Saturday, July 30, 2011

ASCM Tee's going back to print!

Have you grabbed yourself an ASCM official t-shirt yet? Or perhaps you wanted to but the size or design you were after had already sold out. Troy will be setting the All Star printing press back up again next week. If you like, now is your chance to put an order in for the shirt your choice. Here are a few pics of the current design catalogue.
Don't see anyting you like? Well, we are going back to the drawing board to develop more designs and will hopefully have them up for your inspection soon! All shirts are $25 and are available in S to XL, with other sizes upon request. We also don't mind printing on a tee that you provide, which obviously makes it cheaper for you. Email us or let us know on Facebook what you are after. Cheers!

Monday, July 25, 2011

Comics For Wednesday 27th July

 
Welcome back for your weekly list of comic books which we hope makes you feel warm on cold Mondays. Remember that if you would like any of these put to the side for you, use one of the many forms of communication that the modern world allows...unless it is a carrier pigeon because we can't open the windows.

MARVEL
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #666 SPI
ASTONISHING X-MEN #40
AVENGERS ACADEMY #16 FEAR
CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #620
CAPTAIN AMERICA CORPS #2 (OF 5)
CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #2 (OF 4)
DEADPOOLMAX #10 (OF 12)
DISNEY MUPPETS PRESENTS MEET MUPPETS #1
EMMA #5 (OF 5)
FEAR ITSELF DEEP #2 (OF 4) FEAR
FEAR ITSELF WORTHY #1 FEAR
FF #7
HALO FALL OF REACH COVENANT #2 (OF 4)
INCREDIBLE HULKS #633
MIGHTY THOR #4
NEW MUTANTS #28
SECRET AVENGERS #15 FEAR
SECRET WARRIORS #28
SPIDER-MAN #16
ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #3 (OF 6) 
UNCANNY X-FORCE #12
VENOM #5
WOLVERINE AND DEADPOOL DECOY #1
WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #8
X-MEN LEGACY #252
X-MEN SCHISM #2 (OF 5)
ZOMBIES CHRISTMAS CAROL #3 (OF 5)

DC COMICS
ACTION COMICS #903 (DOOMSDAY)
ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #9
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #4 
BRIGHTEST DAY AM SEARCH FOR SWAMP THING #2
DC COMICS PRESENTS SHAZAM #1
DC RETRO GREEN LANTERN THE 70S #1
DC RETRO JUSTICE LEAGUE AMERICA THE 70S #1
DC RETRO SUPERMAN THE 70S #1
DETECTIVE COMICS #880
FLASHPOINT HAL JORDAN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT KID FLASH LOST #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT LOIS LANE AND THE RESISTANCE #2 
FLASHPOINT PROJECT SUPERMAN #2 (OF 3)
GEARS OF WAR #18
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #25
GREEN ARROW #14
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #62
GREEN LANTERN EMERALD WARRIORS #12
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #53
TEEN TITANS #98
WONDER WOMAN #613
XOMBI #5
YOUNG JUSTICE #6

VERTIGO
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #17
FABLES #107
BOOM
INCORRUPTIBLE #20
PLANET OF THE APES #4
STAN LEE TRAVELER #9

DARK HORSE
DOLLHOUSE EPITAPHS #1 (OF 5)
STRANGE CASE OF MR HYDE #4 (OF 4)

IDW
COBRA ONGOING #3
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL 2 #7
GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #5
INFESTATION OUTBREAK #2 (OF 4)
JOE HILL THE CAPE #1 (OF 4)
JOHN BYRNE NEXT MEN #8

IMAGE
BOMB QUEEN ALL GIRL SPEC #1
BUTCHER BAKER RIGHTEOUS MAKER #5
INTREPIDS #5
INVINCIBLE #81
LAST MORTAL #3 (OF 4)
MISSION #6
SKULLKICKERS #9
UNDYING LOVE #4
VAULT #1 (OF 3)

MISCELLANEOUS
BART SIMPSON COMICS #61
CROSSED PSYCHOPATH #4 (OF 7)
FATHOM VOL 4 #1 
FUTURAMA COMICS #56
GREEN HORNET #17
KIRBY GENESIS #2
LA MANO DEL DESTINO #1 (OF 6)
LENORE VOLUME II #3
QUEEN SONJA #18
SIXTH GUN #13
SOULFIRE VOL 3 #2
SPONTANEOUS #1
SPONTANEOUS #2
TERMINATOR ROBOCOP KILL HUMAN #1

