Audra Balion takes off with ‘Flight Nineteen’

Here’s my chat with Audra Balion about her new graphic novel Flight Nineteen.

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Based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Audra Balion is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist. In 2013 she earned a BFA in Studio Art with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan where she studied in both the Fine Art and Drama departments and has since continued to work in many art spaces. In the world of fine art, she has studied drawing with traditional and digital mediums, painting in acrylic and watercolour, several forms of sculpture, printmaking, mixed media, comics, performance art, and wearable art. In the world of theatre, she has experience in theatre design areas of props, set, and costumes, acting, writing, directing, dance choreography, stage combat, and the making of and performing with puppets and masks. She has also worked as a graphic designer for over seven years, using her knowledge of visual art to inform her designs, to create designs that are eye-catching and beautiful while conveying the correct tone and message. Previously, she provided illustrations for Crown of Horns and was awarded Sequential Magazine’s Favourite Colourist in 2021 Her current work is the graphic novel Flight Nineteen.

Flight Nineteen is a silent graphic novel that combines elements of steampunk, dieselpunk, and fantasy while exploring a world of twisted machinery, mutants, and magic. The story is shared without words, allowing the gesture, expression, and artwork itself to tell the tale. The result is a unique experience, quite unlike most comics, where the reader’s interpretation plays into the story just as much as the artist’s intent. Everyone will take away something different, and with each reading, different nuances come to the surface.  Readers will follow the journey of Andromache as she joins the bio-mechanical revolution. Hoping to help her family, she instead discovers there is something far more ominous and dangerous going on. The revolution’s ambitious leader, Oil, chooses progress over safety, and Andromache must decide if she will go free to protect herself, or stay to save everyone else.

You can discover more about Audra Balion online at Audra.Balion.ca and on Instagram at @audrabalionart

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