Sunday 31 December 2023
246: Helltrekkers
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Sunday 17 December 2023
245: Death's Head
David Nolan is a new member of the book club. He helps me finish a discussion started in episode 243 with the continuing adventures of a Freelance Peacekeeping Agent in his own series. Just don't call him Bounty Hunter, yes?
Find David's book about Argentine football on his Amazon page as well as his Dublin crime novels featuring Tommy Conlan.
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Sunday 10 December 2023
244: Petrol Head
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Sunday 3 December 2023
243: Transformers
I met up with Michael Crowder at the Thought Bubble convention to tick off another British comic cunningly disguised as a giant robot. And we discuss some great work by Simon Furman, Geoff Senior, Jeff Anderson, Bryan Hitch, Ron Smith and more. Snap up those Titan trades while you still can.
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Sunday 26 November 2023
242: Hardware and The Valley of Gwangi
Luke Williams joins the film club to discuss the first ever feature based on a 2000AD storyline, and then to take us to a hidden valley in a movie that Uncle Pat must have seen at some point. Conrad will return in SpaceSpinner 2000 soon, and check out Luke's writings at ECBT2000AD, Comic Scene, and Down the Tubes.
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Sunday 19 November 2023
241: Rat Pack
Paul Trimble returns to discuss the Rat Pack's adventures in a Titan collection from 2012. Join the Battle Fans Facebook group for more great war comics, and follow the Enniskillen comic fest for information about next year's guest list. Also keep an eye on Peter Duncan's comics site for news of Paul's upcoming comics debut. You can also find Paul writings in the pages of Battling Britains by Justin Marriott.
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Sunday 5 November 2023
240: Requiem Vampire Knight
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Sunday 29 October 2023
239: Robocops
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Sunday 22 October 2023
238: Slaves of War Orphan Farm
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Sunday 8 October 2023
237: The Light and Darkness War
Tony Esmond rises to the challenge and guides me through The Light and Darkness War by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy. You can find the Strip Artists film we discuss in the episode on YouTube. Check out Tony's work on the Awesome Comics podcast, Never Iron Anything, and buy his comics at Tribute Press. And please support the MIND mental health charity by buying a copy of the DUI3 anthology.
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Sunday 24 September 2023
236: Action. The Story of a Violent Comic
John Caro is a principal lecturer in the department of creative and cultural industries at the university of Portsmouth. He was on the film club recently talking about 1970s films that influenced 2000AD, and now he makes his book club debut with Martin Barker's history of Action comic and its legacy. Hard copies of the book are hard to find but you can read some sections of it on John Freeman's Down the Tubes website.
Check out John's writing about Action on the Pop Junctions blog, listen to him talk about the 2000AD Action special on Space Spinner 2000 episode 266, and head to the Portsmouth Comic Con website.
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Sunday 17 September 2023
235: The Flash and Blue Beetle
Conrad returns to the film club with the two most recent DC releases. Spoiler warnings, particularly for the many cameos in The Flash movie.
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Sunday 10 September 2023
234: Hondo City Law
James Knight joins the book club to discuss the first volume of Hondo City Law, and to talk about the influence of Manga on Robbie Morrison and Frank Quitely's work, and on 2000AD in general.
Check out James' work at the National Sound Archive and the Sound and Moving Image archive. And listen to his own show on BTS radio.
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Sunday 27 August 2023
233: Crossed
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Sunday 20 August 2023
232: Dirty Harry & Death Race 2000
John Caro joins the film club with two films from the 1970s that give us the chance to discuss some of the DNA of Judge Dredd and 2000AD. Follow Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000, and find John on Twitter and on Mastodon.
And get in touch if you want to discuss a film that relates to 2000AD or British comics in general.
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Sunday 13 August 2023
231: Sonic the Comic
Dan Ratcliffe joined me in a Cambridge pub to discuss the fascinating history of Sonic the Comic from the 1990 and early 2000s. Check out Sonic the Comic the Podcast as recommended by Dan, and get in touch if you want to see more of his bound collections.
