Justin Hamilton Tickets!

Thanks to everyone that entered our Justin Hamilton competition.We've drawn the names and the winners will be contacted via e-mail or phone.

For those of you that didn't win remember that the show is playing until the 23rd of April. You can book tickets through the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Website. The show has been getting a lot of attention lately for its transmedia elements, check out The Age's article in which Justin says:

"I was keen to explore something new using media to tie into the narrative. You can just watch the show, and you'll get it - but with the app, you can look at it before, during or afterwards … for example, when I talk about the comedy duo I used to be in, you can click on that and then it takes you to a page about that.''

Thanks once again to Justin Hamilton and Token for the tickets.

New Comics for April 6th!

This is what you need to know about comics shipping this week!

MARVEL

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #38

ANNIHILATORS #2 (OF 4)

AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE #5 (OF 9)

AVENGERS THOR CAPTAIN AMERICA OFF IND MU #12

CAPTAIN AMERICA HAIL HYDRA #4 (OF 5)

DEADPOOL FAMILY #1

EMMA #2 (OF 5)

FEAR ITSELF #1 (OF 7)

FEAR ITSELF HOME FRONT #1 (OF 7)

FEAR ITSELF SPOTLIGHT

HERC #1

HEROES FOR HIRE #5

MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME #3 (OF 5)

OZMA OF OZ #5 (OF 8)

SKAAR KING OF SAVAGE LAND #1 (OF 5)

ULTIMATE COMICS CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 (OF 4)

UNCANNY X-MEN #534.1

WOLVERINE BEST THERE IS #5

WOLVERINE HERCULES MM&M #2 (OF 4)

DC

BATMAN BEYOND #4

BRIGHTEST DAY #23

DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #5

DOOM PATROL #21

FIRST WAVE SPECIAL #1

FREEDOM FIGHTERS #8

JLA 80 PAGE GIANT 2011 #1

JONAH HEX #66

JSA ALL STARS #17

SECRET SIX #32

SUPERMAN BATMAN ANNUAL #5 (DOOMSDAY)

WEIRD WORLDS #4 (OF 6)

VERTIGO

HOUSE OF MYSTERY #36

IZOMBIE #12

VERTIGO RESURRECTED HELLBLAZER BAD BLOOD #1

SWEET TOOTH #20 (MR)

BOOM

IRREDEEMABLE #24

DARK HORSE

AXE COP BAD GUY EARTH #2 (OF 3)

BPRD DEAD REMEMBERED #1 (OF 3)

SOLOMON KANE RED SHADOWS #1 (OF 4)

USAGI YOJIMBO #136

WITCHFINDER LOST & GONE FOREVER #3 (OF 5)

IDW

DOCTOR WHO CLASSICS #3 SEVENTH DOCTOR

DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS #5

FALLEN ANGEL RETURN OF THE SON #3 (OF 4)

INFESTATION #2 (OF 2)

IRON SIEGE #3 (OF 3)

IMAGE

BLUE ESTATE #1

CHEW #18

GREEN WAKE #1 (OF 5)

INTREPIDS #2

MADMAN NEW GIANT SIZE SUPER GINCHY SPEC OS #0

MEMOIR #3 (OF 6)

NONPLAYER #1 (OF 6)

TWILIGHT GUARDIAN #3 (OF 4)

WHO IS JAKE ELLIS #3

MISC

BETTY #191

CHARISMAGIC #1

RAISE THE DEAD II #4

SHONEN JUMP MAY 2011

TRADES AND GRAPHIC NOVELS

AARON AND AHMED HC

AVENGERS PRIME PREM HC

BOYS TP VOL 08 HIGHLAND LADDIE

BUT I CANT DO ANYTHING ELSE A/O ROB SCHRAB HC

CHAOS WAR TP

DIE HARD YEAR ONE TP VOL 02

DRAGON AGE TP VOL 01

DR HORRIBLE SING ALONG BLOG BOOK SC

ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 05 NEW ED

FABLES TP VOL 15 ROSE RED (MR)

GI JOE TALES FROM THE COBRA WARS TP

IRON MAN INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION PREM HC

MARVEL ZOMBIES 5 TP

OUR ARMY AT WAR TP

OUTLAW PRINCE TP

RED BETTER RED THAN DEAD TP

SHADOWLAND PREM HC POWER MAN

STAR TREK KHAN RULING IN HELL TP

SUPERSTAR HC VOL 01 AS SEEN ON TV

TIME MASTERS VANISHING POINT TP

TRANSFORMERS SECTOR 7 TP

ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS AVENTURE TP

MAGAZINES AND MISC

FANGORIA #302 APR 2011

GREEN LANTERN HONOR GUARD RING REPLICA

POP BEETLEJUICE VINYL FIGURE

POP FREDDY KRUEGER VINYL FIGURE

POP GREMLIN VINYL FIGURE

POP JASON VOORHEES VINYL FIGURE

POP MICHAEL MYERS VINYL FIGURE

Paul Competition!

Do you want to go to the Melbourne Premiere of Paul with Nick Frost and Simon Pegg? Well thanks to Universal Pictures we have some amazing prizes to give away including two tickets to the Premiere this Thursday night.

