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Who Review – Frontier in Space

Posted by Richo On June 17, 2013 2 COMMENTS

Welcome to the forty-first instalment of Who Review, my ongoing quest to review all available episodes of TV’s longest running SF series, Doctor Who. This week, the Doctor confronts two of his deadliest enemies in Frontier in Space.

EPISODES

Frontier in Space

BROADCAST DATES

24 February – 31 March 1973 (6 episodes)

THE DOCTOR

Jon Pertwee

THE COMPANIONS

Jo Grant

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Comics Newbie – Blackacre Volume 1

Posted by Ben On June 13, 2013 ADD COMMENTS

Comic Review by a Comics Newbie

Howdy comics fans. For my review this week I am looking at Blackacre: Volume 1: An Errand into the Wilderness by Image Comics.

Image continues to be my favourite comic publisher. From Alpha Girl to The Darkness to Saga (if you are not reading Saga get on it!), the comics that are coming out from Image are of a very high quality both story and art wise.

Blackacre Volume 1 comprises the first five issues in this ongoing series.

The story is relatively complex but the use of an epilogue at the beginning was a great move by the writer. The epilogue works perfectly as an exposition device so when the story kicks in a few pages in the comic I knew what was going on.

A quick synopsis of the epilogue:

The USA as it known today has collapsed
A shadowy well-funded group known as Excorp struck a deal with the government for some undisclosed land
While the rest of the country descended into chaos, Excorp created a new secure super city called Blackacre.

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Podcast – Episode #52

Posted by David On June 9, 2013 3 COMMENTS

Episode #52 features:

Our 2nd Anniversary!

Dust Jacket: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

Dust Jacket: Who is killing the Great Capes of Heropa? by Andrez Bergen

And our Competition Winner is announced – congratulations to Andrew ! Thanks to All Star Comics Melbourne!

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Comics Newbie – Archer & Armstrong #0

Posted by Ben On June 1, 2013 ADD COMMENTS

For my review this week I am looking at Archer & Armstrong Issue 0 (2013), an ongoing series published by Valiant Comics.

I started my comics reading journey at a very good time as not long afterwards, Valiant came out with the Summer of Valiant Initiative which involved the release of four new ongoing series:

Harbinger
X-O Manowar
Bloodshot
Archer & Armstrong

At the moment I am reading Bloodshot and Archer & Armstrong on a monthly basis and I must say that every issue I have read has been excellent. Great story telling and the artwork has been exceptional.

Archer & Armstrong is my favourite of the Valiant titles I have read so far. The best way I can describe Archer & Armstrong is The Odd Couple + action + saving the world and it = awesome.

Archer is a naive teenager who has lived a very sheltered life in a religious compound.Armstrong is an immortal larrikin who loves a drink and a laugh and has been around since before AD 529. They run into each other not long after Archer comes to realise that his parents are not who they appear to be.

Issue 0 is written by Fred Van Lente with art by Clayton Henry and colours by David Baron. The plot for this issue is a comic re-telling of the poem the Epic of Gilgamesh. While not a complete origin story the issue explains some of Armstrong’s history.

I really enjoyed this issue of Archer & Armstrong. Being a one-shot of sorts it did not take long for the story to kick off and Armstrong acting as the narrator to the story was hilarious. The artwork in the issue was also of a very high quality. The landscapes were beautifully drawn and the action scenes looked great (ie, I knew what was happening).

If you are interested in reading Archer & Armstrong I recommend going back and starting from issue 1 and reading through to issue 9 then reading issue 0. That being said, this issue was great.

4/5 Lukes

If you do like this issue and are interested in reading more Valiant titles, Issue 1 of the new series Quantum and Woody (The World’s Worst Super Hero Team) starts in July. So that is a good chance to start a new series from the beginning.

I would love to hear your feedback on Archer & Armstrong and any other Valiant titles. Please comment below or you can contact me via Twitter @bennykane1983.

For my next review I will be looking at Blackacre Volume 1: An Errand into the Wilderness published by Image.

Benny