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Check it out!!!

Where and when

Supanova 2009 - Sydney 10am-6pm, Saturday and Sunday, 27th and 28th June, 2009. (Supanova Preview Night 6-10pm, Friday 26th June.)

The Dome, Sydney Showgrounds, Sydney Olympic Park Supanova 2009 - Perth 10am-6pm, Saturday and Sunday, 4th and 5th July, 2009. (Supanova Preview Night 6-10pm, Friday 3rd July.)

Robinson Pavillion & Ellie Eaton Theatre, Claremont Showgrounds, Perth (Graylands Road entrance)

Tickets:

The SUPA FAN PASS (see page 8 for more info) $39.40 (Ticketek) or $50 at the door.

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Supanova 2009 - Sydney and Preview Night

6-10pm, Friday 26th June, and 10am-6pm, Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June.

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Supanova 2009 - Perth and Preview Night

6-10pm, Friday 3rd July, and 10am-6pm, Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th July.

Single Day Pass For Saturday or Sunday, 10am-6pm, at either Sydney or Perth.

Adult $23.75 (Ticketek) or $25 at the door Children 5-12 years 0-12 years FREE (must be accompanied by a paying adult).

Supanova VIP Pass (limited 20 per event) Maximum access, minimum fuss, magnificent fun! $454 through Ticketek (Go to www.supanova.com.au/home/tickets for more information) World Building Workshop for Writers and Game Designers (see page 24 for info) With Jennifer Fallon and/or Sonny Whitelaw Sydney: Sunday, 28th June, 4pm-8pm.

Perth: Sunday, 5th July, 4pm-8pm.

Supanova TWILIGHT SUPA-ZONE Pass (limited to 200 per event) For Twilight fans who want to make absolutely sure! Includes all the benefits of the SUPA FAN PASS (see above), a personal photo with the Twilight guest, their autograph on an item of your choice, a guaranteed seat during their Sunday Q&A and a signed photo by previous Twilight guest, Justin Chon. $153 through Ticketek or $170 at the door

Contents Welcome to Supanova 2009 The SUPA FAN PASS Sci-Fi, Fantasy,TV and Film!

Twilight Supa-Zone Cosplay & Interactive Comps Console Gaming & LAN Anime & Cartoon Voice Actors Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers Wrestling CCG & Miniatures Tournaments Comic-Book Artists & Writers

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• Supanova Magazine 2009 Sydney & Perth © Supanova Pop Culture Industries.

• Written by Daniel Zachariou • Art Direction by Tim McEwen and Don Ticchio • Edited by Daniel Zachariou and Don Ticchio • For all exhibitor, advertising and marketing enquiries please contact Daniel at info@supanova.com.au • For all graphic design enquiries please contact DT Graphics on 02 9150 9466 and don@dtgraphics.com.au

Go to www.supanova.com.au/home/tickets for more information

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Welcome to Supanova 2009!

What is Supanova?

It’s where imagination meets reality in a fun, fantastic atmosphere where the stars are no longer out of reach! The actors you’ve always admired, the voice-talent of your favourite anime, the artists of those comics you can’t put down, the authors whose writing keeps you up late at night!

Meet them, attend their panels, grab their autographs* or even a photo*!

We bring them together within the pop culture phenomenon that is the Supanova Expo and with them we also weave games, collectables, screenings, specialty items, wrestling, toys, exclusives, fun competitions and more!

So whether you’re a newbie or veteran, we look forward to bringing our brand of fun to you! Get into costume, or not, grab a friend and join us for...

Supanova 2009... It’s a blast!!!

Yours in fun, Daniel Zachariou Event Director – Supanova 2009 *All guests confirmed commitments pending. Some autograph and photo fees may apply. Check website for more information. †1 Children 0-12 must accompanied by a paying adult.

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WONDER WOMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.

FREE FRIDAY NIGHT SCREENINGS!

A Free* Night for Our Biggest Fans!

We love to honour our biggest fans, Weekend SUPA FAN PASS holders, with a whole extra free night of fun at each Supanova!

So even though the shopping doesn’t begin until each Saturday morning, the party does Friday night from 6pm to 10pm (26th June in Sydney and July 3rd in Perth).

Held in the Madman Anime Theatre and JB Hi-Fi Screening Room, Preview Night is full of exclusive screenings, panels, a Charity Auction and our official Opening Ceremony featuring some of our guests.

