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NCP have hit the big leagues by being featured on the Youtube smash it – Jon Eats Carrots!

As the title suggests, “Jon Eats Carrots” is the internet’s premier carrot eating series. The show that unlocked the web’s passion for eating carrots 🙂

We’re on episode #231 so check us out!

Our friend Matt from ECN Radio Podcast is the drummer for kick arse band Kill Geddy Lee and they’ve just released their first official video for their track 38 Miles.

Check it out and then go check out their Facebook page and throw a Like on there!

Armageddon Expo is not far away and I am getting more excited every day!

Armageddon is always a highlight for me. They have been running in Melbourne since 2007, and I have attended every one!

This year will see the event move to the Melbourne Showgrounds and allows for more space for all the awesome booths and guests.

And you can buy your Autographs and Photos tokens online and avoid a huge chunk of the queues (which is an awesome idea)!

Event general admission tickets are now on sale through www.ticketek.com.au. VIP tickets are also available and the Gold Passes are nearly sold out, so get in quick!

Of course I can’t finish this post without mentioning some of the great guests Armageddon have lined up this year. Here is just a few, with many more on their website – armageddonexpo.com

• Kevin Eastman – Co-Creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Dan Slott – Writer of Superior and Amazing Spiderman
• Brent Anderson – Artist on Astro City
• Evanna Lynch – Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films
• David Morrissey – The Governor in The Walking Dead
• Billy Boyd – Pippin the Hobbit in The Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Norman Lovett – Holly in Red Dwarf
• Richard Hatch – Battlestar Galactica (classic and new series)
• Ian McNeice – Winston Churchill – Doctor Who
• Kari Wahlgren – Kung Fu Panda, Avengers and more

One of the cool things about conventions is that you get to meet interesting and like-minded new people. And at the last Melbourne Oz Comic-Con I met two of the awesome guys behind Angel Phoenix Media, Pat McNamara & David Williams.

I was initially drawn to their booth by the large, magnificent looking hardcover book you can see in the bottom left of the picture, called Angelwitch: Book One, Dragonscarpe, which is a fully illustrated epic written by Pat and features awesome art by Michal Dutkiewicz. It is a stunning book. But of course the next thing that caught my eye was the awesomely titled The Legend of SpaceLord Mofo. I’m not sure why but that title just appeals to the Aussie in me 🙂

The Legend of SpaceLord Mofo follows Bran Mak Foo (aka, Spacelord Mo Fo) and Honey Pott, a just-married couple scrounging a living on the Edge of Endspace after a galactic apocalypse… or three. The Edge is a place where heroes are few, villainy’s the law, and the rest are just trying to survive. It is a digital comic that aims to push the boundaries of what people expect from that medium and looks like a hell of a lot of fun!

And they’re not the only things Angel Phoenix Media are working on. They are diving deep into the world of digital comics, animation and even live action TV! And there is a heap of great titles to choose from, including sci-fi actioners Venus IA & Venus League, sci-fi mystery Exiles, conspiracy thriller The Pandora Sequence & sci-fi/horror Streamers. Something for everyone!

And to get you started, for 1 month only, Angel Phoenix Media are selling e-book editions of Angelwitch: Book One, Dragonscarpe, The Pandora Sequence & Venus IA for only $2.99 each! An absolute bargain. I’ve picked them all up and at the time of reading this, I’ve finished Angelwitch & Venus IA and am halfway through The Pandora Sequence and I’m chomping at the bit for more!

So check out Angel Phoenix Media Promo page or go direct to Amazon or iTunes to download these great titles now!

This years Will Eisner Comic Industry were announced yesterday at SDCC and I for one wasn’t surprised that Saga nailed it. It is a great series and deserves all the praise it gets.

I’m also pleased by the recognition for David Aja’s work on Hawkeye. Brilliant stuff.

But congratulations to everyone, the winners and nominees. This was a great selection this year, and everyone deserved to win.

Click More for the full list of nominees. All winners (including some ties!) are in bold.

Best Continuing Series

• Fatale, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
• Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
• The Manhattan Projects, by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Pitarra (Image)
• Prophet, by Brandon Graham and Simon Roy (Image)
• Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best New Series

• Adventure Time, by Ryan North, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb (kaboom!)
• Bandette, by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
• Fatale, by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Image)
• Hawkeye, by Matt Fraction and David Aja (Marvel)
• Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (Image)

Best Writer

• Ed Brubaker, Fatale (Image)
• Matt Fraction, Hawkeye  (Marvel); Casanova: Avaritia (Marvel Icon)
• Brandon Graham, Multiple Warheads, Prophet (Image)
• Jonathan Hickman, The Manhattan Projects (Image)
• Brian K. Vaughan, Saga (Image)
• Frank M. Young, The Carter Family (Abrams ComicArts)

Best Writer/Artist

• Charles Burns, The Hive (Pantheon)
• Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics)
• Jaime Hernandez, Love and Rockets New Stories, vol. 5 (Fantagraphics)
• Luke Pearson, Hilda and the Midnight Giant, Everything We Miss (Nobrow)
• C. Tyler, You’ll Never Know, Book 3: A Soldier’s Heart (Fantagraphics)
• Chris Ware, Building Stories (Pantheon)

Best Penciller/Inker (tie)

• David Aja, Hawkeye (Marvel)
• Becky Cloonan, Conan the Barbarian (Dark Horse); The Muse (self-published)
• Colleen Coover, Bandette (Monkeybrain)
• Sean Phillips, Fatale (Image)
• Joseph Remnant, Harvey Pekar’s Cleveland (Zip Comics/Top Shelf)
• Chris Samnee, Daredevil (Marvel); Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom (IDW)

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