Mega City Book Club 110: Kingdom of the Wicked

Duncan Nimmo is back in the book club to discuss the Ian Edginton and D'Israeli story that somehow crept under the radar. A wonderful story of a corrupted fantasy world with glorious artwork.

Get your copy from Comixology and check out my Kingdom of the Wicked annotations as well as Duncan's own artwork on Artstation.

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Mega City Book Club 109: Trifecta

Graham Cannon is my guest to discuss the Dredd epic that broke the internet (well almost). Spoilers abound as we discuss Trifecta.

Find out what the fuss was about with your own copy from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 108: Remembering Carlos

This is a bonus episode for the 2000AD forum advent calendar. Mostly recorded at the Thought Bubble convention where I asked a number of famous creators and fans to give me their favourite stories, characters, moments or personal memories of the late, great Carlos Ezquerra.

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Mega City Book Club 107: Revere

I went to the splendid Thought Bubble convention in Harrogate to meet up with Gareth A Hopkins and discuss an offbeat creation from John Smith and Simon Harrison, Revere the Witch-Boy of London.

Check out Gareth's own comics at www.grthink.com and his Alpha Flight podcast is on apple podcasts.

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Mega City Book Club 106: Judgement Day

Pete Wells is back and he wants to discuss a controversial mega-epic. It's time for Judgement Day!

And check out Pete's own Sensory Stories podcast, and the 2000AD Covers Uncovered blog on the news site.

And you can read Judgement Day in Case Files 17 from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 105: Meltdown Man

Conrad from SpaceSpinner2000 returns to the book club to discuss the epic adventures of Meltdown Man by Alan Hebden and Massimo Belardinelli. Along the way we discuss the title, the cover, Yujee character design, and resolve the burning question of who is the galaxy's greatest polar bear!

Get your copy of Meltdown Man from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 104: The Dead Man

Art droid Mark Sexton joins me down the line from Oz to discuss an all time classic 2000AD story. Beware there are major spoilers within!

Check out Mark's impressive list of movies he has worked on, as well as his Barney profile. And get your copy of The Dead Man from the 2000AD online store.

And back the Rok the God kickstarter if you are listening in October 2019.

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Mega City Book Club 103: The Fall of Deadworld

On a sunny August morning I visited Huntington to run 5K and then popped into Niche comics to record an episode about the first volume of The Fall of Deadworld by Kek-W and Dave Kendall. Garry Hill tells me all about the book, about the wonders of Parkrun, the joys of an independent comic shop, and the upcoming first meeting of the 2000AD Eastern contingent.

Get your copy from the 2000AD online store, or from Niche comics themselves. You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com
 

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Mega City Book Club 102: Dice Man

Brett Harris joins me down the line from Oz to introduce me to the gaming and artistic delights of 2000AD’s Dice Man. Along the way we discuss the multiple talents of Pat Mills and the cartooning genius of Hunt Emerson.

And check out Brett’s reviews on the Geek Syndicate website along with his interview with Dave Gibbons.

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Mega City Book Club 101: Invasion 1984!

My guest is Stephen "Buttonman" Watson, the master of the letters to Tharg database, and he's picked a marvellous bit of Space Invaders action from the pages of Battle comic.

Find out which prog your letter or artwork was published in by consulting the Beast, or join in the fun on the forum LettersEntertainYou thread.

And get your copy of Invasion 1984! from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 100: The Man from Nowhere

Episode 100! And I'm joined by my guest from the very first episode, Simon Belmont, to discuss the classic adventures of Dan Dare in a collected edition from 1979. Huge thanks to all my guests and contributors so far and please stay tuned for the next 100 episodes.

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Mega City Book Club 99: Hook Jaw

Liam Dempsey from the trek-tastic Spocklight podcast is my guest to discuss the controversial history of Action comic and the runaway success of the lead story, Hook Jaw. We boldly go where no killer great white shark has gone before.

You can still get your copy of the Titan collection, and also check out the sequel story by Si Spurier and Conor Boyle.

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Mega City Book Club 98: True Faith

I'm back in the Betsey Trotwood pub for my annual visit with Alex Frith of the Heroes of 2000AD blog, and we've got some very early Garth Ennis to discuss, as well as some thoughts about the British comic Crisis.

Track down a copy and let us know what you think about the reproduction of Warren Pleece's art, or if you want to review Preacher on the podcast.