BACK IN STOCK
AVENGERS #15 FEAR
BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #1 (OF 5)
BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #2 (OF 5)
BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #3 (OF 5)
BUTCHER BAKER RIGHTEOUS MAKER #4
CAPTAIN AMERICA #1
DC PRESENTS BATMAN GOTHAM NOIR #1
DETECTIVE COMICS #879
FLASHPOINT #1 (OF 5) 3RD PTG
RED SKULL #1 (OF 5)
VENOM #2 2ND PTG
WITCH DOCTOR #2 (OF 4)
WOLVERINE #12

TRADE PAPERBACKS
ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN AND WOLVERINE HC
ATOMIC ROBO TP VOL 05 DEADLY ART OF SCIENCE
AVENGERS ACADEMY TP 01 PERMANENT RECORD
AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP VOL 01
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM HC 3 HOUSE OF HUSH
BLACK WIDOW KISS OR KILL TP
BLACKEST NIGHT RISE OF THE BLACK LANTERNS TP
BLACKEST NIGHT TALES OF THE CORPS TP
DAVE STEVENS COMPLETE SKETCHBOOK COLL HC
ESS PETER PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN TP
IRON SIEGE TP
JUSTICE HC
LOEG III CENTURY #2 1969
MMW X-MEN TP VOL 03
RED SONJA TP VOL 08 BLOOD DYNASTY
SPIDER-MAN BLUE TP
SPIDER-MAN COMPLETE BEN REILLY EPIC TP BOOK 01
SPIDER-MAN FANTASTIC FOUR TP
STAND NO MANS LAND PREM HC
SUPERGODS WHAT SUN GODS CAN TEACH US
TRANSFORMERS ONGOING TP VOL 03
WORMWOOD HC VOL 03 DEVIANT EDITION
X-MEN LEGACY AFTERMATH PREM HC

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Cowboys and Aliens Competition!


Thanks to Paramount Pictures Australia we have 12 double passes to give away for the upcoming science fiction western from Jon Favreau (Iron Man) Cowboys and Aliens.

Since we had so many great artistic entries to our Super 8 competition we've decided to once again split the passes across art and words so your two ways to enter are as follows.

1. E-mail us a drawing of an Alien dressed as a cowboy. It can be any type of alien but we've found funny will probably work for you. These will then be put up in a Facebook album for everyone to vote on. Entries are due by midnight Sunday the 31st of July. Voting will then run for a week and be drawn decided on the 8th of August.

2. Make a comment below, on Facebook or on Twitter telling us a team up or clash of your favourite Cowboy and your favourite Alien. These entries will then go into the famous All Star barrel and prizes will be drawn at midday on Monday the 1st of August.

Big thanks once again to Paramount Pictures Australia for these prizes.

Only At the Movies August 18th


www.cowboysandaliens.com.au

© 2011 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.







Monday, July 18, 2011

Comics For Wednesday 20th July


Here is the list of titles that we all hope you will be able to get your hands on starting this Wednesday at about 4pm. Lots of goodness here to check out so I best not waste your time with what I'm saying. As usual, shout out if you'd like something through our various means of communication.

MARVEL
15 LOVE #2 (OF 3)
AVENGERS #15 FEAR
AVENGERS THOR CAPTAIN AMERICA OFF INDEX MU #15
DAREDEVIL #1
FEAR ITSELF #3 (OF 7) 2ND PTG 
FEAR ITSELF DEADPOOL #2 (OF 3) FEAR
FEAR ITSELF FEARSOME FOUR #2 (OF 4) FEAR
FEAR ITSELF FF #1 FEAR
FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #4 (OF 7) FEAR
GENERATION HOPE #9
HERC #5 FEAR
HULK #37 FEAR
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #506 FEAR
IRON MAN 2.0 #7 FEAR
MARVEL UNIVERSE VS WOLVERINE #2 (OF 4)
SKAAR KING OF SAVAGE LAND #5 (OF 5)
SPIDER-ISLAND SPOTLIGHT
THOR HEAVEN AND EARTH #1 (OF 4)
ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #2 (OF 6)
UNCANNY X-MEN #541 FEAR
X-FACTOR #222
X-MEN #15

