Sat 10 Oct · 10:15am
RMIT City Campus, Building 8, Level 4 · Melbourne
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MAKE Community Day Program
10:15-11:00
Melbourne and Victoria in Comics: Aaron Billings, Mirranda Burton, Bernard Caleo and Laura J Carroll.
Four comics-makers explain how they draw out Melbourne’s strange and familiar landscapes and scenes from the past to the present. Their work spans the devilish boomtown days of Marvellous Melbourne, to the 1970s peace movement and Dunmoochin, to the Witches of Brunswick and the Post-Humanist Conference, to the meaning of a war memorial built on unceded land. Bernard, Mirranda, Aaron and Laura will reflect on why and how comics are able to connect so effectively with the generative spirits of place, and what makes Melbourne such a fertile source of inspiration.
11:15-12:00
Where’s My Agent? Danielle Binks (Jacinta diMase), Naomi Perry (Gildlings), Kelly Bull
Graphic Novels and comics are the hot thing in the world of book publishing and have been for a while. But how do you reach the commissioning editors and publishers with projects when the old-fashioned slush pile doesn’t exist anymore (or rarely opens)? One way is through literary agents, but even they are hard to reach. So, in this session we have literary agents and editors from the industry tell you what you need to know and how to go about preparing your work for people like themselves to look at.
12:15-13:00
Editing Comics and Graphic Novels
Quick answers
When is MAKE Community day (ALL EVENTS)?
Sat 10 Oct 2026, 10:15am.
Where is it?
RMIT City Campus, Building 8, Level 4, Melbourne, VIC.
How much is it?
It is free.
Where do I find out more?
On eventbrite.com.au. The button at the top of this page goes straight there.
How do I find out which of my mates are keen?
Tap "Ask your mates if they're keen" on this page. You get one link for the group chat, and your mates answer keen, maybe or can't in their browser, with no app and no sign-up. It is free.
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