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Mega City Book Club is my new podcast about 2000AD collected editions. The format is myself and a different guest each episode discussing the book they have chosen. You can find full details on my blog here:
http://www.megacitybookclub.com/
or the facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/Megacitybookclub
For the first show I am joined by Simon Belmont to discuss Dan Dare vol 1.
I published the episode yesterday and have submitted it to iTunes for approval to get it in their directory but in the meantime you can subscribe through iTunes or any podcatcher by using the feed address:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/MegaCityBookClub
I am a 2000AD enthusiast but not an expert and I'm sure there will be minor errors and oversights along the way, please feel free to correct me.
And please consider coming on the podcast as a guest, get in touch with the book you would like to talk about. Any 2000AD collection is fair game, including individual volumes of the case files, or allied titles that graced the Meg such as Scarlet Traces or Preacher to pick just two examples out of my left brain.
Coming up in the next couple of months will be:
Episode 2: The Complete America with Pete Wells
Episode 3: The Cursed Earth (Titan editions) with Jim Moon
Episode 4: Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood with Tony Richards
Other books that have been picked for future shows are (in no particular order)
Dredd: Origins
Button Man: Get Harry Ex
Gold Tiger
D.R. & Quinch
Zenith phase 1
Satan's Island
Have a listen and let me know what you think.
Cheers
Eamonn
and you probably won't be too surprised to hear that there is a linked justgiving page for Cancer Research UK.
This won't be a podcast that looks for sponsorship, freebies, or asks listeners for help with the running costs.
Instead if you like what you hear you might donate a quid to a good cause at:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/megacitybookclub
And many thanks to the kind and generous souls who have done so already
Notice how there is a necessary gap between myself and professional broadcaster Tony Richards. I believe Tony specifically requested this as he was worried my posh accent would show him up.
You'd probably want to slowly progress up or down the accents, or end up with the linguistic equivalent of the bends...
I like the title you've chosen Eamonn, though when I first saw the post listed I thought it must be the next topic for the written story competition!
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We're open for business!
and twitter
https://twitter.com/MCBCpodcast
I understand why you approached Pete Wells, he's such a podcast whore, he'll sound off for anyone on any subject for the promise of a Gregg's pasty.
and now searchable on itunes!
And the guests' fees are never discussed in public, only at the bar. ;)
'Advanced, forthright, signifficant,' i repli, kicking off the mud from my footer boots
Nicely done, eamonn, and a brilliant topic for the first episode!
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I understand why you approached Pete Wells, he's such a podcast whore, he'll sound off for anyone on any subject for the promise of a Gregg's pasty.
Greggs pasty and a cuddle.
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Quote from: Dandontdare on 24 May, 2016, 06:09:39 PM
I understand why you approached Pete Wells, he's such a podcast whore, he'll sound off for anyone on any subject for the promise of a Gregg's pasty.
Greggs pasty and a cuddle.
Like the corned beef pasty, Greggs don't sell those in Scotland.
Cheers, guys. Simon and I appreciate the support for the first episode.
And huge thanks to Molch-R and TMO for the tweet and the link in the Thrill mail.
Pasty supplies permitting Mr Pete Wells and I will be continuing the search for America on Sunday 5th June.
Listened to the first episode driving home last night and really enjoyed it. Have already subscribed on iTunes and looking forward to the next show.
Would be great to hear some shows about Preacher, Nikolai Dante, the Dredd mega epic and Button Man in future shows (to name but a few).
Good stuff. Well done Eamonn and Simon.
Quote from: Dodsy on 26 May, 2016, 12:19:49 PM
Would be great to hear some shows about Preacher, Nikolai Dante, the Dredd mega epic and Button Man in future shows (to name but a few).
I bagsied Buttonman so hopefully that'll get recorded soon! A Nikolai Dante series eh? Now you're talking...
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Lured by the promise of a pasty and a cuddle Pete Wells joins me in Mega City Book Club to discuss one of the all time classic Dredd tales.
In your podcatchers now and also on the slightly rejigged blog site.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/mega-city-book-club-2-america.html
Let us know what you think.
Cheers
Brilliant podcast Eamonn. Made me want to read America again.
Both episodes have been really enjoyable. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, SpongeJosh. We appreciate it.
Another very enjoyable episode. I noticed that Pete mentioned "Hester Hyman's husband" a few times without actually remembering his name - it's that attention to detail that wins quiz trophies, Pete :D
I hate you Phil!
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Episode 3!
I'm joined by Jim Moon from the Hypnobobs (http://www.hypnogoria.com/html/podcast.html) podcast to discuss The Cursed Earth and to look forward to the new edition.
Podcast available on iTunes and other podcatchers, all details at megacitybookclub.com (http://www.megacitybookclub.com)
Please follow, like and share on Facebook, Twitter and Justgiving.com.
Email any suggestions, comments, or book nominations to mcbcpodcast@gmail.com
Cheers.
Eamonn
Another hugely enjoyable episode!
Thanks, Hawk. Appreciated
These podcasts are my favorite on the web. Another brilliant episode!
Love the enthusiasm everyone has for their chosen books.
:thumbsup:
Quote from: SpongeJosh on 28 June, 2016, 01:28:58 PM
These podcasts are my favorite on the web. Another brilliant episode!
Love the enthusiasm everyone has for their chosen books.
:thumbsup:
Wow, Spongejosh, thanks. It's an enthusiastic podcast.
Pick a book and come join us?
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Pick a book and come join us?
I would be honoured. Thank you for the offer.
This is great - I've thoroughly enjoyed listening to people share their favourite books. Out of those so far it's a tough choice, but Pete Wells was very convincing re America, and how it depicts the Judges.
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Episode 4, in which I'm joined by Tony Richards in the Crown and Anchor for a brief discussion of Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood. There is some background noise as it's difficult to find a quiet spot in a London pub.
I'm going to move up the release dates so the next episode on Mandroid with Steve Green will be out in 2 weeks.
Cheers.
Coming up in the next few weeks:
5: Mandroid with Steve Green
6: Scarlet Traces with Dave 'Shaolin_Monkey' Wynn
7: Button Man: Get Harry Ex with Pete Wells
8: ABC Warriors: The Black Hole with Julius Howe
A busy weekend of editing here on the MCBC super computer. Lots of flashing lights and spooling reels of tape. Think the Big Rat from Joe 90 and you'll get the picture.
Short but sweet podcast. Still very enjoyable as always. :thumbsup:
Thanks, Josh. Steve Green and Mandroid are coming up on Sunday week and I'm going to try and release every fortnight for a while. See if I can keep up.
Just got to the end of the Cursed Earth episode. Having nostlagia-geeked over the deliberate decision to talk about the Titan albums (which were my first graphic novels, too! Well, alongisde a bunch of Tintin and Asterix), I got to get even more nostalgia-geeked by a late-minute revelation that Jim Moon has been blogging about Horror Top Trumps, one of the only things outside of 2000AD that has remained a lifelong obsession of mine.
http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/great-ghosts-of-shelves-18-horror-top.html (http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/great-ghosts-of-shelves-18-horror-top.html)
for anyone else wanting to wallow.
Lovely stuff!
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I got to get even more nostalgia-geeked by a late-minute revelation that Jim Moon has been blogging about Horror Top Trumps, one of the only things outside of 2000AD that has remained a lifelong obsession of mine.
Indeed - and he finally identified The Mad Axeman! Much kudos due! I think that makes it just The Slime Creature that's left no clue about its origins now.
Thanks, guys.
Jim Moon is a very knowledgeable fellow about all such things
BTW I note that I was calling his podcast Hypnobobs when he he renamed it a Hypnogoria.
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I'm joined by Steve Green to discuss Mandroid, Minty, and the upcoming Strontium Dog fan film.
As ever there are spoilers for a splendid pair of self contained Dredd stories.
Comments, questions and suggestions very welcome.
Another great episode. This has really piqued my interest. A cyborg, tones of The Punisher and a mecha suit thrown in? This sounds like a Tech-Noir I could enjoy. :cool:
Awesome! I have to agree, this story really shows MC-1 as the meat grinder described in the film. It's so bleak!
Great to get an insight into how Minty came to be too.
Nice one both!
Cheers, guys
And, Shaolin_Monkey, you're up next, this sunday
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Awesome! I have to agree, this story really shows MC-1 as the meat grinder described in the film. It's so bleak!
Great to get an insight into how Minty came to be too.
Nice one both!
Cheers all, was fun to do!
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The forum's own Shaolin_Monkey steps into an Edwardian gentlemen's version of the book club to discuss Ian Edginton & D'Israeli's three Scarlet Traces volumes. A perfect catch up if you haven't read these before the current series running in the prog.
Really enjoyed the Scarlet Traces episode - although it's made me realise I loaned my copy of the adaptation of War of the Worlds (the red hardback one) to someone years ago, but I don't remember who...
Just listened to Steve and Eamonn's Mandroid Episode. I was excellent, but needed more naked mackem in it :D
At the end you mentioned the covers gallery and said you'd like to see the original artwork for (I assume) the cover of Prog 1453. Your wish is my command fellas!
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We all need more naked mackem in our lives.
That's lovely Pete!
Always thought Kev's Dredd would be a good starting point for an animated Dredd.
Excellent black and white image, Pete. And this coming Sunday is the return of the Mackem as we get into Wagner and Ranson's sublime Button Man
Eamonn,
I've started commuting, don't ask, so looking forward to some podcast-type distractions on the train, will be intouch, if I can work out the webfu...
A Mackem and a Scot? We're definitely going to need subtitles!
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He's back, from outer space! It's the return of the Mackem as Pete Wells brings the collected Button Man: Get Harry Ex to a seedy seventies pub based version of the book club. There are spoilers for all three installments of the Harry Exton story.
Tune in via iTunes or your favourite podcatcher. Or listen on the blog site at:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/mega-city-book-club-7-button-man-get.html
And do let us know what you think.
Been meaning to read Button Man for a while now. This episode has definitely sold it for me. Thank you Eamonn & Pete!
Finally got around to listening to one of these (only just caught up on Thrillcast and still had a LOAD of ironing to finish). Listened to the latest one with Pete and very good stuff it is too. Hope to find time to catch up with the rest but fantastic job Eamonn (and Pete)
Thanks, guys. We appreciate it. :)
And Button Man is terrific
Great series so far - it's always a pleasure to listen to Pete
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The book club is back in that noisy London pub to discuss the incredible artwork that marked the return of the ABC Warriors to the prog in 1988. Julius Howe shares his knowledge, passion and insights into the work of Bisley and SMS.
As ever, please let us know what you think.
Cheers
Interesting, especially the background to the SMS artwork.
Always happy to see a new episode in my phone feed. I haven't listened to this one yet but as soon as I've read the book I'll be sticking the old ear buds in. :)
Great news that SMS / Smuzz is still creating artwork, and I'd love to see him back on the prog - I'm sure sub-editor CyberMatt would be much more amenable to new Ro-Jaws / Hammerstein / ABC Warriors / other sci-fi spacey stuff.
Website here (http://www.smuzz.org.uk/)
And you can find the SMS Crucible comic that Julius mentioned here
https://m.tapastic.com/series/Crucible
Didn't SMS have a strip lined up for the disaster that was Strip?
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It's Zenith time! With David Grice discussing 2000AD's perculiarly British take on super-heroes. We were careful but there are some phase 1 spoilers.
Please let us know what you think especially if we missed something. And if we're doing things right then please share on your twitter and facebooks and all those other things the kids use.
Cheers! Mine's a pint with Siadwell.
Zenith is an absolute favorite of mine, Morrison's best work, and Yeowell's crowning gem. Looking forward to hearing what you lads have to say, and can't wait for a Flesh episode having just gnawed my way through the Dino Files.
I loved Zenith when it first appeared. I had been around since Prog 1 (on and off) but felt the comic was starting to get a bit stale. Zenith gave it a real boost and for me Phase 1 remains the best work of both Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell. I don't think the subsequent books live up to it. There was a bit of fun though in spotting the old comic characters I suppose.
I'm enjoying the podcast.
I can't remember exactly if I liked or disliked the first book (sorry, phase) of Zenith, but I certainly remember being confused. Each episode seemed to jump around from the previous, though when I read it now I can't see why I got confused...
Knew Zenith would appear imminently...
Thing is I haven't read the early stuff since the 80's (just phase 4 on a slog recently) but remember a Morrison/Yeowell signing at FP Glasgow at the time. My abiding memory is that one wore a black shirt, the other looked ridiculously similar, but with polka dots. Back then, that kind of shit was important. Hm, fashion. No interest in buying reprints, will re-read the progs in my own good time, fank-yew-very-much ;)
Enjoying the 'casts Eamonn, midway through Scarlet Traces. Adore d'Israeli and will pick up the rest when Rebellion reprint those. Keep up the excellent work, etc :)
loved the talk on black hole mission book 3 & 4 check this out!, possibility the original art that got Bisley the job, look at top right robot and child at this link, I found it it years ago and passed it on "simonbisleyart.com" for confirmation:
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loved the talk on black hole mission book 3 & 4 check this out!, possibility the original art that got Bisley the job, look at top right robot and child at this link, I found it it years ago and passed it on "simonbisleyart.com" for confirmation:
http://www.simonbisleyart.com/galleries/beginnings-of-bisley/ (http://www.simonbisleyart.com/galleries/beginnings-of-bisley/)
Some interesting pictures there - if they all pre-date his tooth work then it looks like Pineapples' jacket was nicked from that robot near the bottom of the page!
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A special episode for the release date of Steve MacManus' memoir of his time in the Nerve Centre's hot seat.
Will Cooling, who has written the 2000AD retrospective article in this month's Geeky Monkey magazine, joins me in a cramped seventies office version of the book club to talk about comics before, during and after the golden age of 2000AD.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/09/mega-city-book-club-10-mighty-one.html
Just to note that I don't think Will's interview with Steve MacManus is out yet. I'll post a link when it appears.
Yeah I've spoke to Steve MacManus - just waiting for it to go up on the website.
Hope everybody enjoyed the episode - I had a great time talking to Eamonn and the book is a very enjoyable read.
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Episode 11 and Supersurf 11!
The book club becomes a surf shack with Glen Lees bringing along one of the definitive Chopper tales.
There are spoilers fairly early on for a dramatic ending, so beware if you haven't read this one yet.
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And I can answer one of the questions already, the cover for the Fleetway/Titan trade paperback was an original piece by Colin MacNeil and is up on comicartfans.com belonging to Mike Holman.
It's stunning and I really hope it's hanging on a wall and not hidden away in a folder.
Just started listening to these podcasts - amazing stuff. The Mighty One / Zenith ones were excellent; the ABC Warriors one was just sublime. Looking forward to the Chopper one.
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 18 September, 2016, 11:36:16 AM
Just started listening to these podcasts - amazing stuff. The Mighty One / Zenith ones were excellent; the ABC Warriors one was just sublime. Looking forward to the Chopper one.
Cheers, JBC. Appreciate it.
Yeah, that ABCs Warriors episode was very informative. In light of Julius's passionate fury about the maltreatment of SMS's artwork, I wonder if we'll get a better reprint one day? I immediately looked in my copy of the Mek Files, and thought the production values were pretty great - so the 'proper' version must be amazing!
Is it wrong that I have just listened to the Button Man podcast to that I was on, I laughed at all my jokes and ended up nodding in agreement with myself on several occasions?
Not at all! I'm looking forward to doing the same thing in a couple of weeks.
I've just discovered this podcast and have binge-listened over the last couple of days. All of the episodes have been really entertaining and informative. Well done; keep it up.
I have also recently binge listened and have enjoyed all episodes immensely.
I think the episodes which work particularly well are those ones which concentrate on the stories behind the production of the art and the art itself. I really enjoyed the ABC Warriors Black Hole review and the differences between the various reprints.
Whilst I still enjoyed the Scarlet Traces episode I think it fell into the slight trap of relating everything that happens in the story. Whenever this happens on podcasts I zone out. At the end of the day its a minor quibble and ultimately its horses for courses but i would like more tales of the making of please.
Thanks, guys. I appreciate the comments.
And we are trying to concentrate more on the background and significance of each book. I thought the Scarlet Traces one was a useful fill in for any new readers to the latest story in the prog but I know what you mean about straight run throughs.
Cheers
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A return visit to the sixties fashion house book club for Simon Belmont who briefs men on Modesty Blaise before we get into the metatextual fiction of GoldTiger. We play along with the setup for a while before cracking the code and unlocking all the secrets of the greatest sixties comic that never existed.
Your comments welcomed.
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Brett Summers from CultFaction.com is my guest to discuss Alan Moore's Future Shocks. We both grew long beards especially for this episode, unfortunately Brett's may have interefered with his microphone which is why he sounds like he is trapped in a coal shed in the Boroughs.
Let us know what you think
Great podcast, Eamonn! My favourite has to be the Redondo drawn "Time Machine" which (without spoilers) is still a marvel for actually getting printed in a kids comic.
MY recommendation for Brett for contemporaneous stories to explore outside of Moore would be Nemesis The Warlock.
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Great podcast, Eamonn! My favourite has to be the Redondo drawn "Time Machine" which (without spoilers) is still a marvel for actually getting printed in a kids comic.
MY recommendation for Brett for contemporaneous stories to explore outside of Moore would be Nemesis The Warlock.
Nemesis Book III - the story that got me into 2000AD - though it wasn't in the line-up in the first progs I read, and I started buying Tooth every week the prog
after it finished.
*shrug*
Quote from: Leigh S on 02 October, 2016, 09:11:29 AM
Great podcast, Eamonn! My favourite has to be the Redondo drawn "Time Machine" which (without spoilers) is still a marvel for actually getting printed in a kids comic.
MY recommendation for Brett for contemporaneous stories to explore outside of Moore would be Nemesis The Warlock.
Thanks, Leigh. I'll pass the recommendation onto Brett. And Nemesis should be coming up on the podcast before too long.
Just dug out my 2006 copy of the Complete Alan Moore Future Shocks. Enjoyed the podcast and will have to give this a re-read.
I think Moore's Future Shocks and DR & Quinch (or if you were my schoolmate Doctor & Quinch) were his best work for 2000 AD. I'm just not the biggest fan of either Skizz or Halo Jones. They weren't bad stories I just don't look back on them with the same fondness as I do other strips.
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It's the Wren and Blimpy show as the book club goes all clockpunk to discuss the loveliness of the Brass Sun hardback.
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It's a Jesus Redondo special as Alex Frith from http://heroesof2000ad.blogspot.co.uk/ joins me in the pub to discuss Monster and Return to Armageddon. Two weird but wonderful slices of 1980s comics.
Still really enjoying these. Looking forward to the Redondo one. (And I now have a new-found appreciation for Brass Sun, which I got a bit lost reading first time round but am now re-reading - nice one!)
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Judge Anon joins me all the way from Buenos Aires in a crackly, spacefaring Justice 1 book club to discuss the legendary Judge Child Quest.
Let us know what you think.
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Where did we go?
The Pub
What did we do?
Talk about one of the greatest tales Tharg has ever given us.
A lot of background noise in the pub this time and my thrill sucker suppression software has left the vocals a little
squelchy (technical term ;) ) but turn the volume up and let us know what you think.
Cheers.
That's today's listening sorted. Good stuff, Eamonn, really looking forward to this.
By the way I am guessing your folks are/were Irish? Not just because of your first name, but also how you pronounce 'any' (either as a standalone word or a prefix). It's the same way we Micks pronounce it, and Morrissey too for that matter (i.e. 'Annie' rather than 'Ennie').
Sorry, I'm just really interested in language and dialects.
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The Pub
And what a noisy pub it was!
QuoteA lot of background noise in the pub this time and my thrill sucker suppression software has left the vocals a little
squelchy (technical term ;) ) but turn the volume up and let us know what you think.
Well done on producing a podcast from such noisy conditions with two (verbal) ramblers :)
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 30 October, 2016, 10:40:44 AM
That's today's listening sorted. Good stuff, Eamonn, really looking forward to this.
By the way I am guessing your folks are/were Irish? Not just because of your first name, but also how you pronounce 'any' (either as a standalone word or a prefix). It's the same way we Micks pronounce it, and Morrissey too for that matter (i.e. 'Annie' rather than 'Ennie').
Sorry, I'm just really interested in language and dialects.
Cheers!
Yes, my parents were from Cabra West in Dublin, they came over in 1958 and I was born in Birmingham. I'm fascinated that you spotted me from "any", my wife used to tease me about my pronounciation of that exact word when we first met. I had never realised that what I was saying was any ;) different to everyone else.
Thanks for supporting the podcast, do you fancy picking a book and coming on the show in 2017?
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Whilst I recover from the night before ie; I'm doing absolutely nowt all day, it gives me the perfect opportunity to catch up on these excellent podcasts.
Pleased to see the Halo Jones review pop up. Happened to sit in on this, along with Supersurfer. Even though we was all huddled together in a secluded corner, the pub was that noisy, this is the first time I'm hearing what was said!
But a great review from the guests, and I need to dig out the Progs for a re-read. Also keeping one eye open for the Titan reprints books. Things of beauty.
And as I type this, I'm listening to the JCQ review podcast. A classic Dredd tale, that is so often overlooked. Which considering that ALL three artists was firing on all cylinders, and the story itself which is top notch, is kinda odd.
Not to mention all the classic characters that was introduced with this tale. But grand that somebody has picked this, so it'll be great to hear their take.
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(The Judge Child is a) classic Dredd tale, that is so often overlooked. Which considering that ALL three artists was firing on all cylinders, and the story itself which is top notch, is kinda odd.
Not to mention all the classic characters that were introduced with this tale
McMahon in particular pisses all over anything in
Cursed Earth or
The Day The Law Died; the stories and characters are funnier, more inventive, and more interesting.
The overall narrative might be seen as less satisfying. Unlike the
Apocalypse War and the epics listed above, it ends with Dredd *not* doing what he set out to do.
It's like
The Searchers if John Wayne had told Natalie Wood that pigtails and fake tan made her look too tarty, then flounced off home holding Jeffrey Hunter's hand.
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That's today's listening sorted. Good stuff, Eamonn, really looking forward to this.
By the way I am guessing your folks are/were Irish? Not just because of your first name, but also how you pronounce 'any' (either as a standalone word or a prefix). It's the same way we Micks pronounce it, and Morrissey too for that matter (i.e. 'Annie' rather than 'Ennie').
Sorry, I'm just really interested in language and dialects.
Cheers!
Yes, my parents were from Cabra West in Dublin, they came over in 1958 and I was born in Birmingham. I'm fascinated that you spotted me from "any", my wife used to tease me about my pronounciation of that exact word when we first met. I had never realised that what I was saying was any ;) different to everyone else.
Thanks for supporting the podcast, do you fancy picking a book and coming on the show in 2017?
Hell yes!
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The book club switches to its usual fortnightly release schedule as the forum's very own SpongeJosh joins me to talk about a fabby collection from the Henry Flint droid. Only minimal spoilers for seven great Dredd stories.
As ever your reviews and comments are very welcome.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/mega-city-book-club-18-henry-flint.html
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The forum's very own Guy Robbins brings the absolutely marvellous volume 1 of the Daily Dredds to the book club.
Check it out at:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/mega-city-book-club-19-daily-dredds-vol.html
And let us know what you think.
And listening to this now.
An essential book, full of gorgeous Ron Smith art, so interesting to hear other people's view on the book.
Still kick myself for not attending the FCBD signing in 2014(?) which Ron attended. Ah well...
Thanks, Spikes. Looking forward to you picking a book to review at some point in the future. Or a pint at the very least. Cheers.
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Episode 20! And Gareth A Hopkins introduces me to the delights of Smith and Weston's Killing Time with Winwood and Cord.
Listen in on your podcatchers or on the blog page here:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/mega-city-book-club-20-killing-time.html
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Still kick myself for not attending the FCBD signing in 2014(?) which Ron attended. Ah well...
It was Forbidden Planet 2013 (I know that for sure as I was in hospital for an extended stay at the time and only got the FCBD comic as Rachael got my copy from Mega-City Comics in Camden).
Just catching up now...love podcasts for long car journeys....this is pretty good.
Just listened to the collected dailies and your guest knew his stuff!
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Episode 21 and it's a clips show already! Recorded at last month's Thought Bubble convention and featuring a host of Tharg's top droids plus several of his devoted Squaxx telling me about their first Progs. This is my contribution to this year's glorious 2000AD advent calendar created by P-WLS himself.
Listen in here.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/mega-city-book-club-21-first-progs.html
Loved the clips show episode!
I also thoroughly enjoyed Judge Anon chatting about the Judge Child quest. I too am a massive Hershey fan. :)
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It's Christmas! And nothing has more seasonal thrill power than a 2000AD annual. Paul Moore is my guest with His well thumbed copy of the 1982 edition. Happy Krimbo, to all my fellow Squaxx.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/mega-city-book-club-22-1982-annual.html
Nice choice of 2000ad release to review. Those early annuals are absolute crackers.
They have lingered well in the memory, maybe because back then, they was quite a special treat. And whilst filler reprint material is present, the original material is marvellous.
The Steve Dillon drawn tale is just superb. And as is pointed out, maybe still not 20 years old, at this point.
Incredible, and bittersweet to reread this whilst listening along to the podcast.
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The forum's very own Albion helps me get over all of that Christmas stuffing with some chat about the Taxidermist, and the joys of being in the cast for Judge Minty and the Strontium Dog fan film.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/mega-city-book-club-23-taxidermist.html
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I persuaded Dunk! to wander off topic and talk about an early story by two of Tharg's greatest. Recorded at the Thought Bubble convention we talk about possibly the greatest run of Captain Britain in the Jasper's Warp storyline.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/mega-city-book-club-24-captain-britain.html
Great stuff Eamonn (and the guests / interviewees)!
Looking forward to this. Its probably my favourite Alan Moore story. Didn't read it at the time (don't remember being aware of it at the time) but caught up with it in long delayed reprints.
There was a US 7 issue reprint in the late 90's with great wraparound covers by Alan Davis and that was the first time I read the story.
The first few episodes were written by Dave Thorpe but those weren't good at all. I think they sometimes get left out of the reprint editions. Alan Davis' art wasn't great on the early episodes either but he was just starting out.
This remains my favourite ever superhero storyline. Looking forward to listening to the conversation about it. Opening up the podcast to strips by 2000AD alums means you'll never run out of comics to discuss, too!
One of you chaps mentioned in the episode that The Fury later returned to the marvel universe...SAY IT ISN'T SO?!?!?!
Combines with a returning Jim Jaspers to become The Jury?
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At last Alan Davis was the artist when Chris Claremont resurrected The Fury for that Uncanny X-Men run...
I recall that Warren Ellis also featured The Fury (Furies?) in one of his X-Men arcs.
Not too memorable.
Thanks for comments, folks.
Dunk and I are delighted to learn that this run of Captain Britain is as important to others as it is to us. Cheers.
And stay tuned for my next episode with David Bishop discussing Thrill-Power Overload just in time for the 40th updated version. Out on Sunday February 5th, set thrill-podcatchers to receive.
If you like Alan Davis its also worth looking at issue #23 of Excalibur which had a Dredd parody. This was part of his run with Chris Claremont.
Later on he took over both writing and drawing the book and those issues are really worth seeking out if they aren't currently in a collection.
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My 25th episode and David Bish-op himself is my special guest to discuss Thrill-Power Overload just in time for the publication of the updated 40 years version. Tune in on your favourite podcatcher or at the link below.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/mega-city-book-club-25-thrill-power.html
Almost keeping up with these...!
The 1982 Annual was great and probably my favourite so far. An inspired choice and by its nature completely spoiler-free (it's a tricky one to cover a book well but not give away major plot elements :-\ ).
Keep up the zarjaz work :)
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My 25th episode and David Bish-op himself is my special guest to discuss Thrill-Power Overload just in time for the publication of the updated 40 years version.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/mega-city-book-club-25-thrill-power.html
'STOP THIS UNSPEAKABLE PRACTICE'Gold, Eamonn. Well done for asking the third person question, which must have bugged everyone who's ever read that book.
Cheers, guys. Glad to know the episodes are getting out there. :D
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Adam Murdough from the American podcast Comic Geek Speak brings another Alan Moore classic to the book club. Plug in your earbuds and make sure to Mind the oranges, Marlon!
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/mega-city-book-club-26-dr-quinch.html
That is, like, totally amazing man.
And of course:
"Eat plutonium death, you disgusting alien weirdos. "
I've been tinkering with the feed and you may find episode 1 showing up agian in your podcatchers. Apologies.
:-[
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Overcoming last week's technical glitch with some bonus audio recorded at the 40th festival. Several droids and fans tell me their favourite moments from 40 glorious years.
Listen in.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/mega-city-book-club-27-40-years-of.html
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I persuaded art-droid Mark Sexton to join me in that London pub to discuss an absolutely essential piece of British comics history, Charley's War. Despite me constantly mis-pronouncing Joe Colquhoun's name it was a fascinating discussion.
Listen in and let us know.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/mega-city-book-club-28-charleys-war.html
I just listened to episodes 27 & 28 - great stuff! You interviewed some real talents at the 40th and (not surprisingly) the Dead Man seemed to be a favorite. I have also been reading Charley's War lately and finished reading v2 just a few weeks ago, so this podcast was good timing - vol.1 is good but vol.2 is brilliant and captures so many of the great moments you two discussed (poor Ginger).
I look forward to the next episode!
Cheers. It's Nemesis: The Gothic Empire next week
and recorded a long episode with Pete Wells last night about the Art of Judge Dredd book
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Cheers. It's Nemesis: The Gothic Empire next week
and recorded a long episode with Pete Wells last night about the Art of Judge Dredd book
Book IV was the first complete Nemesis book I ever read (Book III was the first one I read, but I didn't manage to fill in the gaps in my back progs until way after Gothic Empire had finished).
Not listened to it yet, but does Joe's surname get pronounced correctly in the current podcast? Despite having first read bits of Charlie's War back in the early eighties, I have no idea how it should be pronounced.
I dont think it is pronounced correctly in the podcast. I always thought it was pronounced "Ka Hoon" of Cahoon. I know Pat Mills has said it in some of the ECBT podcasts but I cant remember what way he said it.
Yeah, I think it should be Col or Cal-hoon, and not Col-koon as I kept saying. Apologies, Joe
Nice Charley's War one that, despite the pubnoise! I too have visions of Uncle Pat 'stabbing at the typewriter and muttering loudly to himself' :lol:
Yes it was a great podcast. I read the story as a kid and the part with [spoiler]Ginger[/spoiler] that is described in the podcast is one of those bits that have always stayed with me. Its always one of the bits that people bring up in a comic strip that is full of similar moments.
