Mega City Book Club

326: Zenith phase 3

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 4 Apr 2026 23:00:00 +0100

Andrew Schuman joins the book club to discuss the reality altering crisis in Phase 3 of Zenith by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell. You can find this book digitally or wait until later in 2026 for a complete omnibus in colour. The Zenith phase 3 scorecard is here and the Tom Whiteley article we discuss is here.

You can find out more about Andrew's ministry at St Christopher's.

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325: Precinct 13 and Outpost 31

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:30:00 GMT

Troy Martin is a confident man who dons his Parka to guide us through two masterpieces from John Carpenter. None of us are who we think we are but you can find Troy at TMfitness and Sweet Nightmares Media. And follow Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.

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324: Nemesis the Warlock book 1

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 23:30:00 GMT

Mick Cassidy joins the book club to take me back to the glories of Kevin O'Neill's black and white artwork in the first Titan collection of Nemesis by O'Neill and Pat Mills.

Find Mick's own work at MetalMongrol.com and on his Big Cartel. You can also follow him on instagram and ComicArtFans.

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323: Beyond the Call of Duty

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 7 Mar 2026 23:30:00 GMT

Liam Dempsey from the Spocklight podcast joins me to discuss the challenges Dredd and DeMarco face after the events of The Pit. You can find this story in Case Files 28. And you can find more of Liam's work on Letterboxd and Bluesky.

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322: Robots in Disguise

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Michael Crowder joins the film club to talk about two transforming robot movies from 1986, Transformers The Movie and GoBots:Battle of the Rock Lords. Email me if you want a link to the GoBots on Facebook. That's if we haven't put you off!

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321: Calvin and Hobbes

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 7 Feb 2026 23:00:00 GMT

Lee Tyler is back to discuss the greatest newspaper comic strip of all time. We also play the most expensive round of the grail page game yet, just so we can donate the art to the Billy Ireland cartoon museum in Ohio! The documentary we discuss is called Dear Mr Watterson.

You can support Lee's community work on the Forty Hall Vineyard. And if you're interested in joining us for the 4th Hotdog Run in Bristol then find us on the Lawless Facebook page or email me for details.

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320: Lawless vol 1

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 23:30:00 GMT

Troy Martin returns to discuss some wonderful work by Dan Abnett and Phil Winslade on the first book of Lawless. You can find the musical episode we discussed on Soundcloud or the 2000AD page.

Troy wrote a story in Commando 5731 and in DUI 4 You can also find him in Zarjaz 3:3 and on his substack Sweet Nightmare Media. And his guide to fitness and health Sleep Lift Eat is still available on the Kindle.

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319: Preacher

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 23:00:00 GMT

The book club has gone to Texas. Jamie Beamish makes his third appearance to discuss Preacher and the superlative work of Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, and Glenn Fabry.

Go and see Jamie on screen in Saipan, and keep an eye on Netflix for Lisa McGee's new series. Billy the Kid is streaming on MGM+ and Halo is on Paramount+.

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318: The Broons and Oor Wullie

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:30:00 GMT

Jonny Cannon takes the book club north of the border to discuss the cultural significance of The Broons and Oor Wullie, and the endlessly inventive artwork of Dudley D.Watkins. Crivens!

Find Jonny's own comics on his BigCartel store, and follow his wonderful notes on artists on his Substack. If you have 30 minutes free before Hogmanay you can find the youtube documentary we discussed here.

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317: The ComicScene Yearbook 2026

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 23:30:00 GMT

Tony Foster pops into a festive book club to talk about the ComicScene yearbook 2026 and to reveal the winners of their latest awards. Get your copy from the Shift webstore, and follow ComicScene on substack.

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316: We3

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 23:30:00 GMT

Zack Cahill takes me on an Incredible Journey through a masterpiece by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. The new pocket digest edition is out now.

Find Zack's own comics on Big Cartel and his Patreon. And you can now buy DUI 4 through the KDP print on demand service. All profits got to the London Cartoon Museum, and check out Zack's wonderful Steranko inspired cover.

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315: The Small House

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 23:30:00 GMT

Graham Cannon returns to discuss a modern Judge Dredd classic by Rob Williams and Henry Flint. Get your copy from the 2000AD store. And thanks to Close Encounters in Peterborough for letting us record upstairs.
And yes, my voice was recovering from a cold.

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314: Hellbreaker

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 23:30:00 GMT

Pat Mills and Ian Ashcroft join me to discuss their current kickstarter for Hellbreaker: Fire in the Blood. Get onboard the kickstarter here, follow Pat on his Substack, and find Ian's art on Instagram and Facebook.

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313: The War Machine

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 23:30:00 GMT

Ant Celestino joins the book club with the collected edition of the Rogue Trooper reboot: The War Machine. You can get your copy in the 2000AD store. And stay tuned to the end for a surprise from your favourite Saturday morning cartoon! Follow Ant's theme tune project on his YouTube.

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312: Realm of the Damned

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 1 Nov 2025 23:30:00 GMT

Pete Trainor joins the book club to discuss Realm of the Damned by Alec Worley and Pye Parr. Check out Alec's Substack for great notes on horror. The Sons of Balaur music is on Youtube and you can find Pete on his website and on Bluesky.

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311: Jaws

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 23:00:00 +0100

Richard Sheaf, Conrad Leiden and myself set off on board the Orca to compare scars, tell horror stories, and sing sea shanties galore. Find Richard at BoysAdventureComics.blogspot.com and Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com

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310: Judgment Day

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Adam Murdough returns to the book club with one of Alan Moore's lesser known works featuring a panoply of artistic talent. You can hear more of Adam on the Comic Timing podcast with Ian Levenstein. Also, Adam's thesis on Crisis on Infinite Earths is here. And there is a set of annotations to the Judgment Day event.

