In August I slipped into a more relaxed way of making these daily diary comics. Limited panels, 6 per spread, small and economical. As…
There are broadly two dominant fields of thought and approach to drawing. These are Observational Drawing (also referred to as life-drawing, visual realism, and…
Comics are widely studied by academics in the humanities. Discourse around metaphors and messaging found in the superhero genre is abundant, while comic narratives…
Art can easily be dismissed out of hand, misdiagnosed as simply a leisure activity, or compartmentalised as a skill of production, thus reducing the…
April 2024 diary comics. By me, Darren C Fisher. I refuse to have AI write my post for me, knowing it’d be something like…
Collecting diary comics from March 2024. One comic each day. This month I was working with more wet media- watercolour, inkwashes. Mixing up the…
In the second month of daily diary comic making in 2024, I already felt the stress of invalidation from posting on social media. The…
All through 2014 and 2015 I created daily diary comics- experiments in autobiography, the comic medium and visual style. And now, I’ve picked up…
Trufflejoggen
In late 2022 I embraced winter in our new backyard, the Anninger, a mountain full with forest trails for walking and riding. On one…
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…
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…
I love creating comics and visual materials for interdisciplinary groups, charities, OHS companies, and research projects. When I’m not neck deep in that, a…
The goal of this comic was to expand more on what HALT does in its efforts to counter mental health stigma and suicide in…
A weird request from Kontext, the German Psychology Journal I create comics for. This was the brief:
A client comes to therapy because of a…
I recently finished a comic project with the amazing Professor Wendy Stone and a team of researchers from Universities across Australia. They had completed…
I thought you might like to see the progression of a comic I made to the theme of ‘horse therapy’. This doesn’t show the…
In 2020 I worked on a comic for HALT (Hope Assistance Local Tradies). HALT aims to remind tradies they are valued by their community,…
During 2020 I had the opportunity to create a series of illustrations for CNBSafe, focused on James Wood (Woody) and his experiences resulting from…
I’m talking of course about redrafting Life in the Gutter, my 300+ page graphic novel draft which you can read here. I have spent…
During the Corona-Virus pandemic our landlord decided to sell our house. Unfortunately, we were in the way. Served with a notice to vacate, we…
During my doctorate, I made diary comics for over two years. Every day, a comic for the day. One of the problems was that…
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…
How to Have Better Arguments was produced for The Conversation in collaboration with academics from the University of Queensland and The University of Melbourne….
My final DVA studio output and the culmination of my Doctoral research. I have been slowly redrafting this over time, but here is the…
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 24-Hour wordless Autofictographic comic in brush and ink. Available for purchase as a physical print in the Storybordello shop.
Ashcan comics is a collaborative space for Australian comics creators. I took over the imprint in 2014. Dedicated almost two years in organisation, coordination,…
Story and narration: Peter Moyes Visuals: Darren C Fisher
Buddy, his Beat-up Gibson and the Gods of Guitar takes its cues from the Jewish Mussar tradition…
Created for the Squishzine Brunstown comic anthology
Development and production here and here
A4 inks on Strathmore BristolAs it appeared in Squishzine Brunstown
Director’s cut risoprint, thanks…
Ink and ink wash on A4 Bristol Board