I don't think I had ever read anything like it at the time. Very shocking yet also understated and matter-of-fact.
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Time for some Nemesis the Warlock with Luke Williams and the Gothic Empire. There are some spoilers including the big one as we discuss Bryan Talbot's work for the house of Tharg.
Listen in.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/mega-city-book-club-29-gothic-empire.html
Hi Eammon, I have only just started listening to your podcasts in the last 2 weeks and would like to let you know that I have enjoyed them immensely. Thanks for your effort (and your guests of course)!
Cheers, Whizzbang. We really appreciate that.
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Time for some Nemesis the Warlock with Luke Williams and the Gothic Empire. There are some spoilers including the big one as we discuss Bryan Talbot's work for the house of Tharg.
Listen in.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/mega-city-book-club-29-gothic-empire.html (http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/mega-city-book-club-29-gothic-empire.html)
Not having listened to it yet, I'm wondering what the big spoiler is!
- [spoiler]the appearance of Ro-Jaws - but then we'd already seen Mek-Quake's photo of him in the previous book[/spoiler]
- [spoiler]same goes for Hammerstein[/spoiler]
- [spoiler]Nemesis/Deadlock[/spoiler]
- [spoiler]'death' of Nemesis[/spoiler]
- [spoiler]death of Tomas[/spoiler]
It's number 3. ;)
Having never been a huge Nemesis fan I do remember enjoying the Bryan Talbot illustrated stories. In no small part due to the return of some familiar faces and the feeling that there was a connected universe in 2000AD. Possibly the only time this had happened before was the Giant character from Dredd/Harlem Heroes (I'm probably wrong about that though).
After listening to this podcast I'm going to have to hunt out a collection of this as I don't think I've a complete run of progs with those stories.
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Fresh from the Megacast and the first guest to Three-Pete (sic), it's the return of the Mackem again as Pete reviews the absolutely gorgeous Art of Judge Dredd book. Top marks and pasties all round.
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/mega-city-book-club-30-art-of-judge.html
Should point out this is a bumper length episode of 2 hours. And I had a few audio problems with some new recording software which I have sorted now but squelch my vocals in a few places on this one.
:-[
Two hours with Pete Wells!?! There should be a law against it.
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Fresh from the Megacast and the first guest to Three-Pete (sic), it's the return of the Mackem again as Pete reviews the absolutely gorgeous Art of Judge Dredd book. Top marks and pasties all round.
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/mega-city-book-club-30-art-of-judge.html (http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/mega-city-book-club-30-art-of-judge.html)
Rackle says: "What? Nipple pasties?"
Quote from: Tony Angelino on 21 March, 2017, 07:03:05 PM
Having never been a huge Nemesis fan I do remember enjoying the Bryan Talbot illustrated stories. In no small part due to the return of some familiar faces and the feeling that there was a connected universe in 2000AD. Possibly the only time this had happened before was the Giant character from Dredd/Harlem Heroes (I'm probably wrong about that though).
After listening to this podcast I'm going to have to hunt out a collection of this as I don't think I've a complete run of progs with those stories.
Old One Eye / Satanus / Golgotha! (though I didn't read any of those at the time they came out, being introduced to OOE in the 1985 annual and Satanus in The Vengeance of Thoth)
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Top marks and pasties all round.
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/mega-city-book-club-30-art-of-judge.html (http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/mega-city-book-club-30-art-of-judge.html)
Rackle says: "What? Nipple pasties?"
:lol: Especially for when you take yer top off in London pubs, eh Pete?
Please. You do not want to see him try and revolve two Greggs steak bakes in opposite directions.
Literally stomach churning.
:P
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Preparing for my episode recording with Selina :-\
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Preparing for my episode recording with Selina :-\
I'm looking forward to hearing what Selina has to say...
I just listened to episode 30 - great stuff! As covers were described I found myself googling them to see what I was missing (such as the one by PJ Holden and some of the other classics - Democracy isn't working etc..).
This sounds like a beautiful book, I have never purchased an art book before but am now considering The Art of Judge Dredd: Featuring 35 Years of Zarjaz Covers. It sounds like the art and commentary within are well worth it. Cheers
I enjoyed the podcast but found as it continued, post the newsstand issues, I just didn't have the knowledge of the covers that Eamonn and Pete were discussing.
I think you probably needed to be either near a computer or have a copy of the book to fully enjoy this particular episode.
Good to see Prog 61 getting a special mention though as I would say its the greatest Prog cover of all time (as Spikes Harvey Rotten might say).
I guess certain aspects of it lend itself to a youtube video, even if it's just grabs of the relevant covers.
Yes, it does sort of need you to have the book to hand I'm afraid.
Maybe we'll video next time P-WLS returns. :-[
And for anyone who doesn't do Facebook here is a list of the episodes so far and the books picked for the coming year:
Episodes
1: Dan Dare vol 1 with Simon Belmont
2. The Complete America with Pete Wells
3. The Cursed Earth (Titan editions) with Jim Moon
4. Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood with Tony Richards
5. Mandroid with Steve Green
6. Scarlet Traces with Scowlin Munkeh
7. Button Man: Get Harry Ex with Pete Wells
8. ABC Warriors: The Black Hole with Julius Howe
9. Zenith Phase 1 with David Grice
10. The Mighty One with Will Cooling
11. Chopper: Song of the Surfer with Glen Lees
12 GoldTiger with Simon Belmont
13. Alan Moore's Future Shocks with Brett Summers
14. Brass Sun with Nathan Duck
15. Monster & Return to Armageddon with Alex Frith
16. Judge Child Quest with Judge Anon
17. The Ballad of Halo Jones with Sheridan Kelly and Rachael Bullmore
18. The Henry Flint collection with SpongeJosh
19. The Daily Dredds vol 1 with Guy Robbins
20. Indigo Prime: Killing Time with Gareth Hopkins
21. First Progs
22. 2000AD 1982 annual with Paul Moore
23. The Taxidermist with Steve Longdon
24. Captain Britain: Endgame with Duncan Nimmo
25. Thrill-power Overload with David Bishop
26. D.R, & Quinch with Adam Murdough
27. 40 years of 2000AD
28. Charley's War with Mark Sexton
29. Nemesis Book 4: The Gothic Empire with Luke Williams
30. The Art of Judge Dredd with Pete Wells
31. Nikolai Dante vol 1 with Matthew Ellis
32. Strontium Dog on Big Finish with Brian Doob
33. Strontium Dog S/D agency files 1 with Steve Green
34. A Tale of One Bad Rat with Owen Watts
Books to come:
The Pit
Rogue Trooper vol 1
Nemesis Book 1
Dredd: Urban Warfare
Titan
The Apocalypse War
Tour of Duty : The Backlash
Zenith Phase 2
Harry 20 on the High Rock
Fiends of the Eastern Front
Ro-Busters: the complete nuts and bolts vol 1
Heavy Metal Dredd
City of the Damned
Low life volume 2
Dredd Case files volume 5
Zombo book 1
Slaine: The Horned God
Harlem Heroes
Cradlegrave
The Midnight Surfer
OZ
Brit-Cit Noir
The Judge Dredd role playing game
Stickleback vol 1
The Complete Al's Baby
The Stainless Steel Rat
In 2018
Alice in Sunderland
The Last American
Young Death
Portrait of a Mutant
Dan Dare vol 2
The Dredd Batman collection
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And for anyone who doesn't do Facebook here is a list of the episodes so far and the books picked for the coming year:
Books to come:
Nemesis Book 1
Now is that the Titan edition - so truly 'Book I' of Nemesis the Warlock' - or the latest available Rebellion reprint - so the first few books?
QuoteThe Judge Dredd role playing game
The Games Workshop, Mongoose (D20) or Mongoose (Traveller) version?
(and there'll be a NEW version out soon)
That's book 1 as in the Titan edition, not the phone book collection of 1-4.
And Matt Sharp is going to guide me gently through the various RPGs after I rolled a 0 for experience.
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QuoteThe Judge Dredd role playing game
The Games Workshop, Mongoose (D20) or Mongoose (Traveller) version?
The Games Workshop version, along with the Judge Dredd Companion with mentions of the Judgement Day and Slaughter Margin campaigns, but not Citi-Block (because I haven't got it), as well as mentioning the Judge Dredd Boardgame as well as Block Mania and Mega Mania, but not Rogue Trooper (because I haven't got that one either).
In the best traditions of a role-playing game session, I've got either about ten minutes of material, or it's going to be a gruelling campaign that'll take about eighteen months to get through :)
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Quote from: sheridan on 13 April, 2017, 03:47:14 PM
QuoteThe Judge Dredd role playing game
The Games Workshop, Mongoose (D20) or Mongoose (Traveller) version?
The Games Workshop version, along with the Judge Dredd Companion with mentions of the Judgement Day and Slaughter Margin campaigns, but not Citi-Block (because I haven't got it), as well as mentioning the Judge Dredd Boardgame as well as Block Mania and Mega Mania, but not Rogue Trooper (because I haven't got that one either).
In the best traditions of a role-playing game session, I've got either about ten minutes of material, or it's going to be a gruelling campaign that'll take about eighteen months to get through :)
I'll look forward to that one (I own everything you mentioned except the JDRPG/WH40K Citiblock supplement). My view on the JD boardgame - great art, fun to play but gets repetitive very quickly.
Eamonn - when can we expect that to be broadcast, or are they roughly in recording / editing / broad/podcast order already?
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Bojemoi! Happy Easter, everybody. And here is Matthew Ellis to launch a Faberge egg hunt and introduce me to the wonders of Nikolai Dante.
Listen in here.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/mega-city-book-club-31-too-cool-to-kill.html
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Eamonn - when can we expect that to be broadcast, or are they roughly in recording / editing / broad/podcast order already?
Probably November. The recording order should be something like this
The Apocalypse War
Lowlife 2
Cradlegrave
Rogue Trooper
Oz
Horned God
Stickleback
Robusters
Harlem Heroes
The VCs
Harry 20
The Role Playing Games
Al's Baby
City of the Damned
Tour of duty: the Backlash
Zombo
Heavy Metal Dredd
Midnite Surfer
The Last American
Case Files 5
But if you look at the full list you will see that there are also a bunch of books to try and fit in there or to carry over to next year. Lots to get through, sorry it's so far in the future.
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Bojemoi! Happy Easter, everybody. And here is Matthew Ellis to launch a Faberge egg hunt and introduce me to the wonders of Nikolai Dante.
Listen in here.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/mega-city-book-club-31-too-cool-to-kill.html (http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/mega-city-book-club-31-too-cool-to-kill.html)
My podcast feed today:
- The 2000AD Thrill-Cast: Nikolai Dante Retrospective
- Mega City Book Club 31: Too Cool to Kill
...coincidence?
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Quote from: sheridan on 13 April, 2017, 04:41:28 PM
Eamonn - when can we expect that to be broadcast, or are they roughly in recording / editing / broad/podcast order already?
Probably November. The recording order should be something like this
(snip)
But if you look at the full list you will see that there are also a bunch of books to try and fit in there or to carry over to next year. Lots to get through, sorry it's so far in the future.
Well, I would be upset, but there's so much other stuff to look forward to in the meantime!
I own a number of the collections you've reviewed. Others like that review of Nemesis the Warlock: The Gothic Empire I will have to skip for a little while, because of spoilers. Thanks for proper spoiler-labeling!
I only got THE ART OF JUDGE DREDD myself last month, so I know how you must have felt! Great book, as is THRILL-POWER OVERLOAD (I got the newly-updated 40th Anniversary HC version of only a couple of months past). That one was so zarjaz that I've been trawling through my older 2000 AD graphic collections and ordering new ones from Amazon ever since!
I'm sure your page is going to be a great help with recommendations. You should try to review Nemesis the Warlock: Termight Edition HC, as I'm curious about the small details of how that differs (apart from the added colour) from the regular first 3 books of Nemesis.
I've been binge listening to these over the last few weeks and it's definitely my favourite podcast. Every single one has made me want to go and reread the book that's being discussed and Eamonn is an incredible host.
I'd like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has appeared on the podcast up to now, you're all stars!
Quote from: Pete Wells on 28 April, 2017, 07:29:16 PM
I've been binge listening to these over the last few weeks and it's definitely my favourite podcast. Every single one has made me want to go and reread the book that's being discussed and Eamonn is an incredible host.
I'd like to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has appeared on the podcast up to now, you're all stars!
Thank you, thank you it's true, we are ;)
Quote from: Tony Angelino on 21 March, 2017, 07:03:05 PM
Having never been a huge Nemesis fan I do remember enjoying the Bryan Talbot illustrated stories. In no small part due to the return of some familiar faces and the feeling that there was a connected universe in 2000AD. Possibly the only time this had happened before was the Giant character from Dredd/Harlem Heroes (I'm probably wrong about that though).
The appearance of Satanus in The Cursed Earth story arc (which connects the
Judge Dredd strip to
Flesh) is another early indication of a "2000 AD Universe". There were also various tangential references to Mega-Cities in
Ro-Busters, connecting that strip to Judge Dredd as well. Hammerstein was shown to be involved in fighting the Volgan War in
Ro-Busters, which connected that strip to
Invasion, and of course the Ro-Busters strip evolved into a spinoff, ABC Warriors.
Not all of the early attempts at creating ties between different strips survived over time. For example there was a mid-1990s Dredd story arc involving Hammerstein (from Ro-Busters/ABC Warriors), but more recent ABC Warriors stories changed some dating of events and showed historical situations which conflicted with the history of Dredd's strip, rendering the mid-1990s Hammerstein/Dredd connection non-canonical (it's fair to say the story was probably hatched in light of the unnamed ABC Warrior robot's appearance in the Stallone Judge Dredd movie), as well as the earliest references to a shared universe with Dredd in Ro-Busters.
Thanks all. Glad people are enjoying my little podcast.
Positronic, I don't think anyone has picked the Termight edition yet if you want to come on the podcast next year??
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 29 April, 2017, 12:32:00 PM
Thanks all. Glad people are enjoying my little podcast.
Positronic, I don't think anyone has picked the Termight edition yet if you want to come on the podcast next year??
I was looking at your reviews more for guidance in what I might consider essential reading/buying choices, but as I've already read Nemesis some
(*ahem*) years ago, I'm inclined to buy that Termight edition anyway. I'm told it differs in some details (artwork having been altered by Kevin O'Neil for the color reprints in the Eagle Comics NEMESIS miniseries) from the stories as they first appeared in 2000 AD. I'm not clear on the precise differences, but I'd also have to dig around in my (large, but somewhat disorganized) collection of older comics to see if I can still find the original Titan graphic albums of the first three Nemesis books (from the 1980s) for comparison.
If no one else is going to do it first, then I guess I'll order a copy. I might be up to reviewing it afterward (again, it would be nice to find those Titan Books editions for comparative purposes). I'll let you know when I get the Termight edition and have had a chance to read it (for the first time since the 1980s), Eamonn.
Excellent, Positronic.
And stay tuned, everyone. Tomorrow morning we has some Big Finish Strontium Dog audio adventures to review.
Quote from: positronic on 29 April, 2017, 04:20:31 PM
I was looking at your reviews more for guidance in what I might consider essential reading/buying choices, but as I've already read Nemesis some (*ahem*) years ago, I'm inclined to buy that Termight edition anyway. I'm told it differs in some details (artwork having been altered by Kevin O'Neil for the color reprints in the Eagle Comics NEMESIS miniseries) from the stories as they first appeared in 2000 AD. I'm not clear on the precise differences, but I'd also have to dig around in my (large, but somewhat disorganized) collection of older comics to see if I can still find the original Titan graphic albums of the first three Nemesis books (from the 1980s) for comparison.
I don't have the Temight edition, but do have the Eagle reprints (though perhaps they should be called edits, as they're more involved than the standard reprint). Assuming you can you can recognise artistic styles it's pretty easy to tell the difference, even without a side-by-side comparison. From memory the standard changes are either: a) Kevin O'Neill extending an existing panel at the top or bottom of the page or b) adding wide, shallow panels before or after the page as originally printed. As he's editing artwork he originally drew between 1980 to 1983 in 1985 you can tell his newer stuff due to the way his style has developed in that time. He's possibly drawing the new material at a different scale as well, as it's not quite as detailed as the original Nemesis Book III artwork.
Quote from: sheridan on 30 April, 2017, 03:25:18 AM
Quote from: positronic on 29 April, 2017, 04:20:31 PM
I was looking at your reviews more for guidance in what I might consider essential reading/buying choices, but as I've already read Nemesis some (*ahem*) years ago, I'm inclined to buy that Termight edition anyway. I'm told it differs in some details (artwork having been altered by Kevin O'Neil for the color reprints in the Eagle Comics NEMESIS miniseries) from the stories as they first appeared in 2000 AD. I'm not clear on the precise differences, but I'd also have to dig around in my (large, but somewhat disorganized) collection of older comics to see if I can still find the original Titan graphic albums of the first three Nemesis books (from the 1980s) for comparison.
I don't have the Temight edition, but do have the Eagle reprints (though perhaps they should be called edits, as they're more involved than the standard reprint). Assuming you can you can recognise artistic styles it's pretty easy to tell the difference, even without a side-by-side comparison. From memory the standard changes are either: a) Kevin O'Neill extending an existing panel at the top or bottom of the page or b) adding wide, shallow panels before or after the page as originally printed. As he's editing artwork he originally drew between 1980 to 1983 in 1985 you can tell his newer stuff due to the way his style has developed in that time. He's possibly drawing the new material at a different scale as well, as it's not quite as detailed as the original Nemesis Book III artwork.
Thanks, Sheridan. I may have the Eagle Comics miniseries as well somewhere, but like I say, my collection goes back quite a while so things are bagged and boxed, and boxes are piled on top of other boxes...
I figured it was something like what you mention, but I didn't know if (other than changing things to fit the difference in relative page dimensions) O'Neill had redrawn panels if upon review he had determined that there were some particular panel or figure he was never quite happy with but never had the time to re-do originally because of deadlines, or if he possibly even added a page here or there where he felt like more in the way of explanation was called for or to make the story flow better, so he might have inserted one between the original pages where there was space available in the American comic format version.
From what I have heard there is some of the latter going on today with newer stories being reprinted in trade paperbacks, where the artist (or writer) has time to stop and re-review the story after its first serialized printing in standard format comics, but before it is being committed to a final version in a TP release.
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Brian Doob from the British Invaders (http://britishinvaders.com/) science fiction podcast brings along the Big Finish Strontium Dog audios with two stories about Johnny, Wulf, Middenface and the Gronk. Starring no less than Simon Pegg and Jacqueline Pearce.
Tune in and let me know what you think
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/mega-city-book-club-32-strontium-dog.html
Good show. I wasn't aware of these audiobooks. Simon Pegg seems like a strange casting choice for Johnny Alpha, but then I haven't heard it. Of course I'm imagining as if it were a movie or TV show, with Simon wearing the body armor & helmet! :lol: If he played it straight like you described, I'm sure he was probably fine (he was fine as Scotty in the new Star Trek movies too, although sometimes the character verged into a little comedy).
Quote from: positronic on 30 April, 2017, 11:12:40 AM
Good show. I wasn't aware of these audiobooks. Simon Pegg seems like a strange casting choice for Johnny Alpha, but then I haven't heard it. Of course I'm imagining as if it were a movie or TV show, with Simon wearing the body armor & helmet! :lol: If he played it straight like you described, I'm sure he was probably fine (he was fine as Scotty in the new Star Trek movies too, although sometimes the character verged into a little comedy).
Not a Star Trek fan (or a fan of the idea of rebooting continuity like that) but the Star Trek movies do have Johnny Alpha as Scotty and Joe Dredd as Bones, so they can't be all bad ;-)
Love the podcast
Currently downloading the two recommended & available ones.
Brian's got a great voice - great double act.
Quote from: sheridan on 30 April, 2017, 01:39:08 PM
Not a Star Trek fan (or a fan of the idea of rebooting continuity like that) but the Star Trek movies do have Johnny Alpha as Scotty and Joe Dredd as Bones, so they can't be all bad ;-)
I can't say I cared at all for the last of the three movies (to the point where I was so disinterested in what was going on 20 minutes or so into it, that I just got up and left).
The first Star Trek film is a reboot, but it's an
in-continuity reboot, which is something of a different thing. It has to do with a Romulan named Nero and Spock traveling into the past (from Spock's last appearance in a Next Generation episode), and their temporal interference with historical events creating an alternate tangent universe to the original TV series. I liked the fact that they respected the fans' intelligence enough to make the reboot an actual part of the plot of film.
Quote from: positronic on 01 May, 2017, 02:47:23 PM
I liked the fact that they respected the fans' intelligence enough to make the reboot an actual part of the plot of film. came up with a reboot concept that allowed them keep the original continuity as in-canon and thus safeguard future box-set sales of TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise.
FTFY.
Economic necessity, Jim. They weren't NOT going to do a reboot, because the classic characters were what was needed for recognition. Recasting and rebooting therefore became one and the same. Given the fact that you ARE doing it, at least giving it some plausible in-story explanation is better than shoving a re-do down viewers' throats and expecting them to just ignore the re-cast characters. CGI'ing the whole cast was obviously out of the budget.
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Johnny Alpha month continues with Steve Green back in the book club to discuss the first volume of the Search Destroy Agency files, and to talk about the Strontium Dog fan film (http://www.strontiumdogfanfilm.com/) just in time for its internet release next week.
Listen in and let us know.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/mega-city-book-club-33-strontium-dog.html
Cheers!
(Week on Tuesday, the 23rd)
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 14 May, 2017, 08:17:33 AM
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Johnny Alpha month continues with Steve Green back in the book club to discuss the first volume of the Search Destroy Agency files, and to talk about the Strontium Dog fan film (http://www.strontiumdogfanfilm.com/) just in time for its internet release next week.
Listen in and let us know.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/mega-city-book-club-33-strontium-dog.html
Maybe Strontium Dog month will stir interest in a third SD novella and provoke publication of a three-story paperback, as discussed on the 2000AD novels thread (http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=44444).
Not to diminish the importance of the Dredd franchise to Rebellion, but I always felt they had a half-dozen good pillars in strips/characters who were in place from early on: besides Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, Nemesis the Warlock, Ro-Busters/A.B.C. Warriors, and even a couple of strips that didn't get into the mix until late in the 1980s, like Anderson and Bad Company.
These were all high-concept ideas very easy to get a basic grasp of, and all of them beautifully designed characters, any one of which would make a great movie, television show, videogame, novel series, etc. As rich as Judge Dredd world is, it would be a real shame to ignore the potential to promote these characters to more exposure and greater recognition among the general public. I'm reminded of how many of the Marvel heroes like Iron Man or Daredevil (and even Captain America, for some decades there) saw very little in the way of exploitation or merchandising as franchises, and were considered second-stringers (even the Avengers!) beside Spider-Man, X-Men, and the Fantastic Four. Surely the potential of characters like Strontium Dog has barely been realized as yet.
Eamonn and Steve, loved this week's podcast and can't wait to see the fan film!
Just caught up with the Strontium Dog audio tapes - very interesting! I had completely forgotten Pegg plays Alpha!
Just listened to the Steve Green SD one - very good, goes into some real depth about the recording of the (amazing) SD fan film. Steve is refreshingly matter-of-fact about some of the sacrifices made but I suppose we wouldn't have such an incredibly solid end product if the folk making it weren't beating themselves up about every choice - can't wait to see it again on YouTube/Vimeo.
Fan art is considered an apt tribute as well... hhmmmm
Thanks, glad people enjoyed it!
I can't remember what I said exactly, but yeah with the fan films I tend to get a bit worn-out/depressed by the end of things.
Working on the post-production side of things, It's more of a long slog, shoots are physical effort but they're over quickly.
Pre-production there's still the excitement of potential, by the time you hit post and it's tracking Johnny's eyes for the hundredth time, the excitement has died off - the only relief is when you get someone else's contribution, whether that's in sound or an edit.
At the end it's more just, that's not how I wanted it to be - but I think it might have been Dave Gibbons who posted about people only seeing how the end product falls short compared to how they imagined it - everyone else just sees the end product.
Quote from: Steve Green on 16 May, 2017, 11:41:40 AM
Thanks, glad people enjoyed it!
I can't remember what I said exactly, but yeah with the fan films I tend to get a bit worn-out/depressed by the end of things.
Working on the post-production side of things, It's more of a long slog, shoots are physical effort but they're over quickly.
Pre-production there's still the excitement of potential, by the time you hit post and it's tracking Johnny's eyes for the hundredth time, the excitement has died off - the only relief is when you get someone else's contribution, whether that's in sound or an edit.
At the end it's more just, that's not how I wanted it to be - but I think it might have been Dave Gibbons who posted about people only seeing how the end product falls short compared to how they imagined it - everyone else just sees the end product.
Well, I've not
quite seen the end product of the S/D film yet, but what I saw at the 40th was impressive - can't wait to see it again! One week 'til planned release/publication date...
By the way, your film comes up second and third when I search for "Strontium Dog" on google...
Cheers, all. Thanks for all the support.
And stay tuned for a week's time when the CrazyFoxMachine leads me off-piste as we follow one of the UK's great comic auteurs, Bryan Talbot, to the Tale of One Bad Rat.
I hope he had something to say about Luther Arkwright, Nemesis, and a few other things as well. Should be interesting!
Thanks to a suggestion from the official art correspondent of the podcast, Lord Pete of Wells himself, we now have a virtual art gallery on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/Megacitybookclub/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1151682354960763) for images of all the grail pages picked by my guests and myself.
I'm slowly adding the pictures as I go back and listen to the past episodes while I'm also editing the next three.
Check it out an enjoy. I'll try and add them here as we go along as well.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 21 May, 2017, 10:10:40 AM
Thanks to a suggestion from the official art correspondent of the podcast, Lord Pete of Wells himself, we now have a virtual art gallery on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/pg/Megacitybookclub/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1151682354960763) for images of all the grail pages picked by my guests and myself.
I'm slowly adding the pictures as I go back and listen to the past episodes while I'm also editing the next three.
Check it out an enjoy. I'll try and add them here as we go along as well.
The Facebook tag now makes sense!
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Steve's grail page.
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The Crazy Fox Machine himself, Owen Watts, takes the book club off piste to discuss Bryan Talbot's stunning The Tale of One Bad Rat. Content warning: this book does deal with the consequences of child sexual abuse. It is a very important piece of literature but please be warned in advance.
Listen in and let us know
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/mega-city-book-club-34-tale-of-one-bad.html
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And an ectastic moment for a grail page.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 28 May, 2017, 11:42:33 AM
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And an ectastic moment for a grail page.
Just listening to the podcast now - it's been a very long time since I read it, but I'm doing a grand sort-out at the moment so I'm sure it'll emerge soon...
The grailpage there is the only one I can clearly remember off the top of my head, so good choice!
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Mr Jim Moon from Hypnogoria (http://www.hypnogoria.com/html/podcast.html) is back in the book club with the mega epic that nearly ended the Mega-City. Dance the Apocalypso as we revisit one of Dredd's darkest hours.
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/mega-city-book-club-35-apocalypse-war.html
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Jim's epic grail page!
It seems my racking my brains to come up with something that no one else would want to do has coincided with a resurgence of interest in the Judge Dredd RPG! I hope I live up to expectations (and my microphone is capable of picking up my low pitched voice...)
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Terry Mack joins me for another mega-epic with the Judda and Supersurf 10. We're off to see the surfing wizard of Oz!
Listen in
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/mega-city-book-club-36-oz.html
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And Terry's grail page
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 June, 2017, 12:15:30 PM
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And Terry's grail page
Interesting - not one of the obvious flashy splash pages, so shall look forward to listening to the podcast (not that I don't anyway).
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Alex Frith is back as we go undercover in London's Betsy Trotwood pub to discuss the second volume of the
Low Life. Dirty Frank approves.
Listen in.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/mega-city-book-club-37-mega-city.html
And here's a Grail page to look out for Alex.
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Robo-K33f himself, Keith Richardson joins me in a 1970s provinical newspaper office to conside the wonders of the Leopard of Lime Street. Listen in and learn more about the Treasury of British Comics.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/mega-city-book-club-38-leopard-of-lime.html
And a snippet from Keith's grail page to whet your appetite.
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Really enjoyed that podcast. And now i want to read the Leopard from Lime Street! Also, nice to hear of a superhero operating in my home town of Celbridge ;)
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Chris Thompson, the Pop Culture Hound himself, is my guest to discuss the first collection of Tales from Nu-Earth. We also discuss his career in comics and his curent work with Titan comics.
Listen in
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/07/mega-city-book-club-39-rogue-trooper.html
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and part of Chris's grail page from Prog 254, art Mike Dorey
Great stuff as always Eamonn. I let a few of these build up, and then had a pig-out on them last Sunday. Will give the Rogue Trooper one a listen tonight.
I do love Mike Dorey, one day when I get back on top of the Heroes blog he'll get his turn! Anyone know if he's still drawing?
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Episode 40!
The forum's Brian Walsh joins me in a council estate book club to celebrate the horror of John Smith's Cradlegrave, and to mourn the loss of Edmund Bagwell.
Listen in below
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/mega-city-book-club-40-cradlegrave.html
And maybe donate the price of a prog to
https://www.pancreaticcancer.org.uk/
And I'm holding back Brian's main grail page for spoiler reasons, but here's that hoody horror cover for 1633 in all its dark glory.
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Quote from: AlexF on 26 July, 2017, 10:57:12 AM
I do love Mike Dorey, one day when I get back on top of the Heroes blog he'll get his turn! Anyone know if he's still drawing?
Looks like it:
QuoteFor the last 20 years he has worked in advertising. He lives near Burwash, East Sussex.
uk comics wikia (http://ukcomics.wikia.com/wiki/Mike_Dorey)
deviant art (http://michelmasdaisy.deviantart.com/)
dorey creative (http://www.doreycreative.com/)
I've just listened to the Cradlegrave one. Excellent stuff enlightening stuff from you both.
Hellblazer #51 is was a good recommendation as well. It's baffling that Smith never got a proper run in US comics, that issue is a match for any of the Delano and Gaiman/McKean work, and is light years ahead of anything any other creators have done with Hellblazer.
Cheers @Calhab
I've now got a copy of Hellblazer #51 and it's great. A perfect fit for Smith and Philips, and a great shame there wasn't more.
Quote from: CalHab on 10 August, 2017, 07:55:40 PM
It's baffling that Smith never got a proper run in US comics
I think he got offered a mini series 'Scarab' that was originally meant to be the character Dr Fate. I think he fell foul of the editor. Whilst Vertigo claimed to be shocking/ground breaking I think it fell into quite a familiar groove that John just didn't fit. The mid 90s was very cute Goth (outside of Ennis, Milligan & Morrison going full guns!)
