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GamelogoBy Australian Ninja

Remnants & Relics. Buttonhole *Special* Feature

Welcome dear reader to Remnants & Relics, the first in an ongoing series of features looking back at various aspects of yesterday's video games. This series is one that I'd hoped to kick off many months ago, but I just haven't had the time to do it justice, until now. So consider this your opportunity to put on your best pair or rose-tinted glasses, open up a luke-warm can of clichés and prepare to hop aboard the way-back-machine.... It came from beyond two dimensions! -A Look Back at Isometric Gaming-

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Toons
ToonlogoBy Australian Ninja

ACMI Day Tripper

Welcome Buttonhole readers to another feature that is so choc-full of goodness that I've divided it into several sections. The top half is about the Indy video games showcased at ACMI. The bottom half is about the Pixar exhibit. It's ridiculously long and all terribly interesting to read, so you may as well read it in two halves, or just the parts that interest you. After reading about the ACMI exhibits on their website and getting more than a little excited, I decided to make the perilous trek to inner Melbourne. With time on my side and money stuffed in my pocket I ventured forth to the train station. Once on board I passed the time by staring out the window, reading a volume of Dark Horse's Concrete and snacking on tasty fruit. Arriving at Flinders St, I wandered around until inevitably finding my way out of the rat-maze like station.

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Toons
ToonlogoBy Australian Ninja

Classic Comic-book Review. Kraven's Last Hunt

"Here lies Spider-Man - Slain by the Hunter" So reads the grave of one of histories greatest superheros. "But he's not dead, is he? What happened to everyone's favourite web-slinger? Spidey seems to be alive and well now, what with his three movie deal and a string of monthly Marvel comic-book titles to his name, so why was he buried six feet under? The year is 1987. The company is Marvel. The character is Sergei Kravinov also known as 'Kraven the Hunter.' Back in the 60's Stan and Steve (Lee and Ditko, respectively) churned out a heap of cool villains for the title "Amazing Spider-Man." Doctor Octopus, The Cham

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Tom Strong Volume 2 comic Tom Strong Volume 2. Comic Review

Alan Moore is a weird bastard. God bless him.

Publisher: ABC...its as easy as 1,2,3

Tue, 28 June 2005

Aussie_N6 by: Australian Ninja

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Allan Moore’s Tom Strong comics are bloody weird. Three eyed wild wild west cowpokes. Lava men. A giant alien amoeba. A talking gorilla. Multiples of Tom Strong from alternate universes including an animated rabbit.

Mr. Moore keeps coming up with great stories time after time. The stories in the Tom Strong comics are just magic. They’re crazy, bizarre and fun.

The comics are refreshingly new while emulating very old comics. What makes the stories fun is the way Moore uses just about every sci-fi and superhero comic-book cliché in such creative and interesting ways.

Meet Tom’s family. There is his luscious African goddess of a wife Dhalua. Their lovely (and I do mean lovely) daughter Tesla. Pneuman the robot butler. Last, but not least, King Solomon the cranky, talking gorilla. Who speaks with an English accent.

With it’s bright colours and bulging muscles Tom Strong comics outwardly resemble a superhero comic. But it’s more a sci-fi / fantasy comic. He’s called a "science hero." Having more in common with Flash Gordon, Doc Savage or The Phantom than the spandex crowd.

Seven issues feature in this collection. First up Tom and Solomon investigate a small town in the 1850s. Tesla journeys into an active volcano.
Another Tom story where he saves school kids from their robot teachers.
Other highlights see Tom’s encounter with an alien organism that has lived on earth for thousands of year. Dhalua enters the dreamtime to consult a snake spirit.
Tom travels to an alternate loony tunes style cartoon universe.

Later, he confronts literally hundreds of versions of Sveen, another wacky-ass villain with a mad scheme. No time for a rest; Tom and Dhalua become imprisoned on a planet where their fantasies become reality.

The major story sees Tom Strong meet with Tom Strange, who traveled 30 years from another planet to seek help. They travel back to Strange’s planet together to rescue silver age super heroes that have been imprisoned in green bubbles. Frozen in time – by an A.I machine that threatens the whole planet. Sammy's note: that old chestnut. Happens all the time.

Tom Strong vol #2 is published by ABC Comics. Moore’s comic-book imprint / logo. This volume collects issues #8-14.


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ABC stands for "Americas' Best Comics"; whether the name is boastful or 'telling it like it is' they remain genuinely great. Get reading!

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ToonlogoBy Borgieman

Manifest '07 Report

Ninja's note: Once again, it's time for another Buttonhole report on the Melbourne Anime Festival, otherwise known as Manifest 2007. If you missed Ichibod's feature on a previous Manifest, check it out here. This Manifest coverage comes to you courtesy of forum regular and newest Buttonhole contributor Borgieman, a cool guy who knows his Anime and has been known to play a video game or two. So read on true believers! A Day at Manifest 2007

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Only Yesterday. Anime Review

The problem with having favourite films is that every time I watch another Studio Ghibli film it becomes my new favourite. It kind of renders the word 'favourite' meaningless when every Studio Ghibli film takes my breath away. Still, I can't complain about being thoroughly entertained by this whimsical and insightful film, "Only Yesterday". This gem was directed by Isao Takahata, well known for his anime film Grave of the Fireflies. Although Only Yesterday is a light hearted film that ambles along at a leisurely pace, it still manages to explore themes such as love, work, family relationship struggles, following your dreams and country versus city living. In the film, the main character Taeko decides to take a working vacation in the country, getting away from her office bound job and unexpectedly starts t

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ToonlogoBy Jason

Speed Grapher V1. Anime Review

Well, "I don't like it" was my initial feeling when viewing this Anime for the first time. Subsequent viewings haven't changed my views a great deal. Nothing really stands out as being absolute shit but it seems that this series tries too hard. It's almost like they were more interested in creating something 'edgy' and confronting but sadly forgot to include an even remotely palatable story. The hero of this particular piece is a bloke called Tatsumi Saiga. Tatsumi is a photographer and a veteran war journalist for whom taking photos has become somewhat of a fetish. Although he seems to have become jaded - nothing is worth wasting his film on - that is, at least until he stumbles across an exclusive club for the mega rich

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