E noho rā 2013

Big thanks to all the New Zealand & Australian cartoonists and comic makers who contributed to the 2013 in Reviews. I'm signing off for a few days and will back with some galleries and interview posts on Jan 1st 2014.

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Magic Town - Phil Belbin

During 1948 and 1949 Phil Belbin produced comic adaptions of RKO Radio pictures for K G Murray magazine Cavalcade. Adaptions included Return of the Badman, Fort Apache, Magic Town, Night Song, Rachel and the Stranger, The Bishop's Wife,The Velvet Touch, If You Knew Suzie, The Miracle of the Bells and Out of the Past.

 

 

Read Belbin's adaption of Out of the Past here.

Read Belbin's adaption of The Bishop's Wife here. 

The Bishop's Wife - Phil Belbin

The Bishop's Wife, part of a series of RKO films adapted by Phil Belbin in the late 1940's for Cavalcade magazine. Read Belbin's adaption of Out Of The Past here.

The non-trailer for The Bishop's Wife.

Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor - ComicOZ

Comicoz have released an excerpt from their first volume of John Dixon's Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor via Issuu. This first collection features five complete Air Hawk stories, an interview with creator John Dixon, and a wealth of background and biographical information.

Comicoz publisher Nat Karmichael has commenced work on a second volume of Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor whilst the first 200 page collection published in 2010 is still available on order from Comicoz.

 

 Read an excerpt of Air Hawk from The Sun Herald here.

 Eddie Campbell cover for Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor Vol One.

Air Hawk and The Flying Doctor © 2013 John Dixon

Philp Belbin Film Adaption - Out Of The Past

For a brief period during 1948 and 1949 Phil Belbin produced comic adaptions of RKO Radio pictures for Murray magazine Cavalcade. Adaptions included Return of the Badman, Fort Apache, Magic Town, Night Song, Rachel and the Stranger, The Bishop's Wife,The Velvet Touch, If You Knew Suzie, The Miracle of the Bells and Out of the Past. The film adaptions were replaced in late 1949 with original comics featuring Flash Cain, Private Detective, illustrated by Belbin and written by Ray Heath. These were subsequently replaced by Kath King of Kismet Cove, the adventures of a female reporter, illustrated by Belbin and scripted by Sydney Ockenden.

Samples of Belbin illustration work and cartoons here.

Read Kath King - Diamonds of Death here.

Read a biography of Belbin by Greg Ray here.