The League: Century trilogy by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill finishes in June from Top Shelf. Oh yeah. Here’s the official lowdown. In this third and final chapter, our narrative draws to its cataclysmic close in London 2009. The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been [...]
Cute Image
Tying in to our latest podcast all about Image Comics is this adorable news nugget. THE IMAGE REVOLUTION IS… CUTE? G-MAN creator gives classic Image characters a make-over On April first at Emerald City Comicon, Robert Kirkman and Chris Giarusso revealed a new project: THE WALKING DEAD for Kids. A panel-by-panel recreation of the original [...]
Happy Easter
I wrote this for this week’s church bulletin, and thought I’d share it here. Good Friday has passed, but it’s fitting that I post it on Easter Sunday, to celebrate Jesus’ awesome resurrection. Good Friday. How can we celebrate a man’s death and call it ‘good?’ Because the death of Jesus, and his resurrection three [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #86-Image Comics
62 mins. It’s the 20th anniversary of Image Comics this year, so in honour of the young upstart publishing company, we look at our fave Image tales covering drama, comedy, adventure and more. Also, the wonder of ’90s fashion, and Aussie TV actresses. LISTEN TO IT BELOW DOWNLOAD IT HERE GET IT ON iTUNES HERE [...]
Eisners, Archaia and Total Recall
This year’s nominations for the prestigious Eisner Awards are now up, right here. Voted by industry professionals, the winners will be announced at July’s San Diego Comic-Con. It’s an impressive and diverse list including a few faves of mine like Who Is Jake Ellis? and Atomic Robo. Daredevil, Jim Henson’s A Tale of Sand and many [...]
I’m Speaking At Swancon
Swancon, or Doomcon as it’s known this year in keeping with the apocalyptic theme, is an annual sci-fi/fantasy convention here in Perth, Western Australia. Here’s how they describe it: If you’re thinking anything from Douglas Adams to Dr Who, or Accelerando to Atlantis, you’re on the right page! This Easter join amazing authors, pop-culture experts [...]
The Last American and Overrun
UK publisher Com.x may not publish a lot, but what they do is worthy of your time. Their next project is a new edition of a classic work. Here’s the official lowdown. Exactly 8 years after its publication by Com.x in 2004 as a trade paperback, we are proud to announce the DIGITAL publication of The [...]
Gestalt Goodies Through Madman
Woo hoo! West Australian publisher Gestalt is getting the distribution they deserve, thanks to the fine folks at Madman. Details below. MADMAN TO DISTRIBUTE ‘GESTALT’ GRAPHIC NOVELS Madman is proud to announce it will be officially distributing for Gestalt – Australia’s leading independent graphic novel publishing house, beginning April, 2012. Gestalt’s endeavour is to showcase [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #85-Race Relations
65 mins. We finally get to this topic! The history of minority characters within comics, superheroes who are replaced by minority characters, or changed when adapted to other media. We also throw a few gnarly questions at one another. LISTEN TO IT BELOW DOWNLOAD IT HERE GET IT ON iTUNES HERE You can email us [...]
Bowling for Hero Initiative
If you’re heading to the Emerald City Comic Con this week, you can also meet some great creators, go bowling, and get a chance to win some original art (on a bowling pin! Go Plastic Man!). Awesome. Details below. Hero Initiative the non-profit organization that aids comic creators in medical and financial need is heading [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #84-Strange Team-Ups
57 mins. Strange x-overs you never knew existed! Unusual team-ups you tried to forget! Dodgy pronunciations of ‘moustache’ and ‘oeuvre.’ This one has it all, including a detour involving celebrity cameos and Jeff Goldblum movies. LISTEN TO IT BELOW DOWNLOAD IT HERE GET IT ON iTUNES HERE You can email us at kris (at)extrasequential(dot)com and [...]
Extra Sequential Podcast #83-Female Creators
64 mins. It’s all about the ladies and the awesome comics they create. Mladen proves his immaturity and Kris reveals his love for Faith Erin Hicks. Also, missing Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt. LISTEN TO IT BELOW DOWNLOAD IT HERE GET IT ON iTUNES HERE WHAT WE’VE BEEN WATCHING A hat trick of disappointing comic [...]
Rachel Rising in The Walking Dead #95
Well, this is very nice of Robert Kirkman. The successful writer behind The Walking Dead comic, and the inspiration for the hit TV series, is showing an excerpt of Rachel Rising, the undead mystery comic from Terry Moore, in this month’s ish of The Walking Dead. Nice one, Kirkman. He did the same a while [...]
Martin Smith’s New EP
Fans of one of the best bands ever, delirious will be happy to know that although the band aren’t together anymore, music from the English lads continues. One Sonic Society, consisting of delirious guitarist/songwriter Stu Garrard, have released their first album consisting of songs from their 3 EPs. It’s called Forever Reign and is available [...]
