May 19 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 (15 May 2013) is another big one! First up, we check in with Age of Ultron #8 (Marvel) just as it loses the plot. Then it’s back to the …
May 18 2013
A new crime series with a twist from Dark Horse leaves us with more questions than answers. Sounds like a perfect start to a new series. Not to be confused with Image Comics Dream Merchants #1, also out this week, the new title from Jai Nitz (The Green Hornet) could almost be described as a …
May 18 2013
In this issue, we get a first look at Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD and all the latest headlines. PLUS our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week: Hellboy – Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola & John Byrne. On our next Issue: Arrow The TV Series Your Hosts: Richard Gray & David McVay Vintage Clip of the Week Batman …
May 17 2013
Following the Dark Hose and DC Comics solicitations for August, the Image has released its full listings for August 2013. Image Comics will debut two new series in July, including The Sidekick #1 from J. Michael Straczynski and 16-bit fighter tribute in Burn the Orphange: Born to Lose #1 from Daniel Freedman and Sina Grace. Plus, Saga #13 returns after a brief …
May 17 2013
Outside of Injustice: Gods Among Us, arguably the most anticipated video game for comic book fans this year is Batman: Arkham Origins. WB Games Montreal has just released the first teaser trailer for this game, showcasing a fight between Batman and Deathstroke. Although the game serves as a prequel to Arkham Asylum, with eight of the …
May 17 2013
Australia’s Milk Shadow Books announced this morning that they have a new book in production, diving into the archives of Dillon Naylor’s Da ‘n’ Dill comics. Here’s what the official press says. Prior to the 1990s, a visit to a Show, Fete or Fair might result in a showbag and that would result in cheap novelties, …
May 16 2013
It’s the time of the month when the solicitations start rolling off the block, and now Dark Horse has released its solicitations for August. From the season finales of the Buffyverse, to itty bitty Hellboys, Halo adaptations, alien doctors and gorgeous hardcovers, it’s a solid month for Dark Horse. Halo, and welcome to Dark Horse …
May 16 2013
A tightly paced opening to one of Marvel’s mini-crossover brings humour and humanity to the superhuman. This is how to do a crossover. Although this first issue is ostensibly a standalone title to introduce the 5-part “The Enemy Within” story arc, the seeds for this meeting of DeConnick’s Captain Marvel and Avengers Assemble have been sewn into …
May 15 2013
The Big Issue in the UK has spoken to actress Hayley Atwell about her role in the upcoming Captain America: The Winter Soldier. While she “appears only in a few flashback scenes in this sequel”, she adds that she has shot scenes for a Marvel One-Shot short film that will appear on the DVD ad …
May 15 2013
You might recall that one of the stand-outs from Image’s solicitations for July was Satellite Sam, a sexy new series from the all-star team of Matt Fraction (Hawkeye) and Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, Black Kiss). A new press release on Image’s site has given us a few more details about this fascinating new book. Debuting in July, …
May 15 2013
Following the announcement of the French language edition of Justin Randall’s Changing Ways last month from Gestalt, the publisher has announced that Tom Taylor and Colin Wilson‘s The Example (Teczka) will receive a Polish language edition from Poland’s Wydawnictwo Komiksowe publishing house. In many ways, the European market is where some of these Australian titles can hope to get the …
