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Matt hails from Australia and has been reading comics since the early 1980s. He has a fondness for Transformers, Doctor Who, Discworld (and a bunch of other things). Matt has served as a Moderator at the Comic Book Resources forums since 1998 or so, and is now going mad with power as a volunteer administrator.
Comic Book Piracy or How to Kill What You Love
Comics, Comics Culture

Comic Book Piracy or How to Kill What You Love

By Matt November 28, 2019 November 28, 2019 14

If you happen to read comic books then it can be safely assumed that you are a fan of the medium. Be it vigilantes swinging between buildings, alien space invasions …

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Grendel’s Mother or the Problem of Perpetual Escalation
Comics, Comics Reviews, TV

Grendel’s Mother or the Problem of Perpetual Escalation

By Matt November 20, 2019 November 21, 2019 14

Last night it was hot, as in at 4 AM it was 29c and heading for a 39c day. Sleep was difficult to find and, not surprisingly, my thoughts turned …

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Indie Spotlight: Preheat
Comics, Comics Reviews

Indie Spotlight: Preheat

By Matt April 11, 2019 April 11, 2019 0

Last year I went to the Supanova convention in Melbourne, where I found someone I knew helping to man a booth in their equivalent of artists alley. While I was …

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Monkey: It’s a type of Magic.
Review, TV

Monkey: It’s a type of Magic.

By Matt March 7, 2019 March 7, 2019 3

In 2016 I found myself in the United States of America for a couple of weeks, where I encountered the utterly bizarre part of US culture that is American TV. …

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Superman: Electric Boogaloo
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Superman: Electric Boogaloo

By Matt February 28, 2019 February 28, 2019 4

Superman is the archetypal superhero, the one character who laid the foundation for the decades of characters and stories that were to follow. He is a character that fights for …

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Random Matt Vol 1
Comics

Random Matt Vol 1

By Matt February 6, 2019 February 6, 2019 3

There is often not even material for a full column but there are still some things worth commenting on, so every now and again I hope to submit a piece …

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Atomic Roundtable: The highs and lows of 2018
Cartoons, Comics, Comics Culture, Edo Bosnar, Greg Burgas, Greg Hatcher, Jim MacQuarrie, Movies, Pop culture, Review, Science Fiction

Atomic Roundtable: The highs and lows of 2018

By Matt December 28, 2018 December 29, 2018 3

So we are entering the tail end of 2018, a tumultuous year in many ways; from social change, political upheaval, international crises, deaths of respected public figures, some great comics …

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