167: Colin MacNeil

 

It's a real pleasure to welcome one of Tharg's greatest art droids to the book club. Colin MacNeil takes me through his illustrious career so far, and then we focus in on Insurrection which he created with Dan Abnett.

Get your copy of Insurrection from the 2000AD store and check out Colin's Facebook art page.

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Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub.


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166: Fink Angel Legacy

Giles Wright is back and this time we are investigating the cursed earth craziness of Fink Angel and his son, Ratfink. Content note: this collection does contain some strong implications of sexual violence. 

Get your copy from the 2000AD store.

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165: The Apocalypse War Revisited

Barry Nugent from Geek Syndicate helps me travel back to The Apocalypse War which is fully coloured and available with Block Mania in an Essential volume.

Check our Barry's author webpage and get on board with his new book series.

And you can get your copy of the Judge Dredd Essential from the 2000AD store.

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164: The Ultimate Riddle

Tom Stewart from That Comic Smell podcast joins the book club with the third Judge Dredd and Batman crossover from 1995. Check out That Comic Smell on Soundcloud, Twitter, and their comic at Big Cartel.

And track down a collection of the Batman Dredd stories on Comixology.

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163: Faceache

 

Robert Hagan is my guest to discuss a great collection from one of the true legends of British cartoon art. We talk about Ken Reid's career and focus in on the first 100 scrunges from the Treasury of British Comics.

Get your copy from the 2000AD store, and check out Robert's published paper on Ann Nocenti's Daredevil run.

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162: The Indestructible Man

David McDonald from Hibernia comics joins the book club with their latest publication, a collection of The Indestructible Man by Scott Goodall and Jesus Blasco which ran in Jag comic from 1968-69.

Head to the Comisy store to buy your copy and other publications from Hibernia, but be quick as they sell out fast. And keep up with their latest news on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram

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161: The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha

Rob Foster joins me from Canada to discuss the return of Johnny Alpha in The Project and Dogs of War. We discuss great work by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, as well as chatting about resurrecting comic book characters, and who is the best Strontium Dog sidekick.

Check out Rob's collection on ComicArtFans, and get your copies of these two trades from the 2000AD store.

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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