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Behind The Panels Issue 127 – Kingsman: The Secret Service

ehind The Panels Issue 127 – Kingsman: The Secret Service

Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 127, the comic book show that uses talcum powder under its tights to avoid unfortunate chafing. In this issue, David Tennant joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That sound you hear is the Internet breaking under the strain. ALSO we all sit around and watch The Thing without pants in …

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Film Review: Kingsman – The Secret Service

Kingsman: The Secret Service

Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons’ comic shoots stylishly out of the gates, and it is guaranteed that minds will be blown. The prospect of Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn re-teaming with creator Mark Millar was already a glee inducing prospect, as the combination had previously produced one of the most kinetic translations of a modern comic book in recent …

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Mark Millar receives MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours

Mark Millar - Photo by Luigi Novi

Scottish comic book writer Mark Millar has been awarded an MBE by the Crown for “services to literature and drama”. He’s best known for his work on The Authority, The Ultimates, Civil War and Kick-Ass. Speaking with the The Herald Scotland, Millar commented: “These kind of honours you usually see going to other people, so …

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