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We’re proud to present 5 Centimetres Per Second from Madman, Wonder Woman (available on DVD & Blu-ray July 1st) and the Australian preview of the first four episodes of Watchmen: The Complete Motion Comic (available on DVD & Blu-ray July 29th) with a special introduction by the artist himself, Dave Gibbons!

Add anime star Spike Spencer’s panel “What Happens at the Con, Stays at the Con…?” and there’s something for everyone!

Look out for more info on our website, www.supanova.com.au, as the events approach. *Free with the purchase of a Weekend SUPA FAN PASS.

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Supa Star Guests from Sci-Fi, Fant

From a galaxy far, far away… … called Hollywood we bring you an exciting array of SUPA-STARS to meet and see up close and personal.

We proudly introduce…

Ray Park, a master martial artist, burst to prominence as the Sith Lord, ‘Darth Maul’, in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The menace was indeed real as the mood of the film intensified whenever he was on screen leading to further roles such as the ‘Headless Horseman’ in Sleepy Hollow and ‘Toad’ in The X-Men. Action fans don’t have much longer to wait for his next appearance either as the world gets ready to be stormed by the blockbuster, G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra, this August with Ray starring as ‘Snake-Eyes’. We can hardly wait!

Richard Hatch was a central figure as ‘Captain Apollo’ in the original Battlestar Galactica with a legion of fans, fans Richard never stopped fighting for to get Battlestar back on the air for. It made complete sense then, when the new “re-imagined” version was conceived, that he be invited back and reintroduced as the political dissident, ‘Tom Zarek’.

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tasy, TV and Film!

Thanks to

BREAKING NEWS! Its a BSG Party with Herb Jefferson Jr. also attending both events!

And can it get any more exciting for classic Battlestar Galactica fans than to also have the cigar-chomping fun loving rogue, ‘Lieutenant Starbuck’, Dirk Benedict himself, at the same events? But for as many fans of Battlestar as Dirk has he has an equal if not greater amount of fans from his five years as another lieutenant, ‘Templeton “Faceman” Peck’ on the hit series A-Team!

Fans are already excited about Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince finally coming to cinemas mid-July and we’re very happy to add to the build-up by presenting Matthew Lewis, the ever reliable and affable, ‘Neville Longbottom’, a classmate and friend of Harry’s at Hogwarts. Having starred in each film the world has watched Matthew grow up on screen next to his co-stars going from a young pudgy child to the rugged 6’ young man that he is now.

Want a quality photo with one of these guests or perhaps their autograph? Ever wanted to ask that burning question which they might know the answer to? With daily photo sessions*, autograph signings* and free Q&A seminars, you can at Supanova! *Some autograph and photo fees may apply. All guests confirmed commitments pending. Check website for more information.

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Twilight Supa-Fan Zone!

Something fans can sink their teeth into…

Supanova is proud to present two stars from the hottest franchise on the planet, Twilight!

For fans in Sydney we have the beautiful, Rachelle Lefevre, whose menacing ‘Victoria’ was seen, biding her time at the end of the first film. Fans of the books undoubtedly know what’s coming up but for the movie watchers it’s a case of “wait and see”! With dozens of roles already under her belt look out for Rachelle, this is but the beginning!

For our Perth fans we have the ruggedly handsome, Native American Comanche, Gil Birmingham, who stars as the wheelchair bound ‘Billy Black’. But Billy has a secret that’s only been hinted at in Twilight and the answer could have many a fan baying at the New Moon. As a talented musician we hope Gil brings his guitar with him.

Both Rachelle and Gil will attend both days of the respective events with autographs costing $30 and professional photos $40. For Twilight Supa-Zone tickets see page 4 for more details.

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Cosplay & Fun Interactive Comps!

Seriously… this is one of the best parts of Supanova!

Everybody gets Supa-Freaky and interactive dressing up for the Madman Cosplay Contest and you don’t have to be in an anime costume to compete. It can be from comicbooks, games, sci-fi or fantasy too!

You can also belt out a tune at the Anime Karaoke comp, knock your opponents off the stage in the DBZ Kamehameha Blast-Off!, there’s the Anime Music Video and Dubbing Contest, Fan Art, Quick Draw/Iron Artist, Anime Trivia, Cosplay Chess, Cosplay Slave Auction and a whole heap more.

This year its more fun than ever as its the inaugural year of the Madman National Cosplay Championship with qualifiers vying for a spot in the Finals (Melbourne, November, TBC). With First Prize consisting of a trip for two to Japan’s 2010 Tokyo Anime Fair, that’s worth sewing for!

