Graphic Storytellers at Work: Cross-industry opportunities for cartoonists, illustrators and comics-makers

Abstract

Graphic Storytellers at Work provides a preliminary review of Australia’s contemporary comics community, and some of the diverse contexts in which its artists are using and developing their skills. It aims to identify new areas of opportunity for graphic storytellers working in Australia, and the best means of supporting these artists in their creative practices and careers. The report also analyses the graphic storyteller’s specific skillset, and the value this skillset has to a variety of non-arts industries. Graphic Storytellers at Work was commissioned by the Australia Council for the Arts and led by comics-makers and comics researchers. It is based on a survey completed by 260 graphic s..