Mandy Ord
Encyclopedia
Mandy Ord is a Melbourne
-based comic artist. Her work has appeared in The Age
, Meanjin
, The Australian Rationalist
magazine, Voiceworks
, Tango
, Going Down Swinging and Red Leaves / 紅葉
. Since 2009 Ord has also had a regular comic strip published in Trouble (magazine)
. In 2004, she was nominated for the Ledger Award for Small Press Title of the Year for her comic Dirty Little Creep.
Ord's earliest published work was in her own book Wilnot in 1994. Her first graphic novel was a collaboration with Amber Carvan, Brick Dog and Other Stories 2002, followed by her first solo graphic novel Rooftops 2007, published by Findlay Lloyd. Ord is also the author of minicomic
s Ordinary Eyeball (2006) and Sensitive Creatures (2004).
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
-based comic artist. Her work has appeared in The Age
The Age
The Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
, Meanjin
Meanjin
Meanjin is an Australian literary journal. The name - pronounced Mee-AN-jin - is derived from an Aboriginal word for the land where the city Brisbane is located.It was founded in December 1940, in Brisbane, by Clem Christesen...
, The Australian Rationalist
Rationalist Society of Australia
The Rationalist Society of Australia promotes the interests of rationalists nationally in Australia. It is the operational arm of the movement in Australia...
magazine, Voiceworks
Voiceworks (journal)
Voiceworks is an Australian magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays and journalism by young writers, as well as comics, drawings and photos by young artists. Voiceworks was originally established as the monthly newsletter of Express Media Power Workshops...
, Tango
Tango (comics)
Tango is a comics anthology published in |Melbourne, Australia by Cardigan Comics. As of December 2009, there have been nine issues of Tango, published intermittently since 1997, and an additional compilation The Tango Collection, published in 2009 by Allen & Unwin.-Overview:Tango is described as...
, Going Down Swinging and Red Leaves / 紅葉
Red Leaves / 紅葉
Red Leaves / 紅葉 is an English-language and Japanese bi-lingual literary magazine.-Description:Based out of Melbourne, Australia and Tokyo, Japan, Red Leaves / 紅葉 is edited by writers Kirk Marshall and Yasuhiro Horiuchi, and designed by Liberty Browne. The inaugural issue was translated by Sunny...
. Since 2009 Ord has also had a regular comic strip published in Trouble (magazine)
Trouble (magazine)
Trouble is a free independent monthly magazine for the promotion of visual and performing arts and culture. Newstead Press Pty Ltd, a company that is co-directed by artists Steve and Melissa Proposch, publishes and distributes the title nationally in Australia...
. In 2004, she was nominated for the Ledger Award for Small Press Title of the Year for her comic Dirty Little Creep.
Ord's earliest published work was in her own book Wilnot in 1994. Her first graphic novel was a collaboration with Amber Carvan, Brick Dog and Other Stories 2002, followed by her first solo graphic novel Rooftops 2007, published by Findlay Lloyd. Ord is also the author of minicomic
Minicomic
A minicomic is a creator-published comic book, often photocopied and stapled or with a handmade binding. In the United Kingdom and Europe the term "small press comic" is equivalent with minicomic reserved for those publications measuring A6 or less...
s Ordinary Eyeball (2006) and Sensitive Creatures (2004).