Loot Crate has announced that it is now available in Finland, France, and New Zealand. There’s still about a week to go to sign up for the latest Loot Crate, which has the theme “Rewind.”
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A quick preview of issue 2 of Faction – the New Zealand comic anthology, published in September 2013 and featuring some of New Zealand’s best comic artists.
Hayden Currie has handed out hundreds of free comic books starring New Zealand‘s Prime Minister John Key in the lead up to this week’s election. According to Currie the focus is on Key’s National government:
Sure, things are bad. But at least our Prime Minister drinks beer like a real bloke should. We could talk child poverty and rising living costs all day, but you can’t deny the fact that Key has some great slogans.
The response has been positive so far. You can check out what’s making the round at http://haydencurrie.blogspot.com/
Did you hear fireworks last night? That would be GP Radio with guest Ron Marz. It’s well worth the listen. I’ll give you some time, it’s well worth it. Now, that you’re back, here’s the other news you might have missed.
Around the Blogs:
Bleeding Cool – The Batman Of New Zealand – I wonder what would happen if I did this?
Bloomberg – Islam-Inspired Comic Superheroes, Lauded by Obama, Head to N.Y. Film Fest – Where’s the protest and outrage!?
Kotaku – Sunday Comics: A White Belt in Yoga – Kotaku each week brings some great web comics.
Around the Tubes Reviews:
New Zealand-based Kidzcomics goal is to take complicated medical issues and explain them to kids through comic books. The Medikidz series features five superheroes each of which are experts in a certain part of the body.
Medikidz has covered leukemia, epilepsy, diabetes, HIV and ADHD among other medical issues and it’s goal is to empower children through education and with information they can understand instead of talking down to them. Through that they can hopefully ease the fear surrounding scary medical situations.
All content is written by professional medical writers and doctors and then peer-reviewed. Pricing is GBP 6.99 per comic book.
