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Gary Chaloner
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Publisher of Cyclone Comics
Creator of The Jackaroo
Writer/artist of Will Eisner's John Law
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Club Damingo 46! David Bird on Fox Comics; anthologies; Dee Vee; Tony Single; Comic Jam '87: Gary 'Goo Goo' Gillespie; 2025 CAAA Shortlist part 2 + more!

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Club Damingo 46 | Anthologies, Dee Vee, Tony Single, Gary 'Goo Goo' Gillespie, CAAA Shortlist pt 2
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January 22, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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Club Damingo 45! We chat about fanzines, Frank Maconochie, Nigel Gurney, Reverie, Inkspots, Fox Comics, Ownaindi, ComX, Streetwise, Chris Gooch, Christof Bogacs, Ben Hutchings, 2025 CAAAs shortlist, Aussie Comics Fan Stamps and, as usual, a bit more!

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Club Damingo 45 | Fanzines, Gurney, Reverie, Inkspots, Fox, Streetwise, CAAAs 2025 Shortlist + more!
YouTube video by Cyclone Comics
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January 15, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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Club Damingo 44! The 90s! Comic Book Virus (again), Dillon Naylor, Philip Bentley, Cyberswine CD-Rom, Tim's 1996 Diary, Anton Emdin, From Hell, Marvel and DC woes, Marcelo Baez + much more!

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Club Damingo 44 | The 1990s, Cyberswine CD-Rom, Tim's 1996 diary, Naylor, Bentley, Emdin, Baez etc.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:49 AM
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Club Damingo 43! Happy New Year!

Gary's Aussie Comic shout-outs for 2025 (See ya 2025), Comic Book Virus, Sam Young, Vito x Dino's 50th show, Peter Ledger, Rob Liefeld, and heaps more including a post credit scene: Louie Joyce!

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Club Damingo 43 | Gary's shout-outs for 2025, Comic Book Virus, Sam Young, Peter Ledger, Louie Joyce
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January 1, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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Club Damingo 42! The Xmas Show! Gerard Ashworth, Bernard Caleo, Queenie Chan, David Bird's & Danny Nolan's faves for 2025, Billy Blue Magazine, Tom Taylor, Tony Thorne, Jason Paulos, Alex Major and heaps more!

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Club Damingo 42 | Gerard Ashworth, Queenie Chan, David Bird's & Danny Nolan's 2025 faves + more
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December 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Club Damingo 41! The Folio Project, Steve Mattsson, Netflix + Warner Bros., Spedsy's faves for 2025, Jonathan McBurnie, Comic Gong news... plus heaps more!

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Club Damingo 41 | The Folio Project, Steve Mattsson, Netflix & WB, Spedsy's 2025 faves + much more
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December 18, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Club Damingo hits 40 with our longest show yet (we think)!

We feature Aussies inking Spider-Man, discuss how to scan artwork, love and hate artists' editions, discuss our 2026 plans, update what's happening with the Angoulême Festival... and more!

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Club Damingo 40 | Aussies ink Spider-Man, scanning artwork, artists' editions, Angoulême update...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Club Damingo 38 | Investing in your creation, Industry vs Scene vs Hobby, Jake Parker's 12 points to keep in mind while doing comics, Bronwyn, Lauren Marshall's Sketch Biz + more!

Plus, where did 2025 go?

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Club Damingo 38 | Industry vs Scene vs Hobby, Jake Parker's 12 points, Bronwyn, Sketch Biz + more!
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November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Club Damingo 37 is alive! It lives!
Louie Joyce, SCAMP thoughts, Agony To Ecstasy doco, we forget Aussie Comic Book Day, Reimena Yee, Library meet-ups, Trevor 3D maquette, Drink & Draw 3, TCJ.com interviews Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne about Oglaf and Platinum Grit... plus more!
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November 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Club Damingo 36!? 36 shows and we're STILL yappin'!

This week we namedrop or discuss Sluggish, Niteside, SCAMP, Free Monkeys, Alyssa Bermudez, Skye's Cavern Library, Drink & Draw, Martin Gammon, Gregory Mackay, Tim Molloy, Christof Bogacs, Neverlanders animated + more...

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Club Damingo 36 | Hernaez, Sluggish, Niteside, SCAMP, Drink & Draw, Gammon, Mackay, Molloy, Bogacs +
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November 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Club Damingo 35 | A CAAA Festival? Festivals vs Cons vs Market Days, Scamp approaches, Drink & Draw returns, Kunta Kinte, Matthew Dunn, Killeroo and, of course, more!

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Club Damingo 35 | CAAAs Festival, Scamp, Drink & Draw, Matthew Dunn, the 'Back-up' idea, Killeroo...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Club Damingo 34? WHA-AAT?! We discuss the Stanley Awards recipients, Paul Mason being one, we also name drop Peter Player, Louie Joyce, Hayden Fryer and discuss Comic Con-Versation, Kickstarter staff woes and the idea of a comic working group + this episode has added blow fly!

