Aug 21 2013
Madman together with Behind the Panels is giving you a chance to win a deluxe edition of the manga that inspired one of the first Studio Ghibli films! The two-volume, 1104 page set is beautifully reproduced from Hayao Miyazaki’s original manga that was serialized intermittently from 1982 to 1994 in Japan. The English-language edition is a perfect …
Aug 21 2013
Still promoting The World’s End, director Edgar Wright sat down with the Huffington Post, who asked him indirectly about the connections between Avengers: Age of Ultron and his 2015 film, Ant-Man. In the comics world, Hank Pym is the inventor of Ultron, yet we will be introduced to the latter before the former arrives on …
Aug 21 2013
There are a lot of eyes on Australia’s Gestalt Comics right now, mostly thanks to the Comic Book Heroes documentary that finished airing on ABC1 last night (and is currently available on iView for Australian residents). The local publisher with eyes on the global market has taken the opportunity to annouce a slew of upcoming …
Aug 21 2013
Last night, we were lucky enough to be invited to a theatrical screening of selected Iron Man 3 DVD and Blu-ray bonus features. In addition to the Marvel One-Shot short film Agent Carter, we were presented with a brief behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Thor: The Dark World film. That featurette is now online. It’s a very …
Aug 20 2013
Is he dead? Is he a life-model decoy? All we know is that he is the Son of Coul, and he (in the form of actor Clark Gregg) is returning for Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He’s also the subject of the latest featurette from the series, which launches next month in the US. Agent Phil Coulson (Clark …
Aug 20 2013
After toppling cities and box offices around the world, Man of Steel is set to come in your lounge room and knock over all of the furniture, leaving without an apology and asking us to trust it. Remember: it’s not an ‘S’, on his planet it stands for ‘KA-CHING!” Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced …
Aug 20 2013
There so much movie news coming out at the moment, we’d go mad trying to post it all online. It’s why we do news headlines on the podcast. So here’s a bunch of random stuff that broke overnight and is probably worth mentioning. Universal Studios is set to adapt the new Boom! Studios comic Day Men, …
Aug 20 2013
In this issue, it’s the end of the Ultimate world as we know it, bonus Loki content and a wolf among us. THEN we report back from SMASH!, head to Infinity and beyond and watch some Comic Book Heroes. PLUS our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: Kick-Ass 2! Directed by Jeff Wadlow and starring Aaron …
Aug 19 2013
Several sites, including Comic Book Movie, SuperHeroHype and Niko Tavernise, have posted nine new photos from the production of The Amazing Spider-man 2. They provide pretty good looks at most of the lead characters, and the final photo is the biggest tease in the history of teases. We won’t spoil it here, so get scrolling. …
Aug 19 2013
Want to support local artists and the comic industry in Australia? The Australian Cartoonists’ Association Cartoons Galore! Exhibition is on from Saturday 24 August 2013 at Top Ryde City and will run through until the 7 September! The City of Ryde comes to life with an exciting arts and cultural festival transforming the region into …
Aug 17 2013
Green Arrow is now the star of a major TV show in the US now, shifting what was once a second-string character to the forefront of the public’s imagination. Yet he wasn’t always a star player, often taking a supporting role to other characters, or simply being unfavourably compared with a certain Dark Knight. When we …
