Magazine & Journal Articles
Here is a sample of some of Julie’s recent print and online articles.
Comics Culture
- “Sabotaging Opportunity: 5 Beginners’ Mistakes to Avoid Making with your Comics Publisher” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Sep 2021)
- “Writing to Purpose: 7 Insights I Gained from Writing The Phantom” (Julie Ditrich, Inkspot, Australian Cartoonists Association, No 92. Autumn / Winter 2021)
- “How to Get the Best Out of Your Comics Script Assessment: 7 Tips for Success” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Feb 2021)
- “Respecting Aboriginal Heritage and Culture in Australian Comics: Guidelines for non-Indigenous Comics Creators” (Julie Ditrich, First published Australian Comics Journal, 2018; Republished in The Comics Voice, July 2020)
- “Swap Shop: The Art of Bartering Services in Comics” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Aug 2019)
- “Graphic Medicine: Doctors Within Comics Borders” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Jan 2018)
- “Back to the Future: When Tomorrow Becomes Today in Realising Your Dreams” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Mar 2017)
- “An Open Door Closes Quickly: How to Step into Opportunity Before It Disappears Forever – Part 2” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Feb 2017)
- “An Open Door Closes Quickly: How to Step into Opportunity Before It Disappears Forever – Part 1” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Jan 2017)
- “The Crushed Spirit: The Highly Sensitive Comics Creator” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Jun-July 2016)
- “Out of the Rip: Understanding Sunk Cost Fallacy to Keep Yourself from Drowning” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, May-Jun 2016. Reprinted in the Alternative News Project on 11 July 2016)
- “Australian Comics Creators ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Survey 2015 Summary – Part 3” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Apr-May 2016)
- “Australian Comics Creators ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Survey 2015 Summary – Part 2” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Mar-Apr 2016)
- “Australian Comics Creators ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Survey 2015 Summary – Part 1” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Feb-Mar 2016)
- “Getting Lift Off: Finding Your Altitude and Correcting Your Creative Course” (Julie Ditrich, The Comics Voice, Jan-Feb 2016)
- “Your Right to Crow: Leveraging Your Comics Achievements in Marketing” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, May 2015)
- “Resting Your Baby: Taking a Break From Your Comics Project” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, March 2015)
- “Manifesting Desire into Creative Results: Determining Your Personal Success Criteria in the Comics Arts” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, February 2015)
- “Graphic Recording: Reporting in Pictures” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, November 2014)
- “You Had Me at Thank You: The Importance of Expressing Appreciation in Your Comics Business” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, October 2014)
- “Graphic Poetry: An Experimental Recipe” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, September 2014)
- “Unburying Your Head: Understanding Your Defense Mechanisms” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, August 2014)
- “Graphic Poetry: An Experimental Recipe” (Julie Ditrich, ACT Write, Volume 20 Issue 7, August 2014)
- “Conquering Emotional Resistance: How to Complete Your Comics Project” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, June 2014)
- “Commercialising Your Comics Art: What to Charge for Convention Sketches” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, May 2014)
- “Unlocking and Accessing the Darkness Within: 7 Keys for Comics Creators” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, April 2014)
- “Taking the Fraud Out of Imposter Syndrome: 7 Tips For Acknowledging Your Competence and Success” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, March 2014)
- “5 Success Principles I Learned from a Lame Sheep” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, February 2014)
- “How to Get the Most Out of Your Comics Script Assessment: 7 Tips for Success” (Julie Ditrich, Comics Masterclass Spotlight, January 2014)
- “The Not-So-Secret Kinky Life of Wonder Woman“ (Julie Ditrich, Trouble Magazine, September 2012)
- “Unlocking and Accessing the Darkness Within: 7 Keys for Comics Creators” (Julie Ditrich, A Distant Soil Blog, 16 May 2009)
- “The Emergence of Comics and Graphic Novels in Mainstream Publishing” (Julie Ditrich, NewsWrite,
- NSW Writers’ Centre, November 2007)