Quote from: CalHab on 10 August, 2017, 07:55:40 PM
I've just listened to the Cradlegrave one. Excellent stuff enlightening stuff from you both.
Hellblazer #51 is was a good recommendation as well. It's baffling that Smith never got a proper run in US comics, that issue is a match for any of the Delano and Gaiman/McKean work, and is light years ahead of anything any other creators have done with Hellblazer.
I love a good John Smith tale more than most but it's not hard to imagine the problems that might ensue when Shelley Bond said "So, one issue a month then, John?"
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David Grice returns to a 2012 3D book club to discuss the lovely Urban Warfare hardback from Arthur Wyatt, Henry Flint, Paul Davidson, Matt Smith, Chris Blythe et al
Check it out here
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/41-urban-warfare.html
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and part of David's grail page
"A question of attribution."
I'm told it was Robo-K33f himself who came up with the top, top punnage title for Urban Warfare, and not Matt TMO.
Excellent work, sir.
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More love for the Horned God as Roland Ungoed-Thomas steps into mythology book club to chat about a true masterpiece from Uncle Pat and the Biz.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/42-horned-god.html
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And Roland's grail page, cover to #626
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 17 July, 2017, 05:22:14 PM
Really enjoyed that podcast. And now i want to read the Leopard from Lime Street! Also, nice to hear of a superhero operating in my home town of Celbridge ;)
One of the best podcasts yet (I'm a bit behind, trying to avoid spoilers...)
Been trying to think of a better banner/logo than Leopard, but no luck It's fantastic.
and for those who don't do the facebook here are the upcoming episodes and the very lengthy to read list. :o
43. Invasion! with Conrad Leiden
44. Judge Dredd role playing game with Matt Sharp
45. Psi Files vol 1 with Chris McAuley
46. Ro-Busters 1 with Simon Belmont
47. The VCs with Nathan Duck
Books to come:
The Midnight Surfer with Duncan Nimmo
The Pit with Stacey Whittle
Nemesis Book 1 with Richard McAuliffe
PJ Maybe with Pete Wells
Titan with Pete Wells
Tour of Duty : The Backlash with Judge Anon
Zenith Phase 2 with David Grice
Harry 20 on the High Rock with Seelnelg Vader
Fiends of the Eastern Front with Seelnelg Vader
Heavy Metal Dredd with Will Cooling
City of the Damned with Dave Wynn
Dredd Case files volume 5 with Brett Summers
Zombo book 1 with Josh Davies
Harlem Heroes with DandontDare
Brit-Cit Noir with Luke Williams
Stickleback vol 1 with Timothy Jacobs
The Complete Al's Baby with Ben Penm
The Stainless Steel Rat with @ebeling_j
Alice in Sunderland with Luke Williams
The Last American with Luke Williams
Young Death with marko10174
Portrait of a Mutant with Dave Wynn
The Dredd Batman collection
Otto Sump with Rachel Bullmore
History of Violence with Jamie Beamish
Tsar Wars and Sympathy for the Devil with Chris Collazo
Judgement day with Pete Wells
Bad Company with Roland Ungoed-Thomas
Marshal Law with Chris McAuley
Brink with Alex Frith
Metalzoic with Nathan Duck
Revere with Gareth A Hopkins
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 04 September, 2017, 01:45:46 PM
and for those who don't do the facebook here are the upcoming episodes and the very lengthy to read list. :o
43. Invasion! with Conrad Leiden
44. Judge Dredd role playing game with Matt Sharp
45. Psi Files vol 1 with Chris McAuley
46. Ro-Busters 1 with Simon Belmont
47. The VCs with Nathan Duck
Books to come:
The Midnight Surfer with Duncan Nimmo
The Pit with Stacey Whittle
Nemesis Book 1 with Richard McAuliffe
PJ Maybe with Pete Wells
Titan with Pete Wells
Tour of Duty : The Backlash with Judge Anon
Zenith Phase 2 with David Grice
Harry 20 on the High Rock with Seelnelg Vader
Fiends of the Eastern Front with Seelnelg Vader
Heavy Metal Dredd with Will Cooling
City of the Damned with Dave Wynn
Dredd Case files volume 5 with Brett Summers
Zombo book 1 with Josh Davies
Harlem Heroes with DandontDare
Brit-Cit Noir with Luke Williams
Stickleback vol 1 with Timothy Jacobs
The Complete Al's Baby with Ben Penm
The Stainless Steel Rat with @ebeling_j
Alice in Sunderland with Luke Williams
The Last American with Luke Williams
Young Death with marko10174
Portrait of a Mutant with Dave Wynn
The Dredd Batman collection
Otto Sump with Rachel Bullmore
History of Violence with Jamie Beamish
Tsar Wars and Sympathy for the Devil with Chris Collazo
Judgement day with Pete Wells
Bad Company with Roland Ungoed-Thomas
Marshal Law with Chris McAuley
Brink with Alex Frith
Metalzoic with Nathan Duck
Revere with Gareth A Hopkins
Great list - really looking forward to some of those!
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 04 September, 2017, 01:45:46 PM
and for those who don't do the facebook here are the upcoming episodes and the very lengthy to read list. :o
43. Invasion! with Conrad Leiden
44. Judge Dredd role playing game with Matt Sharp
45. Psi Files vol 1 with Chris McAuley
46. Ro-Busters 1 with Simon Belmont
47. The VCs with Nathan Duck
Books to come:
The Midnight Surfer with Duncan Nimmo
The Pit with Stacey Whittle
Nemesis Book 1 with Richard McAuliffe
PJ Maybe with Pete Wells
Titan with Pete Wells
Tour of Duty : The Backlash with Judge Anon
Zenith Phase 2 with David Grice
Harry 20 on the High Rock with Seelnelg Vader
Fiends of the Eastern Front with Seelnelg Vader
Heavy Metal Dredd with Will Cooling
City of the Damned with Dave Wynn
Dredd Case files volume 5 with Brett Summers
Zombo book 1 with Josh Davies
Harlem Heroes with DandontDare
Brit-Cit Noir with Luke Williams
Stickleback vol 1 with Timothy Jacobs
The Complete Al's Baby with Ben Penm
The Stainless Steel Rat with @ebeling_j
Alice in Sunderland with Luke Williams
The Last American with Luke Williams
Young Death with marko10174
Portrait of a Mutant with Dave Wynn
The Dredd Batman collection
Otto Sump with Rachel Bullmore
History of Violence with Jamie Beamish
Tsar Wars and Sympathy for the Devil with Chris Collazo
Judgement day with Pete Wells
Bad Company with Roland Ungoed-Thomas
Marshal Law with Chris McAuley
Brink with Alex Frith
Metalzoic with Nathan Duck
Revere with Gareth A Hopkins
and breaking news: Matthew Ellis coming back in 2018 with
Judge Anderson: Satan
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It's the 2000AD podcasts cross-over event that you didn't know you needed. Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 joins the book club to discuss the first thrill ever.
"His name is Savage, Bill Savage. Husband to a murdered wife, father to a murdered child. And he will have his vengeance in the first prog, and the next."
Listen in here
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/43-invasion.html
This should be classic. The Space Spinner episode where they discuss Bill's vilest deeds (Locking the doors on a factory, filling it with acid and then letting the skeleton flow out) was hilarious.
Thank you so much for having me! This show as a lot of fun and I hope we were able to get across the ridiculous awesomeness of this early thrill. It's one of my absolute favorites, and is one of my key yardsticks for how good a story is. I had a great time on the show, and am telling everyone I know to check it out :D Looking forward to more!
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Conrad's main grail pick. Check the Facebook page for our other grail pages.
And it was great having you, Conrad. A really enjoyable discussion.
Pick a book for next year.
Let's try that again
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I need a Quack, Quack, Volg T-shirt!
Or a Bill Savage tour t-shirt
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 11 September, 2017, 12:52:38 PM
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That was probably my first Invasion story!
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 10 September, 2017, 09:01:01 AM
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It's the 2000AD podcasts cross-over event that you didn't know you needed. Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 joins the book club to discuss the first thrill ever.
"His name is Savage, Bill Savage. Husband to a murdered wife, father to a murdered child. And he will have his vengeance in the first prog, and the next."
Listen in here
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/43-invasion.html
Listening now, and then I'll be listening to Space Spinner 2000's Cursed Earth collection podcast. :thumbsup:
Hey everyone! I've just posted the Space Spinner 2000 collection for Invasion, if you're interested in a companion to this episode. While we lack Eamonn's soothing voice, I think we have some excellent observations and provide a very in-depth prog by prog view of the stories. Check it out here! (http://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=44366.msg968993#msg968993)
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 10 September, 2017, 06:48:33 PM
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And it was great having you, Conrad. A really enjoyable discussion.
Pick a book for next year.
I'd be a fool to not pick another of my favorite year-one thrills, SHAKO!
Shako it is. The only Polar bear on the CIA kill list!
:thumbsup:
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Matt Sharp brings his gamesmaster shield to the book club as I roll a mere 1 for experience on the D20. We talk about the game, some of the add-on modules, and the various campaigns Matt ran with his group of players. Also there's a panoply of great art to illustrate the two game book.
Listen in
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/44-judge-dredd-role-playing-game.html
As a fan of old RPG books I'm really excited to listen to this episode!
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Matt's Grail page by the late, great Steve Dillon
I apologise for the sound quality - I'd failed an Initiative roll and was trapped at the bottom of a well...
I haven't posted here in a while but literally stalk browse the forum everyday to keep the thrill power topped up.
I gotta say Eamonn these podcasts are glorious. I have a new job in which I sit at a desk for 8 hrs a day (living the dream...) and have been listening to music and plowing my way through these podcasts. Today alone I listened to Rogue, Stront, and Daily Dredds (of which I just bought vol 2 - it needs an episode! ) Tomorrow will be Halo, cursed earth, and more if I have time. Great stuff!
Cheers, Rogue.
Next up is Judge Anderson and Psi files vol 1, and then two weeks after that Ro-Busters are go!
And up on eBay a great Cam Kennedy and Mark Farmer double page from the Taxidermist
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2000AD-JUDGE-DREDD-ORIGINAL-DOUBLE-PAGE-ARTWORK-/222645755973
Alphabetical, innit?
Books to come:
Al's Baby with Ben Penm
Alice in Sunderland with Luke Williams
Bad Company with Roland Ungoed-Thomas
Batman Dredd with David Grice
Brink with Alex Frith
Brit Cit Noir with Luke Williams
Case files 5 with Brett Summers
Cinnabar with Brian Walsh
City of the Damned with Dave Wynn
Daily Dredds 2 with Guy Robbins
Flesh With Terry Mack
Harlem Heroes With Phil Lloyd
Harry 20 on the High Rock with Glen Lees
Heavy metal Dredd with Will Cooling
History of Violence with Jamie Beamish
Judgement Day with Pete Wells
Last American with Luke Williams
Major Eazy with Ian Grant
Marshal Law with Chris McAuley
Metazoic With Nathan Duck
Midnight Surfer with Duncan Nimmo
Nemesis book 1 with Rich McAuliffe
Otto Sump with Rachael Bullmore
PJ Maybe with Pete Wells
Portrait of a Mutant with Dave Wynn
Revere with Gareth A Hopkins
Satan with Matthew Ellis
Shako with Conrad Leiden
Slaine Time Killer with Jules Boyle
Stainless Steel Rat with J Ebling
Stickleback with Timothy Jacobs
The Pit with Stacey Whittle
Titan Pete Wells
Tour of Duty: Backlash with Judge Anon
Tsars Wars/Sympathy for the Devil with Chris Collazo
Young Death with Marko1074
Zenith 2 with David Grice
Zombo with Josh Davies
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Chris McAuley from the Talking Comics site (https://talkingcomicssite.wordpress.com/) gives me some in-depth analysis of Anderson's appearances both on the page and up on the silver screen. It's a fascinating episode.
Listen in here
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/45-anderson-psi-files-1.html
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And one of Chris' grail pages by Carlos Ezquerra
and coming up in the next 6 weeks:
46. Ro-Busters 1 with Simon Belmont
47. The VCs with Nathan Duck
48. Fiends of the Eastern Front with Glen Lees
That was excellent - I really enjoyed that. Chris was insightful and remarkably eloquent on the book and I need to go to the loft now and give it another read.
Here is the link to the blog discussed towards the end: https://talkingcomicssite.wordpress.com/
Quote from: WhizzBang on 02 October, 2017, 10:01:32 PM
That was excellent - I really enjoyed that. Chris was insightful and remarkably eloquent on the book and I need to go to the loft now and give it another read.
Here is the link to the blog discussed towards the end: https://talkingcomicssite.wordpress.com/
Thanks, WhizzBang. I'm really looking forward to hearing what Chris has to say about Marshal Law next year.
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Ro-Busters are go! Simon Belmont joined me at LSCC to chat about the gorgeous first hardcover collection of the RoBusters adventures.
Listen in here.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/46-ro-busters.html
Nice one! That's tomorrow's listening sorted
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And the grail page that Simon picked. I keep saying this but Ian Kennedy is a national treasure.
I really enjoy listening to these, some books I'm familiar with, others not, and some great insights from the guests. Thanks Eamonn.
Quote from: abelardsnazz on 16 October, 2017, 12:55:11 PM
I really enjoy listening to these, some books I'm familiar with, others not, and some great insights from the guests. Thanks Eamonn.
Cheers.
Always delighted to get positive feedback, especially from the man with a two storey brain!
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Soar into the vacuum of space to clean up those Geeks with the VCs.
Nathan Duck makes a welcome return to the book club with some classic future war action from Finely-Day, MacManus, McMahon, Leach, Kennedy and Richardson.
We also chat about some science fiction war novels.
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/10/47-vcs.html
Not familiar with that cover and can't make detail at that resolution - is it by Gary Leach, or is that wishful thinking?
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That's the cover to the 2008 trade edition, cover by Cam Kennedy.
http://comicbookdb.com/issue.php?ID=149806
Didn't Kennedy do the invasion cover too? I wonder if he was just commissioned to do a bunch of graphic novel covers at some point. At least he actually did work on the VCs!
Yes, Cam did indeed do the Invasion trade cover. I quite like the VCs one but here comes some Garry Leach on Nathan's grail page, the cover of the second Titan collection.
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And next up will be not one, but two episodes about Fiends of the Eastern Front.
Stay tuned.
Very excited for Fiends! It stands out so much from other stuff in 2000AD at the time.
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We start a months of pod-a-week episodes with Glen Lees back from Oz to tell us a spooky story from WWII as Gerry Finley-Day and King Carlos give us a perfect black and white gem from back in the day.
Listen in below or on your podcatcher:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/48-fiends-of-eastern-front.html
And Glen's gorgeous grail page by King Carlos.
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Gave the Fiends episode a listen yesterday, great stuff. Going to have to read it again now *sigh*.
Stakes and crosses? We only care about Iron Crosses! Love fiends!
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The pod a week action continues as the voice of Tharg himself, David Bishop, returns to the book club to talk more Fiends of the Eastern Front action. We discuss his four novels inspired by the series, the Stalingrad sequel he did with Colin MacNeil for the Megazine, and also his Kindle book about the history of Battle Picture Weekly.
Cover art is a previously unpublished piece by the fang-tastic Chris Weston.
Listen in here:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/49-fiends-revisited.html
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David's Stalingrad grail page, the cover to Megazine 251 by Colin MacNeil.
I recall I really enjoyed Bishops Fiends Novels, his comics version not so much for some reason.
Quote from: maryanddavid on 21 November, 2017, 12:01:15 AM
I recall I really enjoyed Bishops Fiends Novels, his comics version not so much for some reason.
I burble at length in the podcast about the Fiends novels, how the Stalingrad series got reconfigured from 8-page eps to 6-pagers, and the lost Fiends of the Rising Sun trilogy might have continued...
And coming up in 2018 we have a book list and a half:
Al's Baby
Alice in Sunderland
Bad Company
Batman Dredd
Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave!
Brink
Brit Cit Noir
Case files 5
Cinnabar
City of the Damned
Daily Dredds 2
Dracula File
Flesh
Harry 20 on the High Rock
Heavy metal Dredd
History of Violence
Judgement Day
Last American
Leviathan
Major Eazy
Marshal Law
Mazeworld
Metazoic
Midnight Surfer
Nemesis book 1
Otto Sump
PJ Maybe
Portrait of a Mutant
Realm of the Damned
Revere
Satan
Shako
Slaine Time Killer
Stainless Steel Rat
Stickleback
The Pit
Titan
Tour of Duty: Backlash
Tsars Wars/Sympathy for the Devil
Young Death
Zenith 2
Zombo
Wow, what a great line-up. Look forward to listening. Is Satan the Anderson story or something else?
Realm of the Damned should be fun; almost everyone here seemed to hate it but I thought it was a right larf.
Listened to Fiends Revisited this morning - very interesting, and Bish-OP's Sesame Street Count impression was entirely justified :)
I really wish that Metalzoic reprint could have happened. Here's hoping Rebellion might be able to do something with that series in the future.
Quote from: abelardsnazz on 23 November, 2017, 12:28:27 PM
Wow, what a great line-up. Look forward to listening. Is Satan the Anderson story or something else?
Yes, that's Judge Anderson: Satan by Grant and Ranson.
And I have mis-spelled Metalzoic.
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The book club reaches episode 50 and it's the first of three episodes recorded at this year's Thought Bubble. The forum's very own Phil Lloyd joined me with some super sports action and those terrific Harlem Heroes.
Listen in
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/50-harlem-heroes.html
Yup, that "podcast guest" barrel is being well and truly scraped. I have no idea why Eamonn chose to hire some guy with a silly voice to re-record everything I said, because as everyone knows, my real voice is a sort of cross between Morgan Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch. Pity I couldn't include John Wagner's recollections of Tom Tully that he'd just shared with me elsewhere at Thought Bubble, too libellous!
And here is one of the most glorious grail pages imaginable as chosen by Benedict Phil.
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Episode 51 is a bonus episode which you may already have seen/heard on the advent calendar. Recorded mostly at LSCC and Thought Bubble I asked some more creators and some super-fans for some of their favourite things from 40 years of the prog.
Listen in
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/51-forty-years-on.html
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As the snow comes down keep nice and warm in the book club with the return of Duncan Nimmo. It's the second of three episodes I recorded at Thought Bubble, and its time to soar into the skies above MC1 for Super-Surf 7 with the best there ever was (or will be?). It's the Midnight Surfer!
Listen in
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/52-midnight-surfer.html
And here's Duncan's grail page by the great Cam Kennedy.
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Half way through this and I'm loving it. Well done fellas!
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The month of weekly pods continues and it's time for some nepotism as my daughter Jenny joins me to revisit the all time classic Halo Jones. I think this is a fascinating chat (but I would say that, wouldn't I) and is intended to supplement Rachel and Sheridan's discussion in episode 17 (http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/mega-city-book-club-17-ballad-of-halo.html).
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/53-halo-jones-revisited.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 17 December, 2017, 09:04:28 AM
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The month of weekly pods continues and it's time for some nepotism as my daughter Jenny joins me to revisit the all time classic Halo Jones. I think this is a fascinating chat (but I would say that, wouldn't I) and is intended to supplement Rachel and Sheridan's discussion in episode 17 (http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/mega-city-book-club-17-ballad-of-halo.html).
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/53-halo-jones-revisited.html
*pssst* Rachael has two 'a's in her name!
We listened to it and loved the take that your daughter had on Halo, and the call-backs to our podcast - how could we have forgotten wozzname? You know the person...
Quote from: sheridan on 18 December, 2017, 02:41:54 AM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 17 December, 2017, 09:04:28 AM
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The month of weekly pods continues and it's time for some nepotism as my daughter Jenny joins me to revisit the all time classic Halo Jones. I think this is a fascinating chat (but I would say that, wouldn't I) and is intended to supplement Rachel and Sheridan's discussion in episode 17 (http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/mega-city-book-club-17-ballad-of-halo.html).
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/53-halo-jones-revisited.html
*pssst* Rachael has two 'a's in her name!
We listened to it and loved the take that your daughter had on Halo, and the call-backs to our podcast - how could we have forgotten wozzname? You know the person...
Ooops sorry ,Rachael.
BTW although I have a huge list of books to get to I am also open to future revisited episodes if anyone wants to pick a book that has already been done.
And here is a truly gorgeous grail page for Jenny Clarke.
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It's the last of the pod-a-week broadcasts and also the last of this year's Thought Bubble recordings as I sit down with Tim Jacobs to discuss the Victorian villain of the piece, the crooked man himself, Stickleback.
You'll be pleased to hear we are mostly spoiler free as we chat about the wonders of Ian Edginton's writing and Matt "D'Israeli" Brooker's atmospheric black and white art.
Listen in below.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/54-stickleback.html
And a very Happy Christmas to all my listeners.
Mega City Book Club will be back in two weeks with Al's Baby.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 24 December, 2017, 09:02:38 AM
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It's the last of the pod-a-week broadcasts and also the last of this year's Thought Bubble recordings as I sit down with Tim Jacobs to discuss the Victorian villain of the piece, the crooked man himself, Stickleback.
You'll be pleased to hear we are mostly spoiler free as we chat about the wonders of Ian Edginton's writing and Matt "D'Israeli" Brooker's atmospheric black and white art.
Listen in below.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2017/12/54-stickleback.html
Does mostly spoiler-free mean
that spoiler? You know the one, on the last page printed to date?
Quote from: sheridan on 28 December, 2017, 10:13:10 PM
Does mostly spoiler-free mean that spoiler? You know the one, on the last page printed to date?
Yes, we do indeed avoid that biggie. Tim was extremely careful on that point.
And while we're at it here is Tim's Grail page.
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A fresh delivery to your pod-catchers this morning! The first of 2018 and Ben Penfold-Marwick joins me from Oz to talk Al's Baby. We try not to spoil things but hint: he does have a baby.
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/55-als-baby.html
And here's a big, bouncing and beautiful grail page.
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This is a great page! It's so silly and completely of its time. I think the Demi Moore photo was only a month or so before this cover? It's definitely close! It's interesting what kind of weird and fun stories the Megazine allowed creators to tell, like Al's Baby or the Taxidermist.
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 08 January, 2018, 12:35:25 PM
This is a great page! It's so silly and completely of its time. I think the Demi Moore photo was only a month or so before this cover? It's definitely close! It's interesting what kind of weird and fun stories the Megazine allowed creators to tell, like Al's Baby or the Taxidermist.
Yup, just 4 months between the More Moore cover and Megazine 1:15. You can hear more about the conception of this cover next week when the voice of Tharg, David Bishop, joins me for another bonus show.
And welcome back, Space Spinner 2000!
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Another bonus episode with the voice of Tharg. David Bishop is back to talk about the conception of Al's Baby, creator owned strips, and how that famous cover came about.
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/56-als-baby-revisited.html
Ooh. Looking forward to this one.
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It's the most famous page in British comics and I spoke to the lucky guy who owns it. You may want to have Chris's comic art fans page (http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetail.asp?gcat=727) open while you listen to this one.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/57-gaze-into-fist-of-dredd.html
What's the grail page this week, then?
Chris still has grail pages.
Two of them are from 2000AD.
Listen in
;)
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 21 January, 2018, 11:03:09 AM
Chris still has grail pages.
Two of them are from 2000AD.
Listen in
;)
I'll take a wild stab in the dark for one of them ;-)
Heh.
Yup, here is the first of Chris's two remaining 2000AD grails:
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The signed print from GOSH comics? I have that, ;)
Quote from: Spikes on 01 February, 2018, 07:07:00 PM
The signed print from GOSH comics? I have that, ;)
:P
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It's time for the exploits of Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat in the pages of the galaxy's greatest comic. Jake Ebeling is my guest to chat about Kelvin Gosnell and Carlos Ezquerra's classic adaptation.
Listen in
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/58-stainless-steel-rat.html
Cheers for the mention! This was a great episode, I read the SSR books when I was a kid and I've always loved the 2000AD adaptions, great stuff. From the episode, Harry Harrison's letter to the Nerve Center was in Prog 148, I'd attached a screenshot below. Splundig Vur Thrigg!
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Cheers, Conrad. Nice to see Tharg helping out struggling authors with £3!
Here is Jake's grail page, the glorious wraparound cover to 393
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Just listened to it! Very good.
Hey Eamonn, now that your some years into the podcast, and have covered an astonishing amount of ground, I wonder if you'd considered doing a 'top 10' episode, where you get your contributors / listeners to submit their top 10s lists of 2000AD books, so we can identify a Book Club approved 'best of 2000AD' breakdown..?
Something to save up for episode 100 maybe!
Quote from: AlexF on 05 February, 2018, 03:49:57 PM
Hey Eamonn, now that your some years into the podcast, and have covered an astonishing amount of ground, I wonder if you'd considered doing a 'top 10' episode, where you get your contributors / listeners to submit their top 10s lists of 2000AD books, so we can identify a Book Club approved 'best of 2000AD' breakdown..?
Something to save up for episode 100 maybe!
Excellent idea, Alex
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Brian Walsh from Dublin's fair city takes me and the Rogue Trooper to a very different city, Cinnabar by John Smith, Steve Dillon and Kev Walker. Is it the best Nu-Earth story yet? Listen in and let us know.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/59-cinnabar.html
Who's that bog-Irish mucksavage putting on a Dublin accent? Don't recognise the voice at all 😃
He's got a touch of the blarney about him, that's for sure. :lol:
And here is Brian's grail page, or the non spoiler-ish one anyway.
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It's Z-day in the book club as Mr Joshy and myself crack open the first volume of Zombo's adventures from Mr Flint and Mr Ewing. We avoid all the big spoilers and have a rollicking good time along the way.
Listen in
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/60-zombo_4.html
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A week on from Z-day and here is Josh's grail page by MVP Henry Flint.
Next week: Charlie and the Terra-Meks!
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Broadcaster and journalist Andrew Harrison joins me to discuss the tear-jerking classic that is Charlie and the Terra-Meks. Spoiler alert for everybody's favourite Ro-Busters story.
Listen in for some Big Jobs!
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/61-terra-meks.html
Just listened to the podcast for the first time - really enjoyed it, Eamonn.
Thanks, oshii. Welcome aboard.
Here is Andrew's glorious Gibbons grail page.
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What better way to celebrate April Fool's day than to join Pete Wells and myself in the book club to discuss the collected misadventures of Mega-City One's own trickster nonpareil.
Warning, there are some spoilers for the stories in this fabby collection.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/62-pjmaybe.html
Nice one, Eamonn, looking forward to that. PJ remains one of the all-time great evil geniuses
Cheers, Brian.
And here is Pete's grail pick by Liam Sharp
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Thoroughly enjoyed that one, great to see the Book Club getting its claws into everyone's favourite amoral, scheming little bastard. And I also liked hearing him talk about PJ Maybe 😉
How very dare you!?! :lol:
just saying if you ever get desperate for topics down the line and need a canon fodder expert ;)
Quote from: The Monarch on 06 April, 2018, 04:12:51 AM
just saying if you ever get desperate for topics down the line and need a canon fodder expert ;)
Excellent, shall I put you on the list, Monarch?
heck yeah!
This is one of the MCBC episodes I skip because I don't want to spoil myself that much (there's a gap from prog 1000 to 1950 that I'm trying to keep undiscovered country for the moment). That said, PJ is a great foil for Dredd, I'm very excited to get to him on my own show!
Also, appreciate the mention on the Charlie episode!
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 06 April, 2018, 03:12:21 PM
Also, appreciate the mention on the Charlie episode!
No problem. Always happy to shout out Space Spinner 2000, Splundid vur Thrigg!
For those who don't do the Facebook thing ( and very wise not too) here is the current book list, although I may still call an audible from time to time.
Already recorded:63. Mek files 2 with Julius Howe
64. Tour of Duty: The Backlash with Santiago Mayaud
Books to come:Alice in Sunderland with Luke Williams
Aquila with Josh Davies
Bad Company with Roland Ungoed-Thomas
Batman Dredd with David Grice
Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave! with Will Cooling
Brink with Alex Frith
Brit Cit Noir with Luke Williams
Cannon Fodder with the Monarch
Case files 5 with Brett Summers
City of the Damned with Dave Wynn
Daily Dredds 2 with Guy Robbins
Dracula File with Jim Moon
Game of You with Jenny Clarke
Flesh With Terry Mack
Harry 20 on the High Rock with Glen Lees
Heavy Metal Dredd with Will Cooling
History of Violence with Jamie Beamish
Hookjaw with Liam Dempsey
Judgement Day with Pete Wells
Last American with Luke Williams
League of Extraordinary Gentleman with Jake Ebeling
Leviathan with Mike Molcher
Major Eazy with Ian Grant
Marshal Law with Chris McAuley
Mazeworld with Paul Sketchy Magpie
Metalzoic With Nathan Duck
Nemesis book 1 with Rich McAuliffe
Otto Sump with Rachael Bullmore
Portrait of a Mutant with Dave Wynn
Realm of the Damned with Ben Penfold-Marwick
Revere with Gareth A Hopkins
Satan: Judge Anderson with Matthew Ellis
Serial Killer with Phil Lloyd
Shako with Conrad Leiden
Slaine Time Killer with Jules Boyle
The Pit with Stacey Whittle
Tsars Wars/Sympathy for the Devil with Chris Collazo
Young Death with Marko1074
Zenith 2 with David Grice
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Episode 63 finds me back in a noisy London pub with art expert Julius Howe to discuss the ABC Warriors Mek Files volume 2 by Pat Mills and Kev Walker et al. One of my microphones failed so the audio quality is not as good as I'd like, apologies, but the discussion is fun.
Listen in.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/63-mek-files-vol-2.html
and here is Julius' grail pick by the great Kev Walker.
Hopefully Julius will share his version of this page later. ;)
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That truly is a lovely page. Think i didn't appreciate it at the time, I was still pining for Bisley.
Great podcast too - wonder what sms posted on Julius's Facebook page?
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 06 April, 2018, 04:07:51 PM
Books to come:
Otto Sump with Rachael Bullmore
On an unrelated note...
Anybody got a full list of Sump appearances - particularly after the 'golden' Ron Smith early eighties era?
Quote from: sheridan on 17 April, 2018, 06:01:06 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 06 April, 2018, 04:07:51 PM
Books to come:
Otto Sump with Rachael Bullmore
On an unrelated note...
Anybody got a full list of Sump appearances - particularly after the 'golden' Ron Smith early eighties era?
Apparently
Citizen Sump appeared in the Meg (volume 4, issues 12 and 13), plus a Daily Dredd newspaper strip (but which one?)