Visit www.supanova.com.au/contests and http://www.madman.com.au/cosplay/ for more info.

And don’t forget that the majority of all this action takes place in the legendary Madman Anime Theatre starting each Friday with Preview Night and continuing all weekend.

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Console Gaming and LAN Parties!

Console Gaming*

The EB MEGA Booth is back and they’ve brought their pals Nintendo, SONY and THQ! Nintendo is showcasing Rhythm Heaven, a collection of 50 crazy mini-games you can by tapping the screen to the rhythm; Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, the highly acclaimed Gamecube platform game with updated Wii motion controls; a selection of classic Virtual Console games downloaded from the Wii Shop Channel; and a few more surprises to boot!

SONY are bringing inFAMOUS, a third person action game only available on PS3 where you play as a person who develops superhuman powers; and, yes, more!

THQ are bringing Monster Hunter Freedom Unity with one of the main features being its wireless adhoc play with four (4) PSP’s linked up for people to play against each other. Yes, more again!

Also coming to the party in a major way Ubisoft!

Thanks to them fans will be able to check out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles™: Smash

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Up, the first Ninja Turtles video game not tied to a movie, television show or comic book set in the universe of the Turtles that allows you to smashup your friends in epic combats to be the best!

Then there’s Square Enix’s, Star Ocean: The Last Hope! The year is 2087 and from the smoking ruins of World War III, the surviving members of the human race have united in a final desperate bid for survival as you switch freely between up to four characters, unleashing spectacular combos and counter-attacks all in real time!

And yes, there will be more (hopefully in Perth too) by the time we get there. *Sydney only at the time of writing.

It’s a LAN Party!† WALAN is joining Supanova again in 2009 for an awesome LAN party in Perth!

So make sure you join us over the weekend so you can go head to head against the finest gaming talent for gaming glory and cool prizes.

LAN details and registration at www.walan.org!

Perth only at the time of writing. †

All information correct at time of publication. Please check our website closer to the dates.on each Sunday.

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Anime & Cartoon Talent Galore at

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For many fans, it’s all about the voice-actors of animé and cartoon ! Who are we to disappoint? And since interacting with our voice actor guests is totally free…

• Bring stuff to get autographed for free.

• How did they learn and improve their skills?

• Ask them about how they bring their characters to life!

• What techniques do they use and do they ever make sounds they shouldn’t?

Yuri Lowenthal One of the hottest voice-actors, Yuri is a veteran of the anime industry and fluent in many languages including Japanese! With a huge range of credits to his name including ‘Iceman’ from Wolverine and the X-Men, ‘Superman’ from Legion of Super-Heroes, ‘Sasuke Uchiha’ from Naruto, ‘Jinno’ from Afro Samurai, the Prince from the ‘Prince of Persia’ games and so many more, its his role as ‘Ben Tennyson’ from Ben 10: Alien Force that really has everyone excited!

Tara Platt Best known for her role as the Sand Ninja, ‘Temari’, on the hit show Naruto, Tara has

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Supanova!

been in the voice-over industry for many years including ‘The Queen’ in M.A.R. Video games are also a big part of her credits including ‘Wonder Woman’ from D.C. Comics Vs. Mortal Kombat.

Christopher Sabat Voices many anime favourites including ‘Vegeta’, ‘Piccolo’ and ‘Yamcha’ from DragonBall Z, ‘Kurogane’ from Tsubasa Chronicles, ‘Major Alex Louis Armstrong’ from Fullmetal: Alchemist and ‘Roronoa Zoro’ from One Piece. Also a very highly respected voice director.

Spike Spencer Another veteran of the anime scene, Spike is best known as “Shinji” from Neon Genesis Evangelion and is a huge presence with many lead roles in other cult anime series such as Nadesico, Pretear and Saiyuki. A completely unrestrained comic, Spike’s panels at Supanova are not to be missed and will leave everyone in stitches!

All our voice-actor guests are signing for FREE right throughout Supanova so come on down and see them!

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Adelaide’s Anime and Videogames Convention

July 25th - 26th 2009 Adelaide Convention Centre

Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writers!

Bordering on the Fantastic!

BORDERS picks up where we left off last year in showcasing some of the best speculative fiction, sci-fi and fantasy authors from around Australia at Supanova! These gifted writers include...

Marianne de Pierres Creator of the Parrish Plessis series with her most recent novel from The Sentients of Orion series, Chaos Space, joining Dark Space as a finalist of the Aurealis Awards!

