Sunday 19 December 2021

171: Excalibur

Jonny Cannon joins me to discuss Alan Davis' run on Excalibur from the early 1990s. Check out Jonny's own comics at CannonHill comics, and on Twitter. And get a digital copy of Excalibur here.

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Sunday 5 December 2021

170: The Avengers in Diana comic

Brian Doob, the host of the British Invaders and Hooked on Bond podcasts, returns to the book club with an interesting choice from a 1960s comic called Diana. Get your copy from the Big Finish site and listen to the trailers for the audio adaptations of these stories.

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Sunday 21 November 2021

169: Demon Killer

Jordan Thomas joins the book club to discuss the fifth volume of Slaine's adventures and to talk about Pat Mills' writing and Glenn Fabry's artwork in some detail. Check out Jordan's own comics work including Frank at home on the Farm and Quarantine on his Kickstarter page and follow him on Twitter

You can buy Slaine: Demon Killer from the 2000AD store.

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Sunday 7 November 2021

168: Born Again

We drift off-piste to cover some American comics as Comicbook Sam joins me to discuss possibly the greatest Daredevil story of them all. Get your copy from Bookshop.org And check out Sam's YouTube channel and his interview with John Wagner.

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Sunday 24 October 2021

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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Sunday 10 October 2021

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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Sunday 26 September 2021

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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Sunday 12 September 2021

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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Sunday 29 August 2021

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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Sunday 15 August 2021

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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Sunday 1 August 2021

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.

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Sunday 18 July 2021

160: Thistlebone

Tony Esmond is back in the book club with the 2000AD folk horror of Thistlebone. Check out his work at Never Iron Anything, and on the Tribute Press site, and the Awesome Comics Podcast.

Get your copy of T.C.Eglinton and Simon Davis' lovely hardback book from the 2000AD store.

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Sunday 4 July 2021

159: Zenith phase 2

David Grice returns to the book club to continue our journey through Zenith. This time it's Phase 2 and a very James Bond style romp from Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell. Get your copy from the 2000AD store.

And please contact the Samaritans if you need someone to talk to.

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Sunday 20 June 2021

158: The Thirteenth Floor vol 2

Peter Adamson from the Where Eagles Dare podcast is back to continue our exploration of The Thirteenth Floor by Wagner, Grant & Ortiz. There are dark horrors to be found in Max's virtual nightmares.

Go to the Lawless covention website to see Peter and Phillip Vaughan's interview with Pat Mills and Ian Kennedy.

And head to the 2000AD store for your copy of the book.

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Sunday 6 June 2021

157: Journey into Hell

 

Distinguished man of letters Jim Campbell joins me to discuss a classic story from the first year of Strontium Dog. He also takes me through some of the basics of comic book lettering from the 1970s to today, including how he did the re-lettering on the first volume of the Rebellion Charley's War collections.

You can donate to the Justgiving page for Dave Evans here, or check out the forum tribute thread here.

Check out Jim's lettering website, or the Nate Piekos resources on Blambot. And you can read Journey into Hell in the first Agency Files collection.

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Sunday 23 May 2021

156: Slaine the King

Jules Boyle returns to the book club with the third volume of Slaine's adventures, and to talk about Glenn Fabry's wonderful art which includes an image of Jules himself in the Slaine the King story.

Check out Jules' writing about horror movies at the Big Comic Page and on the We Belong Dead site. And get your copy of Slaine the King from the 2000AD store.

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Sunday 9 May 2021

155: Bad Company

 

Roland Ungoed-Thomas returns to the book club with the classic Bad Company by Milligan, Ewins and McCarthy. And we get to discuss some of the genetic history of the strip and future war stories from the pages of 2000AD

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Sunday 25 April 2021

154: Darkie's Mob

Paul Trimble is my guest in the book club to discuss one of the most brutal and controversial war comics from the 1970s. A story that reflects the harsh and uncompromising circumstances of the Burmese campaign, Content note: this John Wagner and Mike Western comic is not for the faint-hearted.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of British comics collector, historian, and all round good guy, Colin Noble.