I'm not sure if it's complete, but there's a listing of his appearances on Barney. http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=OTTO
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 20 April, 2018, 02:22:17 PM
I'm not sure if it's complete, but there's a listing of his appearances on Barney. http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=OTTO
Thanks - looks like there was nothing between Get Smart and Citizen Sump - guess all those billboard adverts in backgrounds made him seem more present than he actually was!
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Santiago is back, all the way from Buenos Aires to discuss a pivotal moment for Dredd and his city. Santi's views on the Judge Child Quest were fascinating, tune in to hear what he has to say about the Mega-City One's handling of the mutants issue.
And there's a guest appearance from Santi's cat!
Listen in here:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/64-tour-of-duty-backlash.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 29 April, 2018, 09:29:14 AM
Santiago is back, all the way from Buenos Aires to discuss a pivotal moment for Dredd and his city. Santi's views on the Judge Child Quest were fascinating, tune in to hear what he has to say about the Mega-City One's handling of the mutants issue.
Listen in here:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/64-tour-of-duty-backlash.html
Fantastic stuff from a very perceptive guest:
'This is a masterpiece; a blueprint of how to do character-based drama. This isn't a bunch of stories where things just happen to Dredd.
They're stories where Dredd makes things happen, for him and for everyone else around him. These are stories about Dredd pushing against the world and how the world pushes back.
I would give this to anyone who's tired of plot-based stories, where characters are dragged around by the nose.
This is how to make an epic out of inner turmoil. This is how you can make a massive storyline out of one man's doubts and turn them into a problem for the whole world.'http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/04/64-tour-of-duty-backlash.html
Thanks, Frank. It's always a pleasure to listen to Santiago.
And here's his grail page by Carl Critchlow.
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A quick bonus episode to do some housekeeping and to anounce a top ten stories vote. Thanks to AlexF for the suggestion.
Please send your top ten Judge Dredd stories, and your top ten non Dredd 2000AD thrills to
MCBCpodcast@gmail.com
One lucky voter will win a copy of the first Hachette covers book.
Listen in
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/65-2000ad-top-tens.html
Thanks for running with this, Eamonn! Gonna require some careful thought to craft my two lists. I love a good top 10 poll, fingers crossed there's not too much misery when it comes to compiling all the data.
Quote from: AlexF on 08 May, 2018, 01:43:40 PM
Thanks for running with this, Eamonn! Gonna require some careful thought to craft my two lists. I love a good top 10 poll, fingers crossed there's not too much misery when it comes to compiling all the data.
Decisions, decisions....going to be hard to narrow both down to 10.
Question: for Dreddworld stories that don't feature JD himself, such as Devlin Waugh or Anderson, which category do these fall into? Thanks.
Quote from: abelardsnazz on 09 May, 2018, 01:21:30 PM
Question: for Dreddworld stories that don't feature JD himself, such as Devlin Waugh or Anderson, which category do these fall into? Thanks.
Good question.
On the Facebook group we have decided that Anderson, Chopper and Devlin Waugh go into the Non-Dredd list please. Same for Cursed Earth Koburn, Missionary Man, Insurrection, Lawless etc.
And we've also said that continuing series with several books or chapters should be divided up
i.e Halo Jones book 3 or Zenith phase 1
Thanks
Great, thanks for clarifying Eamonn. The narrowing down process begins...
I'm thinking that if the story appeared in the Judge Dredd title then it's a Dredd story. But anything that appeared under its own title goes into the non-Dredd list.
So Midnight Surfer and Oz are Dredd stories but Song of the Surfer is not. If that makes sense.
If anyone's vote needs clarification I will contact them.
Cheers all
Cripes, this will take a bit of thinking! Obviously the stories I talked about on the podcast will feature in my lists, but the rest will be an enjoyably brain-wracking experience.
I've just about managed to get my two lists down to 10 entries each - but putting them in an order is going to be killer!
Got several votes already. Keep them coming and one lucky voter will win this Hachette covers book in its slip case (or I'll find you a different prize if you've already got it.)
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And here is the latest episode with Brian Doob from British Invaders (http://britishinvaders.com/) back to talk about Pat Mills, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons and Steve Moore writing the Fourth Doctor in a lovely Panini collection.
Listen in.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/66-doctor-who-and-iron-legion.html
And here is Brian's grail page. The Fourth Doctor transforms! by Dave Gibbons.
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Great show - it's a real pleasure to hear people so enthusiastic and knowledgeable about this stuff. I vividly remember how excited I was to find the first issue at my local newsagent.
For the first year or so of DWM there was another strip at the back featuring various Dr Who monsters, also with some 2000ad creators, including excellent early Steve Dillon art. Two or three of these stories turn up in later Panini volumes, but I'd love a complete collection. Alan Moore & David Lloyd did an Auton story, but as far as I know, not available anywhere...
I know everyone here wants to hear more Eamonn, so check him out guest starring on my show! We're going over the Judge Dredd Annual 1984! It's a ton of fun!
http://spacespinner2000.com/2018/05/17/space-spinner-2000-ep-99/ (http://spacespinner2000.com/2018/05/17/space-spinner-2000-ep-99/)
Cheers, Andy and Conrad.
2000AD podcasts rule!
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I met up with Rachael Bullmore in the pub on free comic book day to chat about a digest collection of Otto Sump stories. We had fun with one of Mega-City One's weirdest characters. Plus knitting!
And I will find the link to the Pig song.
Listen In.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/67-otto-sump.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 27 May, 2018, 03:31:56 PM
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I met up with Rachael Bullmore in the pub on free comic book day to chat about a digest collection of Otto Sump stories. We had fun with one of Mega-City One's weirdest characters. Plus knitting!
And I will find the link to the Pig song.
Listen In.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/67-otto-sump.html
A quick google reveals this - I
think this is where the original QR code from the FCBD comic led Pug Ugly: Hey Pig (https://www.dropbox.com/s/7qkkgmwng5dsed0/PugUgly_Pig.mp3?dl=0).
Quote from: sheridan on 28 May, 2018, 12:50:05 AM
A quick google reveals this - I think this is where the original QR code from the FCBD comic led Pug Ugly: Hey Pig (https://www.dropbox.com/s/7qkkgmwng5dsed0/PugUgly_Pig.mp3?dl=0).
Not to be mistaken for The Oink Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Redmx2x4Z0) - I presume that Oink! is part of the IP bought by Rebellion the other year...
Quote from: sheridan on 28 May, 2018, 12:50:05 AM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 27 May, 2018, 03:31:56 PM
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I met up with Rachael Bullmore in the pub on free comic book day to chat about a digest collection of Otto Sump stories. We had fun with one of Mega-City One's weirdest characters. Plus knitting!
And I will find the link to the Pig song.
Listen In.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/67-otto-sump.html
A quick google reveals this - I think this is where the original QR code from the FCBD comic led Pug Ugly: Hey Pig (https://www.dropbox.com/s/7qkkgmwng5dsed0/PugUgly_Pig.mp3?dl=0).
Thanks, Sheridan. I knew I could count on you. Lovely to see you both this weekend
And here's Rachael's grail page by the great Ron Smith
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And coming up on the pod over the summer we have:
68. Sandman: A game of you, with Jenny Clarke
69. Slaine: Time Killer, with Jules Boyle
70. Ant Wars, with Fox Galassi
71. Shako, with Conrad Leiden
72. Future Shock! with Paul Goodwin
73. Nikolai Dante: Tsar Wars, with Chris Collazo
74. Brink, with Alex Frith
75. Restricted Files 4,with Matt Davies
All of these are recorded already (hoorah) but none are edited yet (yikes).
Work to be done.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 29 May, 2018, 06:06:54 PM
70. Ant Wars, with Fox Galassi
71. Shako, with Conrad Leiden
Woo! It's a Space Spinner 2000 back-to-back creature-feature!
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 31 May, 2018, 04:20:15 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 29 May, 2018, 06:06:54 PM
70. Ant Wars, with Fox Galassi
71. Shako, with Conrad Leiden
Woo! It's a Space Spinner 2000 back-to-back creature-feature!
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I crave your indulgence, dear listener. as myself and Jenny journey off the 2000AD piste and into the dream world of the Sandman, as created by Neil Gaiman, Shawn McManus, Colleen Doran, Bryan Talbot, Dave McKean et al. If you've not read Sandman it is really, really good, and it's the perfect episode for #Pride month. But don't worry, if it's just 2000AD stories you want then come back in two weeks time for Ant Wars with Fox from the good ship Space Spinner 2000.
Listen in.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/06/68-sandman-game-of-you.html
I'm excited for this one! I love Sandman and Game of You is one of my favorite parts of it!
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After our Sandman diversion the book club returns to more familiar territory as Jules Boyle joins me to discuss Slaine the Time Killer with some stunning art by Glenn Fabry and David Pugh.
Apologies for the dodgy sound quality on Jules' audio which is enitrely my fault. Fortunately he has loads of fascinating stuff to say and some interesting tales from the world of fandom in the 1980s.
Have a listen
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/06/69-slaine-time-killer.html
And here's the first of Jules' grail pages.
Glenn Fabry
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 June, 2018, 07:50:14 AM
And here's the first of Jules' grail pages.
Glenn Fabry
What do you mean, "first of"? We only got one page each when R and I did our podcast! I demand a recount!
Quote from: sheridan on 25 June, 2018, 02:51:40 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 June, 2018, 07:50:14 AM
And here's the first of Jules' grail pages. Glenn Fabry
What do you mean, "first of"? We only got one page each when R and I did our podcast! I demand a recount!
Jules is
in his other grail page.
Jules's tales of life beyond the velvet rope at UKCAC '86 * are like an old episode of
Parky, where Cary tells an anecdote about the time he and Errol went on a road trip with Judy and ended up spending the evening at Spencer and Kate's place on the coast.
Except he's 10.Fabry and the late Brett Ewins come off especially well from Jules's tales of their interaction with his pre-teen self. The very best kind of people.
* The one that soured Moore's relationship with fandom forever.
(should say that I hadn't listened to the podcast at that point - just up to the Cythrons bit now)
I allowed Jules a page from both Fabry and Pugh. The rules of the grail page game are somewhat "flexible" shall we say?
Here's his David Pugh page
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My recording software failed to record Jules' voice and my backup device was set up wrong (by me) which gave us the dodgy sound. Hopefully we can set up a return visit soon so we can hear more tales from 80s fandom, but without the cracklings, when we discuss Slaine the King.
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The podcast crossover month begins with the fabulous Fox from Space Spinner 2000 and that giant ant attack from 1978. Minor spoilers for the ending of a terrific bit of early 2000AD schlock.
And listen out for a change in the playout music in honour of Fox and Conrad's podcast.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/07/70-ant-wars.html
And here's an Ant Wars grail page for Fox.
Art by Jose Luis Ferrer.
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The Ant at the window by Alfonso Azpiri
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Another great podcast and just how lovely is that Fox! Gushing about the 2000ad community (nice to see he's avoided some places!) and seems genuinly surprised how well he and Conrad have been recieved, apparently oblivous to the fact that if you do something great you tend to get a good reception!
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 21 July, 2018, 05:14:32 PM
Another great podcast and just how lovely is that Fox! Gushing about the 2000ad community (nice to see he's avoided some places!) and seems genuinly surprised how well he and Conrad have been recieved, apparently oblivous to the fact that if you do something great you tend to get a good reception!
Hear, hear! And tomorrow it's Conrad's turn for a Shak-attack.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 21 July, 2018, 07:13:13 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 21 July, 2018, 05:14:32 PM
Another great podcast and just how lovely is that Fox! Gushing about the 2000ad community (nice to see he's avoided some places!) and seems genuinly surprised how well he and Conrad have been recieved, apparently oblivous to the fact that if you do something great you tend to get a good reception!
Hear, hear! And tomorrow it's Conrad's turn for a Shak-attack.
Yeah can't wait for that.
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Shako attacks! And who better to discuss the Runaways ;) rampage of the murder death bear than Conrad from Space Spinner 2000.
Listen in @
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/07/71-shako.html
Excited for this one, but I might be biased!
And here is Conrad's Ramon Sola grail page:
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Coming up on the pod this Sunday I chat to Paul Goodwin, the director and editor of the fabby Future Shock documentary.
Set your thrill-catchers to receive!
That's a cool idea for an episode. i love that Doc.
Always wondered how it came about...
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 21 July, 2018, 05:14:32 PM
Another great podcast and just how lovely is that Fox! Gushing about the 2000ad community (nice to see he's avoided some places!) and seems genuinly surprised how well he and Conrad have been recieved, apparently oblivous to the fact that if you do something great you tend to get a good reception!
Late to the party! I really appreciate all the love you give Colin. I skulk a lot on the forums but you folks give us such a warm reception.
Also, Eamonn, mate, you're a star to talk to. I'll always sign up again for such a great cast!
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And here is my interview with Paul Goodwiin, director of the galaxy's greatest documentary. Listen in for some behind the scenes stories from filming and editing Future Shock!
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/08/72-future-shock.html
I wasn't entirely sure if it was going to be the directory of the documentary Future Shock opining on The Complete Future Shocks Volume One (has that come out yet?) or giving us the background on the documentary! Now I know (this has been my podcast catch-up weekend)
So Pat Mills was "quite chatty" - gotta be the understatement of the century! :lol:
And here is a grail page that would be in my top five of all time. The superlative McMahon cover for Slaine vol 1 as chosend by Paul Goodwin.
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 07 August, 2018, 09:57:41 AM
And here is a grail page that would be in my top five of all time. The superlative McMahon cover for Slaine vol 1 as chosend by Paul Goodwin.
This is certainly one of the best covers ever. I find it quite weird that I don't really like his Dredd work but his work on Slaine is exceptional.
That cover is possibly my single favourite ever piece of comic art. It is mesmerising.
I got Mick to sign my Warrior's Dawn trade and he told me he didn't like that image. Amazing.
And yes, it's a film club this episode, we get back to books in two week's time with Keith Richardson and Von Hoffman's Invasion.
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Robo-K33f himself, Mr Keith Richardson is my guest in the book club to chat about some classic British Comics including Von Hoffman's Invasion, the Vigilant, and some wonders to come from the Treasury of British Comics.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/08/73-von-hoffmans-invasion.html
And here is Keith's grail pick by the late, great Eric Bradbury.
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Episode 74 has it all: AlexF from the Heroes of 2000AD blog, cool summer jazz in the pub, and a great volume of science fiction thrill power from the Abnett and Culbard droids.
Enjoy:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/09/74-brink.html
Eye, eye, it's part of Alex's grail page by INJ Culbard, words Dan Abnett.
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That has to be one of the most wonderful pages in the history of the comic. Everything in that great series - not just the first book - hinges on how you interpret that amazing final panel/backdrop. Perfection.
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Two doctors for the price of one, and two volumes of Nikolai Dante by @robbiegmorrison and @simonfraser in our @2000AD book club.
Listen in at
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/09/75-tsar-wars.html
Apologies for Twitter @s
Chris Collazo is my guest to discuss the two volumes of Nikolai Dante that marked a real turning point for the character as written by Robbie Morrison, with great art by Simon Fraser, John Burns, Steve Yeowell and Simon Davis.
Here is the first of Chris's grail pages. Art by Simon Fraser
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Another great Podcast and I always enjoy hearing conversation about my favourite 2000ad series (I reserve the right to change my mind on that statement at the drop of a hat).
One piece of discussion I found particularly interesting is the question which type of Dante story do you prefer the 'War' or 'Swashbuckle' and for me the answer is a cheat. I don't think you can seperate the two. The 'War' stuff is made all the more powerful and affecting by the 'Swashbuckle'.
Its a bit like the way 'Charley's War' is so effective and moving not just because the depiction of the brutality itself is so powerful, it really is, as with Dante. Rather its the way that this is juxeposed with Charley's innocence and naivety and the fact he truly represents the working class soldier who 'knows his place' and is forced to accept his place in the horror.
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 19 September, 2018, 08:12:43 AM
Another great Podcast and I always enjoy hearing conversation about my favourite 2000ad series (I reserve the right to change my mind on that statement at the drop of a hat).
One piece of discussion I found particularly interesting is the question which type of Dante story do you prefer the 'War' or 'Swashbuckle' and for me the answer is a cheat. I don't think you can seperate the two. The 'War' stuff is made all the more powerful and affecting by the 'Swashbuckle'.
Its a bit like the way 'Charley's War' is so effective and moving not just because the depiction of the brutality itself is so powerful, it really is, as with Dante. Rather its the way that this is juxeposed with Charley's innocence and naivety and the fact he truly represents the working class soldier who 'knows his place' and is forced to accept his place in the horror.
Thanks for listening and for your insightful comments, Colin. It was perhaps a cheat of mine to ask Chris the question. Dante is great with both components.
Enjoyed your guest spot on the Space Spinner 2000 Annual.
Quote from: TordelBack on 03 September, 2018, 01:58:11 PM
That has to be one of the most wonderful pages in the history of the comic. Everything in that great series - not just the first book - hinges on how you interpret that amazing final panel/backdrop. Perfection.
Cheers, TB. It's awesome isn't it?
And here is Chris's second grail pick.
Art by John Burns. Words by Robbie Morrison.
A great moment
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I've read the first 1000 progs and then from 1950 onwards, so Nikolai Dante is one of those thrills that I've read very little about (same with stuff like Red Seas, Caballistics, and the vast majority of Sinister Dexter, among others). Really excited to get there, enjoyed this episode!
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 20 September, 2018, 10:56:17 PM
I've read the first 1000 progs and then from 1950 onwards, so Nikolai Dante is one of those thrills that I've read very little about (same with stuff like Red Seas, Caballistics, and the vast majority of Sinister Dexter, among others). Really excited to get there, enjoyed this episode!
Cheers, Conrad. Thanks for listening to stuff you haven't reached yet.
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 20 September, 2018, 10:56:17 PM
I've read the first 1000 progs and then from 1950 onwards, so Nikolai Dante is one of those thrills that I've read very little about (same with stuff like Red Seas, Caballistics, and the vast majority of Sinister Dexter, among others). Really excited to get there, enjoyed this episode!
When you're slogging through Babe Race 2000 and Big Dave, and wondering whether you really want to continue this podcasting lark, stay strong and remember that Nikolai Dante is just around the corner.
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Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 20 September, 2018, 10:56:17 PM
I've read the first 1000 progs and then from 1950 onwards, so Nikolai Dante is one of those thrills that I've read very little about (same with stuff like Red Seas, Caballistics, and the vast majority of Sinister Dexter, among others). Really excited to get there, enjoyed this episode!
When you're slogging through Babe Race 2000 and Big Dave, and wondering whether you really want to continue this podcasting lark, stay strong and remember that Nikolai Dante is just around the corner.
Hey at least when its rubbish there's a lot to discuss!
You never know, you might be a freak like me who loved Big Dave.
Really enjoyed the latest podcast; I'm also a big fan of John Burns and only really got into Dante at that point of the saga.
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Cosplayer Matt Davies joined me at the Lawgiver convention in May to discuss the fourth volume of Dredd's Restricted files and in particular that Dredd of Drokk Green story. Check out Matt's video channel on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/user/flashstudiosguy).
Listen in at
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/09/76-restricted-files-4.html
Sweet! I have very fond memories of that Alternity special. That's today's work listening sorted
Thanks, JBC.
And here's Matt's grail page by Trevor Hairsine. "Evening, All."
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Restricted Files 4 is a bold choice for the book club! I thought I picked some obscurities but I've got nothing on this.
I would say that 80% of the collection is...
not very good.
But I thought you both made great points about the inherent fun of exploring 'what ifs' through the lens of Dredd, and Drokk Green is one of the better ones for sure.
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Episode 77 and I'm chatting with new art droid Paul Williams about the magnificent Mazeworld from Alan Grant and Arthur Ranson, and also about Paul's experience of winning the 2000AD art competition at Thought Bubble last year, and his upcoming series for the Meg.
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/10/77-mazeworld.html
Two grail pages from Paul. The first is the one he already owns.
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And Paul's actual grail page by Arthur Ranson. Words Alan Grant
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A Halloween special as Mr Jim Moon from the Hypnogoria podcast (http://www.hypnogoria.com/html/podcast.html) joins me with a Treasury of British Comics release from last year, the fangtastic Dracula File.
Listen in at
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/10/78-dracula-file.html
Nice! I love Dracula in comics! In Marvel comics Dracula was the head bad guy in a little section monsters and ghosts in the 70s and 80s, that was still part of the larger superhero world. It's where the character Blade came from! My guy Doctor Strange fought Dracula twice, and the second time cast a spell that destroyed all the vampires in Marvel for a couple years, but of course they always come back. All that to say, I'm very interested to hear this episode.
Thanks, Conrad.
Here is Jim's grail page by Eric Bradbury.
(https://i.imgur.com/ILjHuMh.jpg)
I know Thirteen Floor and Monster got all the attention at the time, but I really loved Scream!'s version of Dracula. Probably Eric Bradbury's magnum opus (though I've only seen his Scream! and 2000AD stuff - did he get anything in Eagle in the early 1980s?
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I know Thirteen Floor and Monster got all the attention at the time, but I really loved Scream!'s version of Dracula. Probably Eric Bradbury's magnum opus (though I've only seen his Scream! and 2000AD stuff - did he get anything in Eagle in the early 1980s?
Yes he did some Doomlord
Quote from: sheridan on 29 October, 2018, 01:08:54 PM
I know Thirteen Floor and Monster got all the attention at the time, but I really loved Scream!'s version of Dracula. Probably Eric Bradbury's magnum opus (though I've only seen his Scream! and 2000AD stuff - did he get anything in Eagle in the early 1980s?
From the pages of BATTLE,
Invasion 1984 (with TB Grover), which is being reprinted next year.
(https://i0.wp.com/downthetubes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Battle-27-08-1983-W.jpg?w=1073&ssl=1)
https://downthetubes.net/?p=101788
http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Invasion-1984/John-Wagner/9781781086759
Quote from: broodblik on 29 October, 2018, 02:09:53 PMYes he did some Doomlord
"Some Doomlord" undersells Bradbury's role on the strip a little :) I don't have my spreadsheets to hand, but I think he turned in some 500+ pages of art for his run on Doomlord over several years, and I'd argue he was the definitive Doomlord artist (though I have a real soft spot for Heinzl/Alberto Giolitti's work on The Deathlords and a couple of other tales, and the photostory strips)
He's certainly one of the great unsung artists of British comics, both in terms of his wonderful style and in terms of the sheer volume of art he produced, and it's brilliant to see Rebellion's publication schedule filling up with Bradbury's work and going some way to redressing the balance.
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Quote from: broodblik on 29 October, 2018, 02:09:53 PMYes he did some Doomlord
"Some Doomlord" undersells Bradbury's role on the strip a little :) I don't have my spreadsheets to hand, but I think he turned in some 500+ pages of art for his run on Doomlord over several years, and I'd argue he was the definitive Doomlord artist (though I have a real soft spot for Heinzl/Alberto Giolitti's work on The Deathlords and a couple of other tales, and the photostory strips)
He's certainly one of the great unsung artists of British comics, both in terms of his wonderful style and in terms of the sheer volume of art he produced, and it's brilliant to see Rebellion's publication schedule filling up with Bradbury's work and going some way to redressing the balance.
You are correct I am underselling him , he is as you said one of the greatest British artists. He is the reason for me to getting into Doomlord.
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Quote from: sheridan on 29 October, 2018, 01:08:54 PM
I know Thirteen Floor and Monster got all the attention at the time, but I really loved Scream!'s version of Dracula. Probably Eric Bradbury's magnum opus (though I've only seen his Scream! and 2000AD stuff - did he get anything in Eagle in the early 1980s?
From the pages of BATTLE, Invasion 1984 (with TB Grover), which is being reprinted next year.
(https://i0.wp.com/downthetubes.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Battle-27-08-1983-W.jpg?w=1073&ssl=1)
https://downthetubes.net/?p=101788
http://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Invasion-1984/John-Wagner/9781781086759
Whoa, how's Bill Savage gonna deal with this one!?
How could I forget Doomlord? After I bought that collected edition a few years back too (I know the art in the collected edition was by Heinzl).
Looking forward to seeing the Invasion story - heard of it but never seen it!
Really enjoyed that podcast! I loved Scream as a kid (before my mother banned it) and now I really want to revisit the Dracula Files.
Also great to hear the phrase 'mouth of teeth'; reminding me that your ma's from this side of the Irish sea (unlike my own, who's from Peter Kay country).
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 30 October, 2018, 07:56:10 PM
Really enjoyed that podcast! I loved Scream as a kid (before my mother banned it) and now I really want to revisit the Dracula Files.
Also great to hear the phrase 'mouth of teeth'; reminding me that your ma's from this side of the Irish sea (unlike my own, who's from Peter Kay country).
Cheers, JBC. As soon as I said it I was kicking myself that I didn't say "a mouthful of teeth" which is, I think, the correct Irish expression as my mum uses it. :-[
:D The way you said it is the way I've heard it in the past!
Seeing that Battle cover gave me a fright - I'm in that issue :-)
[Well almost definitely... definitely rings a bell as a cover and it was Aug '83 anyway]
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Dave Heeley from the 1977-2000AD Facebook group joined me at the Birmingham ICE convention to discuss the great Dredd epic that nearly saw the end of the character. This episode was recorded before the sad news of the passing of Carlos Ezquerra who was one of the true legends of British comics. His beautiful work on Necropolis is just one of the many stunning creations we have to remember him by.
Listen in at
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/11/79-necropolis.html
or through apple podcasts at
https://t.co/B5cSVzTBmY
And a superb grail page for Dave. With Carlos in all his magnificence.
(https://i.imgur.com/1cQEC48.jpg)
Somehow I managed to lop off the ending of this episode, just uploaded the full version for an extra 45 seconds of goodbyes.
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And a superb grail page for Dave. With Carlos in all his magnificence.
Which I own! Had a chat with Dave on this topic - it's his favourite Carlos page ever, but it's probably mine too, unfortunately (for Dave!)
Yes it is! Glad it's in a happy place though.
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David Broughton is my latest guest and he has chosen Shakara the Avenger by Robbie Morrison and Henry Flint. We also chat about his own comics including Slaughter Hawk and Shamen Kane.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/11/80-shakara.html
And I can't spell Shaman!
:-[
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 November, 2018, 08:26:58 AM
And I can't spell Shaman!
:-[
All that raving takes its toll... ;)
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Here is David's glorious grail by Henry Flint, words by Robbie Morrison "I am Shakara"
(https://i.imgur.com/TzmDWL8.jpg)
Posted on the advent calendar thread yesterday this is the top tens results episode. You can find the results listed in the top ten thread as well.
Cheers
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/81-top-ten-results.html
And coming up on the podcast:
82. The Rogue Trooper board game
83. Major Eazy
84. Black Max
85. A History of Violence
86. Mek Files 3
All those are recorded, and hopefully 87 will be The Simping Detective
Looking forward to the next one as I used to love that game - Pass the anti-stammel gas!
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It's time to talk about 2000AD tabletop games with my guest Jim Hawkins. We start with the Rogue Trooper board game and go on to talk about the new releases from Warlord Games and the Worlds of 2000AD role playing games.
Listen in
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/82-rogue-trooper-board-game.html
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It's time to talk about 2000AD tabletop games with my guest Jim Hawkins. We start with the Rogue Trooper board game and go on to talk about the new releases from Warlord Games and the Worlds of 2000AD role playing games.
Listen in
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/82-rogue-trooper-board-game.html
That was an unexpected namecheck, thanks! Prompted me to update the boardgamegeek list to add the last year and a bit's worth of releases!
2000AD | BoardGameGeek (https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/224115/2000ad)
I've not managed to find the Chopper game referenced, but here's a handy list of games that have been published in 2000AD:
Barney (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=download&page=games)
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I've not managed to find the Chopper game referenced, but here's a handy list of games that have been published in 2000AD:
Barney (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=download&page=games)
Excellent work , Sheridan.
And here's the other challenge from the episode.
Who is the artist on this grail page pick by Jim? Taken from the Traveller Dredd rpg rulebook if I remember correctly.
(https://i.imgur.com/8hynkkR.png)
Also like to say thanks for the namecheck!
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Quote from: sheridan on 09 December, 2018, 10:03:19 PM
I've not managed to find the Chopper game referenced, but here's a handy list of games that have been published in 2000AD:
Barney (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=download&page=games)
Excellent work , Sheridan.
And here's the other challenge from the episode.
Who is the artist on this grail page pick by Jim? Taken from the Traveller Dredd rpg rulebook if I remember correctly.
(https://i.imgur.com/8hynkkR.png)
I don't remember the artist, but it's from a subscriber exclusive poster from about 2004 or 2005 - Jim would need to have a pretty big wall, I seem to recall it was almost quad poster sized!
I used it as a background image for the Gangs of Mega-City One articles in Mongoose's Signs & Portents Wargamer magazine, so it's probable that the picture in the Dredd RPG book is the scan I made of my poster (and a right pig it was to scan in it was, too!)
Quote from: sheridan on 09 December, 2018, 10:03:19 PM
I've not managed to find the Chopper game referenced, but here's a handy list of games that have been published in 2000AD:
Barney (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=download&page=games)
It's Unamerican Graffiti, which I believe was concocted on this very forum!
http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=download&page=rules&choice=graffiti (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=download&page=rules&choice=graffiti)
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 10 December, 2018, 07:43:23 AM
Quote from: sheridan on 09 December, 2018, 10:03:19 PM
I've not managed to find the Chopper game referenced, but here's a handy list of games that have been published in 2000AD:
Barney (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=download&page=games)
Excellent work , Sheridan.
And here's the other challenge from the episode.
Who is the artist on this grail page pick by Jim? Taken from the Traveller Dredd rpg rulebook if I remember correctly.
(https://i.imgur.com/8hynkkR.png)
I don't remember the artist, but it's from a subscriber exclusive poster from about 2004 or 2005 - Jim would need to have a pretty big wall, I seem to recall it was almost quad poster sized!
I used it as a background image for the Gangs of Mega-City One articles in Mongoose's Signs & Portents Wargamer magazine, so it's probable that the picture in the Dredd RPG book is the scan I made of my poster (and a right pig it was to scan in it was, too!)
I'm pretty sure it's by Kev Walker and was originally done for the 1995 film - can anyone corroborate?
Barney says it was Greg Staples with design by Wake (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=download&page=wallpaper&Field=Series&choice=megacity)
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Yes, Steve Green on the facebook page wins the no-prize for being the first person to identify the Staples droid for me and Jim.
Thanks for all the extra info about the poster, the scanning(!), and the games.
