Free comics catchup- Part 3
Autumn Winds This comic was inspired by a moment where my new life was starting to become settled. That is to say, it was no… Read More »Free comics catchup- Part 3
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Free comics catchup- Part 2
The call This comic is about a moment that you’d call in narrative storytelling an ‘inciting incident’. It’s an event that caused a huge chain… Read More »Free comics catchup- Part 2
Illustrating alternative energy solutions
In 2022 I had the opportunity to delve into the intricacies of three pivotal technologies: microgrids, hydrogen power, and advanced electricity networks. Through a series… Read More »Illustrating alternative energy solutions
Slamming the Mental Health Stigma at TAFE
The goal of this comic was to expand more on what HALT does in its efforts to counter mental health stigma and suicide in tradespeople… Read More »Slamming the Mental Health Stigma at TAFE
Graphic Storytelling: Teaching Experience and Utility
I’m a keen drawer- always have been. For different reasons, it’s an ideal pastime for me. I’m a little bit obsessive-compulsive and can tend towards… Read More »Graphic Storytelling: Teaching Experience and Utility
Can I have a pet and be housed, too? It all depends…
I recently finished a comic project with the amazing Professor Wendy Stone and a team of researchers from Universities across Australia. They had completed a… Read More »Can I have a pet and be housed, too? It all depends…
Non-Traditional Research: Background Contribution Significance
I wanted to show you an interesting part of my job. Whenever i make a substantial artwork I can decide if it’s strong enough to… Read More »Non-Traditional Research: Background Contribution Significance
Entwined: A Recurrent Romance
Entwined is a sci-fi superhero romance comic about Aztec Gods, fate, love, and birth control. I worked on Entwined between October 2017 and October 2019.… Read More »Entwined: A Recurrent Romance
Entwined @ IGNCC19
Presentation slides and text from my talk unpacking creative processes in Entwined: A Recurrent Romance at The International Graphic Novel and Comic Conference in Manchester,… Read More »Entwined @ IGNCC19
Learning to Draw: Automatism
PRESENTED AS PART OF THE FAN STUDIES NETWORK AUSTRALASIA CONFERENCE 2019 ABSTRACT What are the tools and techniques required to become a creator of content?… Read More »Learning to Draw: Automatism
ABC Top 5 Media Residency Reflections
The ABC Top 5 Media Residency is intended to assist upcoming academics in communicating their research through public media. Although it is well established in… Read More »ABC Top 5 Media Residency Reflections
Deep Breaths by Chris Gooch
Chris Gooch is a Melbourne based cartoonist. He first graphic novel, Bottled, was published in 2017 by Top Shelf and his second graphic novel, Under-Earth,… Read More »Deep Breaths by Chris Gooch
Under Earth Review
Under Earth is Australian Comic Author Chris Gooch’s latest offering, a 160 page introduction to a larger work in the making. Gooch’s last book, Bottled… Read More »Under Earth Review
Life In The Gutter (2017)
My final DVA studio output and the culmination of my Doctoral research. I have been slowly redrafting this over time, but here is the comic,… Read More »Life In The Gutter (2017)
Entwined in Flat Colour
It’s coming to the pointy end of Entwined. The black and white pages are 90% there, and I’ve got pages trickling in with flat colours… Read More »Entwined in Flat Colour
Secret Identity/Public Persona: Oppositions and Plurality (part 1)
Hello, I’m Darren Fisher, I teach into the animation degree at Swinburne University. I’ve been drawing forever and making comics since I discovered Superman… Read More »Secret Identity/Public Persona: Oppositions and Plurality (part 1)
InVisDev: Visualising Mental Health Disorder
Earlier this year I submitted a funding application for a pilot project combining comics, teaching, and personal storytelling. While I haven’t yet heard back regarding… Read More »InVisDev: Visualising Mental Health Disorder
Entwined goes to Manchester
Great news- I’ve been accepted as a presenter at the 2019 International Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels in Manchester! I put together an abstract… Read More »Entwined goes to Manchester
1994: Teenage Travel Diary
1994 was produced in two parts. Melbourne (2013) and Brisbane (2014). 1994 is an early attempt at autobiographic comic storytelling. A diary-based reflection of a… Read More »1994: Teenage Travel Diary
Chasing Shadows (2014)
A 24-Hour wordless Autofictographic comic in brush and ink. Available for purchase as a physical print in the Storybordello shop.
Ashcan X (2016)
Ashcan comics is a collaborative space for Australian comics creators. I took over the imprint in 2014. Dedicated almost two years in organisation, coordination, editing,… Read More »Ashcan X (2016)
Wise Up Kid
Developed in 2014 by Dr. Peter Moyes, I had the opportunity to work on Wise Up Kid in developing the lead character, Carlos, and putting… Read More »Wise Up Kid
Lettering and…
Hand lettering is something I haven’t done much of and usually try to avoid. The idea that I’ll never be able to change the text after,… Read More »Lettering and…
Burnout (2012)
In 2012 I enrolled in the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning’s correspondence course in inking. This led to me discovering traditional inking tools of dip… Read More »Burnout (2012)
Communication Comic 2.0
I’ll start by making clear that this second draft was mostly a bit of an experiment, I had gotten hold of an iPad Pro and… Read More »Communication Comic 2.0
Communication Comic 1.0
I have decided to try to rectify one of the shortfalls in conservation science and human progress in general, inter-group communication. Helping different groups to… Read More »Communication Comic 1.0
Long may she reign
Somehow, despite a series of blog entries outlining the design process of the Queen Sparkle commission (found here, here and here), I didn’t yet get… Read More »Long may she reign
Alarming Diary Comic
I haven’t made many diary comics since I drew a moonlit bushwalk for New Year’s Eve, 2015 but I still make the occasional one here and… Read More »Alarming Diary Comic