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Sunday 30 July 2023
230: Served Cold
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Sunday 16 July 2023
229: The Art of Frank Bellamy
I met up with Richard Sheaf at Lawless to discuss the work of one of his favourite artists. Get your copy of The Art of Frank Bellamy from The Book Palace. Check out Norman Boyd's blog all about Bellamy. And follow Richard's work at Boys Adventure Comics.
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Sunday 9 July 2023
228: Film Club
Conrad Leiden joins me for a remotely recorded film club in which we briefly cover John Wick 4, and then get onto two of the big summer movies with minor spoilers throughout for Guardians of the Galaxy vol 3, and Spider-Man:Across the Spider-Verse.
Check out Conrad's latest adventures with Fox at SpaceSpinner2000.com
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Sunday 2 July 2023
227: Sin City
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Sunday 18 June 2023
226: Battle Action #1
I met up with Paul Trimble at his Enniskillen Comic Fest to have a quick chat about the first issue of the new Battle Action specials. And then I took my microphone on to the convention floor and spoke with Garth Ennis, Keith Burns, John Wagner, Dan Cornwell and Gerry Finley-Day. Apologies for my poor microophone technique in places.
Head to the 2000AD and Treasury store to get your copy and make sure we get more of these splendid comics.
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Sunday 4 June 2023
225: The Bogie Man
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Sunday 21 May 2023
224: The Flying Gun
I'm delighted to welcome Garth Ennis back to the book club to discuss the fourth Titan collection of Johnny Red by Tom Tully and John Cooper.
Get your copy from your local book shop, be sure to order the new Battle Action specials, and visit the Enniskillen comic fest page on Facebook. Thanks to Paul Trimble for help setting up this interview.
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Sunday 7 May 2023
223: From Hell
Buy a copy of the 2000AD Covers Uncovered annual from the 2000AD store. And check out Pete's remarkable Sensory Stories for children with special educational needs at HelpKidzLearn.
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Sunday 23 April 2023
222: Emerald Isle
Jamie Beamish is back with a classic tale of Dredd in the Emerald Isle by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Check out the Garth Ennis collection on kindle, or Casefiles 15.
And you can watch Jamie on screen in Bridgerton, the absolutely wonderful Derry Girls, and Halo.
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Sunday 16 April 2023
221: Quantum
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Sunday 9 April 2023
220: Masters of Comic Book Art
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Sunday 2 April 2023
219: Quantumania and Fury of the Gods
(Note: we recorded this before the assault allegations against Jonathan Majors were announced.)
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Sunday 26 March 2023
218: Judge Minty & Search/Destroy
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Sunday 19 March 2023
217: I am the Law
Tharg's very own publicity droid and brand manager Michael Molcher joins me to discuss his book about the genesis of Judge Dredd, and how he reflects the history and politics of policing on both sides of the Atlantic. You can buy I am the Law from the Rebellion store or your local bookshop.
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Sunday 12 March 2023
216: Elephantmen
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Sunday 26 February 2023
215: The Daredevils
Peter Gouldson joins the book club to discuss a golden period for Marvel UK as we go through the 11 issues of The Daredevils magazine from 1983.
Check out Peter's writing on ComicScene magazine which you can now get on the Kindle.
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Sunday 12 February 2023
214: Dan Dare vol 2
Get your copy of the lovely hardback from the 2000AD store, and check out the development of Chris's Nemo's Fury game on his website and on Facebook and Twitter.
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Sunday 29 January 2023
213: Leviathan
Get your copy from the 2000AD store, check out my annotations to the series, and find Michael's letters to Tharg in the Beast database.
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Sunday 22 January 2023
212: Hell Drivers and Damnation Alley
The Film Club has moved to the Betsey Trotwood pub in London and recruited Alex Frith to discuss Hell Drivers from 1957, and Damnation Alley from 1977. These films have connections to 2000AD and we have opinions about both of them. You can watch Damnation Alley on Amazon video and email me if you want to borrow the Hell Drivers DVD.
Get a copy of Alex's Two Heads from your local book shop, and check out Conrad's work on SpaceSpinner2000
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Sunday 15 January 2023
211: A Trick of the Light
And find Sam’s own comics at Signal Comics.
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Sunday 1 January 2023
210: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
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