Mega City Book Club 22: The 1982 Annual

Paul Moore is my guest with his seasonal pick of a clasic thrill powered annual from the early eighties. Follow Paul on Twitter, and check out his artwork on his Tumblr site, and his Deviantart page.

You can can see a preview of Planet Of Daemons #1 on the Amigo comics site, and buy your copy from Forbidden Planet.

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Mega City Book Club 21: First Progs

Mostly recorded at the Thought Bubble convention in November this is a clips show with a number of 2000AD creators and well known fans telling me about the first Prog they can remember buying or reading, or possibly the first one their own work appeared in. I've produced this episode for the fabulous 2000AD forum advent calendar organised by our very own P-WLS droid.

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Mega City Book Club 20: Killing Time

Gareth A Hopkins introduces me to the wonders of John Smith and Chris Weston's Killing Time. You can find Gareth's own work at www.intercorstal.com and www.grthink.com

Killing Time is part of the Indigo Prime collection from the 2000AD online store

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Mega City Book Club 19: The Daily Dredds vol 1

Guy Robbins is my guest to discuss a truly beautiful collection of Judge Dredd strips from the Daily Star. No spoilers but this is a must buy volume which you can get from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 18: The Henry Flint Collection

Josh Davies brings the Henry Flint Collection into a techno-organic version of the book club to discuss seven magnificent examples of Henry's early work on Dredd.

You can find Josh's blog at https://spongejoshing.blogspot.co.uk/ and purchase your copy of the Henry Flint collection from the 2000AD store.

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Mega City Book Club 17: The Ballad of Halo Jones

We're back in the London pub version of the book club with Sheridan and Rachael as my guests to discuss Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's masterpiece from the 1980s.

Check out Sheridan's Prog Slog blog here, and you can find pictures of Judge Thread on the 2000AD Southern contingent facebook page. And get your copy of the Ballad of Halo Jones from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 16: The Judge Child Quest

Judge Anon from Buenos Aires joins me over an occasionally crackly Skype line to discuss a legendary Dredd epic. We keep the spoilers to the minimum while we wax lyrical over the artistic talents of Bolland, McMahon and Smith, as well as Wagner and Grant's great story telling.

The Judge Child Quest is available in Case Files volume 4 from the 2000AD online store. You can find Anon's history of female Judges on his Tumblr site, and there are details of the simply splendid Zarjaz fanzine on the Quaequam blog.

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Mega City Book Club 15: Jesus Redondo Special

Alex Frith from the Heroes of 2000AD blog steps into the London pub book club and brings along two books with splendid Redondo artwork: Monster from the Scream! comic and the mind boggling Return to Armageddon. There are some minor spoilers and some fascinating facts about some of the great European artists who have worked on British comics.

Monster is available from the 2000AD online store, as is Return to Armageddon.

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Mega City Book Club 14: Brass Sun

Nathan Duck joins me in a clockpunk version of the book club to discuss the gorgeous, glossy hardback edition of Brass Sun by Ian Edginton and INJ Culbard. We wax lyrical about the story, characters and artwork, and we keep the spoilers to a bare, cog driven minimum.

Get your copy of Brass Sun from the 2000AD online store, or dip your toe in with the free digital version of the first US issue.

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Mega City Book Club 13: Alan Moore Future Shocks

Brett Summers from the Cult Faction website is my guest as we both attempt to grow suitably long enough beards to tackle the collected Future Shocks and Time Twisters from the great man of Northampton himself.

You can find Brett's website at CultFaction.com and buy your copy of Mr Moore's Future Shocks from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 12: GoldTiger

Simon Belmont returns to the book club to tell me the history of the Modesty Blaise newspaper strips. Then we don sexy, sixties scuba gear to dive through the many layers of Jimmy Broxton and Guy Adams' quirky metatextual homage to sixties Spy-Fi comics, with the mysteries of the strip that never was, GoldTiger.

GoldTiger is available to buy digitally from the 2000AD online store, or you may still snap up hard copies from passing scuba-diving amazons.

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Mega City Book Club 11: Chopper: Song of the Surfer

I welcome Glen Lees all the way from the wonderful land of Oz to discuss a classic chapter from the legend of Chopper. Surf's up and there are plenty of spoilers for the controversial ending right from the outset.

You can find this story in the Chopper: Surf's Up! collection from the 2000AD online store, or digitally from their apps for Apple, Android, and Windows devices.