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A chat with Ian Grant about Major Eazy from Battle Picture Weekly, featuring some stunning work by Carlos Ezquerra and Alan Hebden.
Has anyone read the version with the Sylvester Stallone introduction?
Listen in at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/83-major-eazy.html
And here is a Boxing Day grail cover by Carlos as chosen by Ian in the episode.
(https://i.imgur.com/rUq4G5O.jpg)
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/12/83-major-eazy.html
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Next 4 episodes recorded and lined for up the podosphere.
Having passed certain key stage tests* the podcast is now available on Spotify.
* 'Cos I'm reet posh like.
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I'm back in a London pub with Robo-Keef himself to talk about Black Max and other releases from the Treasury of British Comics. We also pause to raise a glass to the memory of the great Carlos Ezquerra.
Listen in.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/01/84-black-max.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 05 January, 2019, 07:41:40 PM
Having passed certain key stage tests* the podcast is now available on Spotify.
* 'Cos I'm reet posh like.
Linky here (https://open.spotify.com/show/74bBIeVOW7rkOoizaudTeL) (I don't know if that will work for everybody - didn't have much difficulty finding it under 'mega city' though).
Cheers, Sheridan.
And here is Keith's grail page from Black Max by Alfonso Font.
(https://i.imgur.com/8lAwbVt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/Sc2SJi7.jpg)
Jamie Beamish guides me through John Wagner and Vince Locke's gritty crime thriller, and the movie version. We also chat about Jamie's acting career and how his part in Star Wars:Rogue One ended up on the cutting room floor.
Listen in at:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/01/85-history-of-violence.html
Right on, I'm a big fan of that one, both the comic and the movie.
And here is Jamie's grail page, at least the one that's safe to show. Beautiful and poignant art by Vince Locke.
(https://i.imgur.com/ZPZovQL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/GVB2rl8.jpg)
If you're missing the Inky Fingers podcast then have no fear Julius Howe is here. We met up in one of those noisy London pubs to discuss original art collecting, the artistic legacy of Carlos Ezquerra, and volume 3 of the ABC Warriors Mek Files.
Listen in at
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/02/86-mek-files-3.html
And here is a Kev Walker grail page for Julius
(https://i.imgur.com/gNEUEvO.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/0Xup36i.jpg)
I met up with Damian Lubanski before the Southern contingent Christmas gathering to chat about Polish editions of 2000AD, attending signings, and The Simping Detective.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/02/87-simping-detective.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 17 February, 2019, 09:57:09 AM
I met up with Damian Lubanski before the Southern contingent Christmas gathering to chat about Polish editions of 2000AD, attending signings, and The Simping Detective.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/02/87-simping-detective.html
Damian has brought a few of those Polish editions to Lawgiver and Contingent gatherings - they're absolutely gorgeous - rivalling the classic Titan editions from the 1980s!
And here is Damian's frail page by the great Frazer Irving.
(https://i.imgur.com/zZAspX0.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/GlF9OJQ.jpg)
I got the chance to chat with Tony Foster, the editor of Comic Scene, which is the best publication about comics on the shelves at the moment.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/03/88-comic-scene.html
And one of two grail pages for Tony, the cover to prog 200 by Robin Smith.
(https://i.imgur.com/9uXIn3W.jpg)
And have a listen to the latest Comic Scene podcast episode where Pat Mills discusses, among other things, the new Defoe story line and artist.
https://soundcloud.com/comicscene/comic-scene-the-podcast-episode-3
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Episode 89 is my chat with Ben K Sy from the 1977-2000AD Facebook group. We chat about Origins, and the exciting stuff going on in one of the friendliest 2000AD groups around.
Few audio issues on this episode which I've done my best with.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/03/89-origins.html
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And here is Ben's first grail page by the late, great Carlos.
And Ben's second grail page of Judge Goodman and a moment of some import.
(https://i.imgur.com/LKaU41c.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/kSHCl88.jpg)
I'm joined by Alan Fisher from Yorkshire by way of sunny California to discuss Harry Absalom by Rennie and Trevallion. Cleaning up his manor, one bleedin' demon at a time!
Listen in
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/03/90-absalom.html
And here is Alan's grail page from Tiernen Trevallion
(https://i.imgur.com/4xyBS6j.jpg)
and newsflash.
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Paul Trimble joins me to discuss El Mestizo by Alan Hebden and Carlos Ezquerra, and to chat about the upcoming Enniskillen comic fest.
Listen in:
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/04/91-el-mestizo.html
Great ep as ever, Eamonn.
Cheers. It's having guests called Paul that is the secret. ;)
Feast your eyes on the wonders of the opening page of El Mestizo. Paul's first grail pick
(https://i.imgur.com/GfHkbUg.jpg)
And another one for Paul
(https://i.imgur.com/rdIS15h.jpg)
Nearly 3 years of the podcast?!
Thanks for El Mestizo, this one was a bit of a revelation, Paul's enthusiasm for this book was evident. In Carlos' meandering art style, this era might be my personal favourite. It's glorious.
Great episodes recently, Comic Scene and Simping Detective were standouts for me.
Tony's story was strange to hear, his first/last progs - before the wilderness years - match mine almost to the week, and our University days tie up too (the one round the corner, not one of the biggies).
Damian's take on Simping Detective was illuminating, his story is pretty unusual. Possibly the first Mega-Collection book I read, the art there floored me too. Most of the time it's art over story for me and it was easy to relate to his love for the book.
Thanks Eamonn! Keep it up...
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Nearly 3 years of the podcast?!
Thanks for El Mestizo, this one was a bit of a revelation, Paul's enthusiasm for this book was evident. In Carlos' meandering art style, this era might be my personal favourite. It's glorious.
Great episodes recently, Comic Scene and Simping Detective were standouts for me.
Tony's story was strange to hear, his first/last progs - before the wilderness years - match mine almost to the week, and our University days tie up too (the one round the corner, not one of the biggies).
Damian's take on Simping Detective was illuminating, his story is pretty unusual. Possibly the first Mega-Collection book I read, the art there floored me too. Most of the time it's art over story for me and it was easy to relate to his love for the book.
Thanks Eamonn! Keep it up...
Thanks, Fungus. Yes, the podcast will be 3 at the end of May!
And coming up in the next few weeks are The Thirteenth Floor, Rok of the Reds, and some more Nemesis.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 April, 2019, 08:26:48 AM
Thanks, Fungus. Yes, the podcast will be 3 at the end of May!
And coming up in the next few weeks are The Thirteenth Floor, Rok of the Reds, and some more Nemesis.
Will the upcoming Nemesis be before or after FCBD?
Quote from: sheridan on 26 April, 2019, 01:12:32 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 April, 2019, 08:26:48 AM
Thanks, Fungus. Yes, the podcast will be 3 at the end of May!
And coming up in the next few weeks are The Thirteenth Floor, Rok of the Reds, and some more Nemesis.
Will the upcoming Nemesis be before or after FCBD?
After. Should be episode 94 on Sunday 26th May.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 26 April, 2019, 01:39:34 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 26 April, 2019, 01:12:32 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 April, 2019, 08:26:48 AM
Thanks, Fungus. Yes, the podcast will be 3 at the end of May!
And coming up in the next few weeks are The Thirteenth Floor, Rok of the Reds, and some more Nemesis.
Will the upcoming Nemesis be before or after FCBD?
After. Should be episode 94 on Sunday 26th May.
For avoidance of doubt - is that our one or another before mine?
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 26 April, 2019, 01:39:34 PM
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 April, 2019, 08:26:48 AM
Thanks, Fungus. Yes, the podcast will be 3 at the end of May!
And coming up in the next few weeks are The Thirteenth Floor, Rok of the Reds, and some more Nemesis.
Will the upcoming Nemesis be before or after FCBD?
After. Should be episode 94 on Sunday 26th May.
For avoidance of doubt - is that our one or another before mine?
That's you, Sheridan. No other Nemesis on the docket at the moment.
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 April, 2019, 08:26:48 AM
Thanks, Fungus. Yes, the podcast will be 3 at the end of May!
And coming up in the next few weeks are The Thirteenth Floor, Rok of the Reds, and some more Nemesis.
Will the upcoming Nemesis be before or after FCBD?
After. Should be episode 94 on Sunday 26th May.
For avoidance of doubt - is that our one or another before mine?
That's you, Sheridan. No other Nemesis on the docket at the moment.
For some reason I thought you had a longer lead time between recordings and release dates? I guess those three years have polished your editing skillz :-)
Yes, I have got my turnaround time down and don't have a backlog of episodes at the moment.
Just so everyone knows what we are talking about, episode 94 should be Nemesis the Warlock book 1 (and beyond) with Sheridan, and we are planning to record it at FCBD in London next week.
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Dare you press the button for the Thirteenth Floor? Listen in to my chat with Peter Adamson from Where Eagles Dare as we discuss some classic British horror comics from Wagner, Grant and Ortiz.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/04/92-thirteenth-floor.html
Peter's first grail page by Jose Ortiz
(https://i.imgur.com/EuHraf1.jpg)
And Harry Ferguson's torment continues in Peter's second Jose Ortiz grail page. Check out this wonderful volume from the Treasury of British Comics.
(https://i.imgur.com/rfpSzVx.jpg)
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Book club turns football club as Tony Esmond from the Awesome Comics podcast brings along Rok of the Reds by Wagner, Grant, Cornwell, Bulmer & Campbell.
"The talented podcaster has played a blinder of a pass there!"
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/05/93-rok-of-reds.html
If you are in need of more Eamonn in your life (and who isn't?) check him out over at Space Spinner, talking about the demise of Action comics! An excellent conversation, thank you so much for joining me Eamonn!
http://spacespinner2000.com/2019/05/13/space-spinner-reaction-ep-11/
Cheers, Conrad. Great fun to be on the episode about those issues of Action!
And here is a grail page from Rok of the Reds for Tony Esmond
(https://i.imgur.com/NntB4Ys.jpg)
I bought the digital version of this after listening and it didn't disappoint. Doomlord crossed with 2000ad and Roy Of The Rovers is a great description.
I think Bob The Galactic Bum was the last time John Wagner had written with Alan Grant before this.
Quote from: WhizzBang on 15 May, 2019, 07:00:06 PM
I bought the digital version of this after listening and it didn't disappoint. Doomlord crossed with 2000ad and Roy Of The Rovers is a great description.
I think Bob The Galactic Bum was the last time John Wagner had written with Alan Grant before this.
Cheers, WhizzBang. I knew one of our listeners would be able to fill me in on their last collaboration.
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Recorded on free comic book day in London with Brother Sheridan, it's time for some Nemesis the Warlock and, in particular, the first Hachette volume.
Listen in at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/05/94-nemesis-warlock.html
Forgot to mention another 2000AD gaming-related purchase: the meeples (a prototype of which was displayed at the 40th anniversary two years ago).
Produced by Termight Replicas (http://www.termight.co.uk/2000ad_meeples.html) though no longer available directly from them (links to two sellers at the bottom of the Termight page) these are wooden figures for use in varoius games.
(http://www.termight.co.uk/images/carcassonne.jpg)
Insane detail by Kevin O'Neill on Sheridan's grailpage.
(https://i.imgur.com/txk0vvQ.jpg)
And we're back!
After some gremlins (a bionic beaver apparently) got into the file hosting server the Mega City Book Club is back online and all 94 episodes are online and available in your podcatchers, so you can check out Brother Sheridan and Sister Rachael discussing Nemesis the Warlock at
www.megacitybookclub.com
And coming up in the next few months we have:
95: Robo-Hunter with Damian Edwardson
96: The Iron Legion on Big Finish with Brian Doob
97: Metalzoic with Nathan Duck
98: True Faith with Alex Frith
99: ?
100: ?
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 04 June, 2019, 11:30:04 AM
And we're back!
After some gremlins (a bionic beaver apparently) got into the file hosting server the Mega City Book Club is back online and all 94 episodes are online and available in your podcatchers, so you can check out Brother Sheridan and Sister Rachael discussing Nemesis the Warlock at
www.megacitybookclub.com
And coming up in the next few months we have:
95: Robo-Hunter with Damian Edwardson
96: The Iron Legion on Big Finish with Brian Doob
97: Metalzoic with Nathan Duck
98: True Faith with Alex Frith
99: ?
100: ?
Is
The Iron Legion that Dave Gibbons Doctor Who story (can't remember if it was written by Pat, Alan or John), meaning Big Finish is an audio adaptation of said story?
Quote from: sheridan on 04 June, 2019, 01:55:11 PM
Is The Iron Legion that Dave Gibbons Doctor Who story (can't remember if it was written by Pat, Alan or John), meaning Big Finish is an audio adaptation of said story?
Yes, Big Finish have adapted the Iron Legion and the Star Beast stories from DWM by Pat and and Dave. Mills and Wagner alternated the writing duties on the Gibbons run it seems.
Not quite sure what to go with as the episode title yet.
The Big Finish adaptations of The Iron Legion and The Star Beast is a bit of mouthful.
I could try
Storytime with Uncle Pat. :D
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I met up with Damian Edwardson from ArtNineTwo at the Lawless convention to talk about Wagner and Gibson's manic robotic creations in Robo-Hunter. The bar was noisy so I've done what I can with the background noise.
It's a fun discussion that encompasses Wombles, politics, and the healing power of art, as well as robots, lots of robots.
"Slay 'em again, Sam!"
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/06/95-robo-hunter.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 27 May, 2019, 10:22:40 AM
Insane detail by Kevin O'Neill on Sheridan's grailpage.
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Just listened to the podcast in question. It truly is an amazing illustration, isn't it? Imagine putting this much effort in at a time when comics were seen largely as throwaway pieces of entertainment for kids.
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 09 June, 2019, 02:10:13 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 27 May, 2019, 10:22:40 AM
Insane detail by Kevin O'Neill on Sheridan's grailpage.
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Just listened to the podcast in question. It truly is an amazing illustration, isn't it? Imagine putting this much effort in at a time when comics were seen largely as throwaway pieces of entertainment for kids.
I'm not sure if I like it better in color of black and white! I love some monochrome!
Also, getting VERY close to episode 100, I can't wait! Keep up the good work!
Cheers, Guys. Yup we're on the road to 100. :o
And here is Damian's first grail page. Sam Slade is back in the game. Words by John Wagner, art by Ian Gibson.
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You can see all the grail page picks for Damian and my other guests on the facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Megacitybookclub/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1151682354960763
Or see the latest ones as they post on the instagram page
https://www.instagram.com/mega_city_book_club/
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Episode 96 and Brian Doob is back in the book club to discuss Big Finish and their audio adaptations of two Doctor Who stories by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons. It's a fun chat about a couple of great audio plays..
Listen in at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/06/96-big-finish-comic-adaptations.html
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Class is in session as Professor Nathan Duck joins me in after-school detention in the bar at Lawless to discuss Metalzoic by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill. Expect giant robots, mind-bending science fiction concepts, and operations on our own brains!
Listen in at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/07/97-metalzoic.html
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Nathan's first grail page from the b&w prog pages of Metalzoic. You can see the colour version on the facebook/twitter/instagram pages.
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i really enjoyed the episode and I'll definitely put metalzoic on my reading list. great podcast all in all.
Quote from: somebody-nobody on 10 July, 2019, 12:05:08 PM
i really enjoyed the episode and I'll definitely put metalzoic on my reading list. great podcast all in all.
Cheers, thanks for listening.
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I'm back in the Betsey Trotwood pub with Alex Frith to discuss True Faith by Garth Ennis and Warren Pleece from the pages of Crisis.
Religion, violence and conversations in pubs, plus some interesting comparisons between the two collected editions.
And check out Alex's Heroes of 2000AD blog. (http://heroesof2000ad.blogspot.com/)
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/07/98-true-faith.html
Two AlexF podcasts this week, it's Frith-fest!
Here is Alex's Warren Pleece grail page as it appeared in the 1990 Fleetway edition.
I'll post up some page comparisons from the Vertigo trade, and the original comic tomorrow.
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And here is how that page appears in the 1997 Vertigo trade.
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And a scan from the page in Crisis. Compare and contrast.
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I'd say the original Crisis printing comes out best, but the mood is changed in each version to interesting effect. Who knew there was so much artistic potential in a drab school building?
It's fascinating that there are such marked differences between the three. I wonder which Warren Pleece feels is nearest to his original?
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Episode 99 and the book club boldly goes back in the water to discuss the history of Action comic and, in particular, Hook Jaw with Liam Dempsey from the Trek-tastic Spocklight podcast.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/08/99-hook-jaw.html?m=1
Non mobile link
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/08/99-hook-jaw.html
And Liam's grail page by Ramon Sola as McNally meets his maker.
I can't see what the Sun newspaper and Frank Bough objected to. :o
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Sweet! I have a boring and lonely sign-painting job lined up tomorrow. Descriptions of Hook Jaw eviscerating people will be just the tonic to liven things up. Really enjoyed the Metalzoic one too; I'd forgotten it existed - which is a crying shame given it's one of the most imaginative and beautiful stories the prog's ever run.
The Book Club keeps delivering :-)
Really enjoyed Metalzoic and True Faith, two gems that I really-really-really need to give a second read...
Thanks all.
Cheers, Guys. I appreciate the support.
Keep listening for more gems.
If you're interested in more MCBC action, check out Eamonn on the new episode of Space Spinner 2000! We're talking about the 1988 Judge Dredd Annual!
http://spacespinner2000.com/2019/08/09/space-spinner-2000-ep-167/
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Episode 100! :o
And Simon Belmont is back as I climb into the attic of Dare for a discussion of the Man from Nowhere collection from Dragon's Dream in 1979.
A huge thank you to all my guests, listeners and contributors. Stay tuned for the next 100.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/08/100-man-from-nowhere.html
Congratulations on the milestone! Here's to many many more!
Also very excited to see the grail pages for this episode, it sounds amazing, and it's definitely an area I don't know much about.
Thanks, Conrad.
here is Simon's grail page as it appears in the Man from Nowhere book
Check out the social media for more images of this page as the week goes on
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Congrats on 100 episodes Eamonn! So many great conversations about so many great books!
Quote from: Vernoona on 19 August, 2019, 11:10:25 AM
Congrats on 100 episodes Eamonn! So many great conversations about so many great books!
Cheers, Vernoona. Always room on the waiting list if you'd like to do an episode in 2020?
Congratulations Eamonn! Do you have any favourites from the firs t 100?
Some of the most enjoyable ones that spring to mind fo rme were: Pete Well's on America, Conrad and Fox talking about early thrills, the South American chap talking about the Judge Child, the one where you interviewed the man who owns the 'Gaze into the fist of Dredd' artwork, David Bishop on Thrill Power Overload, and your daughters insights on Sandman.
I know I bought Cradlegrave and Rok Of The Reds on the strength of your podcast and they were both excellent - Rok particularly deserves more exposure. I might have bought others too but can't remember just now.
Early in the 100th podcast you mention a Mount Rushmore of British comics must contain Dan Dare. Who else would you include? I was thinking about this a bit and think I would go for: Dennis The Menace, Dan Dare, Modesty Blaise, Roy Of The Rovers and Judge Dredd.
Perhaps Sherlock Holmes too? Not really a comic hero but pulp magazines like The Strand were very much the precursors of action comics in the form of text stories with visuals thrown in (a la text stories in 2000ad annuals), and the art for those Sherlock Holmes stories has influenced our view of the character to this very day.
Thank you, WhizzBang. I like all of them but your choice of episodes were all highlights and really fun to record and release. I quite enjoy the opportunity to sit down with guests to record but I know some of the pubs were a bit too noisy which I think was unfair on a couple of my contributors. Hopefully they will all get another chance in quieter surroundings.
That's a cracking line up for the Brit comics Mount Rushmore, very hard to argue with them, I might suggest Halo Jones or Misty for the female spot but Modesty Blaise has the longevity and really deserves to be up there as I'm sure my latest guest would agree.
Please stay tuned. Coming up in the next few weeks we have the forum's very own Buttonman on Invasion 1984!, as well as episodes on Dice Man, the Fall of Deadworld, and the Dead Man. And let me know if you fancy a go yourself.
Quote from: WhizzBang on 19 August, 2019, 07:57:54 PM
Early in the 100th podcast you mention a Mount Rushmore of British comics must contain Dan Dare. Who else would you include? I was thinking about this a bit and think I would go for: Dennis The Menace, Dan Dare, Modesty Blaise, Roy Of The Rovers and Judge Dredd.
Perhaps Sherlock Holmes too? Not really a comic hero but pulp magazines like The Strand were very much the precursors of action comics in the form of text stories with visuals thrown in (a la text stories in 2000ad annuals), and the art for those Sherlock Holmes stories has influenced our view of the character to this very day.
We'd need to ask non-comics readers to find out the true Mount Britishmore heads - I tried googling to see if there were any handy pages, and across the top it suggested (in order) Judge Dredd; Dan Dare; Desperate Dan; Captain Britain; Steel Claw; Robot Archie; Bananaman; Marvelman; Minnie the Minx; Billy Bunter; Strontium Dog; Korky the Cat; Beryl the Peril; Sexton Blake; Big Eggo; Grimly Feendish; Ivy the Terrible (I don't know this one); Buster Capp; Roger the Dodger and Gnasher. Weirdly, Dennis doesn't appear even though Gnasher did.
I'd add Ally Sloper and Rupert the Bear to the prospective list - the first because he was there right at the beginning, the second because everybody knows who Rupert is.
Taking all of those together, I'd have to put Dennis and Gnasher (counts as one choice!), Desperate Dan, Rupert the Bear, Dan Dare and I'm stuck for the last place. As much as it'd be good to include a female character, would I even recognise Modesty Blaise out of context? Minnie is too much like Dennis, seeing a pic of Beryl, I'm not totally sure I'd have recognised them. The problem with girl's comics (for this kind of exercise) is that they were more likely to feature self-contained stories, so the characters don't have the 50-year+ history that boy's comics did.
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Quote from: Vernoona on 19 August, 2019, 11:10:25 AM
Congrats on 100 episodes Eamonn! So many great conversations about so many great books!
Cheers, Vernoona. Always room on the waiting list if you'd like to do an episode in 2020?
Thanks Eamonn! I'll have to see if I could narrow down a book to discuss...
Quote from: sheridan on 19 August, 2019, 09:19:30 PMAs much as it'd be good to include a female character, would I even recognise Modesty Blaise out of context?
I still have not read any MB but she is probably the most well known UK comic character in Europe. I have met comic collectors here who bring her up and assume I would have read it because I am British. In my local area (I live in Malmo, Sweden) we have a corner shop selling MB mugs and the supermarket does has some MB comics too but I would have to go to a specialist store to find anything 2000ad related.
I think MB is an easy sell because it can be described as 'a British comic about a female James Bond'. That and the artwork are probably enough to draw people in to give it a try.
Just four the record Mount Rushmore is TOP FOUR! (Maybe six if you go by the Cursed Earth version with Carysr and that mutant guy)
Quote from: SpaceSpinner2000 on 20 August, 2019, 08:22:48 AM
Just four the record Mount Rushmore is TOP FOUR! (Maybe six if you go by the Cursed Earth version with Carysr and that mutant guy)
(I was probably going by the Cursed Earth version, minus the mutie!)
Quote from: WhizzBang on 20 August, 2019, 05:57:00 AM
Quote from: sheridan on 19 August, 2019, 09:19:30 PMAs much as it'd be good to include a female character, would I even recognise Modesty Blaise out of context?
I still have not read any MB but she is probably the most well known UK comic character in Europe. I have met comic collectors here who bring her up and assume I would have read it because I am British. In my local area (I live in Malmo, Sweden) we have a corner shop selling MB mugs and the supermarket does has some MB comics too but I would have to go to a specialist store to find anything 2000ad related.
I think MB is an easy sell because it can be described as 'a British comic about a female James Bond'. That and the artwork are probably enough to draw people in to give it a try.
I know the name, all right, but Mount Rushmore is a statue, and has to go on appearances. Modesty Blaise was drawn (at least in some adventures) by John Burns, wasn't she? Show me five women drawn by Burns in the 1970s and I doubt I'd know which was Modesty.
Check out more details of Simon's grail page on the socials
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1a4WunBuEF/?igshid=1obskb7ux5a7a
https://Twitter.com/MCBCpodcast
https://www.facebook.com/Megacitybookclub
And for those who don't facebook and want inspiration for a book choice here is the list of books picked for future episodes.
Books to come:
Alice in Sunderland with Luke Williams
Aquila with Josh Davies
Bad Company with Roland Ungoed-Thomas
Batman Dredd with David Grice
Be Pure, Be Vigilant, Behave! with Will Cooling
Beyond the call of duty with Liam H Dempsey
Brit Cit Noir with Luke Williams
Cam Kennedy collection from IDW with Andy Jane
Cannon Fodder with the Monarch (2000AD forums)
Case files 5 with Brett Summer
City blocks 1&2 with Tony Richards
City of the Damned with Dave Wynn
Daily Dredds 2 with Guy Robbins
The Dead Man with Mark Sexton
Diceman with Steve Grayson
Dredd: Aliens with Graham Cannon
Fall of Deadworld with Garry Hill
Flesh With Terry Mack
Harry 20 on the High Rock with Glen Lees
Heavy Metal Dredd with Will Cooling
Judgement Day with Pete Wells
Judges with Phil Lloyd
Kingdom of the Wicked with Duncan Nimmo
The Kreeler Conspiracy with Brian Doob
Last American with Luke Williams
League of Extraordinary Gentleman with Jake Ebeling
Leviathan with Mike Molcher
Life and Death of Johnny Alpha with Rob Foster
Luke Kirby with Will Carpenter
Marshal Law with Chris McAuley
Meltdown Man with Conrad Leiden
The Pit with Stacey Whittle
Portrait of a Mutant with Dave Wynn
Realm of the Damned with Ben Penfold-Marwick
Revere with Gareth A Hopkins
Satan: Judge Anderson with Matthew Ellis
Swamp Thing with Tony Foster
Sympathy for the Devil with Chris Collazo
Toxic! with Carl Reeder
Trifecta with Graham Cannon
Young Death with Marko1074
Warrior with Simon Belmont
Zenith 2 with David Grice
So nervious to be on this great pcast :lol:
Congrats on the 100!
Wow, that's a helluva list, should keep you busy for years!
QuoteThe Pit with Stacey Whittle
Looking forward to this one - I remember one of the first ECBT review podcasts that Stacey did with Iz .. she won me over with her comment (add Geordie accent for full effect) "Just look at Dredd in that panel - he looks like he needs a reet big hug" :lol:
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The forum's very own Buttonman, Stephen Watson, joins the book club with a marvellous slice of Battle action from Wagner, Grant and Bradbury in Invasion 1984!.We also discuss the wonderful resource that is the Letter to Tharg database, the Beast itself.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/09/101-invasion-1984.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 01 September, 2019, 10:42:13 AM
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The forum's very own Buttonman, Stephen Watson, joins the book club with a marvellous slice of Battle action from Wagner, Grant and Bradbury in Invasion 1984!.We also discuss the wonderful resource that is the Letter to Tharg database, the Beast itself.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/09/101-invasion-1984.html
https://translate.google.co.uk/Contains the origin story of The Beast and John Wagner reminiscing on the creation of this memorable classic.
Came out well n the edit! Tune in for exciting origin tales and letter writing anecdotes. A book gets mentioned too!
Quote from: Frank on 01 September, 2019, 11:22:56 AM
https://translate.google.co.uk/
Contains the origin story of The Beast and John Wagner reminiscing on the creation of this memorable classic.
It's alright - thirty five years of tales told by Scots means I don't need translate to listen (though I'd probably need some help if trying to speak it)!
And here are Buttonman's grail pages in a sequence that means the end of Ol' Glasgee.
(https://i.imgur.com/3i8vCUD.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/MtBNEL9.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/6NBIqf1.jpg)
Captain Haddock just following orders there.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 02 September, 2019, 10:31:24 AM
Captain Haddock just following orders there.
I thought that was Commander Lex O'Malley from Dan Dare (you can see him walking down the stairs with the Theron Ambassador in last episode's grail page) rather than Captain Haddock, although admittedly they do look rather alike.
Or possibly he's the officer who orders the HMS Nemesis to attack Charlie at the end of The Terra Meks.
Nice! Eamonn I think the biggest thing I've learned from MCBC is an appreciation for the work of Alan Hebden and Eric Bradbury. If your only window into British comics is 2000AD it's easy to overlook them as the writer of Meltdown Man and the artist of Tharg strips respectively, but their history and work in other publications is amazing! Thanks for highlighting some of these other works, they're very illuminating!
Quote from: Lobo Baggins on 02 September, 2019, 11:23:26 AM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 02 September, 2019, 10:31:24 AM
Captain Haddock just following orders there.
I thought that was Commander Lex O'Malley from Dan Dare (you can see him walking down the stairs with the Theron Ambassador in last episode's grail page) rather than Captain Haddock, although admittedly they do look rather alike.
Ooh, good call. You wait ages for Lex O'Malley to turn up in a podcast and then two turn up in a row!
And thanks ,Conrad. More Alan Hebden coming up later this year 😉
Glasgow hit by a nuke? Millions of pounds worth of improvements
Oh the banter...
Quote from: Proudhuff on 03 September, 2019, 02:30:07 PM
Glasgow hit by a nuke? Millions of pounds worth of improvements. Oh the banter...
The radioactive fallout was the first shower any Weegie'd had in years ... 600,000 hideously deformed mutants roaming a blighted wasteland - and then the bomb hit it ... the locals were horrified by the mushroom cloud because they'd never seen
any kind of fruit or veg before ... etc.
I think that's not racism as long as I'm Scottish?
Great episode about a story I haven't read but now really want to. Also great to hear what the forum's greatest digital artist sounds like. All in all, still my favourite Two Thoosand AD poadcast.
Quote from: Frank on 03 September, 2019, 05:14:00 PM
The radioactive fallout was the first shower any Weegie'd had in years ... 600,000 hideously deformed mutants roaming a blighted wasteland - and then the bomb hit it ... the locals were horrified by the mushroom cloud because they'd never seen any kind of fruit or veg before ... etc.
I think that's not racism as long as I'm Scottish?
We can tell - mushroom are fungi - neither fruit or veg :P
I didn't know that.
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Brett Harris joins me down the line from Oz to introduce me to the artistic and gaming wonders of Dice Man, featuring a host of 2000AD greats led by Mills, O'Neill, Talbot, Collins, Ridgway and Dillon, but also the cartooning genius of Hunt Emerson.
