This month, July 2025, marks the 20th anniversary since Wolfgang Bylsma and Skye Ogden first registered Gestalt Publishing Pty Ltd and began operating a specialty comic book publishing house out of Perth, Western Australia, and the Perth Comic Arts Festival (PCAF) and State Library of WA are helping us celebrate in style!
As part of PCAF’s Academy Day on the 12th July, you’ll find Gestalt co-founders Wolfgang Bylsma and Skye Ogden reflecting on the last 20 yearrs of making comics in Western Australia (and beyond), joined by artist Katie Houghton-Ward and Scott Wilson sharing their perspectives — chasing a vision.
Then, to truly make us feel old, the Gestalt Comics: The First Twenty Years exhibition opens in the State Libary’s NOOK Gallery space at 5:30pm, mirrored by a focus on First Nations comics creatives supported by our not-for-profit partner, Comics On Country, in the Theatre Foyer.
Help us celebrate, and enjoy all things PCAF this weekend at the State Library of WA!
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