Category Archives: Comics

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World Teaser Trailer

  By Stephen Colfer | March 25, 2010 - 5:38 pm | Comics, Movies & TV
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Don’t know if many of you out there are fans of The Scott Pilgrim comics by Brian Lee O’ Malley but I feel like I should state up front they are one of my favourite things ever . But I’m sure plenty of you know of Edgar Wright, director of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzzed and Spaced. Well the trailer was just released and I’ve been watching it on repeat for the last hour and can barely take my eyes from it to write this. I’ll let the blurb do the talking: Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob—omb, the 22—year—old has just met the girl of his dreams…literally. The only catch to winning Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Genre—smashing filmmaker Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) tells the amazing … There’s more →

I Sell The Dead-Never Trust A Corpse!

  By Green Of Eye | October 7, 2009 - 8:15 am | Comedy, Comics, Movies & TV
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I Sell the Dead tells the tale of 18th century partners in crime Arthur Blake (Dominic Monaghan) and Willie Grimes (Larry Fessenden). After years of profitable grave robbing, events take a strange turn and justice finally catches up with the duo. As Arthur is imprisoned and waiting to be beheaded he’s visited by a Irish priest named Father Duffy (Ron Perlman). In exchange for a share in a bottle of whiskey Arthur tells the story of his life and explains how grave robbery isn’t always straightforward. It’s a quirky horror comedy that keeps pace through the 90 minutes with a nod to old hammer horror movies and i think it has the makings of a cult classic. I Sell the Dead is the first full length feature film from director Glenn McQuaid. Glenn, who hails from Dublin, Ireland took the time to speak with me recently. GOE: There’s a strong … There’s more →

Help get an Irish comic signed to DC!

  By Rob Cumiskey | September 28, 2009 - 6:17 pm | Comics, Infected
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I’ve just been made aware of the following impressive news: Comic book publisher DC Comics, home to such icons as Batman and Superman have shortlisted an Irish-made comic as part of its worldwide talent search competition to find the next big thing. Irish duo Will Sliney and Dave Hendrick have beaten off competition from literally tens of thousands of entries and made it through to the final of the competition with their comic strip entitled The Symptoms. The Symptoms charts the exploits of a zombie killing rock band in a doomed future no less!

Fr Jack is back!

  By Niamh | September 28, 2009 - 9:55 am | Comedy, Comics, Events, Featured Post, The Culch
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For two nights in October, Fr Jack Hackett will be back in all his menacing, alcoholic, furious glory. The sounds of ‘Drink! Feck! Girls!’ will no doubt be ringing around the Town Hall Theatre in Galway when some of the stars of Fr Ted do a show during the upcoming Galway Comedy Festival. The festival is running in Galway from Wednesday 21 October to Sunday 25 October and has a great line up which you can view here. The line up includes international star of Whose Line Is It Anyway Greg Proops, Stewart Lee, Jason Byrne, Des Bishop, David Letterman’s Eddie Brill, PJ Gallagher, Neil Delamere, Colin Murphy, Andrew Maxwell, Maeve Higgins, Reginald D Hunter, Jim Jeffries, Phil Nichol, John Cooper Clarke, Nina Conti, Kevin Bridges, Al Pitcher, Carey Marx, Sarah Kendal, Karl Spain, Dead Cat Bounce, Holly Walsh, Andrew Stanley & Damian Clark, Eric Lalor (woo!) and Paddy Courtney. … There’s more →

Batman: Arkham Asylum Review

  By Stephen Colfer | September 21, 2009 - 9:30 am | Comics, Featured Post, Games, The Culch
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There’s four henchmen below me, three armed and one with a pipe. They’re close together and calm. No chance of knocking three out before one pulls the trigger and the batsuit is far from bullet proof. The un-armed man leaves the group, getting board. He walks underneath a stone gargoyle the same gargoyle I happen to be perched upon. I drop and suddenly he’s strung upside down hanging from the statue. That’s one. His companions rush towards him while one stays behind frantically looking for the bat. But he’s too late, I’m two feet away from gliding feet first into the back of his neck. That’s two. The two remaining henchmen stand back to back but they’re afraid. Pulse rates are averaging at 140bpm when I emerge from the floor grates between them, a swift punch to the back of the neck forces the first to drop his gun, the … There’s more →

Spidermouse, Spidermouse…

  By Niall | September 1, 2009 - 10:22 am | Comics, Featured Post, Movies & TV, TV
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So Disney is all set to buy Marvel for four billion dollars in cash and stock, but what does that mean for the future of these two entertainment goliaths? Both sides appear to be gushing over the future possibilities which of course means Marvel characters, and there are some 5,000 of them, should start popping up on Disney’s TV networks, movies and theme parks. But is it really that simple? Currently Paramount hold a 5 picture deal for Marvel intellectual property which includes Iron Man and the Avengers. Universal retains contractual rights over the Hulk. 20th Century Fox has the current movie rights for X-Men, with 3 movies in the pipeline X-Men Origins: Magneto, Deadpool and Wolverine 2. Oh, and Sony Pictures has the rights to a certain web-slinger. Getting out of these deals to give Disney exclusive ownership and distribution will prove nigh-on-impossible so it’ll be a few years … There’s more →

