Former Aurealis illustrator Shaun Tan wins Oscar

Chimaera Publications congratulates Shaun Tan on winning the Academy Award for best animated short film with The Lost Thing.  We are proud to say Shaun's professional career started here, with his first cover for Aurealis in October 1990 for issue #2.  He went on to contribute covers, internal illustrations and graphics for a number of years, defining the look of Aurealis for over a decade.

The following Shaun Tan issues are still in stock (most limited): #2 (cover), #3 (cover), #4 (cover and internals, including one for the classic Michael Pryor story, "Softly They Go Feral in the Night"), #5 (all internals), #7 (cover and internals), #9 (internals), #10 (internals), #12 (cover and internals), #14 (internals), #15 (internals), #17 (cover and internals), #19 (internals) #22 (internals), #23 (internals), #25/26 (internals).  Issues #5 to #27/28 (October 2001) all featured internal graphics by Shaun Tan.

The following Shaun Tan issues are out of stock (with only 1 or 2 copies avalaible for bids from collectors): #6 (internals), #8 (internals), #11 (internals), #13 (cover and internals) and #20/21 (cover and internals).