Dill - The Showbag Years.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Batrisha and the Creepy Caretaker Margate Beach : Comicoz , 2021 25331930 2021 single work graphic novel horror

'"Gloomwood Hollow Cemetery. A dark, forgotten place, visited once a year by its creepy caretaker, Old Joe. Now for the very first time, someone else is there, sitting in the shadows, waiting. A pale, dark-haired little girl and her two-tailed cat, hungering for the perfect scary story." A short horror story for younger readers. The prose of the story has been written in easy-to-read poetry. An illustration on each page highlights the gist of the text. The story progresses at reasonable pace for the younger readers, and the illustrations are sharp and clear. A limited colour palette simplifies the reading experience, and eventually the artwork adds to the growing horror to the story. Although aimed for all ages, this fun reading experience will be best appreciated for the mid-primary school audience and will appeal to their growing sense of the world, and all creatures on the boundaries of this world! It's a story that will stay with the reader for a good while after reading it....' (Publication summary)

2023 joint winner Comic Arts Awards of Australia Bronze Ledger
2022 finalist Australian Shadows Award Comics/Graphic Novels
y separately published work icon Toby and the Magic Pencil Victoria : Reverie Publications , 2019- 21054026 2019 series - author graphic novel

'When young Toby inherits a magic pencil that has been handed down the family line, he is greatly excited. He loves to draw; of course, the catch is that whatever you draw with the Magic Pencil becomes reality.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted Comic Arts Awards of Australia for issue 2.
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