On Friday 26th of August 2011 Drawn From Life, a FREE newspaper of cartoons by Australia's best cartoonists, illustrators and graphic novelists (plus some internationals thrown in for good measure), was released into the world. Drawn From Life was a major project of the Melbourne Writers Festival 2011, and was edited and produced by Oslo Davis.


Cover by Diego Patino. Reservoir Station photos by Rebecca Hayes.

WHERE?
Melbourne's morning train commuters at the following train stations were able to pick up their FREE copy of Drawn From Life:

Frankston Station / Werribee Station / Box Hill Station / Reservoir Station / Newport Station / Flinders Street Station. (Map)

Drawn From Life was also available at Federation Square for the duration of the Melbourne Writers Festival - 25 August to 4 September 2011.


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CONTRIBUTORS
Peter Arkle (New York) / Matt Bissett-Johnson / Mirranda Burton / Robin Cowcher / Oslo Davis / First Dog On The Moon / Pat Grant / Nicki Greenberg / Fiona Katauskas / Jon Kudelka / Alex Hallatt / Rebecca Hayes / Judy Horacek / Sarah Howell & David Blumenstein / Andrew Joyner / Matthew Martin / Bruce Mutard / Mandy Ord / Diego Patino (Bogota) / Bruce Petty / Picnick / Shaun Tan / Ron Tandberg / Jo Waite / Andrew Weldon / Jim Woodring (San Francisco) / Anthony Woodward

PRESS
READ about Drawn From Life on ThreeThousand.
READ John Bailey's article on Drawn From Life, and comics generally, in The Sunday Age.
READ an interview with Oslo Davis about Drawn From Life on The Ember.



RELATED EVENTS
Check out the full list of comic- and graphic novel-related events at the MWF.

SUPPORTERS
Drawn From LIfe was supported by Arts Victoria, the Copyright Agency Limited, Metro and the excellent people at the Melbourne Writers Festival.


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