All we want you to do is tell us which fictional alien you'd like to go on a road trip with (as opposed to real aliens who have better things to do). Write your answer below, on the appropriate Facebook thread or tweet it to us. Now because the premiere is this Thursday night we need to draw this a little earlier than the rest of the prizes so these tickets will be drawn on Wednesday the 6th of April at noon. The rest of the prizes will be drawn on Monday the 11th of April at 6pm.

The Premiere will be on Thursday the 7th of April, Hoyts Melbourne Central from 6:00pm. Even if you don't win, this is a red carpet event so head along to check out Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

The prizes are as follows:

*Grand Prize - 2 Tickets to the premiere of Paul, a Paul poster and a Paul T-Shirt.
 

*4 Runner Up Prizes - 1 in season double pass to Paul, a Paul poster and a Paul T-shirt.


The winner of the grand prize will be contacted via social media at noon on Wednesday the 6th of April (blogspot entries, please make sure we can contact you on your profile). Please only enter the original draw if you can make the event. All prizes must be picked up from All Star Comics Melbourne (which is conveniently located just around the corner from Melbourne Central). If you can't make it, save your entry for after 12pm on Wednesday as you will then go into the draw for runner up prizes. All original entries are included in the runner up prize draw. One entry per person. Paul is rated MA15+ so you must be over the age of 15 to enter.

Only at the movies April 14th
Make sure to visit: www.PaulTheMovie.com.au

Once again, big thanks to Universal Pictures Australia for these prizes.

All Star Update!

We're back again here to drop some plugs and tell you all about the joyous happenings around the world of All Star Comics.

First of all, we told you earlier this week that we were attending Supanova and this week we are going to be revealing some cool and what we hope are exclusive items which you will be able to purchase at the All Star Comics stall. Remember that Supanova runs from the 8th to the 10th of April at the Melbourne Show Grounds. Go to their page here to find out about guests and the cool events that will no doubt be taking place. We're excited, you should be too. Check back on Wednesday for the first of our item reveals.

We also revealed this week another competition, this time for our friend Justin Hamilton's new show Circular at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Check out the link and enter for your chance to see our favourite combination of comic book fan, comedian and nice guy for free. If you don't win or can't make it on the night you can buy tickets to Circular from the Comedy Festival website.

It does feel like we mention them every week but this time we were actually on the show. Noncanonical recently had their 50th episode and Mitch (his lovely girlfriend Melissa getting more airtime than him) and Dom get some brief airtime so give it a listen. Also, while your at it, give their sister podcast Gameplay a listen co-hosted by our good friend Tristan Jones.

Have you seen the giant airbrushed Joker in our store? Well it was done by the very talented Nick who works at Model Mania. If you're chasing diecast models in any form then make sure to check them out. They're just a short walk from All Star at 94 Elizabeth Street.

Lastly, we have a few blogs we'd like to give a shout out to. First up is Maarten Bouw's comic Drawn Out Dad. A comic inpsired by fatherhood and the comic strip Blondie. Also is the great art blog Houdini's Last Escape which features some cool artwork from a number of local artists and updated weekly.

Remember to keep your eye on All Star Comics Facebook and Twitter pages, we have just gotten word of a very exciting competition we will be launching tomorrow.

Till next week.

Sucker Punch! The Winners!

Thanks for the great response to the contest, we hope to hold ones that are justs as big in the future. Below is a list of the winners and the prize pools they fell into. Come into the store to pick up your prize.

Big thanks once again to Warner Bros Pictures and Village Roadshow for all the prizes they sent to us.

Remember, Sucker Punch is released in cinemas on the 7th of April.

The first 6 winners get a large poster, a mini poster and 2 passes are:
Neville Whittaker
Mary Borsellino
Julie Salisbury
Bradley Heap
Damien Baumgart
Bradley Granger

The next 5 winners get a large poster, a mini poster and a single pass, they are:
Chris Sharp
Georgina Emselle
Haydn Klemm
Steve Ramsie
Safeer Syed

The next 4 winners get a mini poster and a single pass, they are:
Dave Collins
Stuart Dalgliesh
Bronwyn Leth
Elroy (Twitter)

The next 50 people all win a mini poster (probably best to use ctrl F to find your name in this one):
Ben Cook, John McCabe, Kevin Lau, Keppers (Blogspot), Tom Pickering, Thomas Bailey, Tristan Jones, Erika Honey, Stu Macleod, Mitchell Charles Winfield, Erik Bing, Sean Stagg, Tim (Blogspot), Donovan Badrock, Arthur Dent, Maarten Bouw, Quientin Marsh, Luke Harman, Jem Newlyn, Matt Brick, Jessica West, Fred Atkins, Simon Cleary, Luke Sims, Alexandre Jacques Perron, Geoffrey D'unienville, Darren McAuliffe, Joshua Reilly-Chazkiantis, Ookami Prime, Sebastian Wallace, Scare Crow, Rebekka Jones, Holden (Twitter), Chad Parker, Jason Mazar, Jane Lee, Sean Hennessy, Chris (Blogspot), Rhiannon Deans-Smith, Val Issa, Andrew Walsh, James Williams, David Goei, Karl Ubergang, Stacey Borg (Twitter), James Buick, Ross (blogspot), Gab Benitez, Tim Watts, Simon Tham.

Big thanks once again to Warner Bros Pictures and Village Roadshow for the passes and posters.