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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Big Arse 3 Comic Book Launch
Another comics treat for Melbournites or anyone keen enough to travel. The Big Arse 3 Comic Book Launch is on this Saturday at 2.00pm. The full details via Facebook: It’s that time of the year when the giant arse … Continue reading
Webcomic Wednesday – His Face All Red
Hello and welcome to Webcomic Wednesday! Each week I take a look at a webcomic and let you know what I think about it. This week I’ve been on a bit of a horror-story kick, so I’m looking at Emily … Continue reading
Mini Reviews: Daredevil, Todd The Ugliest Kid, Judge Dredd
My monthly stash of comics has arrived from my ‘neighbourhood’ comics store, so I thought I’d post a 10-20 word mini-review for each of them. So here goes: Todd, The Ugliest Kid On Earth #2: As per my original review, … Continue reading
Ten Comic Movie Oscars I’d Like To See Awarded
Given the Academy Awards are on as I write this, I thought I’d engage in a little fantasising of comics-related movies I’d like to see popping up at future Oscars ceremonies. Would love to have your suggestions in comments below … Continue reading
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Seduction of the Innocent: Officially Bullshit
Who’d a thunk? The notorious work from Dr Frederic Wertham, Seduction of the Innocent, which made the case for comics being moral-destroying works, has been found to be crap: A University of Illinois academic, Carol Tilley, has accessed Wertham’s papers, … Continue reading
Posted in Industry News, Opinion
Tagged history
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Sunday Snippets Issue 1
A regular roundup of interesting bits and pieces from the comic industry worldwide. If you’ve got an event or other piece of news to share, please drop us a line! John Romita Sr’s artwork for The Death of Gwen Stacy … Continue reading
Review: Yi Soon Shin, Warrior and Defender
It’s easy to get jaded in comics, as like any medium there’s only so many variants on a theme, particularly in action-based comics. So when I received a review copy of Yi Soon Shin, Warrior and Defender, I was expecting … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Novels, Independents
Tagged kompan, Yi Soon Shin
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Webcomic Wednesday – Moth City
Hello and welcome to Webcomic Wednesday! Each week I take a look at a webcomic and let you know what I think about it. This week I’m taking a more local route and checking out Moth City, a digital comic from … Continue reading
Review: Batman “Death of the Family” – Scott Snyder & Greg Capullo
(Note: the Death of the Family arc compiles issues 13-17 of Batman) When I reviewed Batman #13, the first issue of “Death of the Family”, back in December, I posed the question of this arc’s place within the Dark Knight’s story … Continue reading
Non-Canonical’s 150 Milestone Event
It’s a regular wish of mine to live in Melbourne – for a whole range of reasons, one of which is it has one hell of an active comics community. One very prominent example are the guys who run the … Continue reading