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This Week’s New Comics!

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 Age of Ultron #8 (Marvel) – We’re nearing the end of the line when it comes to Age of Ultron, and things are about to get interesting.  Angela is due to make her Marvel debut shortly, so collectors will probably be out in full force gobbling up issues…not to mention those of you who have been following from the beginning…or have just recently jumped on.  I’ve been quite impressed with the goings on, and have a feeling that Marvel may finally have a payoff to an event that lives up to the hype.

Age of Ultron #8

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The Clock is ticking for you….

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So this summer sees the launch of a brand new and exciting faction for the Warmachine game; the Convergence of Cyriss!  Since the advent of the IKRPG adventure “Shadow of the Exile”, the interest of players, game masters, fiction fans and many others has been roused and curiosity piqued by the mysterious cult who worship a mechanical Goddess,  the Maiden of Gears.  A very brief pass of the material in that adventure gives us an entire temple that the player characters must delve through, and some fascinating revelations about the cult and the worshippers of the Maiden of Gears.  All that served to whet the appetite and fuel the imagination for almost 10 years until Privateer Press finally began to preview a fully functional and operational lesser faction called the Convergence of Cyriss!

Harbinger of Metal Mayhem!

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The Mother of Invention

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We’d be remiss here if we didn’t take a minute to give thanks, and offer love and support, to all the Mothers, Wives, Partners and Significant Others who make our lives complete, who give us the love and comfort we desire and also allow us to pursue our passions and be hysterical about out hobbies.

Whethert the mother of your children, the muse who inspires your paint schemes or the one who graciously allows us our days away to play in events and games with our friends and peer groups, today is a great day to celebrate the partners we love and thank them for their love and support.

Happy Mother’s Day!

To Ladyblade I would have to say you are the very best Mother I know, an excellent example for our daughter to aspire to and a wonderful friend and partner to me, and for that I thank you and love you always and forever, not just on Mother’s Day.

Happy Mother’s Day all, make sure you take some time to thank the one you love, the one who raised you, or the one who inspires you daily.

Paint something for the partner you love, I for one am going to open a box of Mice and see if Ladyblade wants to paint later today.

– Northblade

This Week’s New Comics

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Batman #20 (D.C.) – 19 issues in, and Batman continues to be one of the most popular books on the shelves…selling on average 150,000 copies a month.  Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo have crafted a dark, intricate, slightly twisted series that has Bruce facing demons and enemies (Court of Owls, The Joker) that are taking him to his limit.  Now, with the upcoming ‘Zero Year’ on the horizon, Batman faces off with one of my all-time favourite villains, Clayface.  I can’t wait to see how the shapeshifter tests The Dark Knight!

 

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Lost Hemisphere radio ep71

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Lost Hemisphere Radio has a grand tradition of looking on the bright side, being positive, and always rooting for fun over competitiveness. For episode 71 however, just this once, we’re letting our grumpy side out of the box… well, it’s about as grumpy as we’re going to get on air, at least. Welcoming back the prodigal son JDWhitee to the guest seat, Gdaybloke and Northblade take a look at some models in Warmachine and Hordes that… well, they just can’t figure out, or otherwise aren’t fans of. Don’t get too stressed, we’ll be back to our usual chipper selves next episode, but for now? It’s grumblin’ time… Oh, and Jordan likes breathing heavily into his microphone. No wonder he’s such a League of Legends celebrity.

Download the grumbly shenanigans on iTunes or by clicking this here handy little linky: Linky!

No Quarter Magazine #48 Preview

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Privateer Press has gone over the top to promote the release of issue #48 of the No Quarter magazine, due out later this month.  In a special video preview, NQ Editor-in-Chief Aeryn Rudel gives us the scoop on what sort of spoilers will be contained within the pages of this issue:

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This Week’s New Comics!

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I never knew that running a blog devoted to Hobbies would involve so many payoffs, so many encounters in underground parking lots with cigarette-smoking gamers, and the occasional run from Johnny Law in the pursuit to bring you as much content as possible as often as I can!  However that is the cloak & dagger life I now lead, and one of the rare treats we are now able to offer begins today, right here and now!  My Insider informant, the mysterious and brilliant S-1, has agreed to read the week’s comic offerings and give us a run down on what is coming out and offering a bit of insider info on each of the titles.  If you aren’t already reading what he suggests, be sure to get caught up before you get left behind! – NB

 

My name is S-1 and this is my rundown of the New Releases of note in the wild and wonderful world of weekly comic books.  From time to time, there may be a title or two that I don’t cover, but for the most part, I’ll do my best to cast as wide a net as possible.  My choices for ‘5 Comics To Watch’ and ‘Hidden Gems’ are books I am either reading myself, books I feel are currently white-hot, or criminally under-appreciated and worthy of your attention and hard earned money.  Feel free to let us at Hobby Hysteria know what books you are reading in the comments section below, and if you agree or disagree with my choices.

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Ragnarok Brings the Base (-ing material)

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Guest blog time folks, as we have a contribution blog from a good friend and local player of mine who wanted to show off his talents.  Sit back and enjoy the article and be sure to give our guest some feedback on his article. – NB

My name is Chadi Faraj. I’ve never written a blog before but I figured I’d give it a shot since I can get a bit hysterical about the games I play.

A little history about myself; I’ve been playing table top miniature games, assembling models and painting for about 18 years now and have loved every second of it!

The reason I’m writing this article is that I felt like showing off some of the work I have been doing lately, maybe impart some of the tricks I’ve learned over the years, and more importantly learn new tricks from any comments and cool tip you guys may have for me.

So here goes nothing….. (Go easy on him kids, he’s fragile! – NB)

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Loving the Double-D

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banner_ToThePointMany of us have spent an afternoon playing as our favourite superhero at one point or another, running around with a pillowcase strapped to our back and defeating imaginary bad guys or super villains to the sounds of “BIFF!”, “POW!”, “KA-BLOOEY!” and other noises of a violent nature.  It’s a fascinating trend that more and more kids are being exposed at an earlier age to the superhero genre as Comic Books and Graphic Novels are becoming more mainstream and popular amongst all levels of society.  What once was the domain of the “nerd” or “geek” is now almost as cool and popular amongst the other social strata as sports, television programs and fashion shows.  Okay, I know very little about fashion shows, but let’s assume for the purpose of the article that Fashion Shows and blockbuster films about superheroes are equally popular in society, okay?  Allow me my liberties.

To that end I want to explore some of the comics I am reading and talk about what makes them such good reads currently.  This week I want to begin with a title that is getting some attention for the mainstream accolades it is earning and the quiet greatness it is achieving.  That, and the main character sports a lovely set of double-D’s…

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Free Comic Book Day!

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We here at Hobby Hysteria are huge fans of the printed word, and we love it even more when the printed word is accompanied by the beautiful art and colours in our favourite comic books.  Every year the industry gets together and has a day devoted to getting new readers exposed to this great hobby and expose readers to some different work that they may not spend their disposable income on of their own volition.

It’s like “Pusher Day” if we were to celebrate the distribution and sale of gateway drugs, because trust me, once you try some of these great books you may find yourself at the FLGS checking out other titles than you have in the past.

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