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 …
Sep 19 2014
20th Century Fox has announced that the highly demanded Deadpool film will make its way to cinemas on 12 February 2016. Although it is yet to be officially confirmed, it is expected to star character champion Ryan Reynolds with director Tim Miller behind the camera and a script by Zombieland scribes Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick. Following the leak …
Sep 18 2014
The first of a series of standalone books set on alternate Earths gives us a flavour of what to expect over the course of Grant Morrison’s The Multiversity. (Warning: review contains plot elements that may be considered spoilers) With The Multiversity, writer Grant Morrison managed to introduce a fictional narrative around the notion that all stories …
Sep 18 2014
Last month, word started circulating that a follow-up to Brian Michael Bendis’ Daredevil: End of Days would be coming, and it would be called Punisher: End of Days. Artist and writer David Mack has revealed more details about this forthcoming volume at the Singapore Toy, Game, and Comic Convention (STGCC) earlier this month. Our correspondents were …
Sep 18 2014
It’s only 3 weeks until the premiere of the third season of Arrow, and The CW has released an official poster and synopsis for the next 23 chapters of the Green Arrow saga. In the aftermath of this victory, Season Three opens with Arrow now a hero to the citizens of Starling. Crime is down, people …
Sep 18 2014
If there was every any doubt that Guardians of the Galaxy was the breakthrough hit of the year, then Marvel’s announcement that Rocket Raccoon and Groot will take over the variant covers of November’s slate is further proof. The 20 variant covers will come from the likes of Chip Zdarsky, Tom Fowler, Ulises Farinas, Sandford …
Sep 17 2014
Powers fans can get their groove on today, with news for both the lovers of the comic and the forthcoming live-action series for Sony’s PlayStation Network. From the latter, we get our first look at the lead characters in costume. USA Today has posted a photo of Sharlto Copley and Susan Heyward as Detectives Christian Walker …
Sep 15 2014
Welcome to Behind the Panels, the comic book show that’s coming to you live from Oz Comic Con. In this issue, Supergirl comes to TV, writer and magician Alan Moore writes a book and the new Batmobile is sighted. THEN It’s the death of Wolverine and Batgirl becomes a roided ranga in What We’ve Been …
Sep 15 2014
By any measure, the firstOz Comic-Con in Sydney was an amazing success. Despite a slight drizzle on Saturday morning, crowds flocked to the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre on Glebe Island to welcome the ‘Con to our home town. Oz Comic-Con this weekend (13-14 September) was a massive deal for us, as we performed our first two …