DC COMICS
BATMAN #712
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #3 (OF 5)
DC COMICS PRESENTS THE METAL MEN #1
DC RETROACTIVE BATMAN THE 70S #1
DC RETROACTIVE THE FLASH THE 70S #1
DC RETROACTIVE WONDER WOMAN THE 70S #1
DC THE NEW 52 #1 PREVIEW BOOK 
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #12
DEUS EX #6 (OF 6) 
FLASHPOINT #2 (OF 5) 
FLASHPOINT DEADMAN & THE FLYING GRAYSONS #2
FLASHPOINT LEGION OF DOOM #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT THE OUTSIDER #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN & THE FURIES #2
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #59
LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #15
POWER GIRL #26
SPIRIT #16
SUPERGIRL #66
SUPERMAN BATMAN #86
THUNDER AGENTS #9
TINY TITANS #42
TITANS #37
WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS AFTERMATH #1 (OF 2)
ZATANNA #15

VERTIGO
CINDERELLA FABLES ARE FOREVER #6 (OF 6)
DMZ #67
HELLBLAZER #281

BOOM
STAN LEE SOLDIER ZERO #10

DARK HORSE
CONAN ISLAND OF NO RETURN #2
CRIMINAL MACABRE GOON WHEN FREAKS COLLIDE
RAGE #2 (OF 3)
STAR WARS CLONE WARS YR TV VOL 06 STARCRUSHER TRAP
STAR WARS JEDI DARK SIDE #3
STAR WARS OLD REPUBLIC #2 (OF 5) LOST SUNS

IDW
DUKE NUKEM GLORIOUS BASTARD #1 (OF 4)
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #168
LOCKE & KEY CLOCKWORKS #1 (OF 6)
ROCKETEER ADVENTURES #3 (OF 4)
SNAKE EYES ONGOING (IDW) #3
TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #22
TRUE BLOOD TAINTED LOVE #6

IMAGE
ALL NIGHTER #2 (OF 5)
AVENGELYNE #1 
DARKNESS #92 
DEADLANDS MASSACRE AT RED WING ONE SHOT
ELEPHANTMEN #33 
HACK SLASH #6
MARINEMAN #6
MARKSMAN #1 (OF 6)
REAPER #2 
REPULSE ONE SHOT
WALKING DEAD #87
WITCH DOCTOR #2 (OF 4)

MISCELLANEOUS
BOYS BUTCHER BAKER CANDLESTICKMAKER #1
LADY MECHANIKA #2 
MISADVENTURES OF ADAM WEST #1
SERGIO ARAGONES FUNNIES #1
SIMPSONS COMICS #180

BACK IN STOCK
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #665
CRIMINAL LAST OF INNOCENT #1 (OF 4)
FEAR ITSELF DEADPOOL #1 (OF 3) FEAR
FLASHPOINT BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #1
FLASHPOINT PROJECT SUPERMAN #1 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT WONDER WOMAN & THE FURIES #1 
MYSTERY MEN #3 (OF 5)
RED WING #1 (OF 6)
RODD RACER ONE SHOT
SCREAMLAND ONGOING #2
UNCANNY X-MEN #539

TRADE PAPERBACKS
AM WARS SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH 3 TP VOL 03
ANGEL OMNIBUS TP VOL 02
BLACKEST NIGHT BLACK LANTERN CORPS TP VOL 01
BLACKEST NIGHT BLACK LANTERN CORPS TP VOL 02
CAPTAIN AMERICA ART OF CAPTAIN AMERICA HC
CARNET DE VOYAGE
CLASSIC GI JOE TP VOL 12
CONAN THE BARBARIAN MASK OF ACHERON
DAKEN AND X-23 PREM HC COLLISION
DEADPOOL PULP GN TP
DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE HC VOL 01 DEATH VALLEY
EDGE OF DOOM TP
ENDERS GAME SPEAKER FOR DEAD PREM HC
ESSENTIAL PUNISHER TP VOL 02 NEW ED
FRAGGLE ROCK HC VOL 02 
INCREDIBLE HULKS TP PLANET SAVAGE
LACKADAISY GN VOL 01
MARVEL POINT ONE TP
NEW MUTANTS CLASSIC TP VOL 06
ONE SOUL HC GN
ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED HC
OVERSTREET COMIC BK PG SC VOL 41 THOR
SECRET AVENGERS TP VOL 01 MISSION TO MARS
SHUDDERTOWN HC 
SPAWN NEW BEGINNINGS TP VOL 01
SPELL CHECKERS GN VOL 01 
SPIDER-MAN AM I AN AVENGER TP
STEVE ROGERS TP SUPER-SOLDIER
THOR BLACK GALAXY SAGA TP
THUNDERBOLTS TP VIOLENT REJECTION
TURF HC
WELCOME TO TRANQUILITY ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE 
WOLVERINE WOLVERINE VS X-MEN PREM HC
X-MEN STEVE ROGERS HC ESCAPE FROM NEG ZONE

