Troy if these very lengthy comments should go somewhere else give me a hoy. I'll put my name to my comments
Thankyou to our organisers for all their hard work and thankyou to all entrants it really is great to see the diversity and quality of content and gives me warm glowy feelings about the potential, the creativity, the many voices and ongoing relevance of comics.
I've written comments on every entry (I can see now why that normally doesn't happen in competitions), because there are over 70 entries and there's this whole day job and other projects thing I need to do I haven't been able to be as consistent with comments as I would like. Some will get longer comments than others, I've tried to keep it brief and just touch on a few points for each comic. There really was an excellent line up this year and it's very exciting how the 24 hour comics challenge goes from strength to strength.
8 page general category items
Nick Bate - Journey to the Centre of the Galaxy
Playful, fun and educational. Illustration style worked well with the tone and content.
Thomas Carter - The Tale of Pantaloons Duffy
Very promising begining, some quirky visual stylings and ideas. Some fun characters and concepts, as identified did seem to run out of steam and needed a stronger story. Great work and start and the story about 3 really grabbed me as well.
Matt Huynh - Blind Shots - not elligable for prizes
Powerful storytelling, gutsy, articulate, important with a touch of magic
Alec M - Strange Things Are Going On
Fun story and storytelling, nice setup, plot twists and drawing back to the pot plant at the end gave a deeper sense of closure than than if you'd just had the Duke leaving - as well as the knowledge that this guy won't just go back to his normal life
Jessica McLeod- Tea WIth a Space Rabbit
Delightful. I loved the lettering, easy to read but quite different to a lot of modern lettering, worked well with the story. Delightful, cute, playful, sweet small story.
Lawson & Wilton - Titles are for the WEAK!
Fabulous cows, villains and time travel language and crisp expressive art, well done . The Astronaut referenceing was a bit weak although golly gee heroeic logic you just got away with it by a gnat's wing, I am mollified as the magma got to be there in person and botch was used so thoroughly.
Melody Powell - The Dream
Dreamlike, nice use of fragments and space to create that sensation of a dream space and uncertainty about what will happen next.An interesting fragment and some lovely use of slightly unnatural shapes.
Robert Racoon - Residue
A promising beginning, I'd certainly like to see where you take this, the avocado stealing the hat was probably my favourite bit, a nifty little twist. I wanted to see a bit more scotsman but you too get away with it by a gnat's wing thanks to haggis referencing. Might not be elligable as I cannot find the words Wield, Archetype or Botch - I also may be blind. Have posted the question so hopefully he can draw my attention to it.
Emma-JeanS - Procrastination
I'm a real fan of good silent comics, lovely phrasing and expresion and excellent incorporation of the elements. If you'd had more time it would have been great to have a few more pages in the middle fleshing out the dreamscape.
Zak Rowling - The Cult
I'm pretty stoked, I've just finished reading a silent comic and now I get to read a pome. Great angular artwork, excellent use of rhyme, good story.
Josh Salmon, Circus House
I especially enjoyed the colouring and expression on House's face when he's peering at breasts. Fabulous facial expressions all round and the watercolour style colouring really suited the circus and pencil style.
Michael Sandford- with a crack!'
Nice work on the facial expressions, it's great to see your work developing. Happy sleeping gherkins and superheroes falling flat on their faces please me. Wise choice on the font size change.
Connell Wood - "Beyond the Post-it"
Great art, your drawing syle is really enjoyable and the light use of grey tones works really well. I certainly will be looking forward to seeing the rest of the story when you're able to upload the rest. Dinosaurs with monocles, hideous human felines and a main character you can care for.
Mature 16 pages
Ricci - The Psych of Gemima Copper
Silent comics, poem comics and now collage comics. This judge is very very happy with the range of comics produces and the variety of styles exploring our wonderful medium. I'm finding it very exciting. I can really imagine Gemima and how such a friend can be wonderful (Norks!) and your use of collage worked really well. Playful is a word I feel I'm over using in my judgiong comments, but it fits so well and the playfullness is something I'm really enjoying (I have also been watching Iron Chef so I may become more verbose and talk about the sensations I'm getting in my throat)
Elina Turunen - The Borderline
Great use of sepia tones, lovely visual style, strong characters and dialogue. Extra points for playing the vampire penguin straight. It is a shame the story had to wrap up so suddenly after such a promising beginning, I look forward to the full version.
Michael Fitzhywel - Green Water - not elligable
Nice tight story. I enjoyed the colouring, tone and facial expressions, neat twists and a powerful last page. The waking up eyes and the blue lands of unconsciousness worked particularly well.
Mature 24 pages
Tom Bonin "Who Knows"
Wicked magical, excellent use of a scotsman and a wonderful pumpkin patch, I love good folklore style horror (and being a wimp a light horror I can enjoy without hiding scared under my bed). Great art, story, dialogue.
Jo B 1 - mondo nero
lovely expressive work. The section with orthodontics on the train was one of the most powerful bits for me, you evoked that feeling all too well. Excellent use of bunnies which is always a plus for me and I really enjoyed the way you composed a page.
EvilDan -- Timsbly the Stereotypical Demon
Good quality art work, loved the slip slop slap cthulu, definitly glad it was in a 'mature' section. Through my work in the community sector and other stuff I know a fair number of men and women who have been raped - the emphasis on sexual violence and the way it was done took a lot of the fun away for me. I think I'm pretty broad minded, but this is the only comic to make me feel physically ill. I certainly enjoyed the slip slop slap cthulu.
PracticeCactus - Mojo & Fuzz;Tall Tails
Fabulous expressive stuff, Mojo and Fuzz have got to be some of the coolest animals in comics. Great use and justification of aliens and I really enjoyed the fight scene plus wise cracking. Great stuff.
Jamtrousers - Who Turned Out the Lights - Adelaide
Congratulations on doing the full 24, a heartwarming tale of an runaway octopus.nice incorporation of photo references and extra points for listing at the end where all the random things are, indeed a full commendation.
See Penny Run(A Mindless Exploitation Comic)
A very cute, fun not quite so children's book. Jenny is such a delightfully happy looking character and the running avocados were great. Hurrah for joyful nudity, female astronauts and happy avocados.
Laura Seabrook - What Watt Space on First?
Nice indy style, I especially like how you blocked in the dark black backgrounds (such as in the mine), it worked really well and I imagine save you a chunk of time. starting with a simple story, adding a salty tale telling twist that the gets more twists applied and further mystery added, although I want to know who wrote the comic.
Mark Selan - Poometti - not elligable
heheheh, thanks for that deep insight into your psyche. This pisstake certainly made me giggle, my favourite line has got to be "Foreplay?"
Will Kelly - Young Mountain Agony
Ah the joys time travel, I hope you're going to write a sequel that helps explain how they're all alive if they were all dead, I'm sure there's some more will have been going to tomorrows left.I'm big fan of eyes in inky darkness and the reduction in panels towards the end really suited the increase in action and more dynamic panels.
8 Page mature
Ant - Bless this house
Creepy, child like kind of illustration and colouring eerily suitable, with nice little details like the flower bent over and framing fragments rather than full detail worked very well.
Daniel Bai - They Call Me The Gypsy
Great use of black and white with a touch of colour. Visually I liked it and writing accents is always hard, but I could hear the accents, so well done. The story did leave me a little unsatisfied, but a very promising beginning
Stephen J Bai - Cyborg Scotsman Vs Fat Frankenstein
kinda weird, kinda gross, there looks like there's a lot of detail that didn't come through with that quality scan Page 5 (
http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/5590/page55ms.jpg ) seems to have better detail and smoother lines than the other images and does your artwork better justice - I had to squint a lot and I'm sure there are odd bits I just couldn't see. Certainly odd, reminded me of some of the more grotesque work from MAD with lots of weird tubey detail
Mo.C-Yobbo wankers
Page 1 is very hard to read, words nigh impossible, so I'm very glad that got fixed up in later pages. Well drawn characters and some great groan worthy giggles.
Dominik - Wheeled Avocado
Decidedly weird and enchanting. Love the wobbly panels, the death of television, banana sattelites and the avocadoes that come in peace.
Katherine FitzHywel - V for Vegan
A promising beginning, as the animals go out into the big bad world. I'm curious and a bit disturbed as to why the lamb would remove it's wool in order to go out into the big bad world.
Troy Kealley - Pulp Faction - not elligable for prizes
Tops stuff Troy, fan bloody tastic, I must get around to buying a hamster t-shirt.
Leon & Clare - Open All Nite
Lovely creepy pastels and atmosphere. I half expected the contortionist to be hanging by the belt.
Gary Lau - "Trigger"
Beautiful, stark, creepy, Mr Lau you're a mean mean man for not finishing this, I need to know what happens next or I'll be jumping at shadows.
Mark Lauthier- Momentum
Beautiful pencils, the cloven shoes won a special place in my heart.
Andrew Law - Dragons Lament
A dragon hunter after my own heart, nice stuff.
Michael - Tales of the Space Squid Defence Squad
I love the then and now structure, has me intrigued, lovely artwork too, hope you're planning on finishing it.
Paul McClintock - Imagine. Dream. Smile
Poignant, lovely story and great title.
Crap I'm starting to run out of words, there's a lot of comics to look at
Jason McPherson & Craig Vial - Untitled
Nice indy style and use of blacks.
Henry PoP - LOW
Gorgeous faces and expressive lines, sad poignant story.
Komala Singh/Sally Woellner - Stacks On
Oh wow, I don't often laugh out loud, but this one made me guffwah and get many a curious glance. I'm still chuckling on the inside.
Gavin Thomson, Moth, Canberra
The split panel juxtapositions worked really well and I liked the story and the art, nice lines faces and hands in particular.
Sean Tay - Bad date
Wow, beautiful lines, such a soulful sad and gentle comic!