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309: The Life of Brian Braddock

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 5 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0100

We've visited the Crooked World of Captain Britain twice in the book club, now Luke Aldred returns to discuss what happened to Brian Braddock after all of that earth-shattering chaos. We talk about stories by Jamie Delano, and all of that superb art by Alan Davis.

You can find Luke's own artwork on Instagram, and see some of his painted miniatures here.

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308: Lovesick

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Rob Ellis joined me at the Lawless convention to discuss an unusual book by the Italian creator Luana Vecchio. Content advisory: this book features a lot of sex, violence, and suicidal ideation. It's not for everyone but if you are not deterred then both the digital and paperback versions are still available.

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307: The Sweeney!

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Get your trousers on, you're nicked! The old school film club wants to tell you about fags, slags, blags, and Jags. John Caro joins us to discuss two films about hard nosed British coppers in the late 1970s. Can we make the link to the comics that we love so much, and can we work out why everyone in these films is so miserable?

Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com, join John on Mastodon and find his published work online here.

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306: Beyond Mega-City One

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 7 Sep 2025 00:30:00 +0100

I met up with Giles Wright at the Enniskillen Comic Fest to discuss another eclectic collection of Judge Dredd stories which tells us more about the world beyond the boundaries of MC1. We also discuss the convention and Paul Trimble's astonishing line-up of guests.

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305: 28 Years Later

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:30:00 +0100

For this film club episode we dodged hordes of the rage infected to end up in another London dungeon! Damian Lubanski earns his fifth star and covers one of the big horror films of the year. We are pretty spoilerific for the first two films in the series. We also discuss the character from British television history who turns up at the end so if you want to avoid that spoiler skip from 31:47-35:17

Damian also recommends the movie Weapons and the unusual Channel 4 puppet show Don't Hug Me I'm Scared.

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304: Jeff Hawke

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:30:00 +0100

A look at the newspaper strip Jeff Hawke by Willie Patterson and Sydney Jordan. Recorded at the Lawless convention with Richard Sheaf, who is a comics blogger, scholar, fact-checker, proofreader, and the tailwalker in the this year's Hotdog run. Check out Richard's work at BoysAdventureComics.blogspot.com and at the Book Palace.

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303: Fantastic Four: First Steps

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Conrad is back to discuss the new Fantastic Four movie. We talk about spoilers for Reed Richards' master plan from 19:51-26:07 so maybe avoid that section if you haven't seen the film yet. And find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com

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302: When the Wind Blows

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Jim O'Brien returns to discuss the nuclear paranoia of the early 1980s and, in particular, the genius of Raymond Briggs. Find Jim's own writings about comics in Battling Britons issue 7, and in Comics Rule OK. And keep on eye on Justin Marriott's page for the new issue coming soon.

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301: Superman (2025)

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 3 Aug 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Conrad and I have both seen the new Superman movie and we can't stop humming the John Williams theme. Podcasts are the new punk rock!

Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com

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300: Top Ten Covers

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:30:00 +0100

The book club reaches episode 300, and to celebrate I'm joined by Pete Wells to count down the top ten covers from the first 300 progs as voted for by listeners. There are a couple of surprises along the way and you can view a montage of the top ten covers here. Thank you to everyone who voted, and thank you to everyone for listening, commenting, reviewing, and sharing over the last 300 pods.

You can also see Pete's pages from the Lawman of the Future comic here and here. And the Simon Fraser cover for Prog 1791 here. Please visit Pete's Sensory stories podcast page.

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299: Lawman of the Future

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Dan Stokes joins the book club to discuss the Judge Dredd: Lawman of the Future comic from 1995. What high hopes we all had back then!

Find Dan's own art at Stokesy.art on Instagram and at ArtTherapyDan.com

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298: Moon

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:30:00 +0100

We're in the film club again as Conrad and Peter briefly discuss Marvel's Thunderbolts (no spoilers) before Peter makes the case for Duncan Jones' Moon with full spoilers for this fantastic film.

Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com and Peter at the Hindsight Hut including his recent interview with Simon Furman.

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297: The Daleks

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Brian Doob returns to discuss a Panini collection of The Daleks strips that ran in TV Century 21 comic in the 1960s. Check out Brian's work on British Invaders and on the BritTrack at Dragon Con.

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296: Animal Man

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 1 Jun 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Colin Taylor returns to celebrate reaching the top ten of his massive project to cover 100 comic runs that you should read, and in at number 7 is Animal Man. We cover the 26 issue run by Grant Morrison, Chas Troug and Doug Hazlewood, with spectacular covers by Brian Bolland. We do discuss some mild spoilers including for one of the greatest single issue comics of all time, The Coyote Gospel in issue #5.

You can find Colin's list of his top comic runs of all time on the 2000AD forums. Start here for a countdown listing from number 133.

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295: The Trials of Nasty Tales

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 18 May 2025 00:30:00 +0100

The hardest working man in British comics returns, Tony Esmond guides me through the history of underground comics and some of the legal difficulties they encountered in the early 1970s. The Trials of Nasty Tales is a 1973 British anthology comic that covers one of the court cases in madcap detail, and it features an early appearance by Dave Gibbons.

Find Tony at NeverIronAnything.com including our Never Iron Anything episode about Gerald Scarfe, you can buy Tony's own comics at Tribute Press, and listen in to the weekly Awesome Comics Podcast which has recently celebrated 500 episodes.

