Tag: Oz Comic Con 2013

Behind The Panels Issue 65 – Claremont ’82: Wolverine/God Loves, Man Kills

In this issue, we report back on Oz Comic-Con Melbourne, and our chats with Bill Farmer and Phil Jimenez. THEN we bring you some extraordinary television news and look at the Harvey Award nominations. PLUS our Kick-Ass Picks of the Week: a Chris Claremont ’82 double of Wolverine with Frank Miller, and bonus book X-Men: God …

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Behind the Panels One-Shot – The Phil Jimenez Interview

Phil Jimenez - Behind the Panels Interview Banner

Phil Jimenez is a writer/artist best known for his work on Wonder Woman from 2003-2006, and his collaborations with Grant Morrison on New X-Men and The Invisibles. In addition to his own creator-owned work on Otherworld for Vertigo, Phil was one of the artists on Infinite Crisis, and has more recently contributed to Fairest. Phil …

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Oz Comic-Con 2013: Melbourne cosplay photos and more – Day 2

Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2013 - Cosplay - Carrie Kelly

Oz Comic-Con completed its second year in Melbourne over the weekend (6 and 7 July 2013), and Behind the Panels was there snapping away and talking to vendors, guests and lots of cosplayers. It was an amazing crop of costumes in and around the Royal Exhibition Hall, with Harley Quinn and variations on Green Arrow being …

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Oz Comic-Con 2013: Melbourne cosplay photos and more – Day 1

Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2013 - Cosplay - Harley Quinn, Supergirl, Red Riding Hood, Female Altair

Oz Comic-Con completed its second year in Melbourne over the weekend (6 and 7 July 2013), and Behind the Panels was there snapping away and talking to vendors, guests and lots of cosplayers. It was an amazing crop of costumes in and around the Royal Exhibition Hall, with Harley Quinn and variations on Green Arrow …

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Behind the Panels Video One-Shot – The Tristan ‘T-Rex’ Jones Interview

Tristan 'T-Rex' Jones - Interview Banner

Tristan ‘T-Rex’ Jones is an Australian writer/artist who broke into the US industry with his work on Mirage Studios’. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This led to work on IDW’s Ghostbusters ongoing series and the recent action-horror smash Infestation: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is currently working on Hoax Hunters for Image Comics, and crowd-sourced …

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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 …

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Oz Comic-Con 2013: Melbourne schedule

Oz Comic-Con is coming back to Melbourne in just over a week, and it looks like it will be a huge one again this year. Over the two days of the awesome event, Oz Comic-Con will present guests as diverse as William Shatner, Ron Perlman, Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Saw, Robin Hood: Men in Tights), Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills 90210, Charmed, …

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Oz Comic-Con 2013: Douglas Holgate and Tristan Jones video

Douig Holgate and Tristan Jones

As we enter the convention season for the Antipodes this year, we’re very aware that Oz Comic-Con 2013 will be coming to Melbourne in only a few weeks. The good folks there have alerted us to few videos they’ve been releasing on their Facebook page, aimed at getting new and old fans alike ready for …

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Behind The Panels One-Shot – The Nicola Scott Interview

The Nicola Scott Interview

This week, Richard and David had the opportunity to chat with Nicola Scott, the Australia artist best known for her work with DC Comics and Gail Simone on Birds of Prey and Secret Six. She has worked on several titles within the New 52, including Superman with George Pérez. Nicola is currently working on Earth 2 with …

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Exclusive: Nicola Scott on direction of Earth 2 after James Robinson

Earth 2 - Nicola Scott

Following the announcement last month that writer James Robinson would be exiting Earth 2 with issue #16, we spoke with artist Nicola Scott today who confirmed that she would be remaining with the DC Comics title. You can find the full audio interview in a few days time on the site and iTunes feed, but her …

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Oz Comic-Con welcomes Ron Perlman to Melbourne in July

Ron Perlman is Hellboy

Hellboy himself comes to Melbourne this July as Oz Comic-Con announced that Ron Perlman will be heading to Australian shores in July for the event. Ron is famed for his starring roles as Hellboy, Clay Morrow in TV’s Sons of Anarchy, Vincent in Beauty & the Beast, and so many, many other films, live action TV …

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