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'The critical acclaim enjoyed by such recent Australian graphic novels as Shaun Tan's
The Arrival (2006) and Nicki Greenberg's adaptation of The Great Gatsby (2007)
suggested that Australia had finally 'caught up' with the United States and Britain,
by embracing the graphic novel as a legitimate creative medium, on a par with literature
and cinema. The media interest generated by a succession of Australian graphic
novels during recent years often implied that their very existence was a relatively new
phenomenon. Accepting this premise without question, however, overlooks the evolution
of the graphic novel in Australia, early examples of which - such as Syd Nicholls'
Middy Malone: A Book Pirates (1941) - date back to the 1940s. Documenting how
historical changes in the production and dissemination of graphic novels in Australia
have influenced their critical and popular reception therefore creates new opportunities
to explore a largely overlooked facet of Australian print culture. Furthermore, the study
of the graphic novel in an exclusively Australian context provides a new perspective for
re-examining the origins, definitions and, indeed, the limitations of the term 'graphic
novel', and extends the parameters of the academic literature devoted to the medium
beyond the traditionally dominant Anglo-American focus.' (Author's abstract)
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Author's note: An earlier version of this article was presented at the inaugural Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (POPCAANZ) conference, The Vibe Hotel, Sydney, Australia, 30 June – 2 July 2010.
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Subjects:
- Middy Malone's Magazine 1950-1959 periodical
- The Great Gatsby : A Graphic Adaptation of the Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald 2007 single work graphic novel
- His Natural Life 1870-1872 single work novel
- The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard 2004 single work picture book
- The Mostly True Story of Matthew and Trim 2005 single work children's fiction
- Captain Congo and the Klondike Gold 2011 single work picture book
- The Arrival 2006 single work graphic novel
- He Died with a Felafel in His Hand 2004 single work picture book
- Rooftops : A Graphic Novel 2007 single work graphic novel
- The Sacrifice : Robert Is a Pacifist in a World at War 2007 single work graphic novel
- My Brother Jack : A Novel 1964 single work novel
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