MERCHANDISE
MARVEL COMICS WOLVERINE 7IN PLUSH 
OWLY PLUSH TOY 2ND ED

Monday, July 11, 2011

New Comics for July 13th


While everyone else sitting down on a Monday wondering what the week will bring, those reading this will have some insight into the comic part at the very least. Remember, for those who don't know the deal yet, if you want any of these fine titles put aside for you, let us know.

MARVEL
ALL WINNERS SQUAD BAND OF HEROES #2 (OF 8)
ALPHA FLIGHT #2 (OF 8) FEAR
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #665
BLACK PANTHER MAN WITHOUT FEAR #521 FEAR
CAPTAIN AMERICA #1
DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #11
DEADPOOL #40
DEFENDERS FROM MARVEL VAULT #1
FEAR ITSELF SPIDER-MAN #3 (OF 3) FEAR
FF #6
FORMIC WARS BURNING EARTH #7 (OF 7)
GHOST RIDER #1 FEAR
INCREDIBLE HULKS #632
IRON AGE #2 (OF 3)
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #625 FEAR
KA-ZAR #2 (OF 5)
MYSTERY MEN #3 (OF 5)
NEW AVENGERS #14 FEAR
NEW MUTANTS #27
PUNISHERMAX #15
SUPER HEROES #16
ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES #6 (OF 6)
ULTIMATE COMICS FALLOUT #1 (OF 6)
WOLVERINE #12
X-MEN SCHISM #1 (OF 5)

DC COMICS
ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #9
BATGIRL #23
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #3
BIRDS OF PREY #14
BOOSTER GOLD #46 (FLASHPOINT)
DC COMICS PRESENTS BATMAN GOTHAM NOIR #1
DETECTIVE COMICS #879
DOC SAVAGE #16
FLASHPOINT CITIZEN COLD #2 (OF 3)
FP DEATHSTROKE THE CURSE OF RAVAGER #2
FLASHPOINT EMPEROR AQUAMAN #2 (OF 3)
FP FRANKENSTEIN CREATURES OF UNKNOWN #2
GREEN LANTERN #67 (WAR OF GL)
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #61 (WAR OF GL)
RED ROBIN #25
TEEN TITANS #97

VERTIGO
AMERICAN VAMPIRE SURVIVAL OT FITTEST #2 (OF 5)
NORTHLANDERS #42
UNWRITTEN #27

DARK HORSE
BPRD HELL ON EARTH MONSTERS #1 (OF 2)
DOLLHOUSE EPITAPHS #1 (OF 5)
HELLBOY THE FURY #2 (OF 3)
SOLOMON KANE RED SHADOWS #4 (OF 4)
STAR WARS INVASION REVELATIONS #1 (OF 5)

BOOM
HELLRAISER #3
STAN LEE STARBORN #8

IDW
100 PENNY PRESS HAMMER O/T GODS #1
100 PENNY PRESS WORMWOOD GENTLEMAN CORPSE #1
30 DAYS OF NIGHT NIGHT AGAIN #3 (OF 4)
CRYSIS #2 (OF 6)
DOCTOR WHO FAIRYTALE LIFE #4 (OF 4)
GODZILLA GANGSTERS & GOLIATHS #2 (OF 5)

IMAGE
50 GIRLS 50 #2 (OF 4)
BREED III #3 (OF 6)
GLADSTONES SCHOOL FOR WORLD CONQUERORS #3
GREEN WAKE #4 (OF 5)
GUARDING THE GLOBE #5 (OF 6)
LIL DEPRESSED BOY #5
MEMOIR #4 (OF 6)
REAPER ONE SHOT
RED WING #1 (OF 6)
REED GUNTHER #2
SAMURAIS BLOOD #2 (OF 6)
SHINKU #2
SPAWN #209
WALKING DEAD SURVIVORS GUIDE #4 (OF 4)
WITCHBLADE #146

MISCELLANEOUS
CHARISMAGIC #2
RASL #11
SPACE WARPED #2 (OF 2)
TOTAL RECALL #3
VAMPIRELLA #8

BACK IN STOCK
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #1 OF(5)
BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #1

