Mike Barry's amazing graphic novel series for amazing kids.
Action Tank is the critically acclaimed graphic novel series from Australian writer/illustrator Mike Barry.
With TWO EPIC VOLUMES made specifically for 7-12 year old readers, Action Tank is a full-colour comic book story about a boy who finds himself on the other side of the Solar System but needs to get home in time for his Mum’s spaghetti carbonara.
BOOK 2 continues straight on from the cliffhanger at the end of BOOK 1, and contains MORE ACTION, MORE HUMOUR, MORE CHARACTERS and WAAAAAAY MORE PAGES!
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2021 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Shortlisted (Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children’s Literature)
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2020 Aurealis Awards
Shortlisted (Best Graphic Novel / Illustrated work)
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Australian Library & Information Association
2020 Noteable Australian Graphic Novels Shortlist
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That’s a lot of pages! In fact, it took me TWO YEARS to write, draw and colour them all! Here’s a sneak peek at of some of the pages…
Want to see the first 24 pages (yep, seriously) of Action Tank 2? View the PDF!
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Learn more about BOOK 1, or just go ahead and grab your copy NOW!
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“Smart, funny, and dynamically designed, ‘Action Tank’ is an impressive debut that’s sure to engage readers, some of whom will no doubt be inspired to write and draw their own powered-up comics.”
– SHAUN TAN (The Arrival, Cicada, Tales from the Inner City)
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Action Tank Book 2 is supported by Creative Partnerships Australia through MATCH Lab. 
Mike Barry is a writer and illustrator from Sydney’s Northern Beaches.
Supported by a career in advertising, he created, crowd-funded and self-published his first middle-grade graphic novel Action Tank – Book 1 in 2017, which quickly gained popularity with readers and recognition with critics.
Action Tank – Book 1 was shortlisted for an Aurealis Award (Best Graphic Novel 2017), was included in the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge, and earned him a mentorship in the CBCA Maurice Saxby Creative Development Program.
The success of Book 1 laid the foundation for the much anticipated second chapter in the series, the 2020 released Action Tank – Book 2, which was created thanks to another successful crowd-funding campaign, and with support the Creative Partnerships Australia MATCHLab program.
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