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Mega City Book Club 10: The Mighty One

A special episode to tie in with the release of Steve MacManus' fascinating memoir of his time at the helm of the Galaxy's greatest comic. I'm joined by Will Cooling to discuss the mysteries of creating comics in the seventies and eighties. You can find Will's retrospective article about 2000AD in the latest issue of Geeky Monkey magazine, and check out his own interview with Steve on the Geeky Monkey podcast.

The Mighty One is available from the 2000AD online store, and you can also hear Mr MacManus on the Thrill-Cast with Mike Molcher.


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Mega City Book Club 9: Zenith phase 1

David Grice is my guest to discuss the first appearance of 2000AD's take on the British Super-hero. There are number one singles, 80s shoulder pads, splendid black and white artwork, and some spoilers to come.

Zenith Phase 1 is available from the 2000AD online store, or digitally through their Apple, Android, and Windows devices.

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Mega City Book Club 8: ABC Warriors:The Black Hole

It's another pubcast as Julius Howe from the Inky Fingers podcast is my guest to go in depth on the artwork of the ABC Warriors' return to the prog in 1988. Recorded in a noisy London pub we focus on the stunning debut of Simon Bisley, and why SMS is the often overlooked half of a dramatic double act, plus Julius gives us his views on the various reproductions of the original art.

This story appears in the Mek Files volume 1, available from the 2000AD online store, as well as digitally for Apple, Android, and Windows 10 devices.

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Mega City Book Club 7: Button Man. Get Harry Ex

It's the return of the "Mackem" as Pete Wells brings along another masterpiece by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson. It's grim and it's gritty, but as ever there are pastry jokes and spoilers aplenty.

Now that Pete has been elevated to sub-droid level by the Mighty One you can find his covers uncovered postings in the news feed on the 2000AD site.

Buy the individual volumes of Button Man from the 2000AD store or digitally for the apps for Apple, Android, and Windows 10 devices.

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Mega City Book Club 6: Scarlet Traces

Dave Wynn, sometimes known as Judge Pal or Shaolin Monkey, brings along the three splendid volumes of Scarlet Traces, just as Ian Edginton and D'Israeli's fantastic series returns to the Prog. There are Martian war machines and spoilers aplenty!

You can find Dave's fabulous 2000AD sculptures on his DeviantArt page.

The hardbacks we discuss are now out of print but there's a new collected edition coming from Rebellion and 2000AD in 2017.

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Mega City Book Club 5: Mandroid

Steve Green, the cinematographer and effects wizard on the great Judge Minty fanfilm, and the upcoming Strontium Dog film, joins me to discuss a great Dredd stand alone story. Be warned there are both spoilers and sirens to come!

Mandroid is available digitally from the 2000AD store, or in hard copy from the Hachette partworks site.

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Mega City Book Club 4: Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood

Podcast becomes pubcast as I'm joined by Tony Richards in a London hostelry for a brief discussion of Devlin Waugh's debut in Swimming in Blood. Prepare yours ears for a trouncing.

Check out Tony's radio show at Radio Dacorum or on Mixcloud.

And get your copies of Devlin Waugh's outrageous exploits from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 3: The Cursed Earth

Jim Moon from the fabulous Hypnobobs podcast is my guest to discuss the first true mega epic of Judge Dredd's history. Mutants, killer rats, dinosaurs, zombie robots, and spoilers abound.

The Cursed Earth (Uncensored) is available from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 2: America

I'm joined by the irrepressible Pete Wells from the 2000AD Covers Uncovered blog to discuss one of the definitive Dredd tales: America. We talk about the original story and the two sequels, Fading of the Light, and Cadet. Please note there are spoilers for all three and you should really read these great stories before listening.

The Complete America can be purchased from the 2000AD online store.

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Mega City Book Club 1: Dan Dare volume one

It's the first episode of a new podcast dedicated to all the collected editions from 2000AD and Rebellion publishing. I'm your host Eamonn Clarke and for this first outing I'm joined by Simon Belmont to discuss the lovely hardback that is Dan Dare: The 2000AD years volume one.

You can find the 2000AD Thrill Cast episode where Pat Mills discussed the Dan Dare collection with Michael Molcher here.

Please check out my justgiving site link on the right of this page, and do head to 2000ADonline.com to purchase your copy of Dan Dare or any of their splendid books.

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