TRADES
ANGEL HC VOL 03 THE WOLF THE RAM AND THE HEART
AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS PREM HC VOL 02
BATMAN BRUCE WAYNE THE ROAD HOME HC
BATMAN HUSH UNWRAPPED DELUXE ED HC
BATTLE CHASERS ANTHOLOGY HC
BLACK PANTHER MAN WITHOUT FEAR TP V1 URBAN JUN
BLACKEST NIGHT GREEN LANTERN CORPS TP
BLACKEST NIGHT GREEN LANTERN TP
BLACKEST NIGHT TP
CASANOVA GULA TP
COWBOYS HC
DARK AVENGERS HC
DEADPOOL TP VOL 06 I RULE YOU SUCK
EXCALIBUR VISIONARIES ALAN DAVIS TP VOL 03
HAWKEYE TP BLINDSPOT
INCOGNITO TP VOL 02 BAD INFLUENCES
JACK OF FABLES TP VOL 09 THE END
JIM SILKE NUDE JOB OF FIGURE DRAWING SC
KULL TP VOL 02 HATE WITCH
MARVEL ART OF MIKE DEODATO HC
NEW AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP VOL 01
NIGHT O/T LIVING DEAD TP VOL 02
RUNAWAYS TP VOL 07 LIVE FAST DIGEST NEW PTG
SAM & TWITCH COMPLETE COLLECTION HC VOL 01
SPIDER-MAN DEATH JEAN DEWOLFF PREM HC
SPIDER-MAN ORIGIN OF SPECIES TP
STAR WARS KNIGHT ERRANT TP VOL 01 AFLAME
THOR SPIRAL TP NEW PTG
USAGI YOJIMBO TP VOL 25 FOX HUNT
VAMPIRELLA TP VOL 01 CROWN OF WORMS
WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS PREM HC CONTAGION
X-FACTOR SCAR TISSUE PREM HC
X-MEN LIFEDEATH PREM HC

MERCHANDISE
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER LUNCH BOX
POP ROCK RUN-DMC DMC VINYL FIG

Friday, July 8, 2011

Press Release: In brightest day, in blackest night...


RYAN REYNOLDS to shine at the Australian premiere of GREEN LANTERN


Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal, X-Men Origins, Definitely, Maybe) will attend the Australian premiere of his superhero action flick GREEN LANTERN in Melbourne on Tuesday August 9, 2011 before he walks the red carpet at the Sydney premiere the following night (Wednesday August 10).

Protectors of peace and justice, the Green Lantern Corps is a brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, but when a new enemy threatens to destroy the balance of power, their fate and that of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds).

A gifted and cocky test pilot, Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. But the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring that grants each with superpowers.

Encouraged by fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart, Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), Hal must quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears in order to defeat their enemy and become the greatest Green Lantern of all.

Based on the DC comic book series, the film also stars Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong and Academy Award winners Angela Bassett and Tim Robbins.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The DC 52 Relaunch Program



The All Star Universe Proudly Presents The DC 52 Relaunch Program.

Early last month, DC made an announcement that almost ripped the internet in half. September will see a line wide relaunch, with all of their books starting again from number 1. This includes favourite pre-existing titles, and all new ones with some of the industry's most exciting creative talent. This one announcement tore through the comic buying community like wild fire and has been a massive talking point on the internet ever since, and also in our little part of the world at All Star Comics. So for better or worse this huge gambit by DC is happening, so we thought we'd offer a little incentive to maybe motivate some of you to try ALL 52 titles.

Firstly, we understand it is a BIG financial commitment to want to collect all 52 books. If you were to buy all of them off the shelf it would cost a total of $240 ($216 for Standing Order customers). We would like to offer you the chance to pick up the entire 52 titles for $190. That works out to be about 5 books for free for Standing Order customers and 10 books for free for shelf customers.

Secondly, we'd like to reward your euthusiasm for this promotion with a stictly limited All Star DC 52 tee shirt, designed by none other than our design guru, Tim Hobday. The shirt (not available for sale) will be the first of it's kind and like these number 1's, might one day itself be a collectors item! The design of the shirt will be revealed at a later date.

All you need to do, is come into the store and pre-pay (in full) before Wednesday the 27th of July. We can continue to take orders after this point but it would make things easier on Mitch to confirm your order before this date.....think of poor, little Mitch. This offer is available to standing order customers and shelf customers alike. The offer is only for the issue 1's of the 52 range.

