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No Future For You – Crossed +100

Emmet O'Cuana — Sat, 01 Aug 2015 11:00:00 +0000

Crossed +100" title="No Future For You – Crossed +100" style="float:left;" />*SPOILERS for the six issue Crossed +100 storyline* Then the whole community of Israel set out from Elim and journeyed into the wilderness of Sin – Exodus 16 We all know what the post-apocalypse looks… [more]

Play to Win: Nonplayer #2

Emmet O'Cuana — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:07:21 +0000

Nonplayer #2" title="Play to Win: Nonplayer #2" style="float:left;" />Some ten years ago I was heavily addicted to the much-missed MMO City of Heroes. My friend Mike and I would ‘meet’ most evenings in Paragon City, chat as we blitzed through missions and even… [more]

Dangerous Visions: The False Nostalgia of Tomorrowland

Emmet O'Cuana — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:00:00 +0000

Tomorrowland" title="Dangerous Visions: The False Nostalgia of Tomorrowland" style="float:left;" />SPOILERS FOR TOMORROWLAND Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland presents its audience with a choice. On the one hand there is pessimism – our world is wracked by wars, climate change and rapid overpopulation that could combined bring… [more]

A Very Australian Apocalypse: Mad Max: Fury Road

Emmet O'Cuana — Thu, 21 May 2015 11:00:06 +0000

Mad Max: Fury Road" title="A Very Australian Apocalypse: Mad Max: Fury Road" style="float:left;" />This is the way the world ends: This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. Luckily for cinema audiences, George Miller does… [more]

“Australia’s Favourite Boy” Gets the Chop

Emmet O'Cuana — Tue, 16 Dec 2014 12:00:40 +0000

Hey gang! If you could click this link and vote the second strip (Ginger Meggs) to keep me alive I’d be grateful. Yes that is just a fictional character’s plea on a promotional Facebook page… [more]

Our Feature Presentation: How Superhero Films Have Changed Trailers

Emmet O'Cuana — Sat, 29 Nov 2014 18:00:03 +0000

What’s the perfect kind of pleasure? Oscar Wilde quipped that a cigarette is most exquisite due to its leaving one unsatisfied afterwards. The having of it immediately leads to wanting another. Now Hollywood has taken… [more]

“This Mutant Dreamtime” – Language in Australian Post-Apocalypse Horror Broken Line

Emmet O'Cuana — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:00:56 +0000

Broken Line" title="“This Mutant Dreamtime” – Language in Australian Post-Apocalypse Horror Broken Line" style="float:left;" />Broken Line, available digitally from Perth-based Australian publisher Gestalt Comics, is set after a typical Cold War-era nuclear war. In the familiar nightmare image of a man-made apocalypse, artist Emily K. Smith renders the mushroom… [more]

Sturm und Drang: Germanic Influence on Shingeki no Kyojin

Emmet O'Cuana — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 11:00:15 +0000

Shingeki no Kyojin" title="Sturm und Drang: Germanic Influence on Shingeki no Kyojin" style="float:left;" />Seid ihr das Essen? Nein wir sind die Jäger Spoilers to follow: The bestselling manga Shingeki no Kyojin by Hajime Isayama has been adapted to television, inspired several video games, and a commercially successful English… [more]

Gathering Moss: On Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Non-Superhero Graphic Novels

Emmet O'Cuana — Thu, 15 May 2014 17:00:20 +0000

Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Non-Superhero Graphic Novels" title="Gathering Moss: On Rolling Stone’s Top 50 Non-Superhero Graphic Novels" style="float:left;" />Last week Rolling Stone released its list of “The 50 Best Non-Superhero Graphic Novels.” Writer Joe Gross wrly notes that assembling such a list is tantamount to placing a large target on his back. A… [more]

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Defending the Reboot

Emmet O'Cuana — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:00:23 +0000

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Defending the Reboot" title="The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Defending the Reboot" style="float:left;" />Wasn’t it strange that the prospect of a sequel to the hit franchise reboot of Sony’s Amazing Spider-Man was not greeted with the excitement of, say, Bryan Singer’s new X-Men chapter? How about the rampant… [more]

Marvel Studios, Risk, and James Gunn

Emmet O'Cuana — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 17:00:35 +0000

This month’s release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier has once again reaped both high box-office numbers and critical praise for Marvel Studios. Their formula for success has been to bring fan favourite characters to… [more]

Revolving Image

Emmet O'Cuana — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:00:26 +0000

At Sydney’s Graphic Festival, held in the iconic Opera House last October, a trio of comic industry greats took to the stage at the invitation of comedian and MC Justin Hamilton. They were the charmingly… [more]

Locke & Key and the Poetics of Space

Emmet O'Cuana — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 18:00:51 +0000

Locke & Key and the Poetics of Space" title="Locke & Key and the Poetics of Space" style="float:left;" />“In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?” – John 14:2 Last month’s final issue of Joe… [more]

Steel Sinews: Sex and the Super-Hero

Emmet O'Cuana — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:00:54 +0000

There’s a moment in Cable and X-Force #5 where Dennis Hopeless’s script introduces some foreplay between mutants Colossus and Domino. Poor Piotr Rasputin has been experiencing some control issues recently as a result of being… [more]