A look at the newspaper strip Jeff Hawke by Willie Patterson and Sydney Jordan. Recorded at the Lawless convention with Richard Sheaf, who is a comics blogger, scholar, fact-checker, proofreader, and the tailwalker in the this year's Hotdog run. Check out Richard's work at BoysAdventureComics.blogspot.com and at the Book Palace.
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General waffle about 2000AD, science fiction TV, comics, movies, books, podcasts, medicine and stuff.
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Sunday, August 17, 2025
Mega City Book Club 303: Fantastic Four: First Steps
Conrad is back to discuss the new Fantastic Four movie. We talk about spoilers for Reed Richards' master plan from 19:51-26:07 so maybe avoid that section if you haven't seen the film yet. And find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com
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Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub.
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Sunday, August 10, 2025
Mega City Book Club 302: When the Wind Blows
Jim O'Brien returns to discuss the nuclear paranoia of the early 1980s and, in particular, the genius of Raymond Briggs. Find Jim's own writings about comics in Battling Britons issue 7, and in Comics Rule OK. And keep on eye on Justin Marriott's page for the new issue coming soon.
You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com
Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub.
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Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub.
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Mega City Book Club 301: Superman (2025)
Conrad and I have both seen the new Superman movie and we can't stop humming the John Williams theme. Podcasts are the new punk rock!
Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com
You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com
Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub.
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Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com
You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com
Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub.
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Sunday, August 3, 2025
Mega City Book Club 300: Top Ten Covers
The book club reaches episode 300, and to celebrate I'm joined by Pete Wells to count down the top ten covers from the first 300 progs as voted for by listeners. There are a couple of surprises along the way and you can view a montage of the top ten covers here. Thank you to everyone who voted, and thank you to everyone for listening, commenting, reviewing, and sharing over the last 300 pods.
You can also see Pete's pages from the Lawman of the Future comic here and here. And the Simon Fraser cover for Prog 1791 here. Please visit Pete's Sensory stories podcast page.
You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com
Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub.
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You can also see Pete's pages from the Lawman of the Future comic here and here. And the Simon Fraser cover for Prog 1791 here. Please visit Pete's Sensory stories podcast page.
You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com
Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub.
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