Conrad and I have been to see two more comic book movies, and we talk about them with spoiler details. Please check out Conrad's podcast at SpaceSpinner2000.com
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Paul Deadeye joins the book club to discuss Cassandra Anderson's adventures in Shamballa. And we talk about Paul's friendship with the late Alan Grant, and Alan's great legacy as a writer, editor, and mentor to so many in the comics industry.
Grab a copy from the 2000AD store and listen to the audiobook from Penguin Random House audio.
Check out Paul's model work in the 1977-2000AD Facebook group and contact him there if you are interested in collaborating on his new comic.
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David Robertson from That Comic Smell podcast takes me through a recent release from Hibernia Comics and the life and works of artist Brian Lewis.
Check out David's own Fred Egg comics at his BigCartel store.
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Luke Williams is back to guide me through the post-apocalyptic landscape of The Last American by Wagner, Grant and McMahon. Get your copy from the 2000AD store.
And please check out Luke's own writing on the Comic Scene, Down the Tubes, and the ECBT2000AD sites.
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Giles Wright is back with another eclectic selection of Dredd stories. And these tell us a lot about the different aspects of Joe's character as reflected in his extended family members.
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Graham Cannon joins me in the Peterborough Close Encounters comic shop to discuss that time when pesky Xenomorphs arrived in Mega-City One. And we get to discuss what makes a great crossover in comics.
You can read this story in Case Files 36, or in the digital version of the Predator vs Aliens collection. And you can find Graham's Alien story if you can track down a copy of Zarjaz 39.
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Space Spinner 2000 takes us to Mars as Conrad Leiden returns with the further adventures of Judge Anderson from Psi Division. Spoiler alert early on for a big character reveal in this story.
This episode was recorded before the sad passing of Alan Grant, stay tuned for a book club tribute to Alan later in the year.
Tune in to Space Spinner 2000 and the Big Meg One wherever you get your podcasts. You can find the Childhood's End story in Psi Files volume 2
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Tony Esmond from the Never Iron Anything podcast joins me to discuss a new small press anthology comic that grew out of the Awesome Comics Podcast community, and is raising money for cancer research UK.
Get your copy from https://duicomic.bigcartel.com/ and if you are interested in submitting a pitch for next year's issue 3 then email duicomic3@gmail.com
And get Tony's comics, including the highly recommended Hidden Figures, from Tribute Press.
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Sheridan Kelly joins me at London's Cartoon museum to discuss Bryan Talbot's Adventures of Luther Arkwright, and a wide variety of releases since the 1970s. The Talbot exhibition continues at the museum until October 2022. Thank you to Emma Stirling-Middleton and Steve Marchant at the Cartoon museum for their help with this episode.
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I met up with Damian Lubanski in an echoey London dungeon to discuss Thistlebone book 2, the art of Simon Davis, and the subject of folk horror in film, TV, and comics.
Note: this book and episode refer to the subject of child abuse. Listener discretion advised.
Get your copy of Thistlebone 2 from Bookshop.org
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You can see Jim's tutorials on his blog, and find him on instagram, and get the Nate Piekos guide to comic book lettering from Blambot.
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Chris Hallam is a freelance writer on comics and films. He joins me to discuss the great Ace Trucking Co. by Wagner, Grant and Belardinelli. Track down your own hard copy from Hachette.
Check out Chris's blog, you can buy the History of Comics magazines from Get My Comics, and you can find his own Judge Dredd story in Zarjaz 39.
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I'm back in the Betsey Trotwood pub with Alex Frith and this time the book club is entirely devoted to a guest project. Alex has created a graphic novel about neuroscience with his parents Uta and Chris Frith, and the artist Daniel Locke. It's a fantastic look at how our brains work, both by themselves, and in cooperation with others. We talk about the process of writing the book, and the collaborative process that reflects his parents’ scientific endeavours.
Order your copy from Bookshop.org or your local book shop. Check out Alex's Heroes of 2000AD blog, his ranking of Judge Dredd epics, and his comparison of the end of year progs.
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Paul Trimble joins me for some bonus Battle Action. We discuss the new hardback collection without any spoilers, and then move on to talk about what might come next from Rebellion and the Treasury of British Comics.
Follow the Enniskillen Comic Fest on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Check out volume 3 of Battling Britons, and get a copy of Blazing Battle Action while stocks last.
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Andy Janes is a character designer and story board artist for Aardman animations, and a published Beano artist. He joined me at the Lawless convention to discuss a huge hardback collection of Cam Kennedy's Judge Dredd stories, and to reflect on Kennedy's wonderful artwork and storytelling. Google tells me there was a second volume of Kennedy stories from IDW but that is also out of print and very hard to find.
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Giles Richards is a sports journalist, and the Formula One correspondent for the Guardian newspaper. He joins me over a slightly crackly Zoom link to discuss a new collection of classic Judge Death stories which features some peak Brian Bolland artwork.
