To book Stuart as a Masterclass Presenter or Exhibition Curator at your event, please submit your request as well as the type of presentation or exhibition you would like Stuart to present/curate via the link at the bottom of the page.

Stuart is pictured here at Supanova Comic Convention in Adelaide, and below at the Queensland leg of his National Speaking Tour - Tintin Unmasked. He has presented in Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Canberra to sellout audiences, and he continues the tour to the Eastern States of Australia and to Europe launching his bilingual French and English storybook in 2025.   

Stuart has a vast repertoire of life experiences to entertain and inform your audience. He is an academic presenter in the field of popular culture, French/European cinema and comic book literature, and languages created for the entertainment industry.

Audiences of all ages enjoy his unique presentations! 

Testimonials 

Keynote speaker, AnimeGo Japanese Pop Culture Festival, Adelaide 2023

Stuart delivered a presentation on Japanese manga and anime and its influence on Western pop culture at our AnimeGO festival in 2023. He is lively, visually entertaining, engaging, and an expert in not only pop culture but also languages and their relationship to culture. Stuart also offered an in-person ‘meet-and-greet’ with the audience after the presentation, which was a great chance for the festival attendees to ask questions.

Matt Bushell
Project manager
AnimeGo
Japanese Pop Culture Festival

Keynote Speaker - Capricon Pop Culture Convention, Rockhampton, North Queensland - August 27, 2022

CapriCon was extremely blessed to have Stuart A Blair present two outstanding presentations as part of our 5th-anniversary event. His presentations ‘Constructed Languages - The Wonder of Klingon!’ and ‘Tintin's Creator’ was well received by attendees, and as an event organiser Stuart was very easy to work with. We hope to invite Stuart back to Rockhampton in the future!

Tanya Wooley
Marketing Officer | Events

Advance Rockhampton | Rockhampton Regional Council
P: 07 4936 8039 | E: Tanya.Wooley@rrc.qld.gov.au

Language and Culture Presenter - School of Languages Languages Alive Holiday Program

Stuart A Blair brought Languages Alive through his work at School of Languages! His French workshop on comic books was engaging, fun, interactive and language-rich!

Thanks to Stuart for contributing to this wonderful event!

Matthew Brown
Coordinator R-6 Learner Achievement
School of Languages
255 Torrens Road, WEST CROYDON, SA 5008

Academic presenter - School of Languages, Nairne Primary School - May 30, 2022

Nexus Con is a youth-orientated event aimed at both bringing people together and presenting diverse and educational topics. Stuart contributed two highly informative panels, with his presentation on Constructed Languages gaining a lot of highly positive feedback from the audience. As the host for Stuart's panels, I found him very professional and able to adapt easily on the fly for any comments and questions I had for him. His passion and enthusiasm are able to bring his presentations to life in a way that engages the audience and inspires interest in the topic.

 Alexandra Culbertson, Nexus Con 2020 host

Exhibition Curator - Supanova Comic Con and Gaming - Melbourne, March 2020, Adelaide, Nov 2019 & Nov 2018

Supanova loved hosting the Franco-Belgian Comic-Book Characters pop-up exhibition. Featuring Tintin, Asterix, Lucky Luke, The Smurfs and many more, the unique items took fans on a nostalgic journey with the visual display enhanced by the encyclopedic knowledge of Stuart who lovingly shared his passion with our audience. 

Daniel Zachariou | Event Director
Supanova Comic-Con and Gaming
Sydney-Melbourne-Brisbane-Perth-Adelaide-Gold Coast

Guest lecturer - Adelaide Language Festival, University of Adelaide, Nov 29 - 2017

“Stuart is exhilarating!”

Professor Ghil‘ad Zuckermann, D.Phil. (Oxon.)

Chair of Linguistics and Endangered Languages, The University of Adelaide

Keynote Speaker - State Library of South Australia 
From Outback to Outer Space - Woomera 1955 - 1980 Exhibition
August 26 & 27, 2017

Thank you for providing a wonderful dimension to the opening week of our exhibition 'Woomera - from Outback to Outer Space.'

Excellent story lines and explanatory dialogue, not just the Tintin phenomena but illustrating the meeting of fact and fiction.

Sue Mikkelson
Sponsorship Connections
Consulting to the State Library of South Australia

Keynote Speaker - City of Unley Town Hall, September 1 - 2016

The event consisted of a daytime academic presentation to schools about the Tintin character, his adventures, and his influence in a global society, followed by an evening presentation to the attending general public about Stuart's thesis investigation of Tintin's creator and the controversies of his employment as an illustrator during the Second World War.

 Stuart is committed and passionate about the projects he is engaged in. He is a highly professional and organised person to work with. His ability to engage audiences at all levels through knowledge and understanding of learning processes is commendable. Stuart is well educated and passionate about his subject and I would be very pleased to engage him on future projects.

Karen Paris
Museum Curator
Unley Museum

Bonjour Perth French Festival

“We had the pleasure to welcome Stuart A Blair in Perth for our 2016 French festival. Stuart rove the festival as “Tintin” and presented his work through a talk. The crowd really enjoyed meeting Tintin and Milou, having a chat and taking photos. Stuart is a professional entertainer and Tintin historian who will connect with your audience like no other.

Bonjour Perth Festival.

Geraldine Rey
Entertainment / Media & Com – Bonjour Perth Festival
04 24 459 686

Paris to Provence - French Festival of Melbourne 

"We had the absolute pleasure of having Stuart present at Paris to Provence - Melbourne French Festival 2016.
His knowledge of cult pop culture icon Tintin thrilled us all. He spoke to sold out sessions in our Grand Ballroom line-up and he was a huge hit with both young and old.
His expertise and presentation skills are fantastic - a true entertainer. We loved having him present and would have him back anytime."

Laura Rancie - Founder & Director - Paris to Provence