Tag: Oz Comic Con 2014

Christian Read’s ‘Dread Empire’ explores Lovecraft’s cruel future

Christian Read (Behind the Panels banner)

Plus supernatural investigator Karnak, the conclusion of Unmasked, and the unholy union of Celts, Romans, and zombies in Legio Ex Mortis. Readers and listeners around these parts will be familiar with Christian Read, the writer of comics The Eldritch Kid and Unmasked. When he last visited Behind the Panels, he had also just published Black City, …

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Behind The Panels Issue 111 – Flashpoint

Behind The Panels Issue 111 – Flashpoint

Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 111, the comic book show that wakes up in its own reality every day. In this issue, Bruce Wayne’s parents are killed again. We guess that’s what they get for going somewhere called Crime Alley. ALSO we report back from Oz Comic-Con Sydney and Ashfield’s Comic Con-Versation, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. …

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Behind The Panels Issue 110 – Batman: Year One (Live at Oz Comic-Con Sydney)

Behind The Panels Issue 110 – Batman: Year One

Welcome to Behind the Panels, the comic book show that’s coming to you live from Oz Comic Con. In this issue, Supergirl might come to TV, writer and beard enthusiast Alan Moore writes a book and the new Batmobile is sighted. THEN Wolverine is still not dead, things get pretty ‘Fly’ and ‘Some Kinds of …

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Behind The Panels Issue 109 – Batman: The Killing Joke (Live at Oz Comic-Con Sydney)

Behind The Panels Issue 109 – Batman: The Killing Joke

Welcome to Behind the Panels, the comic book show that’s coming to you live from Oz Comic Con. In this issue, Supergirl comes to TV, writer and magician Alan Moore writes a book and the new Batmobile is sighted. THEN It’s the death of Wolverine and Batgirl becomes a roided ranga in What We’ve Been …

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Oz Comic-Con 2014: Sydney cosplay photos

Oz Comic-Con 2014 (Sydney) cosplay

By any measure, the firstOz Comic-Con in Sydney was an amazing success. Despite a slight drizzle on Saturday morning, crowds flocked to the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre on Glebe Island to welcome the ‘Con to our home town. Oz Comic-Con this weekend (13-14 September) was a massive deal for us, as we performed our first two …

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WIN: Tickets to Oz Comic-Con 2014 Sydney (CLOSED)

Oz Comic-Con Sydney 2014 WIN

As proud supporters (and this year panelists) of Oz Comic-Con, we are pleased to be giving away 2 x DOUBLE WEEKEND PASSES for the inaugural SYDNEY (13-14 September) show. All you have to do is email the address below, include your FULL NAME and we’ll let lucky winners know! Anything and everything pop culture will fill the Sydney Exhibition …

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Behind The Panels Issue 108 – Original Sin

Behind The Panels Issue 108 – Original Sin

Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 108, the comic book show whose sins are all completely unoriginal. In this issue, Marvel launches a series of anti-bullying variant covers in October. Buy them or your friends will think you’re a loser. ALSO Dwayne Johnson announces his role in Shazam! We guess that makes him The Rock of …

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Oz Comic-Con 2014: Behind the Panels Live shows in Sydney!

Behind the Panels LIVE 2014

Join BEHIND THE PANELS performing LIVE for the first time ever at Oz Comic-Con Sydney! BEHIND THE PANELS is pleased to announce that we will be giving our first LIVE shows at the Oz Comic-Con in Sydney on September 13 and 14. In this issue, hosts Richard Gray and David McVay will be joined by special guests …

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Behind The Panels Issue 107 – Seconds

Behind the Panels Issue 107 - Seconds

Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 107, the comic book show that still firmly believes that Hello Kitty is a cat. In this issue, The Greatest American Hero is set to return to television. We’re not sure if we believe it or not. ALSO Donald Glover is Spider-Man and we get outbid on eBay for Action …

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Oz Comic-Con 2014: Comics creators and history showcased in Sydney and Brisbane

Oz Comic-Con 2014 - Comics at Sydney and Brisbane

Oz Comic-Con arrives next month in Brisbane and Sydney. As another major first, Behind the Panels gets mentioned in the press release. All around the world, we see people talking about how comics take a back-seat to movies and TV at comic-cons. This is not the case at Oz Comic-Con. In addition to a robust …

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Oz Comic-Con 2014: Orlando Bloom joins Brisbane and Sydney!

Oz Comic-Con 2014 - Orlando Bloom

Just when we thought that the announcements for Oz Comic-Con Brisbane and Sydney couldn’t get any bigger, they go and drop Orlando Bloom into the mix. That sound you hear is thousands of fan boys and girls screaming their lungs out. Bloom will be joined by The Hobbit co-star Stephen Hunter and and Dean O’Gorman, as …

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