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294: Judge Dredd The Movie

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 4 May 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Conrad Leiden joins me to discuss the 30th anniversary edition of the adaptation of the Sylvester Stallone Judge Dredd movie. Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com and BigMegOne.com

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293: City of the Damned

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Dave Wynn makes his third visit to the book club to discuss the Judge Dredd epic that sort of tapered out, and even got lost in a pub. We chat about City of the Damned, four great artists, and what makes a good epic. You can find this story in Case Files vol 8 and read more about the lost and found Steve Dillon artwork at Comic Book Resources.

You can buy the Henge comic with Boo Cook cover here, and their album here. The Strange Days festival takes place in September 2025 and features both Henge and Crab.

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292: Grandville

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 6 Apr 2025 00:30:00 +0100

Alan Fisher joins the five star club as he returns to discuss the collected edition of Bryan Talbot's five Grandville stories. Order your copy of the collected Grandville adventures, and look out for the forthcoming prequel series about Stamford Hawksmoor.

If you want one of the few remaining Johnny Alpha statues contact Alan through Fish Collectibles.

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291: Cover Story. The 2000AD Design Art of Robin Smith

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:30:00 GMT

Jon Hymus has come back with a belter of a book from 2000AD. Join us as we marvel over the contributions of Robin Smith to the golden age of the galaxy's greatest comic.

And send your votes for the top ten best prog covers of all time to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com
The results will be revealed in episode 300!

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290: Born Again into a Brave New World

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:30:00 GMT

Movie time! We have seen Captain America: Brave New World and the first three episodes of Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+. Very mild spoilers for the rather dull film but nothing you haven't already seen in the trailers.

Most importantly, both Space Spinner 2000 and the Big Meg One are back. Get them back in your podcast apps.

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289: The Drunken Bakers

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 9 Mar 2025 00:30:00 GMT

Brian Walsh is back in the book club, and he's brought cake! We discuss the history of Viz and the existential comedy of the Drunken Bakers by Barney Farmer and Lee Healey. I wouldn't touch that Battenberg sponge if I were you.

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288: Lord Snooty

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:30:00 GMT

Robert Hagan returns from episode 163 to discuss another comic genius as we look at Dudley D.Watkins and his creation, Lord Snooty. You can find copies of this book very cheaply on the second-hand markets, and also look for their celebration of Watkins' work in the Beano and the Dandy. Read more of Robert's own writing in the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics.

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287: The Stainless Steel Rat in colour

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 9 Feb 2025 00:30:00 GMT

Giles Richards returns to discuss a new collection of the Stainless Steel Rat stories, and this time they are in colour. Grab yourself a copy from the 2000AD store.

Check out Giles' new INH records on Bandcamp and read his article about his inspiration for creating his own record label.

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286: Cry Havoc

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:30:00 GMT

It's a full moon and Brett Harris returns to discuss some werewolf action in Cry Havoc by Si Spurrier and Ryan Kelly. You can read it in an Image paperback collection. And find Brett's own writing on his blog.

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285: Hellman Downfall

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:30:00 GMT

Paul Trimble returns to discuss another volume of Hellman of Hammer Force, this time with stories from the Battle Action merger as Hellman and his crew head towards the end of the war. Grab your copy from the Treasury webshop.

Find details of the Enniskillen Comic Fest on Facebook and Instagram. And join the Battle Fans group to chat about more great war comics.

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284: Kraven's Last Hunt

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 5 Jan 2025 00:30:00 GMT

Conrad and I have been to see the latest film in Sony's Spider-Verse, and we use it as an excuse to talk about one of the greatest Spider-Man comic stories ever. The movie is optional but the comic book is required reading. Content note: this episode includes brief reference to suicide.

Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com

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283: Robot Wars

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Lee Tyler joins the book club to discuss the first Judge Dredd epic from back in 1977. You can find Robot Wars in Case Files 1 from the 2000AD store.

Join the Southern Contingent on Facebook and you can find the Lawless Hotdog Run there as well. Also check out the Forty Hall Vineyard that Lee discusses in this episode.

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282: The Tower King

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Jim Campbell returns for a third visit to the book club with a New Eagle classic, The Tower King by Alan Hebden and Jose Ortiz. The Hibernia collection is now out of print but keep an eye on their Comicsy webstore for new books as they come out, and follow them on Facebook. You can find Jim's own guide to comic lettering here.

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281: Necronauts

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 1 Dec 2024 00:30:00 GMT

I met up with five star club member Alex Frith in the pub to discuss Necronauts by Gordon Rennie and Frazer Irving. You can buy this story in the collection Tharg's Terror Tales on the 2000AD webshop. Find Alex on his Heroes of 2000AD blog, and the 2000AD forums.

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280: No More Heroes

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Conrad is back to discuss two recent films featuring villains but no heroes, maybe? There are spoilers for the ending of Joker 2 between 15:24 and 21:22. Listen to more Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com

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279: Ministry of Space

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Andrew Stringer is back on board the Spaceship Britannia as we blast off with the Ministry of Space by Warren Ellis and Chris Weston.

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278: The Sarge

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 3 Nov 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Garth Ennis returns to discuss two volumes of The Sarge from the pages of Battle by Gerry Finley-Day and Mike Western. We also discuss the current run of Battle Action specials and the return of Rogue Trooper to the pages of 2000AD.

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277: Garth

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Jonny Cannon returns to talk about his love for Frank Bellamy's inking techniques which he used to great effect on the long running newspaper strip, Garth. Check out the Frank Bellamy website and the Down the Tubes resource on the character.

And find Jonny's own inky noodlings at CannonHillComics on Big Cartel and follow him on Instagram and Threads.

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276: Roy of the Rovers

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 6 Oct 2024 00:30:00 +0100

David Nolan returns to talk about the greatest left foot in football, and to discuss the highs and lows of Melchester Rovers in the early 1980s. It's time to tackle the biggest sporting hero in the history of British comics (sorry, Alf). Second hand copies of this collection are still available.

