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Warners Want Australian Man Of Steel Fans To Commission Some Structural Architecture

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Rich Johnston

The Warners release date website for Man Of Steel has links to country-specific versions of the Man Of Steel site from all around the globe… Except for Australia

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Australian MP Really Really Wants Doctor Who To Go Down Under

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Bleeding Cool Staff Writer

Fanboy and Australian MP makes with the petitions, celeb campaigns and letters to Moffat.

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Review: Winter City

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

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 …

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Australian Cartoonist Vs Australian Prime Minister

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

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, …

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Video From The Set Of The Wolverine Shows A Scene Underway

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Having a look at a Wolverine set in action.

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Four Aussie Comics And A Podcast

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

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 …

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Canadian And Australian Comic Stores Close

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It’s not just American comic stores that are under strain. 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, …

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Australian Insurance TV Ad Turns To Comic Stores

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Rich Johnston

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 …

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Buy A Comic Shop… In Australia

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Rich Johnston

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 …

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Robert Crumb Pulls Out Of Australian Tour Over Pervert Jibes

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Rich Johnston

It was the Sunday Telegraph that did it. 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 …

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Wrigleys Launch 5X Mutant Flavour Gum In Australia And Invite You To Create Your Own Mutant

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Rich Johnston

I’m thinking of a mutant with the power to stick to anything. Forever. And need some kind of high pressurised steam hose to get it off. The ad is below and the website is here. Of course, to access certain …

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Avengers Movie To Feature Mysterious Hula-Hoop Kid? (UPDATE)

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Rich Johnston

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 …

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