Nov 07 2013
Don’t have time for long 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 (6 November 2013), DC Comics brings an all-new, all-Australian team aboard for Earth 2 #17! THEN the Bamfs attack in Amazing X-Men #1 (Marvel), …
Nov 05 2013
There are thousands of crowd-funding projects out there, but only so much money to go around. In Support This, we highlight some of the ones that have grabbed our attention. As we anxiously await a third volume of The Deep from Australia’s Tom Taylor and artist James Brouwer, the support signal has gone up for a brand …
Nov 03 2013
Local Focus is all about taking a closer look at recent release Australian comics. This time, we crack open a gritty take on capes that flips the script on the bad guys and literally punches the heroes in the face. The earlier issues of Unmasked recently got highlighted in the ABC documentary Comic Book Heroes, …
Oct 31 2013
Earlier in the week, Oz Comic-Con announced that Holly Marie Combs would be joining the Perth and Adelaide shows to chat about Charmed and Pretty Little Liars. Now the organisers have announced that none other than Shannen Doherty and Brian Krause will join her for a proper Charmed reunion. All we need now is Alyssa Milano …
Oct 30 2013
Some of the best and brightest Australian comic book talent get grim and gritty in this new quarterly anthology that mixes horror, politics and a decent dose of humour. The anthology has a long tradition on the local scene, the birthplace of many underground comix and superstar artists alike, going at least as far back …
Oct 29 2013
As one of the first Australian graphic novels to be optioned for an international feature film, Paul Bedford‘s The List is a significant chapter for the local comic book scene. It’s certainly made a splash here in Australia, where Bedford’s regular appearances at conventions and book stores have helped push the book into the buyer’s …
Oct 29 2013
Oz Comic-Con hasn’t stop announcing guests for various shows during their 2014 nation-wide tour of the country. Our favourite ‘Con is not only expanding to five states around Australia next year, but they’ve just added two headline guests for the events that are sure to be a hit with the crowds. Holly Marie Combs will touch down …
Oct 23 2013
It seems that every week we are reporting back on a new guest or four that the wonderful people at Oz Comic-Con, expanding to five states around Australia in 2014. Now OCC are announcing the addition of several comic book artists and actors at the various events. The latest to join is artist Jon Sommariva, best known for …
Oct 08 2013
Oz Comic-Con will expand to five states around Australia in 2014, and they are certainly bringing some top shelf geek guests to the country to celebrate. Just this month, Oz Comic-Con has announced a mini Hercules reunion with Kevin Sorbo and Michael Hurst joining the ‘Con for its kick-off in Perth/Adelaide. Sorbo is best known for …
Oct 07 2013
Australian comics have come back into focus with the success of the ABC documentary Comic Book Heroes, highlighting local publishing house Gestalt Comics. While they seem to be determined to take over the world, another local outfit, Milk Shadow Books, simply “aims to publish the weirdest trips, strangest journeys, and assorted stories that make you …
Sep 25 2013
The debut of Joss Whedon’s new TV series Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. comes on the back of the multi-billion dollar box office hits The Avengers and Iron Man 3, and debuted in the US today to great anticipation, passing 1 million Facebook fans before the show had even screened. However, Australian fans will have to …