You can find all of David's own books on Amazon, and his book about Argentinian football is also on Bookshop.org. Follow him on Bluesky and Twitter.

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275: Punisher Max

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Damian Lubanski returns to our secret recording facility in London and this time we are following Garth Ennis into one of those American comics. The first volume of his Punisher Max series is still available.

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274: Razorjack

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 8 Sep 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Acclaimed novelist and comics writer Michael Carroll joins the book club! You can find John Higgins' Razorjack hardback at Forbidden Planet, and Michael's novel from the same universe is on Amazon. Find more of Michael's work on his website, and on his wonderful Rusty Staples blog.

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273: The Ultimate Book of British Comics

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Jon Hymus, famous as the Man in the Gold suit from Lawless, joins the book club with a bumper volume packed full of British comics. Second hand copies are out there.

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272: Deadpool and Wolverine

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:30:00 +0100

The film club has been to see the big summer blockbuster and we have thoughts about it. The spoiler section starts at 15:20 and finishes at 39:55. And Conrad Leiden will regenerate and return to SpaceSpinner2000.com

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271: 40 Years of Scream!

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Stephen Last joins the book club to discuss a wonderful collection of all 15 issues of Scream from the Treasury of British Comics. You can find Stephen in the Facebook discussion group of The Evolution of Horror podcast.

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270: Batman Dylan Dog

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Tony Esmond returns to discuss the best Batman book of the year, and to touch on the huge subject of Italian comics. You can find Tony at Tribute Press, the Awesome Comics Podcast, Never Iron Anything, and as a columnist in American Nature Presents which you should be able to pick up in Gosh comics.

You can hear the Devil's Trills on youtube. It's also in Spotify and iTunes.

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269: Technofreak Apocrypha

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 00:30:00 +0100

I'm joined by 2000AD artist and colourist John Charles to discuss his own comics and his new Kickstarter for Technofreak Apocrypha. Find Technofreak on Kickstarter, or find more details on the Facebook page

268: Junker

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 14 Jul 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Rob Ellis joins the book club to make the case for Junker by Michael Fleisher, John Ridgway and Tim Perkins. This episode was recorded at Lawless 2024, see you at next year's convention.

267: When Judges Go Bad

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 00:30:00 +0100

I met up with Giles Wright at the Lawless convention to discuss another eclectic mix of Judge Dredd stories from some masters of the form. We talk about how Dredd's world reflects our own concerns about policing, and then take some time to run through the highlights of Lawless. This collection is out of print but it is available digitally from that place.

266: Pat Mills

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Pat Mills! The creator of 2000AD and so much more joins me to discuss his book Pageturners and his advice for creators who want to follow in his mighty footsteps. We also talk about his own first comic book reading experiences, and his latest and upcoming projects. You can buy a copy from the Millsverse Gumroad shop, and follow Pat on his Iconoblast substack.

Thanks to book clubber Tony Esmond for his help setting up this interview.

265: The Bojeffries Saga

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 16 Jun 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Richard Sheaf returns to the book club at the Lawless convention in Bristol to discuss the wonderful Bojeffries Saga by Alan Moore and Steve Parkhouse.

You can find Richard's blog at BoysAdventureComics.blogspot.com including his entries about Steve Parkhouse and his Bruno Brooks cover. There's also his entry about the Bojeffries Saga, and head over to The Book Palace to bask in the wonders of the books that Richard helps out with.

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264: Madame Web and Furiosa

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 9 Jun 2024 09:32:00 +0100

Conrad and I have been to the movies and we have thoughts about the lows of Madame Web and the heights of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Mild spoilers for Madame Web.

If you have a film double bill for the film club please get in touch. And head to SpaceSpinner2000.com for more great stuff as the boys are back in town!

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263: Firekind

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 2 Jun 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Ashley Baker joins me from Japan to discuss one of the lesser known classics from the prog in the 1990s. Follow us into the world of John Smith and Paul Marshall's Firekind, and get your copy from the 2000AD store. Also if you need Japanese translation services contact akt.honyaku@gmail.com

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262: Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew!

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 19 May 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Keith Richardson is the senior graphic novels editor at Rebellion and the editor of Monster Fun. We take a break from classic British comics to divert into the wonderful world of funny animals with Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew. And then we catch up with some exciting current and upcoming releases from the Treasury of British Comics.

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261: Ten years of Lawless

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Wed, 8 May 2024 00:30:00 +0100

I spoke to Su Haddrell about her work organising the superb Lawless convention for the last ten years. This year's event is on May 25-26th at the Doubletree Hilton in Bristol. Find tickets at Lawlesscomiccon.co.uk and also support this year's charity at Rewriting.earth.

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260: Concrete Surfer

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 5 May 2024 10:02:00 +0100

Sloe Smycz joins me from Warsaw to discuss reading British comics in Poland, and to focus on a fascinating mix of skateboarding and Pat Mills' politics from the pages of Jinty. We talk about Pat's involvement in creating Jinty and writing this story, and the wonderful black and white artwork by Christine Ellingham.

Check out the Warsaw Avangarda organisation, the Basilisk convention, their fortnightly TTRPG group, and head to Sloe's Instagram to see their own work and creations.

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259: Codename Warlord

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Colin Maxwell is a comic book creator who writes for Commando comics, and he joins the book club to discuss a recent collection of a classic story from DC Thomson in the 1970s. Find Colin at Maximised Comics and on Instagram.

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258: Father of the British Graphic Novel

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 14 Apr 2024 00:30:00 +0100

Alan Fisher returns to talk me through Bryan Talbot's memoir which he helped design, and to tell me about the new Johnny Alpha statue which you can still buy from Fish Collectibles. Also check out Keith Gainham's Strontium Dog page on Facebook.

