Tag: Ben Templesmith

Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of January 2015

Secret Six #2 (DC Comics) - Artist: Dale Eaglesham

Each month, hundreds of comics are released to stores for the hungry masses of fans around the world. To stand out on the shelves, you have to put the great art up front. You can judge a book by its cover.  Welcome back to our continuing monthly column. Last year was a huge year for comic book covers …

Continue reading

Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of September 2014

Low #3 (Image Comics) - Artist: Greg Tocchini

Each month, hundreds of comics are released to stores for the hungry masses of fans around the world. To stand out on the shelves, you have to put the great art up front. You can judge a book by its cover.  Welcome back to our continuing monthly column. Except for shamefully missing last month due to our live show …

Continue reading

Comics: DC announces ‘Gotham By Midnight’ from Ray Fawkes and Ben Templesmith in November

Gotham By Midnight #1 (Ben Templesmith)

DC Comics has announced that they will be releasing another new addition to the Batman family in November. Gotham By Midnight will take a look at Gotham’s supernatural side with Ray Fawkes writing and Ben Templesmith on art duties. Fawkes, already versed in DC’s supernatural universe through Constantine and Batman Eternal, told DC All Access that this …

Continue reading

Gestalt previews Tom Taylor’s ‘M.I.D.A.S.’, Ben Templesmith’s ‘The Undertaker Morton Stone’ plus ‘Unmasked #3’ and ‘Nocturne’

The Undertaker Morton Stone

There are a lot of eyes on Australia’s Gestalt Comics right now, mostly thanks to the Comic Book Heroes documentary that finished airing on ABC1 last night (and is currently available on iView for Australian residents). The local publisher with eyes on the global market has taken the opportunity to annouce a slew of upcoming …

Continue reading

Graphic Bits Reviews: Avengers A.I. #2, Green Arrow #23, Green Lantern #23, Hunger #2, Satellite Sam #2 and Ten Grand #4

Green Arrow #23 panel

Don’t have time for full reviews of comics? Then check out Graphic Bits: bite sized chunks of comic book goodness designed to get behind the panels and into your hearts. This week (7 August 2013) we get sophomore efforts from Avengers A.I. (Marvel), Hunger (Marvel) and Matt Fraction and Howard Chaykin’s truly brilliant Satellite Sam (Image …

Continue reading

Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of July 2013

Batman Annual #2 (DC Comics) - Artist: Jock

Each month, hundreds of comics are released to stores for the hungry masses of fans around the world. To stand out on the shelves, you have to put the great art up front. You can judge a book by its cover. Welcome back to our continuing monthly column, where the covers tell a story of their …

Continue reading

Best Comics of 2013…so far

Best of 2013 - Behind the Panels

With so many comics coming out every month, it’s hard to know what to choose. Some of them we read because we love the characters, others because they are essential to the canon. Then there’s those handful of titles that stand out as the best of the best. This isn’t meant to be a comprehensive …

Continue reading

Behind The Panels One-Shot – The Justin Randall Interview

Behind the Panels Interview Justin Randall

This week, Richard had the opportunity to chat with Australian writer and artist Justin Randall, the creator of the Aurealis Award-winning Changing Ways from Gestalt Comics. In addition to his creator-owned graphic novels, Justin has worked with IDW and Image Comics with art for 30 Days of Night: Eben and Stella, Silent Hill and contributions …

Continue reading

Review: Ten Grand #1

Ten Grand #1 (Image Comics) - Artist: Ben Templesmith

Two masters team up for a blaze through hell and back, giving a fresh new spin to a familiar concept. Following a few Before Watchmen books for DC Comics, J. Michael Straczynski brings his Joe’s Comics imprint back with a new creator-owned series. The shift from Top Cow to Image Comics must have been the breath of fresh …

Continue reading