Aug 04 2013
Over two years in the making, Comic Book Heroes, a documentary about the rise of Australia’s premier publisher Gestalt Comics will air on ABC1 on Tuesday 13 and 20 August at 10pm AEST. (You can also catch up with it on ABC2 and iView, of course). Written and directed by Nicholas Dunlop, it shows how Wolfgang …
Aug 04 2013
Don’t have time for full 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. This week (31 July 2013) we bid farewell to both Amala’s Blade (Dark Horse) and Grant Morrison’s Batman Incorporated (DC Comics), while Five Ghosts: The Haunting …
Aug 02 2013
After debuting her first wordless comic, Fashion Music Wonderland, at Comic-Con International in San Diego this year, Viz Media have previewed (via Amazon) some pages from the forthcoming Hello Kitty: Here We Go comic due out in October. The 64-page wordless volume is written by Jacob Chabot, perhaps best known for his comic The Mighty Skullboy Army, and …
Aug 02 2013
Serial Tweeter and director Bryan Singer has released our first look at a full-sized Sentinel from the forthcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past. After teasing them via viral site trask-industries.com, this surprisingly practical version of some of the most famous mutant-killing robots in comics is certainly not the work of CGI. The X-Men interquel will star Omar Sy, …
Aug 02 2013
The first poster was released all the way back in April, and now Walt Disney Studios (Australia) has sent over has unveiled the second theatrical poster for Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World. This one gives us a look at the assembled cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and some other people up the back. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, …
Aug 01 2013
The Oz Comic-Con announcements just keep on coming! This afternoon, the gang at OCC announced that 2013 guest William Shatner will be returning to our shores. Joining him with be Gigi Edgley, also for the same leg of the tour. William Shatner needs very little introduction, and delighted crowds in Melbourne last month with tales of …
Aug 01 2013
Green Arrow has made a big splash in the last few years, even getting his own television series with Arrow hitting the small screen in 2013. He’s graced animated series, major comic book crossovers and survived every incarnation of the DC Universe. Yet he wasn’t always a star player, often taking a supporting role to …
Aug 01 2013
The second annual for DC’s flagship title introduces a a few new characters, and proves that you don’t have to wear a cape to be a hero. Scott Snyder has had something of a tradition in his two-year tenure on Batman, punctuating his major story arcs with a solo story about a minor character that …
Aug 01 2013
Now that production is under way, photos from Guardians of the Galaxy are going to start coming out. A new one has just been released (via SuperHeroHype) featuring actor Dave Bautista looking decidedly green as Drax. He is submerged underwater and being ‘refuelled’ with oxygen. What could they be up to? Directed by James Gunn, …
Aug 01 2013
Yesterday, geeks had cause for rejoicing when the CW announced that The Flash would be coming to television on the back of Green Arrow adaptation Arrow. Now THR follows up that news with some more details from series creators Greg Berlanti and Andre Kreisberg. Berlanti, Kreisberg and Geoff Johns will write the introduction of the …
Jul 31 2013
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, where the covers tell a story of their …