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257: Tara Togs

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 7 Apr 2024 00:30:00 +0100

The comic artist Stref AKA Stephen White joins me to discuss the Comic Scene kickstarter for his new graphic novel Tara Togs: The Silence of Unicorns. Follow the link for the kickstarter, find Stephen on his website, instagram and the Tara Togs Facebook page.

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256: Runaway and E.T.

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 31 Mar 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Troy Martin joins the film club to explore 2000AD connections with the Tom Selleck robot movie Runaway, and then to ask whether Skizz is better than E.T. the Extra-terrestial.

You can find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com and check out Troy's comics work at Sweet Nightmares Media, and find him on his fitness site TMfitness.co.uk

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255: Sleeper

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Tim Burnell returns to the book club with one of the earliest collaborations between Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. We recorded this episode in the pub and it's a bit noisy. You can find Tim's own work in DUI #3 on the GlobalComix app and follow his ongoing art project @timotron1on Instagram.

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254: Big Dave

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Peter McKinney joins the book club to help me tackle the most controversial strip in the history of the galaxy's greatest comic. It's time to talk about Big Dave by Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and Steve Parkhouse. You can find Peter's blog post about the comic at the Hindsight Hut. And the other two articles we mention are by Colin Smith on Sequart and by Will Cooling archived at the Web Archive.

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253: V for Vendetta

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Broadcasting on the Voice of Fate Giles Richards returns to discuss one of the all-time classics: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd. We talk about some of the very emotional moments in this book with spoilers for some big reveals. Pray the future will never need V for Vendetta!

Find Giles on The Gurdian and order his new book F1 Racing Confidential.

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252: Escape from New York

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:30:00 GMT

The film club is back as Giles "Snake" Richards helps us Escape from New York and makes the connection between one of John Carpenter's finest films and the prog. We also try and spring Conrad from LA in the sequel. You can find Giles at The Guardian, and order his new book about Formula One. You can find the theme song remix by King DJ that we discussed on Spotify. And, as always, follow Conrad and Fox at SpaceSpinner2000.

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251: The Phoenix

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Colin "YNWA" Taylor returns to help me tick off another great British comic as we consider the success, the style, and the humour of The Phoenix. Track down a Colossal collection or some of the many Bunny vs Monkey books. And check out Colin's own project of 133 great comic book runs you should read on the 2000AD forums.

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250: Angouleme

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 4 Feb 2024 10:09:00 GMT

I was lucky enough to attend this year's Angouleme festival in France, and while there I met with Tony "LeMonde" Esmond for a croissant and a chat about the festival experience, some key creators, and a fantastic book from NoBrow Press. Follow Tony's comic book adventures at Never Iron Anything, and check out his visitors' guide to the festival on the Awesome Comics Podcast.

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249: Night of the Devil

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Jim O'Brien joins the book club to introduce me to the work of the great European comic book artist Hugo Pratt. We start with the Night of the Devil collection from the Treasury of British Comics, and then cover some of his other works.

You can find Jim's own writings about the history of comics in Justin Marriott's Battling Britains and in Comics Rule OK as well as the Paperback Fanatic series.

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248: The Marvels and Aquaman 2

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Conrad and I have been back to the movies to see two recent comic book movies and we chat about them with minor spoilers both above and below the waves! SpaceSpinner2000 will return very soon so please subscribe, like and follow.

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247: Hewligan's Haircut

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:30:00 GMT

Be careful when choosing a new hairstyle just in case you end up causing a madcap reality storm as detailed in a wonderful collaboration between Peter Milligan and Jamie Hewlett. 2000AD writer James Peaty returns to the book club to discuss a classic from the late 1980s. Get your copy from the 2000AD store. And check out James' work on Amazon, at 2000AD, and on the Writers on Film podcast with John Bleasdale.

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246: Helltrekkers

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 00:30:00 GMT

Peter Adamson from Where Eagles Dare is back to accompany me on a Helltrek through the Cursed Earth. Watch out for dinosaurs, acid rain, lava, and mutant mayhem along the way! Get your copy from the 2000AD store, join the Where Eagles Dare Facebook group, or follow them on Threads.

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245: Death's Head

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 00:30:00 GMT

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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244: Petrol Head

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 00:30:00 GMT

Rob Williams is well known for his wonderful writing for 2000AD, Marvel, DC and Doctor Who comics, and now is the co-creator with Pye Parr of a great new comic called Petrol Head. We chat about the classic Alan Moore and Alan Davis run on Captain Britain and discuss the unstoppable and terrifying Fury. Then Rob tells me all about the plans for Petrol Head going future, jump onboard with issues 1 and 2 now.

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243: Transformers

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 3 Dec 2023 00:30:00 GMT

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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242: Hardware and The Valley of Gwangi

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:30:00 GMT

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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241: Rat Pack

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 00:30:00 GMT

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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240: Requiem Vampire Knight

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 5 Nov 2023 00:30:00 GMT

Troy Martin joins the book club to help me explore the success of Pat Mills in European comics, and to look at Olivier Ledroit's sumptuous artwork on Requiem Vampire Knight. Check it out on the Millsverse and on GlobalComix. Find out about Troy's own comics at Engine Comics, and on Facebook and instagram. You can find Troy on his website, and his book is available on Amazon.

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239: Robocops

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 00:30:00 +0100

Luke Aldred drops into a tri-continental episode of the film club to discuss a robotic police officer who bears more than a passing resemblance to Judge Dredd. Catch up with Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com and follow Luke on Etsy and instagram.

