Bernard Caleo Bernard Caleo i(A130831 works by)
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Robyn Annear in Conversation Bernard Caleo (interviewer), single work podcast interview
1 y separately published work icon Robyn Annear in Conversation Bernard Caleo (interviewer), 2024 27358062 2024 single work podcast interview

'In this episode, a conversation with Melbourne's favourite historian, Robyn Annear. In Corners of Melbourne, Annear takes us on an unorthodox tour of the city's streets and corners, telling stories about the events and people that have made these the most interesting places to be.

'In this (appropriately corner-shaped) book she will introduce you to - street-corner 'galvanisers' who offered the thrill of electric shock at threepence a time, the rude boys of the Fitzroy back streets who became the original 'larrikins' infants named for the corners on which they'd been abandoned, a rogues' gallery of unruly women, incorrigible men and runaway horses ... and, of course, the civic reprobates who discarded orange peel in the streets, to the risk of life and limb.' (Production summary)

1 Puzzles of the Past : Exploring the Ordworld and New York City Bernard Caleo , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 460 2023; (p. 44)

— Review of Bulk Nuts Mandy Ord , 2023 selected work short story graphic novel ; New York City Glow Rachel Coad , 2023 single work graphic novel

'Over the decades that Ord has been producing comic strip stories, we have witnessed her develop a personal iconic picture language, and in Bulk Nuts she has honed the images to a high level of finish. To a long-time observer of Ord’s work, the drawings here are clearer, finer, more precisely observed and produced. She has always been attentive to the ways that black ink falls from her brush to the page, but the brushwork in this book is particularly acute, teetering between representation and a purely graphic emotionality. Ord’s visual metaphors are also a major contributor to her narrative voice: the heavy vocal knottiness of parents fighting, the snaky fingery acquisitive ogling at a trash and treasure market, the vibratingly smarmy responses from the guy in the television show Knight Rider to KITT, his talking car. Ord’s visual correlatives for sound and physical action lead us further along the garden path of her cartooning dialect, which develops readerly intimacy with the emotional tone and sense of humour in these comics, which has to do with vulnerability and an appreciation of the natural world.' (Introduction)          

1 y separately published work icon The Comics Question with Sarah Firth Bernard Caleo (interviewer), 2023 27121182 2023 single work podcast interview

'In this episode of The Comics Question, Bernard Caleo interviews Sarah Firth on the topic of Eventually Everything Connects.

'Eventually Everything Connects is Firth's debut graphic novel, a collection of interconnected visual essays created over eight years. Firth invites you into her wild mind as she explores ways to see with fresh eyes, to face the inevitability of change, and to find freedom in sensuality.' (Production summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Comics Question with Michael Fikaris Bernard Caleo (interviewer), Nico Callaghan (interviewer), 2023 26809711 2023 single work podcast interview

'This episode is the fourth instalment of The Comics Question series. In these podcasts, Bernard Caleo and Nico Callaghan discuss comics, graphic novels, and the place they inhabit within the broader books and publishing world.

'For this episode, Bernard and Nico sat down with Michael Fikaris, a central figure in both the comic book and street art movements of the early 2000s in his hometown of Melbourne. Fikaris has exhibited in professional and guerrilla contexts locally and abroad. His artwork is held in numerous private collections along with the National Gallery of Victoria, State Library of Victoria, and National Gallery of Australia.' (Production summary)

1 y separately published work icon The Comics Question with Charlie Hill-Smith Bernard Caleo (interviewer), 2023 25978904 2023 single work podcast interview

'Today’s episode is the second instalment of The Comics Question series. In these podcasts we discuss comics, graphic novels, and the place they inhabit within the broader books and publishing world.

'In this episode, we sit down with Charlie Hill-Smith, who, among many talents and pursuits like filmmaking, has produced a new comic, Crime Scene Australia.' (Publication summary)

1 The Language of Images : Judging a Graphic Book by Its Cover Bernard Caleo , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December no. 449 2022; (p. 48-49)

— Review of Stone Fruit Lee Lai , 2021 single work graphic novel ; Men I Trust Tommi Parrish , 2022 single work graphic novel
'The covers of comic books/graphic novels/sequential narratives, call them what you will, have a fundamentally different relationship to the contents of their books than the covers of ‘ordinary’, text-only works. For the latter, the cover image is usually produced by a designer whom the author does not know and may never meet. In the case of comics, however, the cover image is made by the same hand that creates the images that proliferate within the book. The cover of a text-only book is communicating a sense of what the book is like through the totally different language of images. For the browser, that’s like trying to decide whether to attend a concert on the strength of a billposter. With a comic book, the sort of thing you see on the cover is the sort of thing you get inside. A comic book begins before you even open it. Basically, you can judge a comic book by its cover.' (Introduction) 
1 y separately published work icon The Comics Question with Mirranda Burton Bernard Caleo (interviewer), 2022 25395398 2022 single work podcast interview

'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.' 