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Club Damingo 34 | Stanleys, Paul Mason, Peter Player, Hayden Fryer, KS woes, Comic Con-versation
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October 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Club Damingo 33! ACA Conference wrap-up, Christopher Downes, Glenn Lumsden, Bernard Caleo, Mona & David Walsh, indie publishing ideas and solutions? + much more!

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Club Damingo 33 | ACA wrap-up, Christopher Downes, Glenn Lumsden, Bernard Caleo + indie publishing
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October 23, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Club Damingo 32! Stop laughing - this is serious!! Plus much more, like Christopher Mills RIP, ACA Conference and Stanley Awards, Springsteen, The Chaloner Bulge, 'Two Hands' and ComicCon-Versation...

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Club Damingo 32 | Chris Mills, ACA Conference + Stanley Awards, Springsteen, Two Hands + much more!
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October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Club Damingo 31! Whaaat?!? Exploring the Australian Comic Database! Adam Gillespie! Inktober thoughts! Portrait Artist Of The Year (new ABC TV show) with Dean Rankine! Watching Strip Search + much more!

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Club Damingo 31 | Exploring the Australian Comics Database, Adam Gillespie, Inktober, Dean Rankine
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October 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Club Damingo 30! This week the lads talk about what if Black Panther in the movies had been recast, Penny Arcade's StripSearch, and Gary goes for a dive into his artwork vaults + more!

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Club Damingo 30 | Black Panther T'Challa recast?, Penny Arcade's StripSearch, Chaloner's Art Vault +
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October 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Club Damingo 29! Insurance! OzComicon wrap-up! SCAMP! NS Kane & 'Fox and Hound'! The ACKAs! OzCon memories! Action Tank! Big Tim Stiles! Comics in literary publications! Annabelle McEwen! Matt Chapman & Boob-Eyes Guy! Plus more, of course!!

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Club Damingo 29 | OzComicon wrap-up! NS Kane! The Ackas! OzCon memories! Action Tank! Boob-Eyes Guy!
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September 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Club Damingo 28! Tim's Papercuts Report! Tim McBurnie! Sam Wallman! Chaloner original art! Pens & inks! Greener Pastures movie preview! Luna Express! Dave Hodson! Jason Paulos' 'The Holy Devil'! Comics Off The Page exhibition! So much more in a HUGE chat!! Shut us up already!!!

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Club Damingo 28 | Papercuts memories, pens & inks, Paulos' Holy Devil, Comics Off The Page + more!
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September 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Club Damingo 27!

Tim gives a Papercuts preview, we talk about Anima, as well as an old comics community campaign "Escape", a U.S. Mail update, John Byrne's new X-Men, Terry Austin, and Dylan Horrocks' 'Hicksville'...

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Club Damingo 27 | Papercuts preview! Byrne's new X-Men! Terry Austin! 'Hicksville'! and more!
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September 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Club Damingo 26! This week we talk turkeys, we recommend Vito Delsante and Dean Haspiel's Vito x Dino podcast, celebrating Jack Kirby's 108, and we discuss the recent Fantastic Four and Superman films... plus more!!

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Club Damingo 26 | Vito x Dino! Superman & Fantastic Four movies! Burton's Batman! The Incredibles!
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September 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Club Damingo 25! This week we had nothing planned to talk about, yet we blabbed for over an hour! Danny Best! Gowings! Con Sketchbooks! Alisha Jade! Temu Dean Rankine! Joost Swarte! Pop Culture & 2 Minute Noodles! Niteside! Mail to USA! Page design! Lauren Marshall! + more!!

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Club Damingo 25 | Best! Gowings! Sketchbooks! Alisha Jade! Joost Swarte! Mail to USA! + heaps more!
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August 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Club Damingo 24! Longest show yet! An hour and a half of the two of us waxing lyrical about Mark Sexton drawing Mad Max and Judge Dredd as well as a slack-jawed discussion about Substack, Patreon, social media: making money and keeping readers.

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Club Damingo 24 | Mark Sexton, Mad Max & Judge Dredd; Substack, Patreon & social media
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August 21, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Club Damingo 23! OzComicon creator round-up (lots of shout-outs!); 'Greener Pastures' trailer reactions and a chunk more!

The scene is exploding with talent! Have a watch...

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Club Damingo 23 | OzComicon creator round-up, 'Greener Pastures' trailer reaction + much more!
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August 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Club Damingo 22 | We talk about Chocolate Starfish's Bat Out Of Hell! Cats! The 'Greener Pastures' trailer! The Bad Guys Aaron Blabey! Strangers In Paradise! Cyclone book update + much more!!

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Club Damingo 22 | 'Greener Pastures' trailer is here! Aaron Blabey! Cyclone book update + much more!
YouTube video by Cyclone Comics
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August 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Club Damingo 21 is here! This week we workshop "Greener Pastures" worldwide release a.k.a. Chewing the cud about putting Trevor’s best hoof forward + a bit more!!

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Club Damingo 21 | Workshopping 'Greener Pastures' - putting Trevor's best hoof forward
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July 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM