Dillon Naylor (born 1968) is an Australian cartoonist, illustrator and toy designer. He is the creator of the comic strip '' Batrisha the Vampire Girl'', which appeared for six years in the children's magazine '' K-Zone'' and was the basis for two children's books. Other comic strips include '' Rock 'n' Roll Fairies'' which appeared in the children's magazine '' Total Girl'',
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Pulp Faction, The Australian On-line Comics Community Naylor's comic series published through his own publishing imprint Cowtown Comics have included '' Da 'n' Dill'' (a long-running

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insert, and a newspaper strip in the Sydney Sun-Herald from 2001 to 2008), ''Pop Culture & Two Minute Noodles'' and the official ''

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& Molloy'' comic. Naylor's extensive work in designing and illustrating music posters includes work for the

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and the Fireballs. He provided cover art and a comic book for

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's debut album, ''Wicked Wanda'' (1995). Naylor has released a graphic novel collection of his early horror and rock 'n' roll art, ''A Brush With Darkness'', and a collection of his ''Da 'n' Dill''

comics, both through Australian publisher, Milk Shadow Books. Naylor's artistic influences include the work of

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(creator of ''

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''), and the classic horror comic anthologies published by

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. Naylor lives in

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, Victoria,

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. He is married and has two children.

References

* ''Bonzer: Australian comics 1900-1990s'' edited by Annette Shiell; checklist compiled by Mick Stone. Redhill South, Vic.: Elgua Media, 1998. / 1876677066 * Grushkin, Paul & King, Dennis - ''Art of modern rock: The poster explosion''. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books, 2004. * Juddery, Mark - ''Outside the Squares'' - The Bulletin (Australian edition), Vol. 123 Issue 6500 (13 Dec. 2005), p. 64-65

Selected works

* Naylor, Dillon. ''The strange exchange student'' (Batrisha book). Rowville, Victoria : Five Mile Press, 2003. * Naylor, Dillon. ''The slippery shadow'' (Batrisha book). Rowville, Victoria : Five Mile Press, 2003. * Naylor, Dillon. ''Da 'n' Dill - The Showbag Years''. Milk Shadow Books, 2013. * Naylor, Dillon. ''Batrisha and the Creepy Caretaker''. Margate Beach, Qld.: Comicoz, 2021. * Naylor, Dillon (with Ian C. Thomas) ''Rock 'N' Roll Fairies: the complete graphic novel''. Margate Beach, Qld.: Comicoz, 2023.

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Dillon Naylor Illustration

Australian comics artists Australian album-cover and concert-poster artists Australian poster artists Australian graphic novelists Living people 1968 births Toy designers Artists from Melbourne {{cartoonist-stub