The Walking Dead Week Finale - Meeting Charlie Adlard

  By Rob Cumiskey | August 26, 2009 - 6:26 pm | Comics, Featured Post, Infected, Movies & TV, The Culch
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This interview, with artist Charlie Adlard, concludes my Walking Dead Week. I hope you have all enjoyed it and appreciate any comments you have. Click here to find out who won a signed copy of the latest volume of The Walking Dead from Sub City Comics, Dublin. The following is a nice long interview with Charlie. It’ll take a few minutes to read, but it’s worth it. I felt a longer article would do him more justice - he’s a pretty cool guy Having never seen a picture of the guy, I sat in The Central Hotel opposite Sub City Comics on Exchequer Street waiting for Charlie Adlard to arrive. Our meeting time was 11.30 on this sunny Saturday Morning and it was now 11.40 and still no sign of him. I asked an older looking man in shorts who had been waiting by the Hotel door for some time … There’s more →

The Walking Dead Week - TWD - A Review

  By Rob Cumiskey | August 19, 2009 - 6:35 pm | Comics, Infected, TV
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On Monday, I posted about the new release of the latest book in The Walking Dead Series. Fantasy Bazaar has put together a Zombie filled week to celebrate this fact. Yesterday was: The Top 5 Zombie Movies (Don’t forget to Click here to enter the competition to win a signed copy of the latest ‘The Walking Dead’ book) Today we have: Fantasy Bazaar - The Walking Dead Review

The Walking Dead Week - Top 5 Zombie Movies

  By Rob Cumiskey | August 18, 2009 - 12:40 pm | Comics, Infected, Movies & TV, The Culch
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Yesterday, I posted about the new release of the latest book in The Walking Dead Series. Fantasy Bazaar has put together a Zombie filled week to celebrate this fact, and today is: The Top 5 Zombie Movies (Don’t forget to Click here to enter the competition to win a signed copy of the latest ‘The Walking Dead’ book) 5. Rec. One of the greatest horror movies to come out of Spain, this movie shocked audiences with it’s gritty realism. A viral outbreak in an apartment block leads to a quarantine. Also inspired an English remake (direct copy) and a Spanish and English language sequal.

Fantasy Bazaar - The Walking Dead Week

  By Rob Cumiskey | August 17, 2009 - 12:44 pm | Comics, Infected, The Culch
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To celebrate the release of the latest book (No.10) in ‘The Walking Dead’ graphic novel series, I’ll be posting on various Walking Dead/Zombie related topics throughout the week:

Edinburgh Fringe Reviews Week 1 Part 2

  By ekilko | August 14, 2009 - 4:48 pm | Comedy, Comics, Featured Post, The Arts, The Culch, Theatre
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In this blog I will be looking at Seawall, Luck, Foil Arms and Hog, Stefan Goalaszewiski, Des Bishop, Rich Hall, Sammy J and Les Infant Terrible. Two pieces of advice for anyone coming over – bring a jacket and book your shows as things are selling out! Also the awards have started. The Trav have one 4 so far including a fringe first for Orphans and Internal. This weekend some of the shows leave and new ones arrive which means the turnaround rhythm that we had will be disrupted! Seawall is a thirty minute show at the traverse that will enthrall. I had seen Simon Stephens’ work last year and clearly he has skill with the monologue, a kin to McPherson. Irishman, Andrew Scott performs this one man piece about his relationship with his father in law, his family and god. Scott has you hanging on his words only to … There’s more →

Fantasy Bazaar No.3 - Five Web Comics You May Not Know

  By Rob Cumiskey | August 5, 2009 - 3:55 pm | Comics, Featured Post, Infected, The Culch
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Have been away for a month, but Infected/Fantasy Bazaar is back! This week, it’s web comics. Most people are aware of the phenomenon of web comics these days. But without proper investigation, the chances are that you are going to miss out on some of the great less well known comics available to read for free on the internet. Irish web comic artist, Tommie Kelly, gives us his Top 5.

Fantasy Bazaar No.2 - The Boys

  By Rob Cumiskey | July 8, 2009 - 12:30 pm | Books, Comics, Infected, The Culch
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Following on from our first review of Y: The Last Man last week, we continue with Fantasy Bazaar No.2. This week we’re featuring a relatively recent comic from Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Darick Robertson (Transmetropolitan). With titles like these behind the team, you know The Boys is going to be good. The first volume was published in 2007 with four volumes having been released to date. The Boys focuses on a world, very similar to ours, where Super Heroes live as crime fighters for normal people. But these are not exemplary boy scouts like our pals Superman and Spider-Man. No Sir. These are power hungry men and women. People whose private lives leave a lot to be desired. People who, when it boils down to it, may not differ in psychological profiling to some of the criminals that they are responsible for apparently ’saving the world’ from. And it is … There’s more →

Fantasy Bazaar No.1 - Y: The Last Man

  By Rob Cumiskey | July 2, 2009 - 2:22 pm | Books, Comics, Infected, The Culch
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Right, here’s the blurb. From next week, I’m going to be alternating Infected and a new column called Fantasy Bazaar every second week. Next Wed, I’ll post Fantasy Bazaar No.2, the following Wed Infected and so on… Fantasy Bazaar* is going to be a fort-nightly comics column, focusing on Graphic Novels. Every fortnight, we’ll be reviewing a favourite Graphic Novel or Comic Book Series of ours from the past or present, hopefully converting a few people to the medium of the Graphic Novel in the process. Fantasy Bazaar No.1 Y: The Last Man There are so many post-apocalyptic novels, comics, movies and games these days, that it’s hard to even begin to distinguish one from another at times. With natural disasters and Zombies being the most common theme throughout the majority of this work, it’s very refreshing when a comic like Y: The Last Man (Y:TLM) comes along. It beganin … There’s more →