Oct 09 2014
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. The DC universe starts all new arcs this week (8 October 2014), with Batgirl flying off in a new direction, Batman back from his self-reflective Zero …
Oct 08 2014
A classic piece of psychological horror that uses the circus setting as both a source of great wonderment and terror. “Make ’em laugh, and you’ve got ’em in the palm of your hand,” muses the titular character in the opening pages of the gripping new Pirouette, a comic that recognises the inherent sadness and fear that …
Oct 07 2014
The New 52 has had its share of detractors over the last few years, but we’re basically enthusiasts here at Behind the Panels. So rather than tackle one of those annual “New 52: Wins and Losses So Far” columns, we thought we’d celebrate what we’ve enjoyed so far. After enough, there’s enough dark holes on …
Oct 06 2014
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
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
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
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
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 23 2014
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
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
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 …