1 On the Home Front : Picto-critical Eyes on the Vietnam War Bernard Caleo , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January–February no. 439 2022; (p. 24-25)

— Review of Underground : Marsupial Outlaws and Other Rebels of Australia's War in Vietnam Mirranda Burton , 2021 single work graphic novel
'Editorial cartoonists gamble their all on a same-day art, their work created, read, and discarded on the day of publication. The makers of graphic novel journalism use the language of cartooning, too, but in their case it’s a marathon, not a sprint: they spend years arranging thousands of images and tens of thousands of words across hundreds of pages in order to create their books. Two new graphic novels cast a picto-critical eye on the war in Vietnam and show how it came home to roost, bringing death and imprisonment to suburban streets in Australia and the United States.' 

 (Introduction)

1 Minds Set Free : Three New Graphic Novels Bernard Caleo , 2021 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 437 2021; (p. 34-35)

— Review of When One Person Dies the Whole World Is Over Mandy Ord , Mandy Ord , 2019 single work graphic novel
1 Into the Third Space : Comics and Creative Writing: Teaching and Researching Graphic Narratives in a Creative Writing Context Elizabeth MacFarlane , Ronnie Scott , Bernard Caleo , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Axon : Creative Explorations , May vol. 8 no. 1 2018;

'We are three writers and researchers learning to teach the image. We approach comics from different backgrounds and engage the medium in different ways, but our point of convergence is Graphic Narratives, a fourth-year subject developed by Dr Elizabeth MacFarlane at the University of Melbourne. Liz founded Graphic Narratives in 2011, when it was Australia’s first tertiary-level subject devoted to the study of the comics medium. Each year students create a minicomic which they then have the opportunity to swap or sell at an annual showcase event open to the public. With graphic novelist and academic Dr Pat Grant, Liz co-directs the Comic Art Workshop, Australia’s first artists’ residency dedicated to supporting major comics projects in progress. Bernard Caleo has taught comics making skills as part of Graphic Narratives, and also at primary and secondary schools. He edited and published the giant romance comics anthology Tango from 1997 to 2009, and made the feature documentary Graphic Novels! Melbourne! in 2012 with filmmaker Daniel Hayward. His ongoing project is to investigate possibilities for performing comics. Dr Ronnie Scott guest lectured, then tutored, then coordinated Graphic Narratives in various years and has since integrated comics into his Media & Communication Honours Lab and his undergraduate Nonfiction studios in the Creative Writing program at RMIT University. He has also published comics criticism in national venues and edited comics for international literary magazines, as well as publishing scholarly research on comics.'  (Introduction)

7 y separately published work icon How to Win a Nobel Prize Barry Marshall , Lorna Hendry , Collingwood : Piccolo Nero , 2018 12262866 2018 single work children's fiction children's adventure

'A time-travel adventure for young budding scientists

'Ten-year-old Mary has always wanted to win a Nobel Prize. She loves running her own science experiments at home. But how can she become a real scientist and win the greatest prize of all?

'One day Mary stumbles on a secret meeting of Nobel Prize winners. Swearing her to secrecy, Dr Barry Marshall agrees to be her guide as she travels around the world and through time to learn the secrets behind some of the most fascinating and important scientific discoveries. They talk space and time with Albert Einstein, radiation with Marie Curie, DNA with Crick, Watson and Wilkins – and much more.

'How to Win a Nobel Prize is a funny, fascinating adventure story for ages 9 to 12, and includes experiments that young scientists can do themselves at school or at home.' (Introduction)

1 Book Launch - Nicki Greenberg's Hamlet Bernard Caleo , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , February vol. 55 no. 1 2011; (p. 28-29)
1 Review : Ubby's Underdogs Bernard Caleo , 2011-2012 single work review
— Appears in: Southpaw , no. 1 2011-2012; (p. 164-166)

— Review of Ubby's Underdogs : The Legend of the Phoenix Dragon Brenton E. McKenna , 2011 single work graphic novel
1 Interacting between Scenes : Nicki Greenberg's Hamlet Bernard Caleo , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 19 no. 1 2011; (p. 22)
1 1 Faraday's Candle Bernard Caleo , 2011 single work drama

'"There is no better, there is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle." Michael Faraday

More than 150 years ago, Michael Faraday saw beauty and wonder in the chemistry of a candle. His observations remain true today and the lessons are both simple and profound. Join Faraday at St Paul's Cathedral for a truly illuminating theatre performance. Society has changed, technology has advanced, language has evolved, but the phenomena underpinning a candle remain constant. Today, candles are rarely seen outside birthday cakes, churches, romantic dinners and power failures, but are no less fascinating. In fact, these contexts provide an insight to the enduring value of the candle; celebration, worship, emotion and the ever-present need for light.' Source: http://re-science.org.au (Sighted 28/09/2011).

1 1 y separately published work icon The Tango Collection Bernard Caleo (editor), Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2009 Z1667489 2009 anthology short story
1 The Architecture of Dreams Bernard Caleo , 2003 single work short story
— Appears in: West of the West : Writing, Image and Sound from Melbourne's West 2003; (p. 52-53)
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