Have your D6 at the ready and let it roll at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/09/102-dice-man.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 15 September, 2019, 10:25:48 AM
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Brett Harris joins me down the line from Oz to introduce me to the artistic and gaming wonders of Dice Man, featuring a host of 2000AD greats led by Mills, O'Neill, Talbot, Collins, Ridgway and Dillon, but also the cartooning genius of Hunt Emerson.
Have your D6 at the ready and let it roll at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/09/102-dice-man.html
Downloading now so I can listen at lunchtime!
You get a name-check Sheridan!
Interesting episode, I really must try to find and dig out my old Diceman (Dicemen?)
Quote from: Dandontdare on 16 September, 2019, 12:42:53 PM
You get a name-check Sheridan!
Interesting episode, I really must try to find and dig out my old Diceman (Dicemen?)
There's only one Rick Random!
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Quote from: Dandontdare on 16 September, 2019, 12:42:53 PM
You get a name-check Sheridan!
Interesting episode, I really must try to find and dig out my old Diceman (Dicemen?)
There's only one Rick Random!
Rick Fortune. There's only one Rick Fortune.
I think I got away with it!
Here is Brett's first grail page by Bryan Talbot. The Garden of Alien Delights
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And Ronnie, Maggie and the Three stooges by Hunt Emerson,
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Quote from: Dandontdare on 16 September, 2019, 12:42:53 PM
You get a name-check Sheridan!
Interesting episode, I really must try to find and dig out my old Diceman (Dicemen?)
I think it might actually be "Dicemans"
Really enjoyed the Diceman episode, it brought back a lot of memories.
The Slaine stories were collected in a Titan edition, which is available on Ebay and Amazon.
I'm hoping the stories will be reprinted in the 2000AD Ultimate Collection, but failing that a volume from Rebellion would be fantatstic.
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Episode 103 finds me in the garden of Niche comics in Huntingdon with Garry Hill discussing the Fall of Deadworld by Kek-W and Dave Kendall. We also chat about Niche comics, Park Run, and next week's inaugural eastern contingent meet-up.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/09/103-fall-of-deadworld.html
A comic shop with a garden? I don't think I've ever encountered such a thing (and I'm in my fourth decade of visiting comic shops, across two continents).
Here's the non spoiler grail page by Dave Kendall for Garry Hill from episode 103.
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Coming up in the next 6 weeks
The Dead Man (at last)
Meltdown Man
Judgement Day
and then it's off to Thought Bubble for some live recordings
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The Dead Man walks into a book club as I welcome back multi-talented art droid Mark Sexton down the line from the Sydney Conurb development of Oz to discuss a stone cold 2000AD classic. We also chat about his impressive Hollywood credentials as well as backing the Rok the God kickstarter.
Beware!!! Spoilers haunt the cursed earth night. Read the book first. Last warning.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/10/104-dead-man_13.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 09 October, 2019, 09:45:03 AM
Coming up in the next 6 weeks
The Dead Man (at last)
Meltdown Man
Judgement Day
and then it's off to Thought Bubble for some live recordings
Excellent - really looking forward to Meltdown Man - part of the darkness of the 1990s was when editorial of the time slagged it off - one of Belardinelli's greatest works for 2000AD.
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" Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister"
Part of Mark's double grail page spread.
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When 2000AD podcasts collide! It's a welcome return for Space Spinner 2000's Conrad Leiden to discuss the wonders of Meltdown Man by Alan Hebden and Massimo Belardinelli.
"When's he going to melt?!"
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/10/105-meltdown-man.html
My favourite Belardinelli story!
Has another polar bear appeared on the cover of the Galaxy's Greatest? Yes - though you had to wait a little while after Pole-Axe - about three decades or more! 1792 (http://www.2000ad.org/functions/cover.php?choice=1792&Comic=2000ad).
Damn - both of the grail pages I'd probably have picked (though it's been a while since I read it, so I could do with a refresher).
Thanks so much for having me on for such a great story Eamonn! Always a good time for another entry in the Crisis on Infinite Podcasts!
Sheridan, good catch on the Lenny Zero cover. :o
Conrad, always a pleasure. Here is that great map page grail for you.
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I seem to recall that someone had somehow managed to put together an almost complete collection of original art for Meltdown Man and at one point was just missing a single page. Is that still the case?
Quote from: Tjm86 on 28 October, 2019, 08:15:52 AM
I seem to recall that someone had somehow managed to put together an almost complete collection of original art for Meltdown Man and at one point was just missing a single page. Is that still the case?
Blimey! Tell us more. :o
From the comic art fans site it would appear that Robert Cox owns over 150 Meltdown Man pages including all the grail pages Conrad and I discuss in the episode.
https://www.comicartfans.com/galleryroom.asp?gsub=11192
Get in touch, Robert, and come on the pod!
Okay so without wishing to spin this off track ... I'll errr... spin this off track. Robert has one of the most astonishing art collections. He was recently sharing his Belardinelli Dan Dare pages on Facebook. I started viewing in aghast amazement. It rapidly turned to childish jealously which eventually morphed to murdeorus envy...
... yeah get him on the podcast if you can!
Here you go, Conrad. Robert Cox owns this one as well
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In two minds about the almost complete collection of Meltdown Man by Robert. One the one hand it's obvious that none of those pages are going to be available any time soon (as if I could afford them even if they were) - on the other hand it means they had a much better fate than some other pages of the same era - this way we know they've survived and are in good health!
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Back for a record fifth time on the pod Pete Wells talks me through Garth Ennis' controversial epic. It's Judgement Day and sparks fly when Dredd and Alpha meet!
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/11/106-judgement-day.html
This almost goes without saying.
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 11 November, 2019, 08:38:01 AM
This almost goes without saying.
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I think even the detractors of the story in general would still vote for that page as one of the best ever!
That was an excellent rant about singing in comics. 100% agree!
(Also, good episode: time for a re-read)
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Eamonn got me to do just that at the weekend.
Take part, Squaxx - you know it makes sense.
Just discovered this podcast. Really enjoying it sending my down memory lane.
Quote from: judgeurko on 13 November, 2019, 05:27:52 PM
Just discovered this podcast. Really enjoying it sending my down memory lane.
Thanks, JudgeUrko. Welcome aboard!
Hugely enjoyable episode there.
Wellsy always keeps me entertained. I'd have to disagree about the young Garth nailing Dredd's dialogue* and I still have very little time for Judgement Day but I could have listened to Pete and Eamonn chatting about it all day.
*'You gotta be some kinda meathead pickin' fights at a time like this, Sadu! That's what's the matter with you yokels - so much pride an' honour bull you can't do the gruddam job right!'
Just started listening to the Judgement Day episode and had to stop, a broken man.
The lovely Pete Wells uttered a line that has completely changed my view of him... a man who I've previously always admired, respected and enjoyed his chicken based shoulder eagles.... but Pete said... wipes tear... Pete said...
He's rather read Judgement Day than Cursed Earth. Christ I feel like I be called up by the news and interviewed to say.
"Well I just didn't believe a man like Pete was capable of such a heinous act. He always seemed so happy and loving. A man of infinite cheer and good nature. How he could commit this atrocity... well it... it jjjust floors me."
By all that his good Pete 'formly lovely man' Wells reach out to us, we're here to help you. We can turn this around, I'm sure... I ... I ... I hope.
Eamonn please if you are going to broadcast stuff like this I think you should put a warning at the beginning so at least we are prepared and choose whether to listen or not.
Quote from: Andy B on 12 November, 2019, 12:14:51 PM
That was an excellent rant about singing in comics. 100% agree!
(Also, good episode: time for a re-read)
I mis-read this as a 'rant about signing in comics' and it reminded me of my worst ever comic signing.
Thank you Garth for this
What did we do on long train journeys before pod casts - Space Spinner got me to Blackpool on Monday, and MCBC got me back home to Brum this afternoon
I am exactly half in agreement with Pete about Ennis's Dredd stuff
I too love the opening episodes - Garth does have a good handle on Dredd, seemingly.
The big problems are "comedy" villain (imagine if it was Murd the Oppressor!), trying to outWWagner agner by killing off characters and blowing things up (honestly, Dekker? bastard!) and 'that' fight.
Having Dredd beat up Sadu, fair enough - established in the other story that Dredd took a fall, so hey, if it makes your fanboy desire for Dredd to be TEH BEST! then go for it. Having him beat up Dredd AND Alpha? Garth lets his Dredd worship get the better of sense and story.
The "beyond Insanity" line is just an inferior version of the "EYeless in Hell" bit of City of the Damned isnt it?
I also think Ennis's Dredds were variable - I was rooting for him at the time as he was clearly geunninely a fan, unlike Morrison and Millar who were the opposite, so might have overlooked a few dodgy moments.
That said, Death Aid I hate for taking the brilliant Hunter's Club and turning them from clever killers into just a bunch of psychos was not required - create your own bunch of psychos please mr E!
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 14 November, 2019, 08:16:15 AM
Eamonn please if you are going to broadcast stuff like this I think you should put a warning at the beginning so at least we are prepared and choose whether to listen or not.
You're quite right, Colin. My apologies.
For anyone who hasn't listened yet this episode features a naked Mackem with contentious views and a passion for steak baked pastry products from a shop called Meggs.
You have been warned.
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I met up with Gareth A Hopkins at this year's splendid Thought Bubble to chat about Revere, the witch-boy of London by John Smith and Simon Harrison.
Check out Gareth's own comics at www.grthink.com
Listen in to our discussion.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/11/107-revere.html
Lovely! That's brightened up having to work on a Sunday for me. I love Revere, and think it was underrated. The magic-riddled globally warmed London setting was brilliant, though I have an awful feeling that Revere wasn't quite of age when he was shown having [spoiler]his first shag[/spoiler].
Great discussion! Gareth's observation that Revere's plots - like all John Smith's plots - are really simple is very astute. It's the way he tells 'em.
Given that many 2000ad readers find the average Dredd story a bit confusing, it's no surprise Revere often crops in discussions of the nineties malaise, but lumping this in with mediocrities like Dead Meat or Babe Race makes no sense.
The idea that Harrison based Revere on himself had occurred to me but I'd never considered the possibility of the Astrologer as Smith's fictional avatar. Thought-provoking stuff - thanks.
Gareth's grail page. A leap of faith.
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A bonus episode for the forum advent calendar.
Lots of Tharg's finest creators and several super-fans discussing their favourite Carlos Ezquerra stories, characters, moments, or personal memories of the great man.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/12/108-remembering-carlos.html
Eamonn - I don't normally do podcasts - but I've made an exception for this - and I'm glad I did. I'm now sitting at my desk at work remembering Carlos and once again feeling just how much we've all lost.
Some fantastic tributes.
Quote from: Bolt-01 on 04 December, 2019, 10:48:29 AM
Eamonn - I don't normally do podcasts - but I've made an exception for this - and I'm glad I did. I'm now sitting at my desk at work remembering Carlos and once again feeling just how much we've all lost.
Some fantastic tributes.
Cheers, Bolt. I'm glad that people are liking the tributes to our very own King of British comics
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First timer Graham Cannon joins me in the book club to discuss that Dredd epic that we didn't see coming, Trifecta.
Spoilers abound so caveat emptor.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/12/109-trifecta.html
Hope Pete Wells doesn't mind me hotlinking to a piccy from his blog, but here's the images used in the lenticular cover (animated):
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OUIFtnBu7Tk/Ug0lfImry5I/AAAAAAAAJLc/wCXgQJwI4Gk/s320/GN-Trifecta-cover-anim-big.gif)
(http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/2013/08/henry-flint-may-i-take-down-your.html)
Quote from: sheridan on 08 December, 2019, 11:46:04 PM
Hope Pete Wells doesn't mind me hotlinking to a piccy from his blog, but here's the images used in the lenticular cover (animated):
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OUIFtnBu7Tk/Ug0lfImry5I/AAAAAAAAJLc/wCXgQJwI4Gk/s320/GN-Trifecta-cover-anim-big.gif)
(http://2000adcovers.blogspot.com/2013/08/henry-flint-may-i-take-down-your.html)
(select the image to read Pete's blog about the creation of the cover)
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Episode 110 finds me in a box room in London with Duncan Nimmo to discuss a sometimes overlooked story from Ian Edginton and Matt D'Israeli Booker. All your Christmas toys from years gone by are fighting for their lives in Kingdom of the Wicked.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/12/110-kingdom-of-wicked.html
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Luke Williams returns to the book club with a towering achievement of British comics from Bryan Talbot. Join us on trip down the rabbit hole and through the looking-glass of Alice in Sunderland.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/01/111-alice-in-sunderland.html
Damn! Two episodes where I want to read the book involved before listening (both of which I own - though Bryan's will take considerably longer to read than Ian and Matt's).
Yeah that is a great twofer that, two of my favourite GNs :D
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 22 December, 2019, 02:27:54 PM
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Episode 110 finds me in a box room in London with Duncan Nimmo to discuss a sometimes overlooked story from Ian Edginton and Matt D'Israeli Booker. All your Christmas toys from years gone by are fighting for their lives in Kingdom of the Wicked.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2019/12/110-kingdom-of-wicked.html
I really enjoyed this one and, in a bit of serendipity, found my copy when tidying up boxes in the house. I'd forgotten how good it is.
Cheers, guys.
Here is Luke's grail page by Bryan Talbot.
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And while I'm at it I realise I forgot to post the grail page that Duncan owns from KotW.
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Our Monarch of the forums ignores all the Megxit nonsense to concentrate on Mark Miller's early work for the prog and some stunning artwork by Chis Weston in Canon Fodder.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/01/112-canon-fodder.html
thats two of my favourite podcasts I have guested on. I feel proud even if I sound stuttery a lot.
An update on my podcast since we recorded this episode.
It is indeed gonna be called the M.O.M cast and will start later this month on me and Kazans lets play channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9eJnRedAJcUSWu9qMoWDkw/featured (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9eJnRedAJcUSWu9qMoWDkw/featured) proper link when episode one featuring dr and quinch goes up
Blooming auto-correct has changed Millar to Miller all over my various episode postings!
Looking forward to the M.O.M.cast.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 19 January, 2020, 10:09:29 AM
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Our Monarch of the forums ignores all the Megxit nonsense to concentrate on Mark Miller's early work for the prog and some stunning artwork by Chis Weston in Canon Fodder.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/01/112-canon-fodder.html
Well, that was loads of fun! I've never heard an interviewee slag off his chosen book so much. Personally I thought Millar's one was entertaining nonsense with a few great scenes, despite the daft plot and very lame conclusion. [spoiler](Honestly, had that question
never occurred to the Almighty before?)[/spoiler] Also, I thought at the time that Millar had invented Mycroft himself, and was pleased to find he really was a Holmes character; though disappointingly an indolent, tubby gentleman rather than a terrifying psychopath.
And now I REALLY want to read Kek W's sequel again. At the time I'd thought Kek W was Millar's new pseudonym: How very wrong I was.
And here is the Monarch's grail page from prog 980 (i think)
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yup its from 980
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I'm joined by script droid James Peaty to discuss an overlooked DC book from 1989 by Peter Milligan, Brett Ewins, Steve Dillon and Tom Frame. Along the way we discuss writing and storytelling techniques as well as getting inspiration from the works of James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, and Machiavelli.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/02/113-skreemer.html
Oh wow - fantastic choice. I love this series. Can't wait to get to this one.
Looking forward to this. I only ever read one issue, and I remember a lot of stuff about James Joyce. I've since read some Joyce so should probably revisit it.
Thanks, guys.
Here is James' grail page by Ewins and Dillon, Words Peter Milligan.
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...and If you want to catch up on James's early work for 'Warhammer monthly' then I've sorted you out a guide here ( http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/james-peaty-writes-for-warhammer-monthly.html )
http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/james-peaty-writes-for-warhammer-monthly.html (http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/james-peaty-writes-for-warhammer-monthly.html)
I've also found an old interview James did
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/james-peaty-interviewed-by-warhammer.html (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/james-peaty-interviewed-by-warhammer.html)
Cheers, Richard. Excellent stuff.
Really enjoyed the James Peaty one. Some interesting insights from a creator's perspective.
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Carl Reeder joins me to discuss the comic that threw up, burned brightly, and then faded out too soon.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/02/114-toxic.html
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And here is Carl's grail, I don't think we've had too many Bisley images in the gallery so far.
Another great episode, I'd heard of it but knew nothing of it. That grail page is a fantastic pick too.
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The podcast has gone football crazy agan as Richard Sheaf from http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/ joins me to discuss the many, many ways Billy Dane could lose those magical boots. We also talk about some great British creators, the success of Billy's Boots both home and away, and other classic comics featured on Richard's blog.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/03/115-billys-boots.html
Richard's grail pages. The first two of the book as Billy finds those boots and ...
FTOOM!
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here are links to some of those comics I highlighted that I'd covered on the blog...
Steve Parkhouse draws Bruno Brookes
http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2017/03/stuff-and-nonsense-comic-issue-3.html (http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2017/03/stuff-and-nonsense-comic-issue-3.html)
'Pop' comic - featuring art by Ron Smith
http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2019/09/pop-37-lost-ron-smith-strip-re.html (http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2019/09/pop-37-lost-ron-smith-strip-re.html)
Powerman (Bolland, Gibbons & Ezquerra)
http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/powerman-31-cover-by-brian-bolland.html (http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/powerman-31-cover-by-brian-bolland.html)
James Peaty
http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/james-peaty-writes-for-warhammer-monthly.html (http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/james-peaty-writes-for-warhammer-monthly.html)
Orbit comic (from Zambia)
http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/orbit-comic-from-zambia-image-gallery_5.html (http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/02/orbit-comic-from-zambia-image-gallery_5.html)
Oh you dangerous silly Podcast you.
I'd never read any 'Billy's Boots', or at least don't consiously remember doing so - see many previous comments about my dodgy memory - and so had safely tucked 'Billy's Boots' edition into the category of "phew don't know this one, have no reference to it, so can save money and avoid".
Therefore when listening to this one I did so out of mild curiosity... and then Richard S and Eamonn's (one M two, N's Taylor, one M two N's) fascinating chat and revelation - to me at least - that this strip lasted over 20 year in various publications well and truly peaked my interest and now I feel I need to pick this up to appease the comic Gods of my utter ignorance.
Damn you stop having interesting conversation about things I could otherwise safely ignore!
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Tim Burnell joins me in the Espresso library to talk about Strontium Dog: The Final Solution.
Spoilers abound as we chat about the lasting influence of Simon Harrison and Colin MacNeil's artwork.
Listen at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/03/116-final-solution.html
need more Simon Harrison art in your life? I've put together a quick list of what I have in my collection, good luck hunting it all down - enjoy!
http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/03/simon-harrison-art-in-various-places.html (http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/03/simon-harrison-art-in-various-places.html)
and another cover identified so I've added that in as well
Thanks, Richard, and here is some Simon Harrison art in one of Tim's grail pages.
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One image that always sticks in my mind from that run is the cityscape of Milton Keynes with the wall (splash page opening an episode - possibly Feral's first appearance). I'm not saying that would be my grailpage, but it sticks in my head.
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Here's one for your bunkers. Celebrating the fabulous artwork of Don Lawrence in a lovely new collection of The Trigan Empire from the Treasury of British Comics with Chris Weston himself.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/03/117-trigan-empire.html
Been away from the board a while, trying to process all the madness, but I really enjoyed the Final Solution podcast. Glad I'm not the only person who liked it!
Also, I'm one of the few people who thought Feral was a good character, and I think Simon Harrison absolutely nailed the rebel street-fighter look. In fact I loved Simon Harrison's take on the whole thing, but I loved Colin McNeil's painted work on the series too (including the not-very-well-hidden swear words scrawled on Milton Keynes' walls).
Cheers, JBC.
here is Chris Weston's grail image from the Trigan Empire vol 1
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and mine
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Just listened to the Trigan Empire episode, fascinating to hear Chris reminiscing about being mentored by Don. Great stuff, thanks Eamonn.
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Episode 118 finds me chatting with Stacey Dutton-Whittle about a Dredd classic, The Pit. We also discuss her Whittle Waflle youtubes and hubby Mark's Within the Woods blog.
Listen in at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/04/118-pit.html
Eamonn, the show is fantastic. Last few episodes have been a great distraction, I'm sure for all of us who listen.
Keep up the brilliant work.
Some downright libellous claims from the host at the beginning and that lady's accent is ridiculous! Another fantastic episode. Thanks Eamonn (and Whittle!)
Oh, and EVERYONE knows I'm Stacey's real husband.
Thanks, guys. Here is Stacey's mostly spoiler free grail image by Lee Sullivan
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 12 April, 2020, 09:53:10 AM
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Episode 118 finds me chatting with Stacey Dutton-Whittle about a Dredd classic, The Pit. We also discuss her Whittle Waflle youtubes and hubby Mark's Within the Woods blog.
Listen in at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/04/118-pit.html
Lovely to hear Stacey pocasting on Dredd again.
I'm a bit behind, just caught up with the Skreemer episode. It's excellent, I could listen to James Peaty talk about Vertigo comics all day, he's an insightful chap. Milligan deserves way more recognition for his influence on making mainstream comics have some literary flair. Makes me wish I liked Skip Tracer more; at least Diamond Dogs turned out rather well and it's good to hear that's coming back.
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Chatting with Robo-Keef about a new collection from the Treasury with stunning black and white art by Luis Bermejo which has been beautifully reproduced by Joseph Morgan and his team. We also talk about the 2020 publishing schedule although events have overtaken that somewhat since we recorded.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/04/119-johnny-future.html
Keith's Luis Bermejo grail page (better late than never)
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Christ the art in that book is just incredible. Fantastic page.
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He is the mightiest of mighty ones, Steve MacManus is my book club guest to discuss his time in the nerve centre, his novel The Sheerglam Conspiracy, and his strip in new comic The 77.
Then editor Ben Cullis joins me to talk abou the rest of the comic and their plans for the future.
Listen in on your podcatcher or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/05/120-77.html
and in lieu of grail pages here is the Nick Percival variant cover for The 77 that Ben mentioned on the podcast.
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Yike that's terrifying!
In a good way I should say.
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Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 joins me to talk about the second Mach 1 collection and, in particular, the Mighty One's Mach Zero run. We also review the Action 2020 special with spoilers and stay tuned for a Foxy bonus at the end of the episode.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/05/121-mach-zero.html
Conrad's grail page by Mike Dorey as Mach Zero cuts loose!
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I got extremely greedy with my grail pages this time, and I apologize for nothing!
Mike Dorey doing what he does best - grimy tales from the contemporary (and near-future*) society.
* at the time they were published though recent-past now, whether MACH One/Zero or Invasion**.
** Continuity-geek time - we know that the airship was skyjacked in 1988 and MACH Zero takes place not long after that***
*** Apologies if this is covered in the show - I've not actually listened to this episode yet, have spent the best part of two hours struggling with wi-fi in the garden while trying to listen to the latest Space Spinner 2000 at the same time as running a barbecue and helping with gardening****
**** first world problems or what?
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Ever wanted to know more about Misty? Listen in to my fascinating chat with Dr Julia Round about her book on Misty and Gothic for girls. We also talk about the four Misty collections from the Treasury of British Comics.
Listen in on your podcasts app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/06/122-misty.html
and here is one of Julia's grail pages as it appeared on the cover of Misty 27
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and the Shirley Bellwood cover for the 1986 annual
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That was a really interesting episode. Great to see comics getting some serious academic attention, and she was a fascinating guest. Makes me wish I'd had a sister in the 70s, as I wouldn't have been seen dead buying a girl's comic.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 09 June, 2020, 04:31:26 PM
That was a really interesting episode. Great to see comics getting some serious academic attention, and she was a fascinating guest. Makes me wish I'd had a sister in the 70s, as I wouldn't have been seen dead buying a girl's comic.
Cheers, DDD. I really like this episode. Julia was great and I was just struggling to keep up with her.
This is a great episode! Dr. Round's scholarship and passion for the topic is palpable!
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Alan Fisher comes back to the book club to wrap up the adventures of Old Harry Absalom.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/06/123-absalom-terminal-diagnosis.html
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Alan's grail page pair
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Brother Sheridan returns as we continue our journey through the complete Nemesis the Warlock with volume 2 of the Hachette hardback collections.
Listen in on your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/06/124-nemesis-warlock.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 21 June, 2020, 10:09:00 AM
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Brother Sheridan returns as we continue our journey through the complete Nemesis the Warlock with volume 2 of the Hachette hardback collections.
Listen in on your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/06/124-nemesis-warlock.html
Is it that time already? Damn - got to go shopping and my phone earplugs broke! Shall have to listen to the edit when I get back!
Quote from: sheridan on 21 June, 2020, 12:41:58 PM
Is it that time already? Damn - got to go shopping and my phone earplugs broke! Shall have to listen to the edit when I get back!
That being reply number 666 was pure coincidence. So says Khaos!
Khaos indeed!
And here is a Sheridan grail page as Nemesis and Purity walk through that Bryan Talbot polyptych.
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Man that page is astonishingly good.
...and if anybody has any suggestions on how to pronounce polyptych I'd be happy to take it on board! I'm hoping there's a youtube interview with Scott where he says it out loud...
Quote from: sheridan on 22 June, 2020, 12:07:45 PM
...and if anybody has any suggestions on how to pronounce polyptych I'd be happy to take it on board! I'm hoping there's a youtube interview with Scott where he says it out loud...
Pol-Ip-Tick. Simple.
And here's some more information about polyptychs
https://theperiodicfable.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/comics-vocabulary-polyptych/
https://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/2012/06/blood-in-the-gutters/
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On today's pod Giles Wright helps me finish off the Tour of Duty storyline in Mega-City Justice. And we get a chance to talk about what makes a great Dredd villain.
On your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/07/125-mega-city-justice.html
Giles' first grail page from Colin MacNeil
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Thanks Eamonn. Tour Of Duty is my favourite of all the mega-epics I have read since returning to 2000AD (I only read the ones up to City Of The Damned orginally) and listening to this has made me go back and read it again.
Quote from: WhizzBang on 06 July, 2020, 03:21:19 PM
Thanks Eamonn. Tour Of Duty is my favourite of all the mega-epics I have read since returning to 2000AD (I only read the ones up to City Of The Damned orginally) and listening to this has made me go back and read it again.
Cheers, WB.
It's a great epic with a lot to say about Dredd.
Quote from: WhizzBang on 06 July, 2020, 03:21:19 PM
Thanks Eamonn. Tour Of Duty is my favourite of all the mega-epics I have read since returning to 2000AD (I only read the ones up to City Of The Damned orginally) and listening to this has made me go back and read it again.
So you've missed out on Oz and Necropolis?
Quote from: sheridan on 07 July, 2020, 10:26:45 AM
Quote from: WhizzBang on 06 July, 2020, 03:21:19 PM
Thanks Eamonn. Tour Of Duty is my favourite of all the mega-epics I have read since returning to 2000AD (I only read the ones up to City Of The Damned orginally) and listening to this has made me go back and read it again.
So you've missed out on Oz and Necropolis?
Yes, I have only read these two since they were published in the Case File format.It was quite a ride catching up with all this stuff.
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And a Carlos Ezquerra grail page for Giles. Please read in a Ray Winstone voice.
QuotePlease read in a Ray Winstone voice.
Like that Judge Dredd Playstation game years ago, where they'd clearly run out of American-style voice-actors and made half the characters cockney.
Great podcast and great grail page. As is so often the case listening to Eamonn and his guests, I'm now dying to go back and read what they were talking about.
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A bonus show which features the first episode of a new podcast project I have started with my daughter, Jenny. In A Handful of Dust we are going to cover all the collected editions of Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic and discuss some of the challenging themes and issues raised in the series in a similar fashion to episode 68 of the book club.
If that sounds like something you might be interested in then subscribe in your podcast app or through the website below. If the Sandman is not your thing then don't worry, there will be another episode along next week discussing One-Eyed Jack and Valiant comic.
Cheers
https://handfulofdustpodcast.blogspot.com
QuoteThe feed does not have subscriptions by email enabled
Is that a setting you can change?
Apologies. Try it now.
A very interesting listen. I'm absolutely going to have to dig out my original issues and re-read along with you. Hopefully monthly!
Maybe this is a generational issue (I'm a 50 year-old straight guy), but it surprised me to hear Neil Gaiman being given a hard time for his treatment of gay characters. Wasn't he a trailblazer for diversity in mainstream comics? It certainly felt that way at the time.
It's true that things didn't work out well for Judy in '24 Hours', but they didn't work out well for anybody. Would it have been better writing if everybody in that diner had been straight? Or if Judy had some kind of survival superpower derived from her sexuality?
Regardless, I agree that Book 1 is not the place to start for a newcomer, particularly somebody new to comics who knows Gaiman from his books. I started with issue 8 (just good luck!) picking up the back issues when I could, and that worked well for me. If anything, the earlier issues are more interesting when you know what they are leading up to.
And definitely don't start with the 'Overture'! Book 3 is a good call.
My start was about half way through Season of Mists and I think I agree with Andy B - when outside the mainstream superhero scene other places are a better start point.
Thanks for listening, guys
It's a good point. Gaiman's diversity of characters was progressive for 1989 but revisited 30 years later it does have some troubling issues. And we will talk about them in future episodes as well.
What timing!
I purchased the Sandman books digitally, through a Comixology sale a few years back, and am finally about to read it from start to finish, having started and faltered a few times.
Looking forward to the podcast, Eamonn.
Great stuff Eamonn (and Jenny), keep it up!
Thanks, guys
Episode 2 is out today, we are planning to release them weekly if we can keep up.
https://handfulofdustpodcast.blogspot.com/2020/07/2-dolls-house.html
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Episode 127 welcomes a new member of the book club, Jon Clark, who tells me the history of One-Eyed Jack by John Wagner and John Cooper. We also discuss Valiant comc and the question of who were Dredd's foreunners.
In your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/07/127-one-eyed-jack.html
and here is the first of Jon's John Cooper grail pages.
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That was great as usual. I'm always amazed at what comics creators in the 70s decided was perfect for children - basically 18 cert films without swearing or sex. I mean, it's exactly what I wanted when I was a kid, but no other medium would allow it.
I've never read One-Eyed Jack, but was delighted to hear that his surname was McBane. How you guys described it sounded pretty much exactly like the other McBane. (Or McBain, as I've just learned from Wikipedia.)
Edit - and now I've just learned that there was a real film called McBain too. Apparently it's the go-to name for hard men, like the given name Joe for Pat Mills, I suppose.
Cheers, JBC
And here is the other part of Jon's two grail pages by John Cooper.
