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…
Starting a visual project can be overwhelming. There is a lot to consider, including how to begin, and how to organize something complex into…
During my doctorate, I made diary comics for over two years. Every day, a comic for the day. One of the problems was that…
I write this review with a hint of jealousy in that I was not invited to take part or contribute. It’s a bitter pill,…
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…
Rear-view is a recap, revise, and reminisce of art, people and things of the past 2 months.
2019 has been busy with research and creative projects. On the verge of a new decade, join me for a recap of my year’s…
Presentation slides and text from my talk unpacking creative processes in Entwined: A Recurrent Romance at The International Graphic Novel and Comic Conference in…
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ABSTRACT
What are the tools and techniques required to become a creator of content? This…
The ABC Top 5 Media Residency is intended to assist upcoming academics in communicating their research through public media. Although it is well established…
I curated an exhibition of comic art titled ‘Indie Comic Voices of Australia’ for The Australian Short Story Festival. This is the story of…
Chris Gooch is a Melbourne based cartoonist. He first graphic novel, Bottled, was published in 2017 by Top Shelf and his second graphic novel,…
I’ll be at Papercuts, the new FIVE DAY celebration of comics in Adelaide hosted by Festival co-directors Georgina Chadderton and Owen Heitmann. I’ll…
I started on character designs for Entwined: A Recurrent Romance as an Inktober project in 2017. It’s about Superheroes and Aztec Gods, and in…
Swinburne Research Changemakers Conference 23rd July 2019
9:30am- Professor Aleksandar Subic
How to approach research to bring the outside world in and transform the world through…
I find it amusing when people begin a post online by apologising for a lack of recent activity. I imagine that most people wouldn’t…
How to Have Better Arguments was produced for The Conversation in collaboration with academics from the University of Queensland and The University of Melbourne….
Research Timeline 2019
May- Communication ComicJune- International Graphic Novel and Comic Conference June- Entwined: A Recurrent RomanceJuly- ROW ProjectJune- Palliative Care ProjectNovember- Death of Duality…
Back in 2002 or so I became obsessed with writing a story about angels and demons, science fiction and fantasy, martial arts and high…
In 2008 during my Honours year I spent 3 months in India at Whistling Woods film school. I had an internship lined up at…
1998
Deep throbbing bass filled the room, mixing with the thick odour of cigarette smoke. It pulsated through the glassware that D continually refilled. A never-ending sea…
As I draw closer to finishing art duties on Entwined I’ve been testing ways of speeding my colouring workflow. Here are a bunch of…
Under Earth is Australian Comic Author Chris Gooch’s latest offering, a 160 page introduction to a larger work in the making. Gooch’s last book,…
My final DVA studio output and the culmination of my Doctoral research. I have been slowly redrafting this over time, but here is the…
It’s coming to the pointy end of Entwined. The black and white pages are 90% there, and I’ve got pages trickling in with flat…
Hello, I’m Darren Fisher, I teach into the animation degree at Swinburne University.
I’ve been drawing forever and making comics since I discovered Superman…
Welcome to Part One of my Literature review into mental health, art therapy, and personal storytelling. This paper is called Art therapy in Mental…
Earlier this year I submitted a funding application for a pilot project combining comics, teaching, and personal storytelling. While I haven’t yet heard back…
Getting proportions right with drawing humans from the imagination can be tricky. People over the years since at least the Ancient Greeks have been…
I was recently commissioned to create a range of drawings in the same vein as one I had completed years ago for Dr. Peter…