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Mega City Book Club 97: Metalzoic

I met up with Nathan Duck in the bar at Lawless to operate on our own brains, and to discuss the weird and the wonderful Metalzoic from Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill. If you want to skip our Kingmaker spoilers than jump from 1:25 to 3:45.

Check out Nathan's own writing in the upcoming Scarlet Traces anthology.

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Mega City Book Club 96: Big Finish Comic Adaptations

I've brought Brian Doob back on the podcast to review the Big Finish audio adaptations of two Doctor Who stories by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons. We previously reviewed the comics themselves on episode 66. Check out Brian's other podcasts at British Invaders and Hooked on Bond

Get the full cast audio adventures from BigFinish.com

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Mega City Book Club 95: Robo-Hunter

I met up with artist Damian Edwardson at the Lawless convention to talk about the funniest robot saga of all time by John Wagner and Ian Gibson. There is some background bar noise which I have suppressed as best I can.

Do check out Damian and Helena's work at artninetwo.com and on their Facebook group.

And get your copy of the first volume of Sam Slade's adventures from Hachette or digitally from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 94: Nemesis the Warlock

It's free comic book day in London and I'm joined in a noisy cafe by Brother Sheridan Kelly to discuss the Hachette collections's first volume of Nemesis stories by Brothers Pat Mills, Kevin O'Neill, and Jesus Redondo.

Gheck out Brother Sheridan's Prog slog blog, and get your Nemesis copy from Hachette, or from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 93: Rok of the Reds

Tony Esmond from the Awesome Comics podcast is my guest to discuss some science fiction soccer action by Wagner, Grant, Cornwell, Bulmer and Campbell. Check out his podcast and the Awesome Comics anthology, and get your own copy of Rok of the Reds.

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Mega City Book Club 92: The Thirteenth Floor

Peter Adamson from the splendid Where Eagles Dare podcast joins me to review volume one of the Thirteenth Floor by Wagner, Grant and Ortiz. Horror is taken to the Max!

Check out the Where Eagles Dare podcast and facebook page.

And get your copy from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 91: El Mestizo

Paul Trimble is the organiser of the Enniskillen Comic Fest, and he has brought along a great book, El Mestizo by Alan Hebden and Carlos Ezquerra, which is now getting the attention it deserves thanks to a fine new collection from the Treasury of British Comics.

Check out the Facebook page for Enniskillen Comic Fest.

And get your copy of El Mestizo from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 90: Absalom

Alan Fisher joins me from sunny California to discuss the supernatural police adventures of Harry Absalom by Gordon Rennie and Tiernen Trevallion. Cleaning up his manor one demon at a time!

And check out Tweeterhead to vote for your favourite character for a new range of high quality maquette statues based on some of Tharg's greatest thrills.

You can get your copy of Absalom from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 89: Origins

Ben K Sy is the owner and chief admin of the 1977-2000AD Facebook group, the friendliest place to discuss the galaxy's greatest comic on the internet. And he's brought Judge Dredd: Origins to the book club to discuss Wagner and Ezquerra's 30th anniversary classic that delves back to the earliest days of the judges' takeover of America.

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Mega City Book Club 88: Comic Scene

Tony Foster is the editor of the fabulous Comic Scene magazine which is jam-packed full of great articles about 2000AD and comics of all varieties. He joins me to talk about the behind the scenes work that goes into producing the magazine. Get your copy from your local newsagent or comic shop, or shop for back issues and digital issues at the Comic Scene online store.

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Mega City Book Club 87: The Simping Detective

It's another pubcast as I meet up with Damian Lubanski to chat about 2000AD in some fabulous Polish hardback editions, and then to discuss The Simping Detective by Si Spurrier and Frazer Irving. Check out both Damian and the Southern Contingent on Twitter.

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Mega City Book Club 86: Mek Files 3

Julius Howe is back on the podcast to talk about original art collecting, the legacy of Carlos Ezquerra, and the third volume of the ABC Warriors. Check out the art of Carlos Ezquerra facebook page for more details.

And pick up your copy of the Mek Files from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 85: A History of Violence

Jamie Beamish is my guest to talk about a journey into modern noir by John Wagner and Vince Locke. We also discuss Jamie's own career as an actor.

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Mega City Book Club 84: Black Max

I'm back in a London pub with Keith Richardson to discuss Black Max from the pages of Thunder comics, and to talk about some great upcoming releases from the Treasury of British Comics in 2019.

Get your copy of Black Max from the 2000AD store.

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