Issue 005 - Credits
Cover Art: JL Straw Cover Design: Antony McGarry-Thickitt Designer: Antony McGarry-Thickitt Editors: Barry Nugent Antony McGarry-Thickitt Contribuors: Brogan Hayes Casey Douglass Christophe Montoya Cy Dethan Dave Williams David Monteith Ian J Simpson Leo Johnson Luke Halsall Matt Farr Nic Wilkinson Phil Hobden Ronald Singh Wendy Sims Whatotherway Geek Syndicate Comic: Harold Jennett III
Editorial
2012 is dead long live 2013! So the year did not end in fire and brimstone with the end of the Mayan calendar (there’s goes the tenner I had on the end of all things) but it did herald the end of the behemoth that was Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise. Marvel’s Phase one of films also came to a close with the fantastic Avengers Assemble. As a reward for surviving the apocalypse that never came, Peter Jackson welcomed us back to the world of Hobbits, Orcs, Wizards and dwarves...lots of dwarves. Comics were not idle with another year of fantastic titles both from the mainstream and indie scenes. Thief of Thieves, Rainbow Orchid, Grandville Bete Noir, Saga, Atomic Robo, Batman: Court of the Owls storyline, Spandex and ninety nine percent of Cinebooks output: I salute you all. So what can we expect from 2013? Well despite the sad news that the Kapow! comic convention has been cancelled there are more than enough new and returning conventions around the UK and beyond to keep us busy. On the film front, the world’s biggest boy scout flies back onto the big screen, without his red pants and with more angst than you can shake a shard of kryptonite at. Marvel refuses to rest on its laurels as it kicks off its Phase two film campaign with Thor 2 and Iron Man 3. Also Del Toro offers us Giant Robots vs Giant Monsters in Pacific Rim. In the world of gaming we get to see the return/reboot of Tomb Raider and the long awaited Bioshock Infinite. Indie comics were kicking it big time last year and there is no sign of that train slowing. The mainstream comics fans will no doubt be making their to-buy tie-ins for the annual comic events that will change the [insert DC or Marvel here] Universe forever... again (I do like the look of the Marvel event, though). Oh and some TV show about a bloke with a multiple personality disorder from some place called Gallifrey has some more episodes and turns fifty or something. In short it’s a great time to be a geek and as always the Geek Syndicate team will be here to take you by the hand and lead you through the murky streets of Geekdom.
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