A couple of great documentaries I’ve seen this week are The King of Kong and The Kid Stays in The Picture. The King of Kong follows two Donkey Kong champions as they try to top one another’s (extremely) high scores. It’s remarkable the passion people can have, and there’s a handful of gamers world wide [...]
Perty Pics
Here’s a sneak peek at the penultimate issue of the World of Warcraft: Ashbringer mini-series from Wildstorm/DC. It’s written by Micky Neilson, with art by Ludo Lullabi (how cool a name is that?!) and Tony Washington. You’d hope, or at least DC would, that many gamers would flock to their LCS to get tie-in comics [...]
Free Magazine Preview
The last 18 months have been great for me from a hobby perspective and I began thinking that the only thing I’m reasonably good at was comic-y stuff. So I thought I’d start a magazine. It was like a bolt from heaven, or perhaps a caffeine induced daydream. Either way it’s exciting. Extra Sequential will [...]
Zombie Tales #9 Review
Compilations like this are a rarity on the comics stands these days. Image has done very well with the concept with the Tori Amos collaboration, Comic Book Tattoo as well as their two volumes of PopGun books and their recent Liquid City book which featured work by Asian writers and artists. Of course, there is [...]
Perty Pics
Here’s a gander at some titles going on sale on Christmas Eve. If you live in the States and your LCS is open, that is. From Marvel, there’s loads. Here’s just a few. There’s Ultimatum #2, by Jeph Loeb, with art and a cover by David Finch, Dardevil #114 by Ed Bribaker and Michael Lark, [...]
Merry Christmas
And a massively happy New Year! I just want to say a huge thank you to all the people that have been reading my humble little blog over the last six months. I just started it as a way to document my first magical trip to San Diego Comic-Con back in late July, and it [...]
Purge + Audit Free CD
I have a friend (yes, it’s true) named Mladen who’s quite the talented young man. The kind of guy that women want to be with and men want to be. No, wait. That’s James Bond. Anyway, Mladen has just released his debut CD, Purge + Audit for download on-line. I’ve shared it with a few [...]
Black Lightning Interview
Over at Broken Frontier, I interviewed Black Lightning. Not really, but I did fire some questions at Jen Van Meter, the writer of Black Lightning’s Year one mini-series due out from DC on January 7. I’ve always had a place in my heart for the bro with the ‘fro and it’s great to see Jefferson [...]
The End Of Quality
I’m a sentimental guy, so it was with much sadness that a few weeks ago I was informed that my comic shop was closing down! NOOOOOO! Um, yes actually. Quality Comics in the middle of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia will be no more. Christmas Eve is its last day, and they are [...]
Flash Fanatic
So apparently Frank Miller’s next film project after The Spirit, which opens on Christmas Day, will be Buck Rogers. That’s not very exciting really. The Sin City and 300 creator has a deft visual hand to be sure, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to box office mojo. I wouldn’t be surprised if The Spirit doesn’t [...]
Best and Worst of 2008
Now, there are so many of these list around already, and because I’m easily bored, I’m not going to go trawling through my memory archives to remember what the last 12 months offered. So, here’s a brief rundown of the best and worst in the comic related world of 2008. The Best Geoff Johns giving [...]
Christmas Cheer
This was just too funny not to share. My mate Shayne grabbed a few faces of us hunks from church and threw them onto dancing elf bodies. Sounds weird, and slightly creepy, but it’s oh so funny, as evidenced by the laughs on Sunday morning. You can do the same thing yourself, right here. Just [...]
DC Direct
Marvel may have the best films at the moment. And video games too. But DC certainly fares better in the toys and collectibles department and have for years. If you need proof, see below. There are figures of the 1980s era Justice League International, where humour was the order of the day. Fire, Blue Beetle, [...]
