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72 Cosplay Shots From Oz Comic Con In Sydney
The Oz Comic Con is a comic convention that can't sit still, moving from Australian city to city on subsequent weekend Brisbane last weekend, Sydney at the weekend tat has just gone, Perth and Adelaide are next… Around 40,000 attended in Sydney, where Gerry Alexander took the cosplay photos below… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align:[...]
Vote Nick Xenophon Of The X-Men (Black Widow Cosplay Update)
This is a campaigning poster from Australian Senator Nick Xenophon You'll of course note the X-Men reference, and even the 60's styled "the". As well as sounding like a mutant supervillain, Xenophon is a Senator for the state of South Australia, Independent, and this is his poster to advertise candidates he supports in the oncoming South[...]
Australian Government Comic Exposes Unofficial Immigration Policy
Two days ago, we reported on the Australian comic book being distributed abroad and being used to specifically target Afghan asylum seekers. But in doing so, it seems to have confirmed a policy that the Australian Governmnt has repeated refused to confirm, that the Australian Navy has been ordered to turn back the boats approaching the[...]
Friday Morning Runaround – A Very Deadly Valentine
Not an uncommon story. Shudder… There has been strong reaction to the Australian use of comic books as anti-immigration tools, we reported yesterday. LET IT SNOW… And Heidi MacDonald doesn't make it to Jay And Silent Bob's Secret Stash. I'm calling it, @michaelzapcic @mingchen37 Too many train delays BUT I promise to come visit the store when there isn't a[...]
Australian Government Uses Comic Books To Stop Asylum Seekers
This comes to us from News.com.au as the Australian Federal Government is using comic books to try and stop Afghans from trying to enter Australia illegally by way of boats The campaign was started under the previous Rudd government but continues under the current Abbott government. Written in the dominant Afghan languages of Dari and Pashto the book[...]
Comic Book Boxing Day Sales Around The World (UPDATE)
DEC 26 ONLY! And plenty more… Fats Comics in Annerley, Australia having a post Boxing Day Sale on Saturday. 25% off Comic Books, Hardcovers, Sets, Runs, Vintage toys, Movie memorabilia, Phantom, Tin toys Metropolis Comics And Toys, British Columbia. What happens if you give away 3000 Image comics on Boxing Day? Absolute pandemonium, that's what! This is the event of[...]
You'll Believe A Man Can Fly. Possibly Spitting Blood.
Today Melbourne Storm rugby club in Australia took on on Cronulla Sharks today, wearing Man Of Steel jerseys. Thankfully for Warner Bros marketing, Melbourne storm crushed them. And… awwww. Today Melbourne Storm rugby club in Australia took on on Cronulla Sharks today, wearing Man Of Steel jerseys. Thankfully for Warner Bros marketing, Melbourne storm crushed them. And…[...]
DC Comics Knocks Out Cheqout Over Superman Trademark Case
DC Comics has won an appeal in Australia that we reported on earlier this year as part of a series of case being pursued ahead of the release of the Man Of Steel movie. Fitness company Cheqout has advertised a "superman workout" DC Comics appealed over the decision to grant them a trademark for this back[...]
Warners Want Australian Man Of Steel Fans To Commission Some Structural Architecture
The Warners release date website for Man Of Steel has links to country-specific versions of the main Man Of Steel site from all around the globe, providing the correct trailer, in the correct language, with the correct release date for each territory. Except for Australia. Which, for some reason, links to the website for construction company Man Of[...]
Australian MP Really Really Wants Doctor Who To Go Down Under
Jamie Wotton writes for Bleeding Cool. He saw New Zealand, and is raising Australia; Federal MP George Christiansen is launching an official campaign to get the BBC show Doctor Who to film an episode in Australia This comes hot on the heels of New Zealand attempting to get the show to film an episode over on their[...]
Review: Winter City
David Holloway is Bleeding Cool's Australian correspondent Winter City is far from unique as a self-published comic hoping to do good – but I have to say it's one of the most polished ones I've seen this year Co-written by Patrick and Carl Purcell, with pencils/inks by Pablo Verdugo Munoz and colours by David Aravena Riquelme,[...]
Australian Cartoonist Vs Australian Prime Minister
Cartoonists over the centuries have often targeted the great and the good, and since the sixties especially, the highest in the land have been considered viable targets for the most vociferous abuse, as long as it's in pen and ink, while the politician is obliged to grin and bear it. But Australian Prime Minister Julia Guillard[...]
Four Aussie Comics And A Podcast
David Holloway is Bleeding Cool's Australian corresponent. You might have caught my coverage of Oz Comic-Con, which was pretty much focused on the fairly significant shortcomings organisation-wise. Griping over, I wanted to take some time to showcase some Australian comic creators / publishers that you may never have heard of, who are producing some solid comics worth[...]
Canadian And Australian Comic Stores Close
Canada and Australia are also feeling the bite. Dragon Lady Comics of Toronto, a shop that has stood for over thirty-three years, fifteen years in its current location, is closing, blaming rent increases and slowing sales, at the very beginning of February. And then Comics And Games Cafe In Albany, Australia is also closing and gets a[...]
Australian Insurance TV Ad Turns To Comic Stores
Youi is an Australian brand of insurance. And in their latest TV campaign, they've run a series of ads showing what good listeners their staff are By talking to really boring people and still being interested in what they have to say Cricket enthusiasts, butterfly collectors and… comic store clerks. The shop used in the ad is[...]
Buy A Comic Shop… In Australia
Are you Australian? Would you like to live in Asutralia? How abojut owning and running a comic shop there, in Albury New South Wales? Because that's the location of bordering-on-twenty-years-strong Comic & Games Cafe, and owner Chris Luke is selling up to raise a family. And it's yours for $50,000 ONO (Australian dollars, which is pretty[...]
Robert Crumb Pulls Out Of Australian Tour Over Pervert Jibes
With the headline "Smutty Show A Comic Outrage", it looked at Robert Crumb's upcoming Australian appearance, stating "a self-confessed sex pervert whose explicit comic drawings cannot be shown in Australia is to deliver a talk and hold a special exhibition at the Sydney Opera House." Last year, the same event hosted Neil Gaiman and Eddie Campbell[...]
Avengers Movie To Feature Mysterious Hula-Hoop Kid? (UPDATE)
Hoyts is a large Australian cinema chain, the second largest on the continent, with 450 screens spread across Australia and New Zealand, and dominating the Australian cinema advertising market. But their website listing for the upcoming Avengers movie for next year, is a little odd Here's the listing. Who the hell is The Hula-Hoop Kid? A mysterious[...]