 On the local front new material started with the release of Tad Pietrzykowski's graphic novel The Dynamic Dark Nebula in 1982 & Oz Comics in 1983 which debuted The Southern Squadron.In the mid-1980s many anthology comics titles appeared, forming the basis for the modern Australian self-publishing community.Three notable ones were "Fox Comics", which began in Melbourne in 1985 and lasted for 5 years and 26 issues.