The Darkie's Mob Titan collection is still available from Bookshop.org Keep an eye on Paul's Enniskillen comic fest facebook page for details of when the convention will return. And join the Battle Fans facebook page for more information about this fascinating British comic.

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Sunday 11 April 2021

153: Skizz

The effervescent Fox from Space Spinner 2000 is back in the book club to discuss the only Alan Moore 20000AD story we haven't covered yet. There's an Alien on the loose in Burmy Garn. Flippy Neck!

Get your copy of the complete Skizz from the 2000AD store.

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Sunday 4 April 2021

152: Mark McDermott

This is a bonus episode with an interview I did with Mark McDermott who is lucky enough to own the original Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott artwork for the first page of Fantastic Four #51 from 1966. I recently appeared on Tony Esmond's Never Iron Anything podcast to talk about this issue. You can also find Tony on the Awesome Comics Podcast.

Check out Mark's ComicArtFans gallery, and his own website for more wonderful art.

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Sunday 28 March 2021

151: Swamp Thing

I persuaded Tony Foster to come back to the book club and chat about Moore, Totleben, Bissette, and Wood's great run on Swamp Thing from the 1980s.

The History of Comics Kickstarter is still live or you can join the Comic Scene comic club to get the History of Comics magazines. And join the Comic Scene community on Facebook.

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Sunday 14 March 2021

150: Mike Collins

I chat with the great 2000AD artist Mike Collins about his career, and about his wonderful graphic novel about Apollo 11. We also talk about his work for American comics and television.

Pick up a copy of Apollo from bookshop.org or from your own independent book shop, and find more of Mike's work at http://www.freakhousegraphics.com/home

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Wednesday 10 March 2021

149: Halo Jones audiobook

I sat down with Jenny Clarke to revisit The Ballad of Halo Jones again. This time in an exciting new audiobook version from Penguin Random House.

You can get a copy from Penguin, Audible, or the Google Play store.

And subscribe to the Handful of Dust podcast for more episodes coming soon.

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Sunday 7 March 2021

148: America Audiobook

 

A bonus episode! Pete Wells and I review the new full cast adaptation of America from Penguin Random House audiobooks.

Get your copy from Penguin, Audible or Google Play and buy the other 2000AD titles from them as well.

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Sunday 28 February 2021

147: The Day the Law Died

Damian Harvey joins me to discuss a classic from Dredd's early years. Having survived the Cursed Earth can the Mega-City One lawman overcome Chief Judge Cal and the Kleggs? We discuss John Wagner's gift for comedy, and the great line-up of artists on this story.

Read this epic in Case Files volume 2, or in the Digest edition

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Monday 15 February 2021

146: John M Burns

I got the chance to record a short interview with legendary 2000AD artist John M Burns. Thanks to Tony Foster at Comic Scene magazine, and to Steve Tanner at Time Bomb comics for arranging this.  And you can find The Art of John M Burns at The Book Palace.

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Sunday 14 February 2021

145: Death Wish

Vince Hunt from the Awesome Comics podcast joins me to consider a Treasury of British Comics reprint of Death Wish from the short-lived Speed comic by Barrie Tomlinson and Vanyo. We also take a huge left turn to discuss the artistic wonders contained in Bernie Wrightson's illustrated Frankenstein.

Get your copy of Death Wish, look out for the new paperback version of Wrightson's Frankenstein coming soon. And check out the ACP interview with Barrie Tomlinson in episode 147. And please consider Vince's own comics and look for Blak the comic on instagram.

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Saturday 13 February 2021

144: Julia Round

I got the chance to catch up with Misty and Gothic expert Dr Julia Round. We discussed the two recent Misty specials from Rebellion, as well as events going on during the 13th and 14th February "I Love Comics" event on Facebook. Thanks to Tony Foster at Comic Scene for help arranging this interview.

Check out the I Love Comics event on Facebook and head to JuliaRound.com for details of all of her work including the searchable Misty database. Julia's next online lecture will be on the Romancing the Gothic website on February 21st.

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Sunday 31 January 2021

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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Sunday 17 January 2021

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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Sunday 3 January 2021

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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