Jennifer Fallon International bestselling author of the Hythrun Chronicles, the Second Sons series and the recently completed Tide Lords series.

Sonny Whitelaw Author of The Rhesus Factor, Stargate SG-1: City of Gods and Roswell, and Stargate Atlantis: The Chosen, Exogenesis and Blood Ties. (Sydney only) Jennifer and Sonny together Stargate SG1 tie-in novel, Roswell.

Andrew Warrilow Winner of the Golden Wings Award for The Familiar’s Tale, with The Dream Dimension continuing The Invisus Series. (Sydney only).

World Building MasterClass for Writers and Game Designers Hosted by Supanova 4pm to 8pm each Sunday, this unique MasterClass for authors, screenwriters and game designers is a must from two of Australia’s experts in the field, Jennifer Fallon and/or Sonny Whitelaw. First 30 tickets per event receive early-bird special. www.worldbuildingworkshops.com

Wrestling!

Get ready for action as the fighting athletes of the Australasian Wrestling Federation (AWF) invade Supanova once again!

See “in your face” AWF live events, three times daily, with each show fun filled, action packed, and surprises galore with AWF Titles on the line! Who will survive and what will be left of them? Find out at Supanova!

You can also visit the AWF stand, meet the wrestlers, obtain merchandise and be part of the AWF festivities.

For scheduled bouts visit www.awfwrestling.com.au

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Collectable Card Game Tourname

There’s a Darkmoon rising…!

Yes, the National Championships for Yu-Gi-Oh! are GO for Sydney and the Regionals are GO for Perth. For learners there are demos all weekend and plenty of challengers for any off the cuff action!

There’s also a new game to check out from Upper Deck and its called Huntik! BE amongst the first elite at this game!

And last but definitely not least, The Darkmoon Faire comes to Sydney only on June 26-28th! The events include World of Warcraft® Trading Card Game and Miniatures tournaments along with demos for

players of all skill levels. An exclusive Blizzard Event Server for World of Warcraft® MMO Arena tournaments will be available, plus plenty of other attractions.

So bust out your decks, polish your dice and get your mouse-clicking fingers ready because the Darkmoon Faire Championship offers one of the most exciting levels of competition WoW has to offer. Get ready to hunt for Loot™ cards, acquire killer electronics such as Dell Gaming Laptops, win limited edition prizes and most importantly, vie for the title of Darkmoon Faire Champion!

Perth fans will also be able to demo WoW TPG and Miniatures right throughout the weekend.

ents at Supanova!

Heaps of Comic-Book and Manga

The Heart & Soul of Supanova We always strive to have cool international guests, great local talent, a full Artists’ Alley and truckloads of trades and back-issues for the collectors. We’ve done it again!

Sometimes it takes years for a plan to come together and in the case of Dave Gibbons our timing was perfect with the theatrical release of the comic-book series he cocreated and drew, The Watchmen, hitting the big screens only a short while ago. Really though, for comic-book fans, its about his incredible talent as both a writer and artist which has us all excited! Beginning with British comics such as 2000AD and Doctor Who, and since then with projects such as the Martha Washington story arcs including Give Me Liberty and most recently the Green Lantern Corps, Dave has demonstrated he’s an artistic force that’s here to stay.

Tim Sale is another artistic legend whose time is now, his fame and talent having leapt beyond the sphere of comic-books due to his association with the Heroes TV series, his artwork representing the precognitive work of the artist ‘Isaac Mendez’. Compared to the award winning work on series such as

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a Artists and Writers!

Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: The Dark Victory, Superman: For All Seasons, Spider-Man: Blue, Hulk: Grey and now Captain America: White, to name a few, those few frames are but a glimpse of the true substance of his style that comic-book fans are thankfully able to tap fully into.

Louis Small Jr. is a blast from the past who even visited our shores a decade ago. His good girl style helped breath new life into Vampirella as she entered the ‘modern age’ and with stints on Shi and Codename: Knockout, Louis is going to cause many a fan to dive back into their boxes in search of them.

Next we have a wonderfully talented and popular, Nicola Scott, who’s working on Secret Six after concluding a run on Birds of Prey, both for D.C Comics, after stints at Phosphorescent Comics, Top Cow and Dark Horse.

Lastly we enter, Artists’ Alley, where we have a bevy of talented stars; W. Chew Chan, Christopher Sequeira, Jan Scherpenhuizen, Stewart McKenny (Sydney), Jason Chatfield the artist of Ginger Meggs (Perth) along with a heap of other creators.

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