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238: Slaves of War Orphan Farm

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:30:00 +0100

Matthew Ellis returns to early 1970s British comics with Slaves of War Orphan Farm by Gerry Finley-Day and Desmond Walduck which began in issue one of Tammy in 1971. Expect plucky heroines, escapes and recaptures, and the horrors of repetitive head trauma. You can read more about this comic on the Jinty and Tammy blogs. And find space in your diary for next year's NICE convention.

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237: The Light and Darkness War

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 8 Oct 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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236: Action. The Story of a Violent Comic

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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235: The Flash and Blue Beetle

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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234: Hondo City Law

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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233: Crossed

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 00:30:00 +0100

Damian Lubanski joins me in the book club's secret underground base to discuss possibly the most extreme comic Garth Ennis has ever created. Content warning: this book contains depictions of graphic violence and sexual assault and we discuss some of this during the episode. The three issue mini series we recommend begins with this issue on Kindle/Comixology.

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232: Dirty Harry & Death Race 2000

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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231: Sonic the Comic

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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230: Served Cold

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 00:30:00 +0100

I met up with Giles Wright at the Lawless convention to discuss another eclectic mix of Judge Dredd stories, this time all written by Al Ewing. Hard copies of the Mega Collection volume 87 are still out there, and you can buy Ewing's other collection Blaze of Glory from the 2000AD store. Giles also recommends Darwyn Cooke's adaptations of Richard Stark's Parker stories.

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229: The Art of Frank Bellamy

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 16 Jul 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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228: Film Club

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 9 Jul 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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227: Sin City

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 2 Jul 2023 00:30:00 +0100

Luke Aldred is a new addition to the book club, and he takes me through the first volume of Frank Miller's Sin City in which he sees strong parallels with Judge Dredd. Check out Luke's own art on Etsy and instagram.

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226: Battle Action #1

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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225: The Bogie Man

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 4 Jun 2023 00:30:00 +0100

John Wagner joined me at the Lawless convention in Bristol for a brief chat about the Bogie Man and the forthcoming collected edition. There is some background noise on this episode but it's worth it for a chance to listen to the great man himself. Check out The Bogie Man website and the Kickstarter organised with the assistance of The77.

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224: The Flying Gun

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 21 May 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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223: From Hell

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 7 May 2023 00:30:00 +0100

Pete Wells returns for a record breaking eighth appearance on the book club with a literal monster of a book. Tune in as we tackle From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell.

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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222: Emerald Isle

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:30:00 +0100

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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221: Quantum

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:30:00 +0100

Steve Tanner is the editor in chief of Time Bomb Comics and he joins me to discuss Quantum, a new comic you can find on the newsstands. We also talk more Spectrum comics, the Kickstarter for Brawler #3, and upcoming appearances of his splendid jackets at British comic conventions.

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220: Masters of Comic Book Art

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 9 Apr 2023 00:30:00 +0100

Justin Marriott is the editor of the Battling Britons fanzine which you can find on Amazon. He joins the book club to discuss a 1978 book of comic art by P.R."Doc" Garriock.

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219: Quantumania and Fury of the Gods

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 2 Apr 2023 00:30:00 +0100

Conrad Leiden from Space Spinner 2000 joins me to discuss our two most recent movie trips. Spoilers abound for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and Shazam: Fury of the Gods.
(Note: we recorded this before the assault allegations against Jonathan Majors were announced.)

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218: Judge Minty & Search/Destroy

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 00:30:00 GMT

It's film club time as Conrad Leiden and I met up with the co-directors of Judge Minty from 2013 and Search/Destroy from 2016. Steven Sterlacchini and Steve Green discuss how the two fan films came about, and some of the challenges and adventures they had during production. And check out their new comic project with Mike McMahon, Joe and his Killer Robot Dad.

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217: I am the Law

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 00:30:00 GMT

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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216: Elephantmen

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:30:00 GMT

Andy Cowburn becomes a new member of the book club to discuss the career of Richard Starkings and his Elephantmen series with the first volume, Armed Forces. Check out Andy's Facebook group devoted to the series. And head to your nearest bookshop to start your own Elephantmen journey.

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215: The Daredevils

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 04:00:00 GMT

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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214: Dan Dare vol 2

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 03:00:00 GMT

Chris Hunneysett helps me complete the adventures of Dan Dare in the pages of 2000AD, a project started in the very first episode of this podcast. This gives us a chance to discuss the wonderful black and white art by Dave Gibbons, and to talk about the history of Dan Dare as a British comic book hero.

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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213: Leviathan

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 03:00:00 GMT

Michael Crowder joins the book club to discuss a horror classic from Ian Edginton and D'Israeli.

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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212: Hell Drivers and Damnation Alley

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 03:00:00 GMT

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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211: A Trick of the Light

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 03:00:00 GMT

I'm joined by Samuel George London from the Comics for the Apocalypse podcast to discuss the work of Aly Fell in A Trick of the Light. Check out Aly's work on darkrising.co.uk and follow him on Facebook and Instagram for news of his upcoming kickstarter.

And find Sam’s own comics at Signal Comics.

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210: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 1 Jan 2023 03:00:00 GMT

Jake Ebeling returns to the book club to help me celebrate the extraordinary life and works of the late Kevin O'Neill.We use the first volume of the League's adventures as our jumping off point to discuss O'Neill's work in 2000AD and beyond, and to pick out some favourites from his artwork.

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209: Dr Mesmer's Revenge

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 04:00:00 GMT

I met up with Simon Belmont at the Thought Bubble convention to talk about British comics and focus on Dr Mesmer's Revenge by Donne Avenell and Carlos Cruz. Check out the Warlord group on Facebook, and get your copy of the book from the 2000AD store.

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208: Black Adam & Wakanda Forever

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 02:00:00 GMT

Conrad and I have been to see two more comic book movies, and we talk about them with spoiler details. Please check out Conrad's podcast at SpaceSpinner2000.com

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207: Shamballa

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 4 Dec 2022 04:00:00 GMT

Paul Deadeye joins the book club to discuss Cassandra Anderson's adventures in Shamballa. And we talk about Paul's friendship with the late Alan Grant, and Alan's great legacy as a writer, editor, and mentor to so many in the comics industry.

Grab a copy from the 2000AD store and listen to the audiobook from Penguin Random House audio.

Check out Paul's model work in the 1977-2000AD Facebook group and contact him there if you are interested in collaborating on his new comic.

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206: Captain Condor

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 04:00:00 GMT

David Robertson from That Comic Smell podcast takes me through a recent release from Hibernia Comics and the life and works of artist Brian Lewis.

Check out David's own Fred Egg comics at his BigCartel store.

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205: The Last American

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 6 Nov 2022 04:00:00 GMT

Luke Williams is back to guide me through the post-apocalyptic landscape of The Last American by Wagner, Grant and McMahon. Get your copy from the 2000AD store.

And please check out Luke's own writing on the Comic Scene, Down the Tubes, and the ECBT2000AD sites.

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204: Brothers of the Blood

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 02:00:00 +0100

Giles Wright is back with another eclectic selection of Dredd stories. And these tell us a lot about the different aspects of Joe's character as reflected in his extended family members.

Get your copy from the 2000AD store.

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203: Judge Dredd Vs Aliens: Incubus

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 9 Oct 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Graham Cannon joins me in the Peterborough Close Encounters comic shop to discuss that time when pesky Xenomorphs arrived in Mega-City One. And we get to discuss what makes a great crossover in comics.

You can read this story in Case Files 36, or in the digital version of the Predator vs Aliens collection. And you can find Graham's Alien story if you can track down a copy of Zarjaz 39.

202: Terror Behind the Bamboo Curtain

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Matthew Ellis joins me in a somewhat noisy London box room to discuss an obscure comic from the first 12 issues of Battle Picture Weekly. We get to talk about early plot reveals, the differences between boys' and girls' comics from the 1970s, handling problematic racial stereotypes, and other difficulties with collecting comics from this period. Note: I did what I could with the background noise on this episode but there are a lot of sirens in London!

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201: Childhood's End

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Space Spinner 2000 takes us to Mars as Conrad Leiden returns with the further adventures of Judge Anderson from Psi Division. Spoiler alert early on for a big character reveal in this story.

This episode was recorded before the sad passing of Alan Grant, stay tuned for a book club tribute to Alan later in the year.

Tune in to Space Spinner 2000 and the Big Meg One wherever you get your podcasts. You can find the Childhood's End story in Psi Files volume 2

200: Case Files 5

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 4 Sep 2022 06:00:00 +0100

The book club celebrates 200 episodes and invites Brett Summers back to answer a question we posed in episode 13, is Case Files volume 5 the best Judge Dredd book to hand to a new reader? Check out Brett's blogging and podcast at CultFaction.com and Apple podcasts.

Buy your copy of Case Files 5 from your local comic or book shop, or from the 2000AD webstore.

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199: Drawn Under the Influence 2

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 28 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Tony Esmond from the Never Iron Anything podcast joins me to discuss a new small press anthology comic that grew out of the Awesome Comics Podcast community, and is raising money for cancer research UK.

Get your copy from https://duicomic.bigcartel.com/ and if you are interested in submitting a pitch for next year's issue 3 then email duicomic3@gmail.com

And get Tony's comics, including the highly recommended Hidden Figures, from Tribute Press.

198: Luther Arkwright

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Sheridan Kelly joins me at London's Cartoon museum to discuss Bryan Talbot's Adventures of Luther Arkwright, and a wide variety of releases since the 1970s. The Talbot exhibition continues at the museum until October 2022. Thank you to Emma Stirling-Middleton and Steve Marchant at the Cartoon museum for their help with this episode.

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197: Thistlebone 2

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 7 Aug 2022 06:00:00 +0100

I met up with Damian Lubanski in an echoey London dungeon to discuss Thistlebone book 2, the art of Simon Davis, and the subject of folk horror in film, television, and comics.
Note: this book and episode refer to the subject of child abuse. Listener discretion advised.

Get your copy of Thistlebone 2 from Bookshop.org

196: Bullet

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 31 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Andrew Stringer joins the book club to introduce me to the DC Thomson comic Bullet and the exploits of its lead character, Fireball. Seek out the Warlord and Battle Fans groups on Facebook, and follow the Fireball page for more great 1970s comics discussion.

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195: House of Daemon

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100

The demon letterer himself, Jim Campbell, returns to the book club with a Hibernia comics collection of the House of Daemon by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Jose Ortiz. We discuss how Ortiz achieves such superlative art, how Jim identified the letterers on the series, and the fact that Wagner & Grant were writing just all the British comics back then. This episode was recorded before the sad news of the death of 2000AD legend Alan Grant.

You can see Jim's tutorials on his blog, and find him on instagram, and get the Nate Piekos guide to comic book lettering from Blambot.

194: A Tale of Two Mega-Cities

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 is back for another Mega City film club. And we have to talk about two Judge Dredd movies that, actually, we both quite like a lot. And stay tuned to the end for our Thor: Love and Thunder review.

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193: Ace Trucking Co.

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Chris Hallam is a freelance writer on comics and films. He joins me to discuss the great Ace Trucking Co. by Wagner, Grant and Belardinelli. Track down your own hard copy from Hachette.

Check out Chris's blog, you can buy the History of Comics magazines from Get My Comics, and you can find his own Judge Dredd story in Zarjaz 39.

