Thursday 21 March 2013

London Super Comic Con Photos




Was lucky enough to get my hands on the convention special edition Lightning Strike Issue 2





There were a lot of great Indie and small  press types, selling all kinds of cool shit.
Team Lightening Strike Plying their wares





Simon Furman at the signing position as David Hind hovvers like some vast predatory bird.


Easily the best Cosplay of the Weekend : Rocket Racoon!!!!

Cosplay Runner up.
 
 
 

Somtimes you cant help but photo bomb these things.

2D Festival endorsed by Deadshot!!!
 

Sometimes you have to admire the creativity involved in theses costumes. Someone dressed as The Punisher, dressed as Captian America. This is from the post Civil War period when the Punisher was trying to take Caps place. Didnt last long.

A really nice Generation X period Husk.

Nuff Said.

Nick Roche was a Sketching Machine at LSCC.

Believe it or not i was actually forced into this pose.
Dec is such a great guy, that he just kinda turned up to hang out and talk comics.

This is as close as i could get to Dan Slott. The que imediately to his left was HUNDREDS  of people long. From what i could hear he was an amazingly gregarious and likeable guy.


Nick Roche , remaining amazingly tight lipped about forthcoming Transformers plots. The Bastard.
 
 

Nice effort with the Colonial Marine costume.
 
 
 
The fans versus creators panel with Roy Thomas, Simon Furman , The lead singer of Green Day , and Ian Hislop.
 
 
 


Tuesday 19 March 2013

2DCAST EPISODE 23: Star Trek The Next Generation writer Dennis Bailey


Greetings Space Cadets. Despite the world having changed in many historic ways since the last episode , we continue to pump out the same old gubbins. We discuss Marvels recent folly, the brand new Pope, Kick Ass 2 trailer, recent comics sales figures and plenty more besides. We are also very lucky to have as our guest Sci Fi writer Dennis Bailey , who takes time from his vacation ( or as we in Europe call it “holiday”) to tell about how his history as a fan led to him writing for Star Trek The Next Generation. This is an awesome interview folks that I had to cut to shreds because of time constraints . Dennis had a lot of interesting things to say , therefore, we will have an unedited version of this interview on Irish Comics News later this week.
Reviewed in this episode:
Fearless Defenders Issue 2 by Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney
Alpha : Big Time Issue 1 by
More Than Meets The Eye issue 14
The Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen
Links Mentioned
Polaris :
http://www.starshippolaris.com/wordpress/
Starship Exeter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqzWQ6TWZ1A
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Monday 4 March 2013

2Dcast Episode 22: LONDON SUPER COMIC CON SPECIAL


2Dcast Episode 22: LONDON SUPER COMIC CON SPECIAL

Greetings Space Cadets. Welcome to the 2dCasts London Super Comic Con special from the Excel Centre in the London Docklands. As well as the usual news , reviews plugs and bollocks, we speak with the cream of the Irish comic producing crop. We catch up with Darrin O’Toole and Declan Shelvey, we have the pleasure of talking with Nick Roche about Transformers. We had a chance to pick up loads of comicy goodness, and we have some choice signed goodies to give away.
Excelsior!!!!!




Reviewed in this episode:


Holy Numbers Vol 1 by Tommie Kelly
Justice League of America Issue 1
Uncanny Xmen 1 and 2
Guardians Of The Galaxy Issue 0.1
Transformers : Robots in Disguise Issue 14
Nova Issue 1


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Saturday 1 December 2012

2Dcast Episode 17: Paddy Lynch


2Dcast Episode 17: Paddy Lynch

paddy lynch
In this Intrepid adventure of the 2dcast we have the long overdue oppertunity to speak to Paddy Lynch about the success of the Stray Lines anthology, about internet funding, and his likes and dislikes in comics. Bobby and Ciaran take time to review some comics and also to discuss Thanksgiving tradition , Felix Healy, a festival announcement and the difficulties in securing funding for ego stroking stand up comedy ventures.
Reviewed in this episode:
Iron Man #2
More Than Meets The Eye #11
All New Xmen #1
Red Hood and The Outlaws #14
Indestructible Hulk #1

Links mentioned within:
Buy Stray Lines :
http://www.cardboardpress.com/stray-lines/
Will Slineys Fearless Defenders:
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/fearless-defenders-marvel-now-will-sliney.html
What is a ” Felix Healey “?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Healy


