Tag: Tom Taylor

Oz Comic-Con 2015: Tom Taylor is coming to all shows

Oz Comic-Con 2015: Tom Taylor

OZ COMIC-CON has announced that Tom Taylor is coming to a city near you (assuming you live in Australia) in 2015. The writer of Injustice: Gods Among Us, The Deep and currently Superior Iron Man will be coming to the Oz Comic-Cons in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. In other words, all of them. Taylor is …

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Australian comics, graphic novels and events that excite us in 2015: Part 1

Australian Comics 2015

After compiling a list of the comics and graphic novels that excited us in 2015, we noted a handful of Australian comics that had been on the horizon for a while. However, we knew that we’d missed a few Australians in the process, and wanted to capture the sheer amount of work that goes into …

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TV: ‘The Deep’ series is ready to set sail

The Deep (TV Series)

Gestalt Comics (via their website) reports that France’sTechnicolor, Canadian Nerd Corps Entertainment and Australia-based A Stark Production have reach final agreements over the partnership for the production of the CG adaptation of The Deep graphic novel series. The 26-episode The Deep TV Series is based on the award-winning books written by Australia’s Tom Taylor (Injustice, Earth …

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Tom Taylor launches ‘Superior Iron Man’ for Avengers NOW!

Marvel's Avengers NOW!

Australia’s own superstar writer Tom Taylor has been announced as the scribe on the brand-new Superior Iron Man. He and artist Yildiray Cinar will move Tony Stark from New York to San Francisco this “fall”, says IGN. It’s part of the new Avengers NOW! initiative from Marvel, which will be a Avengers line-wide series of high-profile relaunches …

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Behind The Panels Issue 100 – A Diamond Celebration

Behind the Panels Issue 100 - A Diamond Celebration

Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 100, the comic book show that’s had to come up with a hundred of these introductions. In this issue, we celebrate saying “in this issue” for the 100th time. THEN we report back live(ish) from Oz Comic-Con with an exclusive interview with Wolfgang Bylsma, Editor of Gestalt Publishing. AND David …

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Creative changes at DC: New creative teams for ‘Batgirl’, ‘Earth 2’ and ‘Green Arrow’

Batgirl promo art - Babs Tarr

If there are three DC titles that we have been consistently praising in the last year, it’s been Gail Simone‘s Batgirl, Tom Taylor and Nicola Scott’s Earth 2 and Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino’s Green Arrow. In a slew of announcements this week, DC has indicated that new creative teams will be coming onboard for …

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Oz Comic-Con 2014: Gestalt announces ‘The Deep: Voyages of the Aronnax’, ‘Kansas, Mars’, ‘Changing Ways Book 3’, ‘Flinch Volume 2’ and more

The Deep: Voyage of the Aronnax (Gestalt Comics)

At Oz Comic-Con in Melbourne over the weekend (5-6 July), Gestalt Comics took to the stage to announce a slew of new comics and projects for the coming year, including a prequel to The Deep, a new volume of Justin Randall’s Changing Ways and a second volume of the best-selling Flinch anthology. The announcements were …

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Graphic Bits Reviews: Avengers Annual #1, Earth 2 #18, Green Arrow #26, Green Lantern #26, Inhumanity #1, Velvet #2

Inhumanity #1

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. Last week (4 December 2013), Marvel’s Infinity has finished, but oh the Inhumanity! Then the Avengers get their first Marvel NOW! annual. Over at DC (where all …

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Graphic Bits Reviews: Earth 2 #17, Amazing X-Men #1, Drumhellar #1, Cataclysm #1

Earth 2 #17 - Nicola Scott

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), …

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Highlights from DC Comics January 2014 solicitations – ‘Gothtopia’, ‘The Green Team’ cancelled and ‘Injustice: Year Two’

Detective Comics #27

Springing off the back of the New York Comic-Con announcements, DC Comics have pulled out their solicitations for January 2014. In addition to launching tie-properties for The Vampire Diaries and Scribblenauts in the comic book world, there’s some strange things afoot in the land that the Bat built… Frank Miller and “Gothtopia” No, it’s not …

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Technicolor partners with ABC TV Australia and A Stark Production for ‘The Deep’ animated series

The Deep animated TV series

Gestalt Comics has announced that Technicolor has partnered with ABC Television Australia and Australian Producer Avrill Stark‘s A Stark Production to develop their graphic novel series The Deep as a CG animated series. Creators Tom Taylor and James Brouwer are reportedly “heavily involved” with the production of the TV series. When we spoke with Taylor at Supanova this year, he elaborated on this. “I’ve written the …

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