Sep 10 2014
Gestalt Comics (via their website) reports that France’sTechnicolor, Canadian Nerd Corps Entertainment and Australia-based A Stark Production have reach final agreements over the partnership for the production of the CG adaptation of The Deep graphic novel series. The 26-episode The Deep TV Series is based on the award-winning books written by Australia’s Tom Taylor (Injustice, Earth …
Sep 09 2014
As proud supporters (and this year panelists) of Oz Comic-Con, we are pleased to be giving away 2 x DOUBLE WEEKEND PASSES for the inaugural SYDNEY (13-14 September) show. All you have to do is email the address below, include your FULL NAME and we’ll let lucky winners know! Anything and everything pop culture will fill the Sydney Exhibition …
Sep 06 2014
Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 108, the comic book show whose sins are all completely unoriginal. In this issue, Marvel launches a series of anti-bullying variant covers in October. Buy them or your friends will think you’re a loser. ALSO Dwayne Johnson announces his role in Shazam! We guess that makes him The Rock of …
Sep 05 2014
Join BEHIND THE PANELS performing LIVE for the first time ever at Oz Comic-Con Sydney! BEHIND THE PANELS is pleased to announce that we will be giving our first LIVE shows at the Oz Comic-Con in Sydney on September 13 and 14. In this issue, hosts Richard Gray and David McVay will be joined by special guests …
Sep 04 2014
Long rumoured to be a part of the DC Cinematic Universe, and now he has confirmed via Twitter that he will play the nefarious Black Adam. DC Comics added that it will be part of a new Shazam! film coming soon, with a script currently in development from Darren Lemke (Shrek Forever After, Jack the Giant …
Sep 03 2014
The long-awaited sequel makes a few sins of its own in a faithful yet uninspiring retread of Frank Miller’s classic series. It’s been almost a decade since Sin City burst onto our screens with a swagger that only comes from something truly original. In the development hell of the intervening years, countless imitators have come and …
Sep 01 2014
Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 107, the comic book show that still firmly believes that Hello Kitty is a cat. In this issue, The Greatest American Hero is set to return to television. We’re not sure if we believe it or not. ALSO Donald Glover is Spider-Man and we get outbid on eBay for Action …
Aug 30 2014
Green Arrow may have returned to the spotlight during the darker turns of the 1980s, but even he wouldn’t escape the superhero death toll of the 1990s. Mike Grell’s departure from the book coincided with a sea-change in the industry, with the Dark Age that arguably began with The Dark Knight Returns (1986) and culminated in the grunge …
Aug 29 2014
Marvel has been releasing an amazing collection of covers and trades to celebrate their 75th anniversary in the comics business, but this latest set might just take the cake. Collecting 11 hardcover sets of Marvel’s most iconic characters and their first appearances, the Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks set goes on sale next week. …
Aug 27 2014
Oz Comic-Con arrives next month in Brisbane and Sydney. As another major first, Behind the Panels gets mentioned in the press release. All around the world, we see people talking about how comics take a back-seat to movies and TV at comic-cons. This is not the case at Oz Comic-Con. In addition to a robust …
Aug 26 2014
Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 106, the comic book show that presents its reviews in the form of a dissection. In this issue, Grant Morrison’s Multiversity finally spills out into our reality. We’ll understand it all once we’ve finished reading every comic in history. ALSO Ant-Man begins production in San Francisco, and Marvel has …