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Time for the Incredible Adventures of Janus Stark and Chris Wright joins me to discuss his india-rubber contortions in the fog-bound streets of Victorian London. We also review the Smash special and reminisce about comic conventions and look forward to the days when we'll all meet again.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/08/128-janus-stark.html
And the first of Chris's grail pages from volume 1, words Tom Tully, art Francisco Solano Lopez
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And a Reg Bunn page from volume 2
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It's the return of the Terry Mack, down the line from Oz with the pefect mashup of cowboys and dinosaurs in Flesh.
On your podcasts app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/08/129-flesh.html
And Terry's main grail pick by Boix
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My chat with Phillip Vaughan from the University of Dundee about Doomlord, the new Eagle, and David McDonald's Hibernia comics.
On your podcatcher or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/08/130-doomlord.html
A glorious Ian Kennedy double page Dan Dare from the New Eagle. This is one of Phillip Vaughan's grail pages from episode 130.
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and two Eric Bradbury pages for Phillip
Love these, but love A Handful of Dust too. What's happened to Worlds End?
We had a week off for some life getting in the way stuff.
Episode 8: World's End will be out tomorrow morning and we have recorded episode 9: The Kindly Ones this week so hopefully should be back on schedule.
Thanks for listening
Woohoo. I have just finished my re-read of the Kindly Ones so I am just about keeping pace with you. Thanks for doing these, and hope the life stuff is all sorted.
https://handfulofdustpodcast.blogspot.com/2020/08/8-worlds-end.html
Thanks, Eamonn. Good to have you back.
Cheers, Eamonn. Hope your personal stuff is sorted. Still the best prog-based podcast out there.
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After 130 episodes it's finally time for Commando Forces John Burdis to join the book club. We talk about a collection of three Rico novels by Michael Carroll, the Cellar of Dredd, southern contingent gatherings, and that other podcast of his.
Listen in on your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/09/131-rico-dredd-titan-years.html
Nice one Eammon and John. I don't think the novels get the attention they deserve but they are good, especially the ones set long before the comic continuity like this, Judges and Year 1, 2. Michael Carroll's name on the cover is practically a mark of quality too.
Great stuff Eamonn - now time for a binge-listen of A Handful of Dust (https://open.spotify.com/show/5U7pbJMcdEK0tYHfun40wg).
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John's grail page by Mike McMahon & Pat Mills, with a little help from the Hollies
Eamonn, slight hijack, but I have a Handful of Dust query you may be able to help with. I have been reading along with the podcasts and know that you like the references to other comics characters who pop up. There were a few in The Wake that you referenced but one that went unmentioned and it is niggling me. It was the character in a top hat with a purple flower bud face. I seem to remember a short story where he fell in love and when he raised his hat the flower opened but I can't remember where from. It's not from earlier in The Sandman or it would have been fresh in my mind. Was it the prog? Can you help?
Hi, Timothy. We haven't been able to answer your question so far but we'll keep looking and mention it on an upcoming episode to see if any other listeners know the answer.
Thanks, Eamonn. It's really bugging me. It's quite a distinctive character and he appears in a few panels. Of course the story I am partially remembering may well be something completely different and this will be an obscure DC character that I have never heard of. Really enjoying the podcasts.
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Garry Hill is back with the dark side of superheroics from Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.
In your podcasts app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/09/132-boys.html
Bostin!
"Truth, justice and the American Way?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt6M5QWoU30 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt6M5QWoU30)
Another great show!
The Boys isn't top tier Ennis, but it's fun. However, it cannot be emphasized enough that, as the series goes on, it's not for the easily offended. If you did a 'Handful of Dust' style trigger warning, it would go on for several pages.
The TV series keeps the good stuff, dumps the not so good stuff, and adds more good stuff: For me, it's comprehensively better than the comic.
That said, for British readers of a certain age, the mini-series "Highland Laddie" is highly recommended. I'll be surprised if we see the Reverend Dandy on TV...
I'd take The Boys over Preacher any day of the week; both in the comics and on TV. Looking forward to this podcast! I have a particularly boring painting job to do tomorrow; that will get me through it.
Cheers, guys.
Here is a Darick Robertson grail page for Garry.
Viewer discretion is advised.
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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].
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 (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/09/updated-james-peaty-writes-warhammer.html)
Keep up the good work Eamonn!
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.
Inspired by the chat on episode 123 ( https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/06/123-absalom-terminal-diagnosis.html (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 (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/10/tiernen-trevallion-draws-warhammer-part.html)
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 (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/10/tiernen-trevallion-draws-warhammer-part_5.html)
Keep up the good work Eamonn!
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.
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https://neverironanything.podbean.com/e/episode-45-some-calvin-and-hobbes-with-eamonn-clarke/
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.
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Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 08 October, 2020, 09:34:51 PM
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.
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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
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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?
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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
and here's Tony's grail page, the De Luca effect by Dan Cornwell
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Mr Jim Moon from the Hypnogoria podcast (https://www.hypnogoria.com/) 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
Dracula returns!
If this grail page image by Vincenzo Riccardi doesn't make you want to buy the special then nothing will.
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Max Lieberman joins the book club to discuss the facts in the strange case of Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows' Providence.
Content note: in this episode we discuss the difficult subject of sexual violence in Moore's comics, and H.P.Lovecraft's racist opinions.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/11/136-providence.html
A first Jacen Burrows grail page chosen by Max from our Providence episode.
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And a train carriage full of some of the characters from the pages of Lovecraft and providence.
Art Jacen Burrows
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The Christmas Raffle
Ten zarjaz prizes
£2 a ticket and all goes straight to Cancer Research UK
Don't add gift aid as you are getting a ticket (their rule not mine)
And pretty please tick the box that allows me to contact you if you win.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/megacitybookclub (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/megacitybookclub)
1. Batman Dredd collection signed by John Wagner, Mike Mignola, Glenn Fabry, Simon Bisley & Alan Grant
2. America Lost and Found hardback signed by John Wagner
3. Mega City Undercover volume 1 signed by Jock, Andy Diggle, Rob Williams and Henry Flint
4. Batman Dredd collection signed by Mike Mignola
5. The complete ArtNineTwo package
6. Dan Cornwell Dredd sketch
7. PJ Holden Dredd sketch
8. Tulay Lotay Judge Anderson print
9. Cam Kennedy prints set
10. Ultimate collection seventies covers book
Draw is sunday 13th, entries close midnight on the 12th December
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/12/137-xmas-raffle.html
Wonderful -- Thanks Eamonn!
The anonymous entries are doing my head in. :'(
Please screenshot your donation receipt and email it to me at MCBCpodcast@gmail.com so I can identify you for the draw.
OK it turns out that if you are not signed into Justgiving itself then even ticking the email box still means it shows up as an anonymous donation with the email recorded as guestcheckout@justgiving.com
So pretty please email me those donation receipts to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com to make sure i have your contact details for the raffle.
Apologies, my bad
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Normal service is resumed as the Pete Wells droid is back to take me through the two new releases of America. We discuss the context provided by the Essentials version, and the insight into the creative process in John Wagner's scripts in the Lost and Found hardback.
Listen in your podcast app or at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/12/138-america-lost-and-found.html
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And when the Pete Wells droid picks a grail page he goes big, or he goes home.
Now about that horse, Pete?
Listening to this reminded me of a discussion on Drokk! (or it might have been Wait What?) actually as to what purpose the Essential Collection were serving. They observed that Case Files 1 was still (apparently) the biggest seller Rebelliin have and alas the content isn't that good and is interesting to the fan as a way of presenting the development of the series. It might actually put off new readers progressing as its not aged that well.
They guessed that the 'Essentials' will be there to sit along side Case Files 1, or indeed instead of, so that you got a sense of what Dredd became / is, not what he was when developing.
If you did pick up this and Case Files one I can image in it'd create a real interest in how the series got from there to here and might encourage folks to delve deeper.
As Eammon speculates some to get folks hooked at conventions and such, but also for book shop selves as an alternative to the perennial Case Files 1.
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Julius Howe is back in the book club to talk conspiracy theories and the mind altering experiences of Grant Morrison as we start with book one of The Invisibles.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/11/139-invisibles.html
Working my way through them - interested to hear more about "Providence", which I never took the plunge on. Not sure after listening if that was a bullet dodged or whetted my appetite for it even more - that choice is pretty much taken from me while it remains out of print.
One thing, without wanting to have to go all Spike Lee retraction tomorrow, is Woody Allen an appropriate figure to invoke? He seems less a Roman Polanski figure than a Johnny Depp figure - certinly he isnt a Warren Ellis figure - not a single actress has come forward during his career to accuse him of any inappropriate behaviour, and given he has a career that spans the 60s and 70s that is something. I know Ronan Farrow has made a point of keeping heat on the man, but I've yet to be convinced there is an actual fire rather than the smoke of the fall out of his relationships with Farrow/Soon Yi and accusations made 30 years ago that were never prosecuted for and at the time were dismissed/discredited when brought up in the Divorce?
Not that I'm a fan of the man or his films, but I do get a bit twitchy regards Allen's lumping in with known serial and convicted predators - (un)happy to be proved wrong on this if anyone can point me to what I am missing? Feel a bit trial by Public opinion raather than actual facts, unless I've overlooked said facts?)
Anyway, on a happier note, have a couple more to catch up on to keep me company tomorrow - keep up the good work!
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A bonus episode chatting with Ed Doyle and Alan Holloway about their Sentinel comic.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/12/140-sentinel.html
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A King Mob grail page for Julius from the Invisibles
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Peter Duncan from the Sector 13 fanzine takes me through the future sport thrills and spills of Mean Arena.
In your new year pod catcher or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/01/141-mean-arena.html
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That John Richardson opening page of the Mean Arena grail page for Peter Duncan
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Damian Edwardson from ArtNineTwo discusses the Steve Dillon Memorial sketchbook in aid of the Hero Initiative. We also talk about the IDW Deviations issue based on Cry of the Werewolf by John McCrea.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/01/142-steve-dillon.html
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One of Damian's grail pages
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Script droid James Peaty takes the book club to Gotham as we consider Wagner, Grant and Breyfogle's run on Detective Comics. We also talk about the challenges of continuity and the differences between writing for recognisable characters and your own creations. And we briefly mention James' film work
Listen in your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/01/143-detective-comics.html
Oh great choice. Along side GMozz's run my favourite Batman run and a few bits and bobs aside the only one I own in floppies not digitally - the GMozz run starts with a number of trades.
Looking forward to this one particularly.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 26 January, 2021, 08:22:42 AM
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One of Damian's grail pages
Beautiful. Can I offer you an alternate page from the Deviations story?
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Lovely stuff, mate. Very lucky
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One of James' grail pages. An American Batman in London by Norm Breyfogle, coloured by Anthony Tollin.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 04 February, 2021, 02:06:11 PM
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One of James' grail pages. An American Batman in London by Norm Breyfogle, coloured by Anthony Tollin.
A very specific angle from St James' Park there - not sure I've ever seen bats though. Perhaps Bruce brings them with him?
Quote from: sheridan on 04 February, 2021, 06:38:26 PM
A very specific angle from St James' Park there - not sure I've ever seen bats though. Perhaps Bruce brings them with him?
Imagine Batman into the Bat-verse, voiced by Nicholas Cage:
"Wherever I go, the bats follow, and the bats ... smell like vengeance."
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 04 February, 2021, 08:46:00 PM
Quote from: sheridan on 04 February, 2021, 06:38:26 PM
A very specific angle from St James' Park there - not sure I've ever seen bats though. Perhaps Bruce brings them with him?
Imagine Batman into the Bat-verse, voiced by Nicholas Cage:
"Wherever I go, the bats follow, and the bats ... smell like vengeance."
Just listened to the podcast today - lovely stuff, especially while getting through boring household (well, boat-hold) jobs. Also, I've just this minute finished watching Nicolas Cage in
Mandy. Not quite as lovely stuff; my brain is melting
Hopefully Eamonn doesn't mind me posting his own stuff on his thread?!?
Anyway a couple of recent interview by Jame Peaty with John Wagner and Alan Grant on the time they spent with Bats. As you might imagine one had more to say than the other!
https://eamonn1961.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-wagner-interview.html (https://eamonn1961.blogspot.com/2021/02/john-wagner-interview.html)
https://eamonn1961.blogspot.com/2021/02/alan-grant-interview.html (https://eamonn1961.blogspot.com/2021/02/alan-grant-interview.html)
Beat me to it, Colin. I was going to put those up tomorrow.
Huge thanks to James Peaty for doing the interviews and to Alan and James for permission to publish them on my blog.
Thanks, Colin and Eamonn! I hadn't realised John Wagner was involved in any Batmen outside the Dredd crossovers till I listened to the podcast. Will have a proper listen to the interviews tomorrow.
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A bonus episode for the I Love Comics event happening this weekend, I interviewed Julia Round again and we talked about the Misty specials, and her plans to extend her database to cover Spellbound and other horror comics. Plus details of a free lecture she is giving online next weekend.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/02/144-julia-round.html
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Vince Hunt from the Awesome Comics podcast joins the book club with the thrills and spills of Death Wish by Barrie Tomlinson and the brothers Vanyo. We also discuss some Storm Force and then wax lyrical about Bernie Wrightson's illustrated Frankenstein.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/02/145-death-wish.html
Nice one! I remember Death Wish very well; looking forward to this. I think it'll be my accompaniment to tidying the boat and laying a carpet today.
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A bonus interview from the Comic Scene digital con this weekend. I spoke to John M Burns about Dredd, Dante, Flintlock, and George and Lynne!
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/02/146-john-m-burns.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 15 February, 2021, 07:26:32 PM
A bonus interview from the Comic Scene digital con this weekend. I spoke to John M Burns about Dredd, Dante, Flintlock, and George and Lynne!
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/02/146-john-m-burns.html
After releases on Saturday 13th, Sunday 14th and Monday 15th, you realise we're going to expect MCBC daily from now on, right?
Quote from: sheridan on 16 February, 2021, 12:16:22 AM
After releases on Saturday 13th, Sunday 14th and Monday 15th, you realise we're going to expect MCBC daily from now on, right?
I know, this all happened at quite short notice.
Normal 2 weekly service returns on Feb 28th with The Day the Law Died!
Here is a brothers Vanyo grail page for Vince Hunt from Death Wish
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 17 February, 2021, 09:49:36 AM
Quote from: sheridan on 16 February, 2021, 12:16:22 AM
After releases on Saturday 13th, Sunday 14th and Monday 15th, you realise we're going to expect MCBC daily from now on, right?
I know, this all happened at quite short notice.
Normal 2 weekly service returns on Feb 28th with The Day the Law Died!
The first Titan reprint album I got (though may have had Halo Jones given to me as a christmas present around the same time). Under the Judge Caligula name, obviously!
ans some more Vanyo for Vince
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The mask! The face!
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And a grail page to end all grail pages from Bernie Wrightson's illustrated Frankenstein. Anyone got $1.2million to spare?
Wow - that's about as close to a perfect illustration as I could possibly imagine. I love the zombie-like Frankenstein too - I think most artists / movie-makers are realising the Karloff look doesn't quite cut it any more.
Just listened to the John Burns interview, which was hugely enjoyable. The longevity of comic artists absolutely blows me away sometimes, and I've always been a huge fan of his stuff. Also, quite an incredible range of work, from middle-class swingers to time-travelling giant worms. Didn't he do straight-up porn at some stage too? For one of the one-handed periodicals, iirc.
A better image from the Heritage Auctions site where it sold for $1.2 million in 2019
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Looks even better there. If I had a spare million or two that would be high up on my shopping list.
Cheers, JBC, And thanks for the kind words about the John Burns interview. It all came about at very short notice
It was great - things like these make a global pandemic slightly easier!
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New recruit Damian Harvey takes me through a John Wagner Dredd epic that features art by Bolland, McMahon, Gibbons, Smith, Ewins, McCarthy, and Leach!
In your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/02/147-day-law-died.html
And a wonderful Brian Bolland grail page for Damian.
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Just caught up with the interview with John M Burns - superb thanks so much for that.
On an entirely different note Jame's Peaty's grail page has just been featured on Comic Art Fans (not for sale) but with a lovely big close up of the original art.
https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1707605 (https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1707605)
Christ he was so good.
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"Iconic Breyfogle cover, one of my favorites of his Batman covers from Batman and Detective Comics. This was in a friend's storage locker which hadn't been opened in over a decade, forgotten. He purchased it directly from Norm back in 1989. Turned up on February 25, 2021, just two days before what would have been Norm's 61st birthday, R.I.P."
I know I have recently found a piece of artwork I had forgotten about but imagine having this in a storage locker, lost for over a decade.
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A bonus chat with the official art correspondent of the book club, the Pete Wells block returns to help me review the new America audiobook from 2000AD and Penguin Random House.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/03/148-america-audiobook.html
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Reviewing the Halo Jones audiobook with Jenny Clarke
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/03/149-halo-jones-audiobook.html
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A chat with Mike Collins about his illustrious career, and about the graphic novel about Apollo 11.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/03/150-mike-collins.html
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and here is Mike's grail page which he actually owns!
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Tony Foster from Comic Scene joins me with Absolute Swamp Thing vol 1, and to talk about the History of Comics project on Kickstarter.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/03/151-swamp-thing.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 28 March, 2021, 09:22:56 AM
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Tony Foster from Comic Scene joins me with Absolute Swamp Thing vol 1, and to talk about the History of Comics project on Kickstarter.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/03/151-swamp-thing.html
Thanks Eamonn! I'll be listening to this at work today. Should be a nice contrast to the Easter bunnies and chicks I'll be painting on a window :)
Cheers, JBC
And here is Tony's grail page from the cover of Swamp Thing #25
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A short bit of bonus audio. Yesterday I was a guest on Tony Esmond's Never Iron Anything podcast to talk about Fantastic Four #51 "This man, this monster".
https://neverironanything.podbean.com/e/episode-79-this-manthis-monster-fantastic-four-51-with-eamonn-clarke/
And I managed to track down the lucky chap who own the iconic first page of art by Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott, and he had a story to tell me. Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/04/152-mark-mcdermott.html
Just caught up with the Mike Collins episode and what a great listen even by this wonderful podcast's standards. Apollo I'd never heard of but ordered already. Sounds fantastic but how the heck do they miss out the felt pen story - that's amazing!
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 10 April, 2021, 01:36:16 PM
Just caught up with the Mike Collins episode and what a great listen even by this wonderful podcast's standards. Apollo I'd never heard of but ordered already. Sounds fantastic but how the heck do they miss out the felt pen story - that's amazing!
Cheers, Colin. Yeah, how have we never heard the felt pen story before?
I don't think it was in the BBC Thirteen minutes to the moon podcasts series.
Apollo is fantastic, I was very glad to get Mike to finally sign my copy at Lawless last time it was on.
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It's Fox from Space Spinner 2000 and he's picked Skizz. Flippy neck!
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/04/153-skizz.html
Hopefully we'll be able to make it to the Eastern Contingent as well!
It's always a good time when podcast worlds collide!
Sweet! I've been binging on both of your podcasts at work lately
and here is Fox's dps grail page by Jim Baikie
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Wow I mean i normally really enjoy this podcast but you are on fire at the moment. That chat with Mark McDermott is just wonderful. The passion that comes out of that chaps glorious stories. I could listen to him chat all night. And some of this artwork - well just astonishing of course. I'm not the biggest fan of Stan and Jack's FF (I know, I know call myself a comics fan - I much prefer Jack's DC work freed of Stan... anyway...) but that page is burnt onto the back of my retinas. Just amazing and its hard to imagine it being own by someone more deserving.
Poor ol' Fox has got a lot to live up to!
Actually just looked again at his Comic Art Gallery and noticed that some of the wonderful stuff there - in fact the majority - has been stolen and never recovered. That's so rubbish!
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Paul Trimble from the Enniskillen comic fest is my guest to discuss the brutal and uncompromising Darkie's Mob by John Wagner and Mike Western. Not a comic for the faint hearted.
In your podcasts app or on my blog at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/04/154-darkies-mob.html
This episode is respectfully dedicated to the memory of Colin Noble.
Looking forward to this one. Cripes, but Darkie's Mob was grim for a kids' comic. The Christmas amputation was particularly non - festive.
Thanks for all the positive comments about the podcast, guys. Much appreciated.
As a perfect sequel to Darkie's Mob, Bad Company is up next.
In the meantime here is a Mike Western grail page for Paul Trimble.
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Darkies Mob is glorious. I'd never read it till it ran in the Meg a good few years ago so reading it then with several episodes at a time I really appreciated the glorious Mike Western art.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 25 April, 2021, 08:29:14 AM
Paul Trimble from the Enniskillen comic fest is my guest to discuss the brutal and uncompromising Darkie's Mob by John Wagner and Mike Western. Not a comic for the faint hearted.
Another cracking episode. I've ordered a copy of that Titan hardcover now, so my bank balance and creaking bookshelves probably aren't as appreciative as I am. :)
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Roland Ungoed-Thomas returns to chat about the Horned God audiobook, and then the much requested prog classic Bad Company by Milligan, Ewins and McCarthy.
A useful follow up to the Darkie's Mob episode.
In your podcast app or listen on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/05/155-bad-company.html
Cool. I bought the Horned God audiobook when it came out - it'll be interesting to see what other squaxx made of it. Also, I loved Bad Company. I kind of based my look on the characters, even if I look more like Thrax than Danny these days.
Cheers, JBC.
And here is Roland's first grail page image
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 10 May, 2021, 08:46:42 AM
Cheers, JBC.
And here is Roland's first grail page image
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I don't know why, but that image didn't show on my browser.
Direct link here: http://www.2000ad.org/covers/2000ad/hires/501.jpg
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Great episode, thanks! A few eye-openers too - I hadn't copped the musical references at all (apart from Joe Scummer of course; that one was easy). I would have thought Shrike's look owed a tiny bit to Screamin' Jay Hawkins too.
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 09 May, 2021, 12:49:10 PM
Cool. I bought the Horned God audiobook when it came out - it'll be interesting to see what other squaxx made of it.
I'm enjoying it so far (about halfway). Halo Jones is the most successful of these adaptations, I think. The Pit was good but I struggled to identify all the judges by voice.
Quote from: CalHab on 10 May, 2021, 02:31:55 PM
I'm enjoying it so far (about halfway). Halo Jones is the most successful of these adaptations, I think. The Pit was good but I struggled to identify all the judges by voice.
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It's quite a task alright, but The Pit has a huge cast. Wasn't quite on board with Guthrie's drawl - I always saw his undercover self as a fast-talker.
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Jules Boyle is back, and the audio is better! He takes me through the third volume of Slaine's adventures, some classic UKCAC tales, and explains how Glenn Fabry came to draw him into the pages of Slaine the King.
In your podcasts app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/05/jules-boyle-returns-to-book-club-with.html
And here is that grail page with Jules at top left.
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My Danu, imagine being drawn into that. It's an absolute masterpiece, and captures the off-duty, fun Sláine of old at his best.
Another great podcast by the way!
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 14 March, 2021, 09:38:12 AM
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A chat with Mike Collins about his illustrious career, and about the graphic novel about Apollo 11.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/03/150-mike-collins.html
Thanks for this one Eamonn. I've just finished 'Apollo' and its an astonishing read. Just brilliant. Give its a tale of truly monumental events, with astonishing flights of fantasy weaved into the tale it is still at its heart an entirely human and personal piece. It quite brilliantly captures the scale, wonder and impact of the event of the moon landing but does so by focusing on the intimate impacts on the three astronauts and those that surround them.
Its quite a quiet masterpiece I have to say. Mike Collins art is subline and the writers with so much to say and such wonderful insights know, with a fantastic precision when to leave it to Mike Collins and the art to perfectly tell the story.
I'd not have discovered this without the podcast so thank you.
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Thanks for all the comments. Glad you enjoyed, Apollo, Colin. I shared your comment with Mike Collins and he was delighted.
The podcast turned 5 years old last week. Thanks to Conrad from the mighty Space Spinner 2000 for reminding me.
And thank you to all my guests and contributors. Lots more to come with some Strontium Dog, Zenith, The Thirteenth Floor, and a revisit of the Apocalypse War coming up in the next few weeks
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Forum man of letters Jim Campbell joins the book club to discuss the early Strontium Dog story Journey into Hell, and the history of comic book lettering.
We also pause to pay tribute to the late, great Dave Evans. You can find the Justgiving link on the website below.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/06/157-journey-into-hell.html
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Here is a grey scale version of the colour dps grail page by King Carlos as picked by Jim in episode 157
Now you've got me wondering why it's in greyscale - is it to highlight the use of chiaroscuro in the artwork, which colour would distract from? Or is that all you could grab your hands on? I'll just have to listen and find out!
All I could find was the colour 2 page spread. In the agency files its in black and white which Jim preferred so I converted the colour to greyscale to post it here.
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Peter Adamson from Where Eagles Dare returns to Max's Thirteenth Floor with the second volume from Wagner, Grant and Ortiz from the Treasury of British Comics.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/06/158-thirteenth-floor-vol-2.html
And a pretty terrifying sequence of grail pages for Peter.
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Just caught up with the Darkie's Mob and beginning of the Bad Company double header. I call them double headers as I think Roland perfectly lays out the connective tissue between the two and the thematic links really well. Looking forward to finishing what appears to be a very good breakdown and analysis of the rest of Bad Company.
The Darkie's Mob discussion is what's drawn me here. Firstly wonderful episode as ever. Great insight into a truly great comic. The discussion has reminded of a man called Les who used to live across the road from us when I was a teenager. Les fought and was captured in the Burma campaign and though he didn't talk much about it would on occasion open up about the pain he under went as a captive of the Imperial Army. He, as was discussed, really struggled to forgive the Japanese for the horrors he witnessed and were inflicited upon him. Yet he also had an inspiring view of that inability to forgive, an insight that I've found folks who have been through such astonishing experiences can often have.
He used to tell that while he was never able to forgive the Japanese that was a massive failing on his part. His view. Primarily as for years he carried that anger with a sense of justice, given what he'd been through. Later though as he learnt, from encounters, or reading of the horrors, committed in the name of the British Empire he hoped the folks who those brutal actions were committed against didn't feel about the British people the way he felt about the Japanese. He realised that the dehumanising aspect of great powers, feeling an innate superiority to those that are other, was what the problem was. And sadly he died, to my knowledge, knowing that and yet still unable to forgive his 'enemy'.
Thanks, Colin. A powerful story and insight for all of us.
Cheers
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Dave Grice is back to take me through the Bond like romp of Zenith phase 2 by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell.
In your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/07/159-zenith-phase-2.html
It's been a while since I read the lot, but as I recall, the events of Phase II resulted in the birth of Zenith's son, who due to extra-dimensional, existing-in-all-of-time-and-space shenanigans ended up being Iok Sotot (the Lloigor from Phase I).
Oh, and at least one of the superhumans that Zenith mated with was a clone of his mum. I'm going to guess the other was Ruby Fox, but that's just a guess. Could be one of those other sixties superhumans, like the one who fell through a mirror to another dimension (pay close attention).
Cheers, Sheridan. I'd forgotten all that. More to come.
Here is David's grail page with that tricky reflection.
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Folk horror in the prog with Thistlebone from T.C.Eglington and Simon Davis. Tony Esmond takes me into the dark woods around Harrowvale, and we discuss his own comics, reviews, and podcast.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/07/160-thistlebone.html
And Tony's grail page by Eglington and Davis.
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Damn that is an astonishing piece.
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Rob Foster joins the book club to discuss the return of Johnny Alpha in The Project & Dogs of War. We talk about bringing back comic book characters from the dead and creators taking ownership of their heroes.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/07/161-life-and-death-of-johnny-alpha_02023364488.html
And here is on of Rob's grail pages by Carlos and Hector.
Alpha puts it on again
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Eamonn, thanks again for having me on the MCBC. I dont get the opportunity to discuss much 2000AD here in Canada so it was a blast discussing Strontium Dog and all things 2000AD with you!
In this episode we chat about this very forum, how it countributed greatly to my 2000AD journey (thanks all!) and some of the contirbutions of it's members (incluidng Colin's voting polls, Alex's creator blog and Space Spinner 2000) - so go on and give it a listen!
For liseners reference, below is the page I have from the story as discussed in the episode. I think it's safe to say that any Carlos page is a grail page! Also, Colin MacNeil has finished the Stront Commission we discuss and it's beautiful - I'll post it when it eventually arrives, looking forward to sharing it!
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Cheers, Rob. Thanks for posting that piece of art and great news about the power of the forum.
Well as soon as Rob (Rogue Judge) mentioned that you'd commented on the polls in one of the... well many... poll threads my ego demanded that this episode pop immediately to the top of the listen pile and listen I did.
Firstly another great episode. Secondly lovely that Rob is enjoying the endless tourneys I pollute this place with. Most importantly however it is great, GREAT to hear Rob speak so warmly of the forum and remind us of our most important purpose. While we might enjoy whittering nonsense amongst ourselves. We might - like certain Gaulish Villagers - enjoy the occasional brawl in the middle of our home. The best thing we can do however, is help new readers settle into the comic that we all love. By doing that and being a support for fresh blood we do our little part in keeping the thing going and enriching our own community.
Have to to say with all of his genius projects etc I don't think of Rob as new, but its lovely to here such nice things about this place well done to both of you for reminding us how important it is to be welcoming.
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 07 August, 2021, 03:55:29 PM
Well as soon as Rob (Rogue Judge) mentioned that you'd commented on the polls in one of the... well many... poll threads my ego demanded that this episode pop immediately to the top of the listen pile and listen I did.
Firstly another great episode. Secondly lovely that Rob is enjoying the endless tourneys I pollute this place with. Most importantly however it is great, GREAT to hear Rob speak so warmly of the forum and remind us of our most important purpose. While we might enjoy whittering nonsense amongst ourselves. We might - like certain Gaulish Villagers - enjoy the occasional brawl in the middle of our home. The best thing we can do however, is help new readers settle into the comic that we all love. By doing that and being a support for fresh blood we do our little part in keeping the thing going and enriching our own community.
Have to to say with all of his genius projects etc I don't think of Rob as new, but its lovely to here such nice things about this place well done to both of you for reminding us how important it is to be welcoming.
Well said, sir
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 07 August, 2021, 03:55:29 PM
GREAT to hear Rob speak so warmly of the forum and remind us of our most important purpose.
Convincing new members that there's an entrance fee and quietly pocketing the PayPal receipts...?
Did I say that out loud?
Thanks Colin. As I mentioned before, after a hiatus from posting here for a while it was the tourneys that reeled me back in. Fun to read others opinions and shared facts etc. while unloading my own thoughts as well on 2000AD writers, artists, series etc. Keep em coming!
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 08 August, 2021, 11:17:33 PM
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 07 August, 2021, 03:55:29 PM
GREAT to hear Rob speak so warmly of the forum and remind us of our most important purpose.
