Aug 26 2014
Larime Taylor’s A Voice in the Dark is a book that you should be investing in. Let’s state our bias up-front. Since we first discovered the work and story of Larime Taylor, we’ve not only reviewed his stuff quite favourably, but we’ve also interviewed him several times. He’s even been a guest host on our …
Aug 25 2014
A near-pristine copy of 1938’s Action Comics #1, featuring the first appearance of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman, has sold for a record US $3,207,852.00 on auction site eBay. This marks the first time that any comic has been sold for more than $3 million. Rated by the Comics Guaranty Corporation as a CGC 9.0, the …
Aug 25 2014
Despite prognostications of doom earlier in the year, Guardians of the Galaxy has exceeded expectations and become the top box office earner of the US summer season. Beating out heavy hitters such as Transformers: Age of Extinction and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the Marvel Studios film returned to the top slot on the US box-office this …
Aug 22 2014
Earlier in the year, it was announced that writers Chris Roberson, Joshua Williamson, Paul Tobin, Christopher Sebela and Kelly Sue DeConnick will join forces on a crossover between Dark Horse‘s 20th Century Fox licences Aliens, Predator and Prometheus. Now the publisher has released a trailer for the first issue of the series, Prometheus: Fire and …
Aug 21 2014
Just when we thought that the announcements for Oz Comic-Con Brisbane and Sydney couldn’t get any bigger, they go and drop Orlando Bloom into the mix. That sound you hear is thousands of fan boys and girls screaming their lungs out. Bloom will be joined by The Hobbit co-star Stephen Hunter and and Dean O’Gorman, as …
Aug 21 2014
Grant Morrison’s long-awaited meta dissection of comics leaves no panel behind, uniquely involving the reader directly in the narrative. (Warning: review contains plot elements that may be considered spoilers) In the writing of this review, another layer is added to the multiverse that Grant Morrison has been working on for the better part of the …
Aug 21 2014
Paramount Pictures Australia has announced that Megan Fox and Will Arnett (i.e. the humans) are headed to Sydney to show their new film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at a special green carpet event on Sunday 7th September. Despite incredibly poor reviews, currently sitting at 21% on the all-important Rotten Tomatoes, the Michael Bay produced film opened to #1 at the U.S. box office with a USD$65 …
Aug 20 2014
As proud supporters of Oz Comic-Con, we are pleased to be giving away 2 x DOUBLE WEEKEND PASSES for the inaugural BRISBANE (6-7 September). All you have to do is email the address below, include your FULL NAME and we’ll let lucky winners know! Oz Comic-Con will showcase not only international talent, but also the vast mix of …
Aug 20 2014
Filming for Marvel’s Ant-Man only began yesterday, but the studio has wasted no time in releasing the first official photo from the production. Filming is taking place in San Francisco, and while we don’t get any spandex just yet, we do get to see star Paul Rudd in front of one of the city’s most iconic …
Aug 19 2014
Marvel has confirmed that the troubled pre-production of Ant-Man has finally moved to the next stage, with production beginning under director Peyton Reed. The film’s long development began back in 2006, when formerly attached director Edgar Wright first expressed interest in the film. Following a holdiong pattern of sorts, work began in force from 2011 with …
Aug 18 2014
Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 105, the comic book show that is a few Infinity Gems shy of a full glove. In this issue, DC adds a new Batman family title to its line-up. That makes an even dozen books that you probably aren’t reading. THEN a near-mint copy of Action Comics #1 turns up on …
