Category: Events

Oz Comic-Con 2014: Nicholas Brendon and Monica Rial join Brisbane/Sydney shows

Oz Comic-Con 2014: Nicholas Brendon and Monica Rial (Sydney/Brisbane)

Oz Comic-Con is coming to Brisbane and Sydney in only a few weeks, and the guests just keep being added. This week, Nicholas Brendon and Monica Rial were added to the list. A familiar face for cult-TV fans, Brendon starred as the affable Xander Harris in Joss Whedon’s cult TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Currently, he has …

Continue reading

Oz Comic-Con 2015: Melbourne moves to Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre

Oz Comic-Con 2015 Melbourne

After visiting the ever-growing Oz Comic-Con in Melbourne this year, we kind of suspected this would happen. Oz Comic-Con returns to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in 2015. “The [Royal Exhibition Building] is beautiful,” said Oz Comic-Con representatives on Facebook,”but we’ve unfortunately grown out of that space.” Fans who have been going to Oz Comic-Con …

Continue reading

Oz Comic-Con 2014: Sydney and Brisbane launch in September

Oz Comic-Con 2014

We love Oz Comic-Con. You can tell because we keep turning up to them. So you can imagine how excited we are that Australia’s best ‘Con is coming to our home town of Sydney, and to our Brisbanian cousins in north. It’s more fun than a banana sandwich in your duffle coat. (If that doesn’t sound …

Continue reading

SDCC 2014 Highlights: 10 things that excite us

SDCC 2014 Montage

  So that is this year’s Comic-Con International in San Diego done and dusted, and whether you could be there or not, we stand by our belief that the Monday following such an event should be declared a geek public holiday. That should go for all ‘Cons actually. The sheer amount of news leading up to and coming …

Continue reading

SDCC 2014: Marvel announces ‘Spider-Woman’, Mark Waid’s ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’

Spider-Woman #1 - Greg Land

At the Women of Marvel and the Next Big Thing panels, Marvel announced new Spider-Woman launching out of the Spider-Verse event and a S.H.I.E.L.D. comic series from Mark Waid. S.H.I.E.L.D. is coming from superstar writer Mark Waid, with Agent Phil Coulson as the lead character. Carlos Pacheco will handle the art duties for the debut issue, with a rotating …

Continue reading

SDCC 2014: Marvel confirms ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’ for 28 July 2017

Matt Ferguson's Guardians of the Galaxy (Poster Posse)

Marvel Studio’s highly anticipated panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego officially announced Guardians of the Galaxy 2 for 2017. In an announcement made via satellite from London, James Gunn and Chris Pratt took to Hall H’s screen. “How much trouble would I get in if I just told them Guardians of the Galaxy 2 was coming out?” Gunn …

Continue reading

SDCC 2014: Marvel Studios confirms ‘Ant-Man’ cast of Corey Stoll as Yellowjacket, Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne

Ant-Man helmet (SDCC 2014)

Marvel Studios has confirmed the casting of Corey Stoll as Yellowjacket and Evangeline Lilly as Hope Van Dyne in Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man. Undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated panels of Comic-Con International in San Diego, Marvel delivered to reported 6500 fans in attendance at Hall H. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige took to the stage, before bringing on Peyton …

Continue reading

SDCC 2014: Marvel announce ‘Star Wars’ comics from Aaron, Cassaday, Gillen, Larocca, Waid and Dodson

Star Wars #1 (Marvel) - John Cassaday

With Disney buying out LucasFilm, Star Wars comics have returned to their original home at Marvel Comics. The House of Ideas has wasted little time in announcing some new comics for their hottest property, putting some of their biggest talents on board as well. Beginning in 2015, from January through March, Marvel will launch three new …

Continue reading

SDCC 2014: First photo of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman in ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’

Batman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice - Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman

At a panel in Comic-Con International in San Diego today, Warner revealed the first photo of Gal Gadot as the Amazonian warrior the world will come to know as Wonder Woman in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. With previous photos already released of Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill), this completes the traditional “Trinity” of …

Continue reading

SDCC 2014: Thor and Hulk complete ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ concept posters

Avengers: Age of Ultron - Ryan Meinerding poster

All week, Marvel has been releasing concept poster art for Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron at the Comic-Con International in San Diego. At last, the final two pieces of the puzzle, featuring Thor and Hulk, have been revealed, unveiling a scene of utter chaos and a robot orgy of violence. It’s brilliant, right? Directed by Joss …

Continue reading

SDCC 2014: Eisner Award winners announced

Eisner Awards 2014

One of the highlights of the annual Comic-Con International in San Diego is the announcement of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The winners of the 2013 Eisner Awards were announced at a gala ceremony held during Comic-Con International: San Diego. Once again Saga was a big winner, with wins for Best Continuing Series, Best Writer for Brian K. Vaughan and Best …

Continue reading