Buy your copy of the Essentials trade paperback from your local book shop, or from 2000AD.
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It's a speedy return for the Don of British comics, Richard Sheaf, as we take a brief time-out from the Lawless convention to discuss John Sanders' memoir of his 25 years as a publisher in the British comics industry.
Check out Richard's daily blog, and get your copy of the book from 2000AD
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Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 joined me at the Lawless convention to discuss some recent comic book movies. We also added some post match discussion about the convention itself so stay tuned right to the end for some car-casting!
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Richard Sheaf is a renowned scholar of British comics and publishes a daily blog at boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com He is back in the book club with a huge, gorgeous volume by David Roach. We drool over the artwork and discuss some of the forgotten history of British comics.
Get your copy from your local book shop or the 2000AD store.
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Alan Fisher is back to discuss Jaegir by Gordon Rennie and Simon Coleby. And we get to talk about the idea of expansion stories from the 2000AD universe.
Get your copy from the 2000AD store, and watch out for all of Bryan Talbot's upcoming releases.
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Colin Taylor is known as Colin YNWA on the 2000AD forum. He joins me to discuss the most 2000AD comic that DC ever published. We talk about this less well known but wonderful series from Wagner, Grant & Kennedy.
You can find Chloe Maveal's article about Outcasts here. And head to the 2000AD forums to see the results of the board's favourite thrills.
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Steve Tanner from Time Bomb comics is my guest to discuss an amazing new collaboration with Anderson Entertainment to produce a comic based on the works of Gerry Anderson. Check out the Kickstarter while there is time, and look out for Steve's multicoloured jackets at a comics event near you soon.
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Dave Wynn returns with a stone cold classic in the shape of Strontium Dog: Portrait of a Mutant by Alan Grant, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. We really get into some of the politics and real life parallels of this great story.
You can find Portrait of a Mutant in the Strontium Dog Agency Files volume 2 or the pocket digest edition.
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Sarah Harris joins me to talk about the great legacy of Misty comic, and to focus on the latest release from the Treasury of British Comics, the Jaume Rumeu collection. Check out Sarah's own work on her website, and get a digital copy of the DUI comic to help the charity Refuge.
You can get the Jaume Rumeu collection and other Misty books from the Treasury store.
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Ian Dunt is an author, a political journalist, and a columnist for the I newspaper. He is also a regular panelist on The Bunker and Oh God, What Now? podcasts. He joins me to discuss one of the best comics in 2000AD, or indeed anywhere at the moment, as we get into the second volune of Brink by Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard.
Get your copy from the 2000AD Store, and check out Ian's own books at Bookshop.org
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Dan Butcher from the Awesome Comics podcast joins me to discuss Marshal Law by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill. Check out Dan's own work at VanguardComic.Com, and the upcoming Vyper kickstarter.
You can find the Deluxe edition of Marshal Law in digital format from Comixology.
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James Peaty returns to the book club to complete the Battle & Action miniseries with a look at HMS Nightshade by John Wagner, Mike Western and Ron Tiner. This is a relatively obscure gem from Battle in the late 1970s. Seek out your copy from Bookshop.org, and keep an eye on James' own books including Diamond Dogs in the Megazine, and the upcoming Skip Tracer digital collection.
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Scott Montgomery is a writer, journalist and the author of the new 2000AD Encyclopedia. Get your copy from the 2000AD store, and check out Scott's other books on his Amazon page.
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Paul Trimble returns with a classic story from the pages of Action! We discuss Kurt Hellman and the challenges of telling war stories from the German point of view in the 1970s. Get your copy of the new collection from the Treasury webstore.
For more great discussion of Action and Battle comics join the Battle Fans group on Facebook. And also watch for announcements from the Enniskillen comic fest. You can also read Paul's interview with Garth Ennis in the latest issue of Battling Britons.
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Garth Ennis is my very special guest to discuss the first Titan collection of Johnny Red from 2011. We also talk about some other great stories from Battle, and Garth updates me on some of his new projects that are due out this year.
Get your copy of this lovely hardback from Bookshop.org, and also check out Garth's own books including Johnny Red: The Hurricane, The Stringbags and Out of the Blue. And keep your eye on the 2000AD and Treasury specials page for upcoming releases.
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Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 returns with one of the absolute highpoints of Strontium Dog and 2000AD history. Get your digital copy of the Agency Files volume 3 from the 2000AD store. And follow Space Spinner 2000 and the Big Meg One on social media to hear more of Conrad's adventures in the UK.
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Tony Esmond makes a third visit to the book club with a new masterpiece by Dave McKean. Check out Tony's own podcast at Never Iron Anything, support some great small press comics from Tribute Press, and listen in to more great comics talk on the Awesome Comics Podcast.
And buy your own copy of Raptor from Bookshop.org.
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