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Three glorious grail pages for Giles from V for Vendetta

Live action or animated?
Was it by any chance a European co-production with dodgy dubbing?

"This is the Voice of Fate broadcasting"
Giles Richards pops in from the Guardian with one of the great British comics. We discuss spoilers including the big twist that happens in the middle of the book, or for Warrior readers just before the 3 year break. 

Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/02/253-v-for-vendetta.html
or
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/253-v-for-vendetta/id1116473423?i=1000646730261
or
https://bit.ly/42Vzayi
for google podcasts

[Escape from New York]

Another 2000AD connection: Adrienne Barbeau, Maggie in Escape from New York (and Carpenter regular) was the voice of Central in the 95 Judge Dredd film.

Cool. How did we miss that? Thanks

We thought he was dead, and maybe taller?
Giles Richards guides the film club to Escape from New York. We also try to spring Conrad from LA in the sequel but his home may be under the sea, and there's a dodgy cgi shark?

https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/02/252-escape-from-new-york.html

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/252-escape-from-new-york/id1116473423?i=1000645724102

and if you want some Hugo Pratt in English translation the Book Place have some new stock.
Thanks to Jim O'Brien for the link.

and Squid Bits by Jess Bradley, including that very special carrot

Let's have some grail pages for Colin YNWA.
First up, Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart

and

Hi Eamonn,

I am currently watching the 2000ad adjacent film Accident Man on Pluto tv - a straight-to-dvd film based on Pat Mills and Tony Skinner"s strip of the same name. It is better than you would expect and I can't remember you covering it on Mega City Film Club so thought I would mention it here. Is Mega City Film Club continuing now Conrad has gone back to the US?

Yes, the film club continues and Conrad will be escaping from LA (and more importantly, New York) this Sunday.
I don't think anyone has picked Accident Man yet so it's yours if you're interested?

And here is Colin YNWA himself with another British comic to tick off the list as he introduces me to the fantastic Phoenix.

https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/02/251-phoenix.html
and
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/251-the-phoenix/id1116473423?i=1000644912833

Did you ever cover Hardware?  Unofficial adaptation of Shok! but forced to credit Steve MadManus and Kevin O'Neill on video release so technically the first adaptation of a 2000AD IP.
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Sort of: 
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/11/242-hardware-and-valley-of-gwangi.html

Some Angouleme factoids:

I took Eurostar to Paris Gare du Nord, metro line 4 straight to Paris Montparnasse, and then TGV to Bordeaux stops at Angouleme (about 2 hours for that stage). I booked all the mainline trains through the Trainline app, and even changed my return booking easily while in Angouleme (we live in a version of the future). You buy a Paris metro card from a machine and preload it with 2 tickets to cover there and back.

Festival tickets go on sale two months before the date, I paid 50 euros for a 4-day pass which gets you into just about everything. There are a few events on the programme marked as "Masterclasses" which you need to book and pay for a separate ticket in advance, these are the big name creators doing a class rather than a talk.

If you can go for the Thursday and Friday. Saturday is the busiest I have ever seen a convention and it is very difficult to get in to many places or talks without a huge queue. Saturday might be a good day to walk out of town to the Musee de Bande Designee which is really worth a trip

AirBnB has made finding a room much easier. The centre of town is on a hill so you're generally going to be walking up and down quite a lot. Restaurants do get booked up but if you are looking for something in between fast food and  the high end bistros I have some suggestions. Angouleme is not Paris and it feels safe and friendly around the town, but English speaking is rare. However Google translate is your friend and will even help translate the talks.

If you are thinking of going and have questions, then please message me.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000644110734

https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/02/you-can-find-list-of-all-upcoming-books.html

Some bonus chat from the Angouleme festival in France, recorded over a croissant with Tony "LeMonde" Esmond.

https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/02/250-angouleme.html