Richard Gray
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Oct 06 2014
Behind The Panels Issue 112 – Worlds’ Finest: Lost Daughters of Earth-2
Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 112, the comic book show that truly is the worlds’ finest. In this issue, it’s your chance to finally lick Batman! THEN Geoff Johns becomes a LEGO minifig! But how will he write with his hands locked in a cupping position? ALSO it’s Gotham Academy, Lobo, Bucky Barnes on the wall and more …
Oct 02 2014
Oz Comic-Con 2015: Perth and Adelaide tickets now on sale
Are your Spider-senses tingling? Is your proton pack gathering dust? Oz Comic-Con have got the cure for what ails you, as they announce the first tickets going on sale for their 2015 Perth and Adelaide events! The 2014 season has only just finished, with the inaugural Brisbane and Sydney ‘cons held in September, the latter of …
Oct 02 2014
The ‘Justice League: Throne of Atlantis’ trailer surfaces
Warner has released (via Newsarama) a full trailer for their next animated film, Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, featuring Aquaman (voiced by Matt Lanter).Following a teaser at the end of Justice League: War, first sequel to that DC Animated Original Movie has now bubbled to the surface. Following the events of Justice League: War, and the assault on …
Oct 02 2014
Graphic Bits Reviews: Gotham Academy #1, Lobo #1 and Green Arrow #35
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. Longer versions of all three of Richard’s reviews can be found at Newsarama this week – because he’s so fancy. Gotham Academy #1 DC Comics, Becky Cloonan, …
Oct 01 2014
Cover Story: Best Comic Book Covers of September 2014
Each month, hundreds of comics are released to stores for the hungry masses of fans around the world. To stand out on the shelves, you have to put the great art up front. You can judge a book by its cover. Welcome back to our continuing monthly column. Except for shamefully missing last month due to our live show …
Sep 29 2014
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. …
Sep 26 2014
ECCC 2015: Emerald City adds Mike Mignola and more
Emerald City Comic-Con (ECCC) has expanded their commitment to showcasing comic book creators with the addition of some heavy hitters to the March 2015 ‘con in Seattle. Mike Mignola, the Hellboy creator himself, with be in attendance. The Eisner Award-winning artist who also created BPRD has most recently been seen on shelves with the likes …
Sep 26 2014
DVD/Blu-ray: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ in December, X-Men: Days of Future Past’s ‘Rogue Cut’ for 2015
Two of the biggest superhero movies of the year will inevitably be big on the home front as well, with DVD and Blu-ray details starting to emerge for Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Guardians of the Galaxy, still in cinemas around the world, will be a DVD and Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D …
Sep 23 2014
Review: A Voice in the Dark – Get Your Gun #1
A Voice in the Dark gets a literal injection of colour, but retains its dark sense of humour and clever storytelling in this follow-up series that proves talkback radio can be murder. Despite being one of the best reviewed new books of the last year, writer and artist Larime Taylor is the first to say …
Sep 22 2014
Behind The Panels Issue 110 – Batman: Year One (Live at Oz Comic-Con Sydney)
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 …
Sep 21 2014
The History of Green Arrow Part 6 – Quiver through Brightest Day (2001 – 2011)
Green Arrow was dead. Or at least, Oliver Queen and the book that carried his alter-ego’s name was. When the first ongoing Green Arrow series ended in August 1998, it came in at #94 on the sales figures charts for the month. While DC Comics and the industry generally began to get nostalgic at the turn of …
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