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The first episode in a new series on the Readings Podcast, which focuses on all things comics! In this episode, our own Bernard Caleo speaks to fellow comic artist Mirranda Burton about her graphic novel, Underground. Underground was the recent winner of the  2022 Readings Young Adult Prize.

The first episode in a new series on the Readings Podcast, which focuses on all things comics! In this episode, our own Bernard Caleo speaks to fellow comic artist Mirranda Burton about her graphic novel, Underground. Underground was the recent winner of the 2022 Readings Young Adult Prize.

The Comics Question with Mirranda Burton

Mirranda Burton is a graphic artist and writer based in Melbourne. Despite delays caused by the corona virus pandemic and lockdowns, she finally succeeded in having her graphic novel, Underground, Marsupial Outlaws and Other Rebels of Australia’s War in Vietnam, launched in fine style recently at Melbourne Trades Hall.Underground is a finely wrought graphic novel with a real density of layered content that melds the personal journeys of activist and former Victorian Labor MP, Jean McLean, Vietnam war veteran, Bill Cantwell, and Vietnamese refugee activist, Mai Ho . Australian artist, Clifton Pugh also features. And Wombats.Most of us are used to absorbing historical detail and interpretation through words on the printed page or perhaps television documentaries. The graphic novel form, redolent of comic book visual language, is a distinctly different experience for many. How does a graphic novel of 272 pages, focussed on the Vietnam War and the profoundly vexed policy of conscription, come together coherently and meaningfully?Mirranda Burton speaks to Peter Clarke about the research underpinning Underground and the creative process that produced it.MIRRANDA BURTON WEBSITE:﻿ https://www.mirrandaburton.comPUBLISHERS WEBSITE FOR "UNDERGROUND"https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/Underground-Mirranda-Burton-9781760631475 "THE NIB" WEBSITEhttps://thenib.comARTIST KATHE KOLVITZhttps://illustrationchronicles.com/war-and-compassion-the-art-of-kathe-kollwitzARTIST OTTO NÜCKEL:https://alchetron.com/Otto-NückelARTIST LYND WARDhttps://bookpatrol.net/the-library-of-america-goes-wordless-the-novels-of-lynd-ward/"GUARDIAN" ARTICLE ON ART SPIEGELMAN AND "MAUS"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/05/art-spiegelman-maus-book-ban-interview-life-career

Mirranda Burton is a graphic artist and writer based in Melbourne. Despite delays caused by the corona virus pandemic and lockdowns, she finally succeeded in having her graphic novel, Underground, Marsupial Outlaws and Other Rebels of Australia’s War in Vietnam, launched in fine style recently at Melbourne Trades Hall. Underground is a finely wrought graphic novel with a real density of layered content that melds the personal journeys of activist and former Victorian Labor MP, Jean McLean, Vietnam war veteran, Bill Cantwell, and Vietnamese refugee activist, Mai Ho . Australian artist, Clifton Pugh also features. And Wombats. Most of us are used to absorbing historical detail and interpretation through words on the printed page or perhaps television documentaries. The graphic novel form, redolent of comic book visual language, is a distinctly different experience for many. How does a graphic novel of 272 pages, focussed on the Vietnam War and the profoundly vexed policy of conscription, come together coherently and meaningfully? Mirranda Burton speaks to Peter Clarke about the research underpinning Underground and the creative process that produced it. MIRRANDA BURTON WEBSITE: ﻿ <a href="https://www.mirrandaburton.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.mirrandaburton.com</a> PUBLISHERS WEBSITE FOR "UNDERGROUND" <a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/Underground-Mirranda-Burton-9781760631475" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/books/fiction/Underground-Mirranda-Burton-9781760631475</a> "THE NIB" WEBSITE <a href="https://thenib.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thenib.com</a> ARTIST KATHE KOLVITZ <a href="https://illustrationchronicles.com/war-and-compassion-the-art-of-kathe-kollwitz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://illustrationchronicles.com/war-and-compassion-the-art-of-kathe-kollwitz</a> ARTIST OTTO NÜCKEL: <a href="https://alchetron.com/Otto-N%25C3%25BCckel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://alchetron.com/Otto-Nückel</a> ARTIST LYND WARD <a href="https://bookpatrol.net/the-library-of-america-goes-wordless-the-novels-of-lynd-ward/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bookpatrol.net/the-library-of-america-goes-wordless-the-novels-of-lynd-ward/</a> "GUARDIAN" ARTICLE ON ART SPIEGELMAN AND "MAUS" <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/05/art-spiegelman-maus-book-ban-interview-life-career" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/05/art-spiegelman-maus-book-ban-interview-life-career</a>

MEET MIRRANDA BURTON, CREATOR OF "UNDERGROUND"

A young man runs from Melbourne into the excesses of capitalism in New York and again into the rural heartland of Ohio . Will he find what he is looking for in Emily Bitto’s novel, 'Wild Abandon'. Mirranda Burton has written/illustrated a graphic novel entitled, ‘Underground’ that provides an insight into Australia’s growing resistance to the Vietnam War including a wombat that was drafted and who went underground to avoid being conscripted.

Emily Bitto and Mirranda Burton

In this month's creator chat we talk to Mirranda Burton. Ten years after her debut graphic novel Hidden, Mirranda returns with Underground an excellent graphic novel that explores the Vietnam War and the conscription protests in Australia. To find out more about Mirranda Burton check out her blog: https://mirrandaburton.blogspot.comIf you like what we're doing, hit the subscribe button to stay up to date with our chats. You can also follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ALIAGraphic​ and check our blog, https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com​, for updates, monthly roundups of news and new release titles. 

In this month's creator chat we talk to Mirranda Burton. Ten years after her debut graphic novel Hidden, Mirranda returns with Underground an excellent graphic novel that explores the Vietnam War and the conscription protests in Australia. To find out more about Mirranda Burton check out her blog: <a href="https://mirrandaburton.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mirrandaburton.blogspot.com</a>If you like what we're doing, hit the subscribe button to stay up to date with our chats. You can also follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ALIAGraphic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ALIAGraphic</a>​ and check our blog, <a href="https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com​" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com​</a>, for updates, monthly roundups of news and new release titles.