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192: Two Heads

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 3 Jul 2022 06:00:00 +0100

I'm back in the Betsey Trotwood pub with Alex Frith and this time the book club is entirely devoted to a guest project. Alex has created a graphic novel about neuroscience with his parents Uta and Chris Frith, and the artist Daniel Locke. It's a fantastic look at how our brains work, both by themselves, and in cooperation with others. We talk about the process of writing the book, and the collaborative process that reflects his parents’ scientific endeavours.

Order your copy from Bookshop.org or your local book shop. Check out Alex's Heroes of 2000AD blog, his ranking of Judge Dredd epics, and his comparison of the end of year progs.

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191: Battle Action

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Paul Trimble joins me for some bonus Battle Action. We discuss the new hardback collection without any spoilers, and then move on to talk about what might come next from Rebellion and the Treasury of British Comics.

Follow the Enniskillen Comic Fest on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Check out volume 3 of Battling Britons, and get a copy of Blazing Battle Action while stocks last.

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190: The Cam Kennedy collection

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 26 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Andy Janes is a character designer and story board artist for Aardman animations, and a published Beano artist. He joined me at the Lawless convention to discuss a huge hardback collection of Cam Kennedy's Judge Dredd stories, and to reflect on Kennedy's wonderful artwork and storytelling. Google tells me there was a second volume of Kennedy stories from IDW but that is also out of print and very hard to find.

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189: Dredd Vs Death

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 19 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Giles Richards is a sports journalist, and the Formula One correspondent for the Guardian newspaper. He joins me over a slightly crackly Zoom link to discuss a new collection of classic Judge Death stories which features some peak Brian Bolland artwork.

Buy your copy of the Essentials trade paperback from your local book shop, or from 2000AD.

188: King's Reach

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 12 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100

It's a speedy return for the Don of British comics, Richard Sheaf, as we take a brief time-out from the Lawless convention to discuss John Sanders' memoir of his 25 years as a publisher in the British comics industry.

Check out Richard's daily blog, and get your copy of the book from 2000AD

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187: Lawless Film Club

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 5 Jun 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 joined me at the Lawless convention to discuss some recent comic book movies. We also added some post match discussion about the convention itself so stay tuned right to the end for some car-casting!

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186: Masters of British Comic Art

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 29 May 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Richard Sheaf is a renowned scholar of British comics and publishes a daily blog at boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com He is back in the book club with a huge, gorgeous volume by David Roach. We drool over the artwork and discuss some of the forgotten history of British comics.

Get your copy from your local book shop or the 2000AD store.

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185: Jaegir

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 22 May 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Alan Fisher is back to discuss Jaegir by Gordon Rennie and Simon Coleby. And we get to talk about the idea of expansion stories from the 2000AD universe.

Get your copy from the 2000AD store, and watch out for all of Bryan Talbot's upcoming releases.

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184: Pandora

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 15 May 2022 06:00:00 +0100

A bonus episode to talk to Jo Heeley about a new comic called Pandora that launchs at the Lawless convention, and features work from Alan Hebden, Anna Morozova, and many more. You can get your copy from The 77 store, and follow the comic on Twitter for regular updates.

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183: Outcasts

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 8 May 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Colin Taylor is known as Colin YNWA on the 2000AD forum. He joins me to discuss the most 2000AD comic that DC ever published. We talk about this less well known but wonderful series from Wagner, Grant & Kennedy.

You can find Chloe Maveal's article about Outcasts here. And head to the 2000AD forums to see the results of the board's favourite thrills.

182: Spectrum

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Steve Tanner from Time Bomb comics is my guest to discuss an amazing new collaboration with Anderson Entertainment to produce a comic based on the works of Gerry Anderson. Check out the Kickstarter while there is time, and look out for Steve's multicoloured jackets at a comics event near you soon.

181: Portrait of a Mutant

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 10 Apr 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Dave Wynn returns with a stone cold classic in the shape of Strontium Dog: Portrait of a Mutant by Alan Grant, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. We really get into some of the politics and real life parallels of this great story.

You can find Portrait of a Mutant in the Strontium Dog Agency Files volume 2 or the pocket digest edition.

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180: Misty presents Jaume Rumeu

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Sarah Harris joins me to talk about the great legacy of Misty comic, and to focus on the latest release from the Treasury of British Comics, the Jaume Rumeu collection. Check out Sarah's own work on her website, and get a digital copy of the DUI comic to help the charity Refuge.

You can get the Jaume Rumeu collection and other Misty books from the Treasury store.

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179: Brink book 2

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 06:00:00 GMT

Ian Dunt is an author, a political journalist, and a columnist for the I newspaper. He is also a regular panelist on The Bunker and Oh God, What Now? podcasts. He joins me to discuss one of the best comics in 2000AD, or indeed anywhere at the moment, as we get into the second volune of Brink by Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard.

Get your copy from the 2000AD Store, and check out Ian's own books at Bookshop.org

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178: Marshal Law

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 06:00:00 GMT

Dan Butcher from the Awesome Comics podcast joins me to discuss Marshal Law by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill. Check out Dan's own work at VanguardComic.Com, and the upcoming Vyper kickstarter.

You can find the Deluxe edition of Marshal Law in digital format from Comixology.

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177: HMS Nightshade

MCBCpodcast@gmail.com (Eamonn Clarke) — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 06:00:00 GMT

James Peaty returns to the book club to complete the Battle & Action miniseries with a look at HMS Nightshade by John Wagner, Mike Western and Ron Tiner. This is a relatively obscure gem from Battle in the late 1970s. Seek out your copy from Bookshop.org, and keep an eye on James' own books including Diamond Dogs in the Megazine, and the upcoming Skip Tracer digital collection.

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