So if you feel like you want to fully take part in what will be remembered as one of the boldest plays in comic history, let us know and we will sign you up for the DC 52 Relaunch Program today! :D

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The All Star Universe


So here we are at the midway point of the year, and what a blast the last 6 months have been! In the short time since we opened our doors to the Melbourne comic book buying community, so much has happened. We have managed to survive our first convention experience, hold a stellar Free Comic Book Day event, host an instore signing/Q&A with one of Australia's best known comic creators, have a launch for one of Australia's most exciting new local books and more importantly, start to stock a range of top quality locally produced titles!These were all things we hoped to achieve in the early days of the store, and we could not be more happy with how things have panned out.

That said, none of this would have been even remotely possible without the incredible amount of support we have been given by you guys every step of the way. We are humbled that you would choose to shop with us over the many other stores in Melbourne. We appreciate the effort of just taking time out of your day to drop by and say hi, or responding to posts on Facebook. All of this means something to us.

We hope to continue to be a point of interest in Melbourne's comic book culture beyond the whole "new kids in town" bit. We want to be able to continue with instore events and promotions that will hopefully keep you guys wanting to come back for more.

Which brings us to this. It's a little something we've named ALL STAR UNIVERSE.

The All Star Universe will be the banner under which future instore activities, events and promotions will be advertised . We will try our very best to roll out a new idea every month that will hopefully make you want to be part of the All Star Universe too.

The launch promotion for the ASU will of course be our DC 52 Relaunch Program! More details for this will be posted soon.

Again thank you all for your support both on here and in the store. We could have never made this long time dream come true without you.
Cheers,
Troy and Mitch.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Comics For Thursday 7th July


Seems to be all about the event books this week but if you don't roll that way, there is still plenty of other books to keep you occupied. Remember that these books should be hitting the shelf on Thursday afternoon because of the 4th of July holiday in the States. Also, if you'd like anything reserved, we have various forms of communication available in which we allow this.

Marvel
ASTONISHING THOR #5 (OF 5)
CAP AND THOR AVENGERS #1
CARS 2 #2 (OF 2)
DARK TOWER GUNSLINGER BATTLE OF TULL #2
FEAR ITSELF #4 (OF 7) FEAR
FEAR ITSELF UNCANNY X-FORCE #1 (OF 3)
FEAR ITSELF WOLVERINE #1 (OF 3)
FEAR ITSELF YOUTH IN REVOLT #3 (OF 6)
HEROES FOR HIRE #9 FEAR
HULK #36
MOON KNIGHT #3
NAMOR FIRST MUTANT #11
OZMA OF OZ #8 (OF 8)
RED SKULL #1 (OF 5)
SPIDER-GIRL #8
SUPREME POWER #2 (OF 4)
THUNDERBOLTS #160 FEAR
ULTIMATE COMICS X #5
UNCANNY X-MEN #540 FEAR
VENGEANCE #1 (OF 6)
WOLVERINE AND BLACK CAT CLAWS 2 #1 
X-23 #12
X-MEN #14

DC
ADVENTURE COMICS #528
BATMAN AND ROBIN #25
BATMAN BEYOND #7
DC COMICS PRESENTS SUPERMAN #4
DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #11
FLASHPOINT #3
FP ABIN SUR THE GREEN LANTERN #2
FLASHPOINT BATMAN KNIGHT OF VENGEANCE #2
FLASHPOINT SECRET SEVEN #2 (OF 3)
FLASHPOINT THE WORLD OF FLASHPOINT #2
JONAH HEX #69
SECRET SIX #35
SUPERBOY #9
TITANS ANNUAL 2011 #1

Vertigo
HOUSE OF MYSTERY #39 
IZOMBIE #15
SWEET TOOTH #23 

Boom
ELRIC THE BALANCE LOST #1
IRREDEEMABLE #27

Dark Horse
DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF ATOM #7

IDW
100 PENNY PRESS TRANSFORMERS CLAS #1
GI JOE VOL 2 ONGOING #3
GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #4
THAT HELLBOUND TRAIN #2 (OF 3)
TRANSFORMERS 3 MOVIE ADAPTATION #4
TRANSFORMERS ONGOING #21
TRUE BLOOD TAINTED LOVE #5 
ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS UNDERCITY #3 (OF 4)

