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Rob Lisle is an award nominated creative celebrated for his quirky and off-beat storytelling and drawing style.

ABOUT

A lifelong creative who bounced between writing, drawing, and music before returning to comics and illustrating, Spedsy’s work blends humour, absurdity, and heartfelt themes.

Badly Beaten Boy, The Devil’s Toilet, and Vamoose, are where Spedsy honed his craft before releasing the award nominated Sluggish. The graphic novel Free Monkeys, and the dark, brooding Ring Around the Rosie, serve as shining examples of Rob collaborating with some of Australia’s greatest creators.

Rob’s comic book work has seen him work with publishers such as Reverie Publications, Scout Comics, Antarctic Press, Redback Publishing, ComicOz, Halftone Productions & Perentie Press.

As part of Sketch Group, Rob has worked on corporate illustrations, sketch videos, and large scale posters and murals for companies such as Toyota, Target, American Express, and many more.

With ComX Studio, Rob has hosted more than one hundred episodes of Friday Night's Drink and Draw, showcasing some of Australia's greatest creators and illustrators.

Take a look at Spedsy's illustration portfolio or scroll through his credits in comics and books. If you'd like to discuss working with Spedsy – send through an email and/or read through testimonials from previous clients and collaborators.

NEWS

SLUGGISH

With the release of Sluggish issue 4, Herb’s story officially comes to a close.



Who needs action, adventure, and thrilling heroics when you can have depression, anxiety, and slugs! 

Herb is barely hanging in there. He's wishing for a story, for adventure. He doesn't find it. But it just might find him.

The award nominated and critically acclaimed series is available in full now at select comic book stores and right here in the Spedsy Shop.



PUNCTUATION EXPEDITION

Let’s go on a punctuation adventure! With question marks, exclamation marks, full stops, and commas, you’ll learn how to make your sentences clear, fun, and full of meaning! Perfect for little readers just starting to write – because every sentence needs the right punctuation!



These beautiful hardcover books, written and drawn by Rob Lisle, are available now in bookstores and online.

RING AROUND THE ROSIE

When death comes to Rosie’s door she responds in kind. Rob Lisle, Leigh Chalker, Ben Sullivan, and Ryan Vella weave a bloody tale of a woman who seeks to avenge the fall of hope.

Rosie has returned to print in a limited run and is available in full now at select comic book stores and right here in the Spedsy Shop.

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An ingenious, poignant, and humorous exploration of the internal humiliations we all suffer, Sluggish is a beautifully crafted and refreshingly honest read.
— Morgan Quaid, Author
Free Monkeys
This is an action-packed and humorous graphic novel about not giving up and believing in yourself, that also features some interesting inventions! It is sure to be enjoyed by those in middle to upper primary.
— Sam, Lamont Books