Nov 04 2015
UPDATE: We are now hearing that the business will remain open in 2015, with the closing date pegged at 30 June 2016 unless something changes. Thanks to Simon Smith for checking this out for us.. UPDATE 2 (6 Nov 2015): This story has gone viral, and The Brag and The Daily Telegraph are now running pieces …
Aug 11 2015
GRAPHIC is returning to Sydney for another year, following their stellar 2013 season, with a weekend of graphic storytelling, animation and music at the Sydney Opera House on 10 and 11 October. This year they are headlining the event with a special night with filmmaker and comics writer KEVIN SMITH, discussing his superhero multiverse. Smith, whose …
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 …
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 …
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
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 …
Jul 29 2014
We love Oz Comic-Con. You can tell because we keep turning up to them. So you can imagine how excited we are that Australia’s best ‘Con is coming to our home town of Sydney, and to our Brisbanian cousins in north. It’s more fun than a banana sandwich in your duffle coat. (If that doesn’t sound …
Jul 11 2014
Oz Comic-Con has just announced that Marvel’s international talent scout, C.B. Cebulski, will be attending the Sydney show at the Harbour Expo in September. Aspiring creators: start getting those portfolios ready and form an orderly queue. As a writer and editor for Marvel, Cebulski is perhaps best known for his work on the Marvel Fairy Tales, and …
Jun 15 2014
Supanova has rolled back into town, and once again the The Dome at Olympic Park in Sydney was filled with costumed heroes, sexy villains, zombies, princesses and of course, zombie princesses. The layout of the ‘con this year gave a substantially larger emphasis on local creative talent in the Artists’ Alley, where we got to …
May 07 2014
The countdown is on – Australia’s biggest and best pop culture event is headed to Brisbane (September 6 and 7) and Sydney (September 13 and 14), and tickets have just gone on sale. For the first time ever, Oz Comic-con is bringing Queensland and New South Wales fans the epic celebration of everything making waves …
