Mega City Book Club - a new podcast about 2000AD books

[Eamonn Clarke]

Cheers, guys.
Here is a Darick Robertson grail page for Garry.
Viewer discretion is advised.

[JayzusB.Christ]

That was lots of fun. Also made me realise that there were some differences between the TV show and the comic that I'd forgotten - Comic Butcher's evil perma-grin, for example, and [spoiler]Terror - whom nevertheless, has just turned up in the telly version[/spoiler].

[Richard S.]

On episode #113 Droid James Peaty was on talking 'Skreemer' - if you like James's work then you might be interested to know that I've updated my guide to his very early professional work on 'Warhammer comic' and 'Inferno' magazine here

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/09/updated-james-peaty-writes-warhammer.html

Keep up the good work Eamonn!

[Eamonn Clarke]

Cheers, Richard.

Boys update:
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/boys-versus-project-superpowers-books

The humble bundle has beeen extended so another 14 days to get all 12 Boys trades digitally for a £1 each.

[Richard S.]

Inspired by the chat on episode 123 ( https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/06/123-absalom-terminal-diagnosis.html ) about Tiernen Trevallion I had a rummage in the blog cave to see what I could find...part 1 of what I found is here...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/10/tiernen-trevallion-draws-warhammer-part.html

[Richard S.]

On episode #113 Droid James Peaty was on talking 'Skreemer' - if you like James's work then you might be interested to know that I've updated my 2-part guide to his very early professional work on 'Warhammer comic' and 'Inferno' magazine. Here's part 2...

https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/10/tiernen-trevallion-draws-warhammer-part_5.html

Keep up the good work Eamonn!

[Eamonn Clarke]

Thanks, Richard.

And another podcast to plug.
I show up on Tony Esmond's Never Iron Anything podcast to talk about the joyous wonders of Calvin and Hobbes.

https://neverironanything.podbean.com/e/episode-45-some-calvin-and-hobbes-with-eamonn-clarke/

[JayzusB.Christ]

I'll definitely be checking that out.  The older I get the more I realise that Bill Watterson is one of the finest artists and writers of our times.  That picture there is a thing of absolute beauty.

[Dandontdare]

[Colin YNWA]

I'll definitely be checking that out.  The older I get the more I realise that Bill Watterson is one of the finest artists and writers of our times.  That picture there is a thing of absolute beauty.

Yeah absolutely this. There are few, if any cartonists as good as him and as a writer and a gag writer the's second to none.

[Eamonn Clarke]

James McMurtry joins the book club with this new collection of the Starlord Strontium Dog stories. A perfect introduction to the world of Johnny Alpha and Wulf Sternhammer as John and Carlos hit the ground running.

https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/10/133-strontium-dog-in-starlord.html

[Eamonn Clarke]

A pair of absolutely iconic grail pages for James from the new Strontium Dog collection by Carlos and John.

Anyone have an idea what price these might go for?

[Eamonn Clarke]

Tony Esmond escapes from the Prisoner's village and returns with Rok the God from John, Alan, Dan, Abby, Jim and Jim. We also talk about kickstarters and some of the pros and cons of crowd-funding comics.

https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/10/134-rok-god.html

[Eamonn Clarke]

and here's Tony's grail page, the De Luca effect by Dan Cornwell

[Eamonn Clarke]

Mr Jim Moon from the Hypnogoria podcast draws up a fireside chair in the book club to discuss this year's Misty and Scream special

https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/11/135-misty-scream-special.html