Gestalt Publishing is Australia's largest, independent graphic novel

Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

 publishing house.

The company was officially founded in Applecross, Western Australia

Applecross, Western Australia

Applecross is an affluent riverside suburb of Perth, Western Australia, bounded by Canning Highway and the Swan River. It is located within the City of Melville.Like the name Perth, the suburb of Applecross borrows its name from the region in Scotland...

, on the 1st July 2005 by Wolfgang Bylsma and Skye Ogden, although they had previously been involved in creating, editing and publishing underground and editorial comics since the early-1990s.

Gestalt operates out of Perth, Western Australia and Tokyo, Japan.

To date, Gestalt Publishing have published such notable books as The Deep: Here Be Dragons

The Deep: Here Be Dragons

Written by award-winning writer Tom Taylor and illustrated by James Brouwer, The Deep: Here Be Dragons is an original graphic novel from the 2011 Aurealis-Award-winning Gestalt Publishing which tells the tales of the Nekton family – A multiethnic family of Aquanauts who live on a...

, Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday

Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday

Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday is a graphic novel from Gestalt Publishing written by Alex Cox and illustrated by Christopher Bones and Justin Randall. It is supposed to be a sequel to the 1984 cult film Repo Man.-Publication history:...

, The Example, Vowels, Flinch and Character Sketches.

Gestalt have published the work of many well-known creators, including Shaun Tan

Shaun Tan

Shaun Tan is the illustrator and author of award-winning children's books such as The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and The Arrival...

, James Barclay

James Barclay

James Barclay is a high fantasy authorHe has written two trilogies, Chronicles of The Raven and Legends of The Raven, and a related novella, Light Stealer....

, Colin Wilson

Colin Wilson (comics)

Colin Wilson is a comic book artist, born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 31 October 1949.He is known for his detailed artwork which he uses in 2000 AD stories like Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd. According to Andy Diggle, the 2000 AD editor who got him back to the title in the late nineties and has...

, Tom Taylor

Tom Taylor (writer)

Tom Taylor is a comic book writer and award-winning playwright who has also written for radio, musicals, film, magazines, satirical news and sketch comedy...

, Terry Dowling

Terry Dowling

Terence William Dowling, born at Lystra Private Hospital , is an Australian writer, freelance journalist, award-winning critic, editor, game designer and reviewer...

and Justin Randall.

External links

• Flinch Flinch Website
• Tom Taylor on Flinch and The Example, Cool Shite