Tuesday 30 October 2012

2Dcast Episode 13: Talking Half Past Danger with Stephen Mooney

Fresh up from his big announcement at last weekends DICE, we are joined on this weeks show by long-time friend of the 2dcast Stephen Mooney , who gives us the low-down on his new deal with IDW who will be publishing his creator owned property Half Past Danger. He also talks us through his comic likes and dislikes , his symbiotic relationship with the irrepressible Declan Shelvey, and much more besides. Back in the “ studio” Bobby and Ciaran talk Ghostbusters comics, more Transformers , Red Dwarf X, Amazing Spiderman ,human sacrifices , dogs and cats living together , MASS HYSTERIA. Plusa mic check with David Campbell containing ACTUAL FESTIVAL NEWS!!!!!!,

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Links mentioned on the podcast:

The 2d Festival Questionnaire is here:


You tube link to that Avengers Special feature Bobby was bleating on about:

Half Past Danger blog:
http://www.halfpastdanger.com/

Newest Episode of The Comic Cast:
http://www.irishcomicnews.com/2012/10/podcast-the-comic-cast-back-from-summer-break/




Sunday 7 October 2012

Comic Review : Short Sharp Shocks issues 1-3




 The title of Dublin writer and artist Ger Hankey’s ongoing anthology title Short Sharp Shocks seems to be trying to evoke the classic sci-fi excitement of Thargs Future Shocks (in the galaxy’s greatest comic), and while there are such one-off “thrills” to be found here (which, rather than trying to shock, seem more focused on amusing), the nucleus of the title is a pair of recurring characters with strong central ideas.
Hybrid, the story of a superhero who is both man and woman is a nice conceit, but for a character that has such obvious comedic potential it’s played relatively straight for the first three issues. It’s not without humour (which is chiefly wardrobe-based) but hopefully the full potential of the title character’s dual nature will be further explored in future issues, whilst exploring his origins. Speaking of which the second issue’s instalment ends with promises of an explanation of Hybrid’s origin, yet issue three consists of a fight with a robot then a shopping trip. What gives, Hankey?

Hybrid: Dont mess with shim.
Mighty Morgan plays with another interesting notion: that in our current cynical troll-infested society a traditional two-dimensional would-be despot is a beloved antihero (which he hates). This strip in particular put me in mind of some of the humour strips that would appear in the likes of Whizzer and Chips and Buster (in particular the reverse Beverly Hillbillies strip the Bumpkin Billionaires). A nice piece of harmless good-natured fun.

The strongest strips however are those that run without dialogue. In particular, Binbo’s Holiday is a very sweet tale about wanting to better oneself. That the main character is a robotic dustman is incidental. Much like the work of Bob Byrne, Hankey's characters are expressive in the extreme, and we can put it this way: the boy knows how to draw a robot in just about any mood (as his work on Transformers fan projects demonstrates very well indeed).

Short Sharp Shocks’ biggest strength is actually in stark contrast with many other small press publications whose artwork fails to live up to the writing. In Short Sharp Shocks the artwork is stronger than the writing. Which is not to say that the writing is particularly weak but rather that the black and white art is so strong. Having seen some of the work on Ger’s blog I would strongly suggest that issue four would be best served to be in colour (cost permitting I’m sure).The most pleasing aspect of the art is   the subtle changes in style depending on the content of the strip.

Overall the tone is much lighter than, say, 2000AD and really has more in common with publications like the later incarnations of The Eagle, or Wildcat: comics which have a similar theme but a much less cynical tone. Short Sharp Shocks is well written, very well drawn and refreshingly, entirely suitable for children.  Looking forward to issue four immensely.


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Monday 1 October 2012

2dcast Episode 12 with special guest Ger Hankey



2dcast Episode 12 with special guest Ger Hankey


Up from the depths, 30 Stories High, Breathing Fire , it Head in the sky......its the monstrous twelfth episode of the 2dcast, and were talking IDW'S GODZILLA , Dredd 3d and it anaemic box office performance, the resolution of The Walking Dead lawsuit and a most unusual trailer for Ant Man . We are joined by our guest Ger Hankey who drops by to tell us a little bit about his Short Sharp Shocks and his work for the Irish Haemophilia society . He also finds time to to tell us his thoughts about Transformers comics , Power Girl and a whole world of comics related goodies.


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Links mentioned on the podcast


Lightning Strike available : http://lightningstrikecomics.com/



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