Talking Pictures (Papercuts Comics Festival 2025)

Experience comics in a different way at TALKING PICTURES, a free evening of visual storytelling as part of Papercuts Comics Festival!

See eleven fantastic comic creators combine art and live performance for a multimedia storytelling event not to be missed.

Each special guest will read a newly commissioned comic on the theme of 'Nature', accompanied by onscreen projections of their own art.

Please arrive from 6:15pm for a 6:30pm start.

Our exciting roster of local and interstate presenters is:

• Alice Lam

• Chad Molyneux

• Evie "YEEVZ" Hilliar (NSW)

• Josh Santospirito (TAS)

• Levi George

• Luna de Lara

• Meg O'Shea (NSW)

• Nial O'Connor

• Peter Yong

• Robin Tatlow-Lord

• Tia Kearney

For more details about each presenter, click here!

This diverse group of artists will bring you an evening of engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking readings, with Adelaide-based comic creator and Papercuts Comics Festival co-director Owen Heitmann as emcee.

For a taste of what this event will be like, you can watch videos from Talking Pictures in 2023 and 2021.

There will be a short intermission halfway through the event. Readings before the intermission will be suitable for all ages, while the second half may contain mature themes.

This session will feature Auslan interpretation, provided by Deaf Connect. Hearing Loop equipment is also available.

The Allan Scott Auditorium is an accessible venue.

Papercuts Comics Festival

This event is part of the wider Papercuts Comics Festival running from 12 to 14 September 2025. For more details about the range of free events open to the public as part of the festival, head to our website: www.papercutscomicsfestival.com.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its arts funding and advisory body.

The festival is also supported by CreateSA and City of Adelaide.