Melbourne Underground Comics and Animation Art Exhibition - Aggressively Strange Fables

"Aggressively Strange Fables" is a celebration of the aggressive vigour and strange dark energy of underground comics in Melbourne. More than just an exhibition of comic art, it will be exploring the Melbourne comix scene through displays of original comic art, animation screenings, audio-visual projections of comic art with music, and talks by artists and publishers about their work and the comix industry. .

As part of the 2007 Melbourne Fringe Festival, "Aggressively Strange Fables" will be running at North Bazaar, (222 High Street, Northcote) from 26 September to 14 October 2007. Our opening on Friday 28 September will feature live music, DJ, animation screenings, and super-sized projections of comic art. Admission is free!

The people behind "Aggressively Strange Fables" are: Bernard Caleo (comic artist, owner of Cardigan Comics and publisher of the Tango comic compilation series); Aaron Doty (artist for Pigeon Coup and sometime freelance graphic designer); Nicole Skeltys (author of Pigeon Coup and musician - formerly of B(if)tek); and Jo Waite (comic artist, graphic artist/illustrator, and consultant comic artist for Streetwize). Artists featured will include: Mandy Ord, Tim Molloy, Tolley, David Blumenstein, Kirrilly Schell, Lachlan Conn, Nicki Greenberg and Bruce Mutard (both soon to be published by Allen and Unwin); Bernard Caleo; Jo Waite; and Nicole Skeltys & Aaron Doty. Check out the rest of the website for more details of the artists and samples of their work, plus lots of links to websites of Melbourne comic art. Check us out on MySpace at: http://www.myspace.com/strange_fables