“Comic-Con comes to South Australia in 2012″ read the headline, as part of an “internationally recognised comic-book convention” continued the article. Fans, media outlet: everyone was excited. Even Gail Gago, the Tourism Minister for South Australia let her enthusiasm get the better of her: “[t]he San Diego convention started with 300 people in 1970 and last year attendance exceeded 130,000,” she said, fully believing that this Oz Comic-Con was affiliated with the globally renowned Comic-Con International. But it’s not. Not even close. We decided to investigate: was this a genuine misunderstanding, or a great Oz comic con? More »
It doesn’t seem to be affiliated to the actual San Diego / New York Cons, but from March 31st next year, around 10,000 faithful are expected to converge on…Adelaide. Guests include Stewart McKenny, Jonathan Frakes and Jewel Staite (who I’ve had crush on in both Stargate Atlantis and Firefly). Oz Con then moves to Melbourne on June 30 with none other than Stan Lee and Patrick Stewart! Updated. More »
Back in the 19th century, Thomas Stark, Tony’s great great grandfather, donned this steam-powered Iron Man suit to fight various scoundrels, scallywags and that bad guy with the gigantic mechanical spider from Wild Wild West. [Daily What, image via Judy Stephens]
We’ve previously reported on the lunatic Westboro Baptist Church’s bizarre new War on Nerds – now the nerds have turned and staged a staggeringly weird counter-protest at this year’s Comic-Con. More »
The creators and cast of Futurama revealed what lies ahead for the show’s 20 remaining episodes: brain-switching, mutant rights, unlikely kissing, Futurama reborn three times over and, yes, Fry and Leela. All that plus our thoughts on the latest episode! More »
At the Visionaries panel at Comic-Con, Joss Whedon announced that he is officially directing The Avengers “because Marvel can’t afford the press release”. More »
It seems that the members of the Topeka, Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church aren’t very happy about the San Diego Comic-Con. According to them, it’s a gathering of lost souls who are obsessively worshipping false idols like Batman: More »
