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What's an Arts week without the infamous 9th art of comics?
As part of Canberra Living Artists Week (CLAW) Impact Comics in Garema Place will be hosting Capital Comickers - an exhibition of original comic book pages by Canberra's own Ben "You Stink" Hutchings and Jon "Gemini" Sommariva.
This a rare opportunity to see pages of comic book art as the artists have drawn them, before they have been scanned, shrunk down and coloured for printing.
There will also be some art from other surprise Australian artists!

The exhibition opens on Friday 22nd of August at 9am and runs every day until Sunday 31st.
There will be an opportunity to meet the featured artists on Thursday 28th of August at 6:30pm so get in and join the fun and kick on to the official CLAW event at King O'Malley's Pubat 7pm.

Cora - The Sequel to Rose & Isabel

Pixar story supervisor Ted Mathot created a huge stir with the release of Rose and Isabel, the two part tale of two sisters discovering an amazing and disturbing side of themselves when their brothers' letters stop coming from the front lines during the American civil war.
Well Ted has more tales to tell!
Cora Part 1 picks up years later. The war is over and Cora is starting to feel that same restlessness that swept her mother and aunt of for an adventure in Rose and Isabel.
I'm not going to spoil this for you, Cora Book 1 is in stock now, full colour for $28.95.
contact us to reserve your copy today!

Who Watches the Watchmen?

It was listed by Time Magazine as one of the top 100 greatest English Language novels of the twentieth Century.
It is generally regarded as one of the most intelligent and influential super hero stories of all time.
And early in 2009 there will be a feature film adapting the classic story to the big screen. Check out the trailer here.
Do not miss out on reading this story. Comic shops all over the world are having trouble keeping copies on the shelf.
Impact Comics will be ordering in massive quantities of WATCHMEN but they are sure to run out. contact us to reserve your copy today!

Inspiring The Dark Knight - The Comics that inspired the movie

The Dark Knight is breaking all sorts of records and is being tipped to win Academy Awards, and rightly so! But everything on the screen from the script to the set design and the performance of the actors was inspired by stories that first appeared in comic books. Check out some of the stories that directly inspired Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.
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WANTED creator rocks the Marvel Universe

Mark Millar, the writer behind WANTED (now a motion picture starring Angelina Jolie) and the amazing ULTIMATES and CIVIL WAR series is now mashing up the past present and future of the Marvel Universe. These comics series are on sale now!
The Past - Our world
Marvel 1985 a young boy discovers that the heroes AND villains of his favoutite comics are invading our world. This lays the foundation for everything to come.
Now - The Marvel Universe
Fantastic Four our heroes face an inevitable and tragic loss, and a villain that harkens back to events in 1985
The Future - A possible Marvel Universe
Wolverine Old Man Logan must face challenges to save his family, but what does this have to do 1985?

The Dark Knight

The stunning sequel to Batman Begins is in cinemas now.
As your home of all things cool and comicky, Impact Comics has a range of Dark Knight goodies and limited edition collectibles, not to mention our usual range of Batman goodness in comics and toys.

These items can be very limited and sell out quickly.
Check out the latest incoming list to see what goodies are on the way this week!

World of Warcraft Series 2 Action Figures

Series 2 of DC Unlimited's World of Warcraft action figures has arrived! Based on characters inspired by Blizzard's record breaking game, these figures feature amazing detail and are sure to sell out! conatct us now to secure yours!
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Tori Amos presents Comic Book Tattoo

25th of July
480 pages, full colour!
softcover $49.95
Hardover $79.95

contact us now to reserve your copy!
This July the ever-growing relationship between comics and music reaches new heights as Tori Amos and Image Comics release COMIC BOOK TATTOO, a 480-page, full color anthology adapting the themes and ideas behind her songs into a lush volume of sequential art.
Check out the official creators blog: comicblogtattoo.com

Umbrella Academy Apocalypse Suite

Written by Gerard (My Chemical Romance) Way Art by: Gabriel Bá $29.95 This volume collects the first six-issue series, as well as out-of-print short stories, and an expanded sketchbook section featuring work by Bá, Jean, and Way. Contact us today to secure your copy.
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Heroes - The Graphic Novel Now in Softcover!

Heroes The Graphic Novel
240 pages Softcover
only $31.95 Avaiable Now
Cover art by Alex Ross!
Written by Aron Eli Coleite, Chuck Kim, Joe Pokaski, Oliver Grigsby, Pierluigi Cothran, Andrew Chambliss, Harrison Wilcox, Jesse Alexander, Christopher Zatta, Mark Warshaw and others
Art by Phil Jimenez, Michael Turner, Koi Turnbull, Marcus To, Peter Steigerwald, David Moran, Micah Gunnell, Travis Kotzebue, Jordan Kotzebue, Jason Badower, Staz Johnson, Steve Lejeune, Adam Archer, Mark Roslan and others; Cover by Alex Ross

This stunning new paperback collects the amazing online comics based on the smash-hit, Emmy Award-nominated NBC show HEROES! This volume featuring; cover by comics legend Alex Ross, an introduction by Masi Oka (Hiro), all 34 chapters of Season One & Tim Sale's artwork as seen on the show. The comics included have been written and illustrated by some of comics' and television's top writers and artists, including Michael Turner, Phil Jimenez, Marcus To, and more!

Both Hardcover printings of Heroes sold out REALLY fast so Contact us today to make sure you don't miss out again!

Buffy Season 8 Volume 2 - No Future For You

Buffy Season 8 Volume 2 - No Future For You
only $25.95
On Sale NOW!
When a rogue debutant Slayer begins to use her power for evil, Giles is forced to recruit the rebellious Faith, who isn’t exactly known for her good deeds. Giles offers Faith a clean slate if she can stop this snooty Slayer from wreaking total havoc--that is, if Buffy doesn’t beat her to it.
Collecting issue #6-10 of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight series

Also Available: Buffy Season 8 Volume 1 - The Long Way Home
only $25.95

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 08 - The Aftermath

Free Comic Book Day, The one day of the year when comic shops around the world team with publishers to hand out free comics.
Well, it has been and gone and Impact Comics has survived!

Check out the photos below...

League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Black Dossier
208 pages Hardcover only $49.95
Finally available!
On Sale NOW! & Selling Fast!
Contact us today to make sure you don't miss out!

Written by Alan Moore Art and cover by Kevin O'Neill Acclaimed writer Alan Moore once again joins forces with artist Kevin O'Neill for THE BLACK DOSSIER - a stunning original hardcover graphic novel that is the next chapter in the fantastic saga of THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN...