Mega City Book Club 131: Rico Dredd, the Titan Years

 

After 130 episode I've finally got Judge Dredd's number one super-fan John Burdis on the show to discuss a compilation of three Rico Dredd novels by Michael Carroll.

We also discuss his Cellar of Dredd blog, the ECBT2000AD podcast, and the Southern contingent meetings on Facebook.

Get your copy of Rico Dredd, The Titan Years from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 130: Doomlord

 

Phillip Vaughan from the University of Dundee is my guest to discuss the history of the new Eagle comic and a collection of Doomlord and the Deathlords of Nox from the Hibernia comics imprint. Get your copy from David McDonald's Comicsy store.

And also check out the Dundee comics creative space, and Phillip's Comic Scene podcast series.

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Mega City Book Club 129: Flesh

Terry Mack is back from the land of Oz to discuss one of the classic thrills from the very first prog. What happens when cowboys meet dinosaurs in the pages of Flesh?

Check out Terry's eBay store for lots of back issues of the galaxy's greatest comic, and get your copy of Flesh from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 128: Janus Stark

Chris Wright is my guest to talk about the first two volumes of Janus Stark from the Treasury of British Comics. We also review the 2020 Smash! special and reminisce about those wonderful things called comic conventions.

Get your copies of Janus Stark from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 127: One-Eyed Jack

Jon Clark joins the book club to discuss the first book published by the Treasury of British Comics, and to talk about one of Judge Dredd's forerunners, One-Eyed Jack McBane. Get your copy from the Treasury shop. And check out the Stockport Garrick theatre website for more information of Jon's other project.

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Mega City Book Club 126: The Sandman

As this episode explains I have started another podcast with my daughter Jenny where we are going to cover all the collected editions of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and this is the first episode of that podcast. If the Sandman is not your thing then don't worry, normal service will be resumed next week with an episode about One-Eyed Jack and Valiant comic.

If you are interested in hearing us discuss the rest of the Sandman then the podcast is called A Handful of Dust and you can find it in the usual places or use the following feed address to subscribe directly.

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Mega City Book Club 125: Mega-City Justice

Giles Wright is my guest to help me wrap up the Tour of Duty storyline that started in episode 64 with Santiago Mayaud. This time we follow Dredd into the mutant townships of the cursed earth, and discuss the different types of villains he encounters, as well as talking about Dredd's prospects as a Chief Judge.

Get your copy from the 2000AD store, and check out Giles' film blog at Sometimes they go to eleven.

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