24 Page - general
Dom Blackwell - Day in the life of Joseppe
Full marks for guiding this judge towards the random elements. I like portrait on page 7 in particular.
Jacen C - The Greatest Comic in the World
You had me at the second time I fetched water, very cool and I even feel scholarly in my greater understanding of Jung.
Thomas Carter - The Librarian
Great story, characters, development and an excellent last line. I believe there are some librarians at the national library chuckling over there tea right now.
Michael Connolly Lair Of The Dryad
Deliciously liquid detail, I love the way some of the waves crest, the mushrooms at the dryads feet, these little bits that really add to the whole.
Jules Faber - Entropy Island
Great inks pencil and story, loved the ending.
Caanan - Gypsy & the Astronaut
Oh wow, that was just gorgeous Caanan, lovely sparse use of words, great non-verbal communication and a lovely story.
Edward J Grug III - They Came From Space!
Great stuff, you manage delightful chicken soup for the soul stuff with sad poignant bits and savage twists that make bottom lips tremble. Well done.
Wen Huang - various goodbyes
I enjoyed seeing the various textures and styles, nice designs and work, I think I'll have to read it a few more times to fully grock it, but well done.
David Kerr - The Magic Oboe
Best Ferryman, I mean boatman, scene ever, a lot of fun, bravo. Very cool use of an oboe, great to see your stuff again.
Lucas - the astronaut in which bad things happen to
That banana touched a special part of my soul, some of the lines were real gems. A fun romp.
Erin McGregor - To Make it Breathe - Adelaide
Great title that follows up on its promise. As a gamer and a passionate story teller it brought a tear to my eye and a smile to my face.
Sarah Milne -- The Princess and the Gypsy
A really fun romp, under 30 entries to read now and I'm starting to run out of words for I enjoyed this comic, how it was drawn and how it worked

but all of that is true, had a frock full of fun.
Loren Morris- Immaculate Contradiction
Gorgeous illustration style and panels. Strangely wonderful.
Wez Mountain - All the Cheese in England
Best use of a Duke, fabulously irritatingly dim and oblivious, the visual style worked well and beautiful dialogue.
Alastair Sew Hoy - Fly me to the Moon
Great piece of storytelling, it seemed very real and evocative.
Rebecca W. - Life - Vic [Finished]
the style is very cute, perhaps because I am no expert in reading manga I found it difficult to tell the difference between the characters on occasion even though they do have different hairstyles. Cute story and I enjoyed the black text balloons.
Trev and Jen - Butcherin' a classic
Heheheheh Best undead depiction of Romeo and Juliet ever. The supporting cast is what really makes this magical for me.
16 Page
Kenny - Play Grounds
A very nice beginning, not quite a story by itself, but certainly got me curious about what happens next and got me caring about the characters
Ina Claus - Intrepid Journey
Lovely clean style, reminds me of some cool indy day in the life and political cartoons. Great use of American flag.
Drew - The Runner
Great first effort at a comic, well done drew, 16 pages in 24 hours is certainly a way of throwing yourself into the deep end. Well done and congratulations.
Hayden Fryer & Guy Dernee - Plaza in Space!
I loved the extra informative text, was cute, page 1 was particularly good, with the feeling of extra volume in the drawings.
Owen Heitmann -The Greatest Story Ever Told
Great crisp artwork and beautiful aliens, the arguing alien couple is an oldie but a goldie
wredwrat & amei - Treasure Hunt
Gorgeous artwork, fabulous use of colour and a lovely story.
Sandra Gibson - The House from Hell
Wow, not too bad at all for a first comics attempt, some of it was a bit hard to follow, but the characters were distinct and it was very lively. A great beginning.
Elise Kendall - 'sif
Very odd indeed, I never would have thought of using pregnancy to deal with a plot issue.
Michael Li - Starcatcher
Lovely soft pencils, beautiful composition, engaging read, once again you've told a great story.
OzShadow - The decaffeinated zone
It's fantastic to see quite a few people trying out comic creation for the first time. I liked the simple but effective photo manipulation, worked very well, I especially liked the landscapes on page 14 and 15.
L. Rideout - Space Pirates Deluxe! 2
Funky crew and aliens and a cool story, nice visual style and extra points for how you used hydrangea.
Tony Samson - "Gone To Seed"
Awww that was quite beautiful, a lovely tale of friendship.
C. Schlatter: Blancmange a'la Rupert
For the uninitiated what are those weird head protuberances on Rupert? Cute and strange.
Amanda Siefman - Coliyander - not eligible
Wow, this would certainly be in my top picks if it was eligible, excellent story and art. impressive short story.
Sean Tay - The Mexican Produce Adventure
The protagonist is beautifully expressively unexpressive. The connection to her really carries you through the narrative. Nifty comic
Wanno - A Space Dilemma 2110
Beautiful textures and characters, I love your use of different coloured paper, although I must confess I wanted a little more from the ending *pout*
and that's a wrap.