Image
BLUE ESTATE #4 
CHEW #19 
ELEPHANTMEN #32 
MORIARTY #3
MYSTERIOUS WAYS #1 (OF 6)
RODD RACER ONE SHOT
SCREAMLAND ONGOING #2
TRAILBLAZER ONE SHOT 

Misc
BOYS #56
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 2 #1 
ROBERT JORDAN WHEEL OF TIME EOTW #11

BACK IN STOCK
50 GIRLS 50 #1 (OF 4) VAR CVR 2ND PTG
ACTION COMICS #902 (DOOMSDAY)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #664
AMERICAN VAMPIRE SURVIVAL OT FITTEST #1
BATMAN ARKHAM CITY #1 (OF 5)
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #2 (OF 5)
BATMAN INCORPORATED #6
CAPE (ONE SHOT) LEGACY ED
REED GUNTHER #1
SCREAMLAND ONGOING #1
UNCANNY X-MEN #539

Trade Paperbacks and Graphic Novels
27  VOL 01 FIRST SET
ANITA BLAKE VAMPIRE HUNT CIRCUS DAMNED 01
BEN TEMPLESMITHS DRACULA ILL NOVEL
CAPTAIN AMERICA FIRST VENGEANCE TP
CAPTAIN AMERICA HAIL HYDRA TP
DOCTOR WHO ONGOING 2 TP VOL 01 RIPPER
FALLEN ANGEL TP RETURN OF THE SON
FLIGHT GN VOL 08
FUSILLADE TP VOL 01
GEORGE R R MARTIN FEVRE DREAM TP 
GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO TP VOL 02
GOTHAM CENTRAL 02 JOKERS AND MADMEN
GREEN ARROW HC VOL 01 INTO THE WOODS
HALO TP BLOOD LINE 
HEROES FOR HIRE TP CONTROL
INFINITY INC HC VOL 01 THE GENERATIONS SAGA
KICK-ASS TP 
LOCKE & KEY HC VOL 04 KEYS TO THE KINGDOM
LOCKE & KEY TP VOL 03 CROWN OF SHADOWS
MARVEL ADV AVENGERS CAPTAIN AMERICA
NORTHLANDERS TP VOL 05 METAL
PAYING FOR IT HC
PENNY ARCADE TP 07 BE GOOD LITTLE PUPPY
QUEEN SONJA TP VOL 02 
REVOLVER TP 
SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING HC BOOK 05 
SCARLET PREM HC BOOK ONE
SECRET AVENGERS HC VOL 02 EYES OF DRAGON
SHOWCASE PRESENTS DOC SAVAGE TP
STAN LEE STARBORN TP VOL 01
SUICIDE FOREST TP
X-FILES 30 DAYS OF NIGHT TP

Friday, July 1, 2011

All Star Review: King of Bangor


King of Bangor begins in darkness with the slowly rising sounds of laughter. It is an apt way to start a play which is about the voices that haunt the writer. Slowly, as the lights fade up, the assault on the senses becomes overwhelming as the audience enters the mind of one Stephen King.

The play is a love letter to the mind of the well known author. A play that like one of King’s meta works, blurs the lines between the real and imagined. The supernatural antagonist element so common to the authors works comes from the voices seemingly fighting for King’s attention. The viewer is left to question which of these characters who shift in and out of the stage are real. This is particularly driven by the fact that the actors playing these voices take on multiple characters through the duration.

The set up of the stage maintains King as the central figure with his typewriter. This staging gives the effect that everything happening around the writer spirals from mind and machine. In spite of the fact that the characters which haunt him largely give voice to the story, King himself still feels lonely at times disconnected from the action. Interaction with the characters often feels as though King is being playful and this is largely true until it becomes overwhelming. The lonely sound of the violin will often enter the scene as the drama builds. It also seems to work to indicate King’s own imagination building the drama.
 
Authors will often attribute their stories to the voices in their head, they write what they’re told. Lee Gambin in his scripting of King of Bangor interprets King’s head as such and as a result, brings these voices to life in a way that never loses the attention of the theatre goer. For long time King fans or those mostly unfamiliar with the author’s work, King of Bangor grabs the viewer pulling them through a psychological journey of creativity. It is the same feeling authors strive for when writing a good thriller really.

-Dom

King of Bangor is showing at Bella Union, Trades Hall
29, 30 June, 1, 2 July 2011
6, 7, 8, 9 July 2011 1.00pm and 8.00pm
Full: $30.00
Concession: $25.00
Book tix at: www.bellaunion.com.au