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Comic Booked Podcast Preview – The Kill Shakespeare Interview

UPDATED: New episode is now available to listen to here! This is the show that almost didn’t happen. Well in a sense it did happen – some weeks ago I interviewed Kill Shakespeare co-creator Conor McCreery for the Co...
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Comic Booked Podcast Preview – Interview with Jason Franks

UPDATED: New episode is now available to listen to here! This weekend on 3 March Melbourne is hosting the second annual Big Arse Comics event. Showcasing an excellent selection of artists – with notably quite a few local ...
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Review: Róisín Dubh #2

This second issue of Róisín Dubh from Irish indie publisher Atomic Diner Comics dives back into the undead slaying action. However, while this issue does feature an engaging vampire slaying heroine, Maura McHugh’s story als...
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Bryan Hitches up the Wagon and Leaves Marvel

It is unusual to think just how much of an impact on American comics was made by Bryan Hitch and Warren Ellis‘ pioneering run on The Authority  twelve (!) years ago. ‘Widescreen’ art stylings imitating Hitch&...
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Review: Flash Gordon Comic Book Archives Vol. 5

Flash Gordon first crashlanded onto the comic book page back in 1934, courtesy of creator Alex Raymond. Dark Horse Comics have been publishing archived volumes of the polo-player turned liberator of planet Mongo since August 20...
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Video Games
7 years after the game's release, and Half-Life 2 is still near-perfection

Throwback Thursday #17: Half-Life 2

Valve’s Half-Life 2 is still highly regarded as a near-critic proof game. Its re-release as part of the Orange Box, along with Portal and Team Fortress 2, ensured that a second wave of fans were won over by this dystopian fan...
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2012 A Geek Preview – The Final Consult!

This is it folks! The end of our journey. The assembled comic literati have commented upon the best geek properties and creators of 2011. It is now time to look to the future! As far as 2012 is concerned, there were two rather ...
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2011 A Geek Review – Bumper Edition pt 2

….we return to the action already happening, welcome to the stage our assembled players! The Cast The Geek of Oz Marc Tylor Nobleman All Star Comics in Melbourne Ed Allen Brien from Virgil’s All Night Diner Stacey f...
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2011 A Geek Review – Bumper Edition pt 1

As my first year with Comic Booked draws to a close, I wanted to take the time to thank all the folks who made it easy for me. The bloggers I have debated with, writers and artists I have interviewed, even the kindly folks who ...
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Review – B.P.R.D. Hell on Earth: Russia #4 of 5

This penultimate issue not only does a great job of bringing the story of this latest B.P.R.D. storyline to a climax, it raises the bar yet again for the Hellboy-verse. The creative team of writers Mignola, Arcudi and artist C...
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Return of the Master – Interview with John Ostrander

John Ostrander’s return to Dark Horse’s Star Wars comic franchise with Agent of the Empire – Iron Eclipse #1 is a cause for celebration. Ostrander has proven to be a master of the material, his knowledge of ca...
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Carnal Knowledge – Interview with John Connell

Disclaimer: I would like to thank Jason Padua for his help in putting this feature together. Jason will be reviewing Carnal by John Connell and Jason Bergenstock for Comic Booked, and kindly agreed to lend a hand with the inter...
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Review: Irredeemable #32

Redemption Part One is in fact a crossover in miniature between Mark Waid’s two series Irredeemableand Incorruptible. Finally readers are going to get some answers explaining the past of the Plutonian and what led to his ...
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Review: X-Club #1

Simon Spurrier and Paul Davidson‘s miniseries X-Club kicked off this week and I have a tagline for Marvel should they so choose - ‘Come for the superscience – Stay for the snark‘. Though in fairness the ...
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