Mega City Book Club 143: Detective Comics

 

James Peaty is a writer for 2000AD, Supergirl, Doctor Who comics, and is also an independent filmmaker. He returns to the book club to consider John Wagner and Alan Grant's run on Batman in Detective Comics from the late 1980s, and to talk about some great artwork by one of the definitive Batman artists, Norm Breyfogle.

Check out James' short films on the Ealing film festival site and watch out for the return of Skip Tracer and Diamond Dogs in 2021

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Mega City Book Club 142: Steve Dillon

Damian Edwardson brings along the Steve Dillon memorial sketchbook so we can discuss the great artist's stellar career and the many lovely tributes in this book. We also talk about John McCrea's IDW Deviations one shot based on the classic Dredd story Cry of the Werewolf.

Support the Hero Initiative if you can, and check out Damian and Helena's own art and comics at ArtNineTwo.com

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Mega City Book Club 141: Mean Arena

Peter Duncan from the Sector 13 fanzine joins the book club with a classic mixture of British sports comics and science fiction violence in the Mean Arena.

Check out all the issues of the Sector 13 fanzine. Also get yourself a copy of the Splank! compilation for NHS charities and check out Peter's comics blog and his page about Gary K Wolf's KillerBowl.

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Mega City Book Club 140: Sentinel

 

I'm joined by Ed Doyle and Alan Holloway, the artist and writer on Sentinel comic which has just released its fifth issue. Get yours from Get my Comics, or from their Facebook page. And check out Alan's book and comic shop site.

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Mega City Book Club 139: The Invisibles

Julius Howe is back in the bookclub but instead of the ABC Warriors we consider Grant Morrison's nineties classic The Invisibles, with art by Steve Yeowell and Jill Thompson.

Check out Julius' comedy on his YouTube channel and at his website.

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Mega City Book Club 138: America Lost and Found

Pete Wells is back to help me review two new editions of one of the greatest Judge Dredd stories of all time. We look at the first volume of the Essentials series which provides lots of context leading up to and beyond America. And then we turn to the publication of the original scripts which give us some insight into the creative process of John Wagner and Colin MacNeil.

Get your copies from the 2000AD store. And check out Pete's Sensory Stories podcast on his website.

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Mega City Book Club 136: Providence

Max Lieberman joins me all the way from Portland, Oregon to discuss a challenging take on the H.P.Lovecraft mythos by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows.

Content note: this comic includes a depiction of rape and we discuss the difficult issue of sexual violence in Alan Moore's comics. We also talk about Lovecraft's racism and his other deplorable opinions.

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