Convincing new members that there's an entrance fee and quietly pocketing the PayPal receipts...?
Did I say that out loud?
Just glad PayPal takes Galactic Groats, money well spent.
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Chatting with David McDonald of Hibernia conics about The Indestructible Man And other forthcoming releases. Exciting stuff
In your podcast app or on the website
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/08/162-indestructible-man_01928506669.html
and here is David's first pick Jesus Blasco grail page
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Robert Hagan joins me to discuss the first volume of Faceache from the Treasury and the genius of Ken Reid.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/08/163-faceache.html
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Robert's first grail page from Ken Reid's Faceache
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Tom Stewart from That Comic Smell podcast and the Broughty Ferry comics mafia joins me to discuss Dredd and Batman against the Riddler. And to talk about what makes a good comics crossover.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/08/164-ultimate-riddle.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 08 July, 2018, 11:25:54 AM
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The podcast crossover month begins with the fabulous Fox from Space Spinner 2000 and that giant ant attack from 1978. Minor spoilers for the ending of a terrific bit of early 2000AD schlock.
And listen out for a change in the playout music in honour of Fox and Conrad's podcast.
http://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2018/07/70-ant-wars.html
good news! A few pages of 'Ant Wars' artwork is currently up for sale (but not Fox's grail page sadly) - all details below
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/09/ant-wars-original-art-up-for-sale_01802085349.html (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/09/ant-wars-original-art-up-for-sale_01802085349.html)
Wow can't remember seeing Ant Wars pages before and they are lovely. But Ant Wars pages without... well giant ants... I couldn't. Whoever can and does will have great pages though.
Edit: Of there was a page on Art Droids (visa Comic Art Fans)
https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1704635 (https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1704635)
Cool art news. And here are a couple more grail pages that we can't afford.
Carl Critchlow for Tom Stewart
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Barry Nugent from Geek Syndicate joins me to revisit The Apocalypse War in the new Essentials edition.
In your podcasts app, or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/09/165-apocalypse-war-revisited.html
And here is Barry's grail double page spread by Carlos with new colours by Charlie Kirchoff
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Quote from: Colin YNWA on 14 September, 2021, 08:03:01 AM
Wow can't remember seeing Ant Wars pages before and they are lovely. But Ant Wars pages without... well giant ants... I couldn't. Whoever can and does will have great pages though.
Edit: Of there was a page on Art Droids (visa Comic Art Fans)
https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1704635 (https://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1704635)
pages with actual Ants now up for sale! Details on the blog
http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/09/more-ant-wars-original-artwork-up-for.html
Those are stunning pages and that first one, without ants set in the jungles is just superb... he says flip flapping on his previous comments!
The fact that all three are being sold in a single auction mean it will fly so far past my range (I suspect) that there's little point me getting my hopes up...
Speaking of which the same seller has the cover of issue 14 up
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384406087663?hash=item59806367ef:g:shAAAOSwjH1hTY7l (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/384406087663?hash=item59806367ef:g:shAAAOSwjH1hTY7l)
Its a day for hairy arthropoda!
ooh, yeah - be interesting to see how much this one goes for. I've nabbed the ebay images for the blog (for posterity) and will update the post below with a final sales price
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/09/2000ad-prog-14-flesh-cover-up-for-sale.html (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/09/2000ad-prog-14-flesh-cover-up-for-sale.html)
Quote from: Richard S. on 28 September, 2021, 06:49:53 AM
ooh, yeah - be interesting to see how much this one goes for. I've nabbed the ebay images for the blog (for posterity) and will update the post below with a final sales price
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/09/2000ad-prog-14-flesh-cover-up-for-sale.html (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/09/2000ad-prog-14-flesh-cover-up-for-sale.html)
Boom! sells for £2,850!
Wow!! Too bad I only had £2,849 to spend ;)
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Giles Wright is back with an interesting collection of stories about two members of the Angel family.
Content note: one of the stories deals with abduction and strongly implied sexual violence.
Listen in your podcasts app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/10/166-fink-angel-legacy.html
And here are Giles' two grail pages by Carlos Ezquerra and Tiernen Trevallion.
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I got the chance to chat with Colin Macneil and we cover Song of the Surfer, America, Mechanismo, and Insurrection.
Thanks to Rob Foster for setting me up with this interview.
Listen in your podcasts app or on the website at:
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/10/167-colin-macneil.html
And here is Colin's grail page by Massimo Belardinelli.
Listen in to episode 167 to hear why this page is so important to him.
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Sam Morgan takes the book club off-piste as we discuss one of the greatest comic book stories of all time.
And check out Sam's youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeiYPcQpV-EAtR16ItDTs8A) for weekly prog reviews and interviews with John Wagner and many more.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/11/168-born-again.html
Oh wow great choice... even if off piste
And here are all of Sam's grail picks by David Mazzucchelli
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Thanks for this, Eamonn - not having a huge knowledge of US comics, I wasn't aware this existed, but now I'm going to read it.
The likes of the ridiculous All-Star Batman and Robin and the nastily racist Holy Terror make you forget that Frank Miller was brilliant in his day.
Fantastic conversation - so engaging I kept wanting to interrupt and say - Arh but doesn't that exclude this, and what about such and such. But lovely stuff.
If anyone is tempted to learn more about DD - after all his is probably (well definiately?) the best American Superhero comic for number of fantastic runs per issue count - just so much good stuff, I've provide the correct (ahem) order of quality of the various 'big' runs - worth noting I've not read the current run yet but hear amazing things about it.
QuoteNocenti > Waid >>> Bendis > Brubaker > Miller + Janson* >>>> everything else
*[Normalfontsize] I'm excluding 'Born Again' here as its possibly the best DD story ever but at only 7 issues I don't think it counts as a 'run' and brilliant as it is I don't want to add it to this big run as it'd muddy the waters. [/Normalfontsize]
This comes from one of my fav threads here - 'Daredevil fans in the house?'
https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=23298.15 (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=23298.15)
Where amongst many wonderful thoughts and opinions on ol' Horn Head you can see me justify - in excruciating detail - why the Nocenti run is the very, very best!
Cheers, guys. Glad the detour into American comics hasn't gone down too badly.
Some more Slaine coming up next week
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Jordan Thomas joins the book club to discuss Demon Killer and the writing of Pat Mills and Glenn Fabry's artwork. And check out Jordan's own comics at https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/burntbarncomics/created
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/11/169-demon-killer.html
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Two Glenn Fabry grail pages for Jordan
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Brian Doob from the British Invaders podcast (http://britishinvaders.com/) takes me on an interesting tangent into a nice collection from Diana comic of Steed and Mrs Peel stories from the early 1960s.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/11/170-avengers-in-diana-comic_09202784.html
Here are Brian's two grail pages with art by Emilio Frejo and Juan Gonzalez Alacreu
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Oh my that does look lovely! I'd not been aware of these before, may well check out the collection having listened to the Podcast.
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Jonny Cannon joins the book club to discuss a run on Excalibur by one of the prog's finest graduates, Alan Davis.
Check out Jonny's own comics at https://cannonhillcomics.bigcartel.com/
and listen to the episode in your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/12/171-excalibur.html
And don't worry, British comics will return next month in an interesting January mini series of Battle and Action stories.
And here are Jonny's three grail pages.
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Tony Esmond is back with the latest book from a British master. We also chat about the future of conventions, and all of Tony's many projects.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/12/172-raptor.html
And here is Tony's wonderful grail page choice from Raptor by Dave McKean.
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...and here's that Dave McKean Dredd cover
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/11/judge-dredd-sketchbook-32-pages-of.html
He did a few lovely covers for Titan reprints too
http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=covers&page=artist&choice=DAVIDM&Comic=graphicnovels (http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=covers&page=artist&choice=DAVIDM&Comic=graphicnovels)
Thanks, Rich and Colin. Great stuff
and here are my photos from the 2021 Lakes festival of Dave in conversation with Paul Gravett
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/01/dave-mckean-at-lakes-festival-2021.html (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/01/dave-mckean-at-lakes-festival-2021.html)
Quote from: Richard S. on 05 January, 2022, 07:20:20 PM
...and here's that Dave McKean Dredd cover
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/11/judge-dredd-sketchbook-32-pages-of.html
Originally the contents page of one of the sci-fi or mega-specials, I believe.
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Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 discusses a classic thrill with one of the greatest but darkest stories from the history of the prog. Warning: here be spoilers!
Listen in your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/01/173-rage_01174212647.html
And then next week the podcast starts a Battle and Action miniseries with Garth Ennis.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 03 January, 2022, 08:53:09 PM
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Tony Esmond is back with the latest book from a British master. We also chat about the future of conventions, and all of Tony's many projects.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2021/12/172-raptor.html
Dave McKean's first published work identified...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/01/dave-mckeans-first-published-work.html (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/01/dave-mckeans-first-published-work.html)
here is a nice spoiler free grail page for Conrad
Max Bubba and his gang ride in to town
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 10 January, 2022, 10:34:11 AM
here is a nice spoiler free grail page for Conrad
Loved the panto reveal of your grail page, Eamonn "It's behind you!"
Quote from: sheridan on 10 January, 2022, 12:28:03 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 10 January, 2022, 10:34:11 AM
here is a nice spoiler free grail page for Conrad
Loved the panto reveal of your grail page, Eamonn "It's behind you!"
:D
yeah, that was a great moment :)
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Garth Ennis joins the book club to discuss Johnny Red, the legacy of Battle, and the upcoming Battle-Action special.
In your podcasts app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/01/174-garth-ennis.html
and here is the three page sequence chosen by Garth as his grails
Art by Joe Colquhoun
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all recent examples of John Cooper's 'Johnny Red' artwork that have been sold on ebay can be found on the blog here...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Johnny%20Red (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Johnny%20Red)
and here's the last page of Keith Burns 'Johnny Red' artwork that I saw for sale...a stunning page :)
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/06/keith-burns-art-for-sale-this-weekend.html (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/06/keith-burns-art-for-sale-this-weekend.html)
Thanks, Rich
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Paul Trimble from the Enniskillen comic fest continues the book club Battle Action series by taking me through the first volume of Hellman of Hammer Force from the Treasury of British Comics.
In your podcast app, or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/01/175-hellman-of-hammer-force.html
and here are Paul's Mike Dorey grail pages
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Oops, posted the wrong title page for Paul.
Art by Mike Dorey
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Well to be fair both are fantastic!
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A bit of bonus audio for the Comic Scene I Love Comics event on Facebook. I spoke to Scott Montgomery about his new 2000AD Encyclopedia.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/02/176-2000ad-encyclopedia.html
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HMS Nightshade
James Peaty returns to conclude our Battle and Action miniseries with an overlooked classic by John Wagner, Mike Western and Ron Tiner.
In your podcast app, on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/02/177-hms-nightshade.html
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The encyclopaedia cover by Stewart K Moore
Every so often I run out of podcasts and double check Mega City Book Club and find episodes from the early days I missed for whatever reason and in doing that recently I found the 'Tour of Duty: The Backlash' episode with Santigo Mayaud. If there was ever an example of why this is such a great podcast this is it.
I love Tour of Duty its possibley my fav ever Dredd epic and have read it a number of times and lavished over it. Still Santigo gave me fresh insight and made me want to jump straight back in and re-examine it.
To coin a phrase "Great stuff".
Cheers, Colin.
I'll let Santiago know you enjoyed it.
James' main grail page by Mike Western is the opening page of HMS Nightshade.
Over on the Battle Fans facebook group John Wagner has confirmed that he will have prints of this coloured by Dan Cornwell available for sale at Lawless.
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For anyone interested in colour (!) paintings of grandfatherly characters by Mike Western (niche, moi?) then check out my blog post on Mike's watercolour art here...
http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/04/updated-watercolour-work-of-mike-western.html (http://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/04/updated-watercolour-work-of-mike-western.html)
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Dan Butcher from the Awesome Comics podcast joins the book club to discuss the first Marshal Law miniseries by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill.
Check out Dan's work on VanguardComic.com and look out for his new Vyper Kickstarter
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/02/178-marshal-law.html
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and a great Kevin O'Neill grail page for Dan from the end of issue 1
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Political journalist, and upcoming online convention guest, Ian Dunt joins me to discuss the second volume of Brink by Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard.
In your podcasts app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/03/179-brink-book-2.html
and the cover to the trade is Ian's grail page
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QuoteJunkyard flamboyance
What a truly magnificent turn of phrase (used in the Brink episode) to describe what some comics do so well!
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Sarah Harris joins me to discuss the history of Misty comic and the latest collection from the Treasury of British Comics.
We also talk about her street art, and the Drawn under the Influence anthology she edited.
In your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/03/180-misty-presents-jaume-rumeau.html
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Sarah's first Jaume Rumeu grail pick.
For all you 'Misty' fans out there...good luck tracking down 'The best of Misty monthly'...it took me about a decade to get all 8 issues
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/10/best-of-misty-monthly.html
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And this is Sarah's favourite Misty cover. If you can identify the artist please let us know.
And if you want to see Sarah's street art check out
https://www.youpayispray.co.uk/
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Dave Wynn is back with a powerful indictment of prejudice and bigotry in Portrait of a Mutant by Wagner, Grant & Ezquerra.
In your podcast ap or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/04/181-portrait-of-mutant.html
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And Dave's grail page pick includes the first appearance of Middenface McNulty
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Here is Dave's 3d rendering of his grail cover to prog 220
and his instructions are:
Here's prog 220 in #stereoscopic 3D!
To see 3D on mobile:
- turn screen horizontal
- fill screen with photo
- put face up close
- relax focus
- pull face back slowly
- when you see 3 identical images...
the middle pic will be in 3D!
Really enjoyed that, thanks as always, Eamonn.
Thanks, JBC
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Steve Tanner from Time Bomb comics talks to me about their collaboration with Gerry Anderson entertainment to produce Spectrum.
Listen in your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/04/182-spectrum.html
S.I.G.
and some grail pages for Steve.
Captain Scarlet by Pete Woods
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And Brawler #1 by Staz Johnson
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The forum's very own Colin YNWA joins me to discuss the most 2000AD comic DC ever published, Outcasts by Wagner, Grant & Kennnedy. A 12 issue maxi-series from the 1980s, a future shocker indeed!
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/05/183-outcasts.html
I've said it before and I'll say it again
"I'm sorry"
Eamonn is of course insightful as ever and will make this worth listening too so don't worry too much. We do of course have a knock out tourney to decide the best episode*
*We don't really
Not listened to the podcast yet, and only ever managed to read the first issue of Outcasts (I was young and it was very expensive at the time) but I remember thinking, even back then, that this was the most 2000AD thing I'd seen 2000AD creators do for US comics.
Great episode.
There is some original Outcasts artwork for sale on Cam Kennedy's website, but since nothing is currently for sale this might be a moot point
https://camkennedyart.wixsite.com/kennywho/art-for-sale (https://camkennedyart.wixsite.com/kennywho/art-for-sale)
https://www.camkennedyart.wixsite.com/single-post/2017/07/01/The-Outcasts-Original-Art (https://www.camkennedyart.wixsite.com/single-post/2017/07/01/The-Outcasts-Original-Art)
Cheers, all
Here are Colin's grail cover and interior pages by Cam Kennedy and Steve Montano
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I probably should have read the introduction to the IDW Cam Kennedy collection before we recorded Outcasts.
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Midnight Surfer remains one of the key texts in the Dredd canon thanks to Cam's art. I will argue to my dying day that Mega-City One never lived and breathed in quite the same way before that story.
Oh great find Eamonn. For some reason I don't own this I really should!
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A bonus episode to chat with Jo Heeley from The 77 about their new comic project, Pandora, which launchs at Lawless.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/05/184-pandora.html
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Alan Fisher returns to talk about Jaegir by Gordon Rennie and Simon Coleby, and to discuss stories that expand 2000AD universes.
In your podcatcher or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/05/185-jaegir.html
Alan's first grail page by Simon Coleby and Len O'Grady
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and another great Simon Coleby, Len O'Grady & Gordon Rennie grail page for Alan
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The episodes will be coming thick and fast for the next few weeks. Here is the Don of British comics Richard Sheaf discussing David Roach's glorious Masters of British Comic Art, and playing possibly the hardest version of the grail page game so far.
In your podcasts app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/05/186-masters-of-british-comic-art.html
Only listened to half of the podcast so far, but it looks like that Tina cover is in David Roach's personal collection (https://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=966049) (though not the non-comic artwork it was compared to (https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/sargent-carnation-lily-lily-rose-n01615)).
Here's part 1 of my look at the work of Mick McMahon in 'Rugrats' comic...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/10/marvel-uks-rugrats-mike-mcmahon-part-1.html
Here's part 2 of my look at the work of Mick McMahon in 'Rugrats' comic...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/10/marvel-uks-rugrats-mike-mcmahon-part-2.html
And here is a Frank Hampson grail page for Richard, from one of the toughest fields we have so far covered.
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The pod-a-week continues as I chat with our very own Conrad SpaceSpinner 2000 (http://spacespinner2000.com/) Leiden about some recent moves we've been to see.
We also discuss the excellent Lawless convention experience.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/05/187-lawless-film-club.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 24 May, 2020, 09:55:16 AM
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Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 joins me to talk about the second Mach 1 collection and, in particular, the Mighty One's Mach Zero run. We also review the Action 2020 special with spoilers and stay tuned for a Foxy bonus at the end of the episode.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2020/05/121-mach-zero.html
for anyone who enjoyed episode #121 you might be interested to know that a Redondo splash page (from prog 54) from 'The dolphin tapes' is now up for sale [not by me]
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/06/mach1-dolphin-tapes-oa-splash-page.html
Cheers, Richard.
You can find details of the charity raffle and auctions here
https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=48626.0
Here are the Mike Dorey sketches that Conrad got for him and Fox at Lawless
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Very, very cool. Lovin' the duck!
and here is the Dan Cornwell page from Rok the God that we talk about in the episode
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A speedy return for the Don of British comics, Richard Sheaf. We met up at Lawless to do a quick bonus episode about John Sanders' memoir of his work publishing many of the comics we know and love.
In your podcast app or on the website
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/06/blog-post.html
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Giles Richards from the Guardian joins the book club to discuss the Wagner, Grant & Bolland classic Judge Death stories in the new Essentials collection. Picking a grail page will be tricky.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/06/189-dredd-vs-death.html
Dredd Vs Death is full of grail pages. Here are the two Giles picked
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Andy Janes joined the book club at the Lawless convention to discuss the first IDW Cam Kennedy collection and to pick out some stories that demonstrate his mastery of the art.
Google told me later that there was a second volume, also out of print now.
In your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/06/190-cam-kennedy-collection.html
and a couple of grail pages for Andy, the first from The Secret Diary of Adrian Cockroach in prog 458, the second is the missing page from The Warlord in prog 455.
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Some bonus Battle Action with Paul Trimble from the Enniskillen comic festival. We discuss the new hardback special and avoid any spoilers. We also speculate about what might come next from the Treasury of British Comics.
In your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/06/191-battle-action.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 19 June, 2022, 03:13:42 PM
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Giles Richards from the Guardian joins the book club to discuss the Wagner, Grant & Bolland classic Judge Death stories in the new Essentials collection. Picking a grail page will be tricky.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/06/189-dredd-vs-death.html
talk of 'Powerman' on this episode makes me reach for my notes (in case anyone else is interested) about who did what on 'Powerman' - all details here...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/03/updated-powerman-by-gibbons-bolland.html
Thanks, Richard
Here are a Keith Burns and PJ Holden grail pages for Paul Trimble.
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I talk to regular book clubber and forum all-star Alex Frith about his wonderful graphic novel about neuroscience written with his parents Professors Uta and Chris Frith, and illustrated by Daniel Locke.
Check it out in your podcast app or or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/07/192-two-heads.html
Listened to this while doing some housework earlier and its a fantastic listen, as its a fantastic book. Check both out folks - trust the Amazon reviews!
Cheers, Colin. And thanks for the suggestion to interview Alex about it.
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Chris Hallam joins the book club to discuss the first Hachette volume of Ace Trucking Co. by Wagner, Grant, Belardinelli, and many, many Bams.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/07/193-ace-trucking-co.html
Ace, GBH, and Feek chug it on this Belardinelli grail page for Chris Hallam.
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Conrad and I are back in the film club to give our views on the two cinematic Dredd movies (we quite like them), and stick to the end to hear our quick spoiler free review of Thor:Love and Thunder.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/07/194-tale-of-two-mega-cities.html
Hee is Danny Cannon's Judge poster from prog 534 in 1987
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The forum's very own Jim Campbell returns to the book club with the House of Daemon by Wagner and Grant, with the wonderful art of Ortiz in a Hibernia comics collection. We recorded this episode before the sad news of Alan Grant's death. This is another great comic from that golden age when Alan and John were writing just about everything in British comics.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/07/195-house-of-daemon.html
The opening pages from The House of Daemon by Jose Ortiz is the first grail page pick by Jim Campbell. The reproduction in the Hibernia comics collection is superb.
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Andrew Stringer joins the book club to introduce me to DC Thomson's rough, tough action comic from the 1970s. And we discuss why Bullet managed to dodge the intense media scrutiny that Action attracted.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/07/196-bullet.html
And here are Hitman and Smasher grail pages for Andrew,
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Damian Lubanski is back to discuss folk horror, Thistlebone book 2 by Eglington and Davis, hardback editions and the return of signings.
Have a listen
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/08/197-thistlebone-2.html
And here is the grail page that Daman bought from Simon Davis at Lawless
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My other podcast A Handful of Dust returns. Jenny and I discuss the first three episodes of The Sandman on Netflix with spoilers.
In your podcast app or at
https://handfulofdustpodcast.blogspot.com/2022/08/18-sandman-episodes-1-3.html
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Sheridan Kelly joins me at the cartoon museum to discuss The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and Bryan Talbot's legacy as the father of the British graphic novel.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/08/198-luther-arkwright.html
I'd better get on and post my next prog slog blog post then!
Here is a Bryan Talbot grail page from the first volume of Luther Arkwright chosen by Sheridan in episode 198.
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and the poster image which you can see at the Cartoon museum in London until 2nd October
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A Handful of Dust covers The Sandman episodes 4-6 with spoilers for those episodes.
https://handfulofdustpodcast.blogspot.com/2022/08/19-sandman-episodes-4-6.html
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 01 August, 2022, 05:18:51 PM
And here are Hitman and Smasher grail pages for Andrew,
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looks very much like Denis McLoughlin artwork there on 'The Hit man'
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 31 July, 2022, 11:12:03 AM
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Andrew Stringer joins the book club to introduce me to DC Thomson's rough, tough action comic from the 1970s. And we discuss why Bullet managed to dodge the intense media scrutiny that Action attracted.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/07/196-bullet.html
Some 'Bullet' stories reprinted in 'Red Dagger'
See here for my complete covers guide - especially issue #1 & #11
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Red%20Dagger
Quote from: Richard S. on 26 August, 2022, 08:52:58 PM
Some 'Bullet' stories reprinted in 'Red Dagger'
See here for my complete covers guide - especially issue #1 & #11
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Red%20Dagger
Red Dagger: The Blitz Kid - not saying it's a swipe, but interestingly similar to Prog 19 (the first of Bolland's Supercovers):
Red Dagger Cover Gallery Part 5 (https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2018/07/red-dagger-cover-gallery-part-5.html)
2000AD Prog 19 (https://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=profiles&choice=19).
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 09 August, 2022, 09:41:17 AM
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My other podcast A Handful of Dust returns. Jenny and I discuss the first three episodes of The Sandman on Netflix with spoilers.
In your podcast app or at
https://handfulofdustpodcast.blogspot.com/2022/08/18-sandman-episodes-1-3.html
I enjoyed that podcast a lot. One thing that flagged up for me was the dissing of the Blade Runner voice-over, which resonated with me. Years ago, probably in Empire, I remember reading the thinking behind removing it (for the first Director's Cut). It's just that it had been plastered on there by the studio because in test screenings people had complained of being confused. Most of it is objectively unnecessary because it's just saying what we can already see happening.
I suppose my point is that we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water - there are plenty of great uses of voice-over, and even an interesting Gruniad article (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/03/films-20-greatest-voiceovers-ranked).
I wonder if the VO in the Sandman series' first episode is aimed at introducing the character so that when he shows up in flesh and blood (?) he's less of a stranger. Thanks for the thought-provoking podcast.
Cheers, Funt, and thanks for listening. The voiceover seems less of a problem now I've seen the whole season.
A Handful of Dust will return this week.
Quote from: Funt Solo on 27 August, 2022, 04:38:13 PM
I suppose my point is that we shouldn't throw the baby out with the bath water - there are plenty of great uses of voice-over, and even an interesting Gruniad article (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/03/films-20-greatest-voiceovers-ranked).
That article is invalid. It contains a Nick Cage film, but that film is not Raising Arizona (actually, I've never even heard of half the films on that list, never mind seen them).
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Chatting with Tony Esmond about DUI2, the latest issue of the Awesome Comics Podcast charity anthology comic.
Get your copy from https://duicomic.bigcartel.com/
And listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/08/199-drawn-under-influence-2.html
And if you want to pitch me something for DUI3 then email duicomic3@gmail.com
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A Handful of Dust #20 covers episodes 7-9 of The Sandman on Netflix
https://handfulofdustpodcast.blogspot.com/2022/08/20-sandman-episodes-7-9.html
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Episode 200 Woohoo!
Brett Summers from CultFaction.com (http://cultfaction.com) is back to answer a question I posed in episode 13, is Case Files 5 the best volume to introduce a new reader to Judge Dredd?
Thanks to all my guests and to everyone for listening to my little project that started back in 2016.
Listen in your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/09/200-case-files-5.html
And email MCBCpodcast@gmail.com if you would like to get one of the coveted MCBC coasters by being a guest on the show.
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A Handful of Dust covers episode 10 and 11 of The Sandman on Netflix.
https://handfulofdustpodcast.blogspot.com/2022/08/21-sandman-episodes-10-11.html
Two grail pages from CF5 for Brett Summers of CultFaction.com (http://cultfaction.com)
Ian Gibson and Steve Dillon
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The forum's very own Conrad from SpaceSpinner 2000 returns to ask Is there Life on Mars? And to continue the adventures of Anderson:Psi Division in Childhood's End by Alan Grant and Kev Walker.
This podcast was recorded before the sad passing of Alan Grant, we will be paying tribute to him in later episodes.
Also it is difficult to talk abut Childhood's End without spoilers which start early on, if you don't want spoilers read the book first.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/09/201-childhoods-end.html
Shall listen to that while I'm trying to navigate Central London on the way to work tomorrow...
And two Kev Walker grail pages for Conrad. The spear page is owned by the Pete Wells block himself.
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Matthew Ellis joins me in a London box room to discuss an obscure, and somewhat controversial story from the first 12 issues of Battle Picture Weekly. The cover image gives you an idea of some of the problematic areas this one covers.
There is some background noise from the streets of London which I have done my best to reduce.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/09/202-terror-behind-bamboo-curtain.html
And the full cover to Battle #12 which Matthew chose as a grail page. One to have in the folder, rather than hang on the wall perhaps?
We believe the artist is Giancarlo Alessandrini from Studio Giolitti.
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I met Graham Cannon in Close Encounters Peterborough to discuss that time when Dredd took on the Aliens franchise. We also talk about what makes a good comics crossover.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/10/203-aliens-incubus.html
A couple of Henry Flint grails for Graham Cannon from Dredd vs Aliens.
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Giles Wright is back in the book club with a great collection of Dredd stories that explore Joe's connections with his family and clones.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/10/204-brothers-of-blood.html
A Simon Fraser and a Carlos Ezquerra grail page for Giles. Both from Brothers of the Blood
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Luke Williams guides me through the post-apocalyptic landscape of The Last American by Wagner, Grant & McMahon.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/11/205-last-american.html
Now, do I listen to it today or try to figure out where my copies are first?
Another huge workload today - Simon and Edie's podcast helped me to get me through yesterday, and this will help me get through today. Thanks as always, Eamonn.
(Also listening to the Hypnogoria podcast - lots of indepth analysis of horror, sci-fi, and all that Stuff We're Into.)
I really liked The Last American, by the way - didn't get to read it till a few years ago. Possibly even bleaker than Cormac McCarthy's The Road, and that post-apocalyptic Punisher story Garth Ennis did.
paperback on sale at a decent discount in the Rebellion shop
https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB597 (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB597)
Thanks, guys. we appreciate the interest in this one.
Here is Luke's grail page, and cover.
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Quality. Great choice and great podcast, thanks as always.
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David Robertson joins me to discuss Captain Condor from the Treasury and Hibernia comics, and to talk about the life and works of Brian Lewis.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/11/blog-post.html
Some early comic novels by Frank S. Pepper [albeit writing under the 'Hal Wilton' pen-name]...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2017/10/rockfist-rogan-novels.html
Quote from: Richard S. on 21 November, 2022, 10:49:13 AM
Some early comic novels by Frank S. Pepper [albeit writing under the 'Hal Wilton' pen-name]...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2017/10/rockfist-rogan-novels.html
Nice. Thanks, Richard
Frank S Pepper also contributed to a horror series of books that Mills & Boon published!
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2018/07/venture-books-imprint-mills-boon.html
There's also Captain Condor merchandise to collect - mainly handkerchiefs!
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2022/09/updated-rare-captain-condor-merchandise.html
Two Brian Lewis grail pages for David
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Paul Deadeye discusses Grant and Ranson's superb Shamballa, and Paul tells me about his own friendship with Alan and the effect he had on his own work.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/12/207-shamballa.html
Paul's main grail page is a bit of a spoiler, here is part of it:
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And here is another stunning grail page by Arthur Ranson
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Film club is back to cover two recent movies with spoilers from Conrad and myself along the way.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/12/208-black-adam-wakanda-forever.html
I'm also up-to-date on the DCEU but an entire phase behind on the MCU - shall have to remember to listen to that podcast once I'm caught up.
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First book clubber Simon Belmont returns with a Treasury collection of Dr Mesmer's Revenge by Donne Avenell and Carlos Cruz. We recorded this at Thought Bubble and also got to discuss some other classic British comics including the Warlord Facebook group.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/12/209-dr-mesmers-revenge.html
Looking forward to this episode on Dr Mesmer's Revenge Eamonn, just have to shout myself a copy of the book first ;)
Cool. Let us know what you think, Sean
And two Carlos Cruz grail pages for Simon showing Angor the Mummy in action.
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Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 19 December, 2022, 11:53:21 AM
Cool. Let us know what you think, Sean
Will do Eamonn, haven't got a copy yet and I like to read the books before listening to the corresponding episode. Might be a while though as I've got about 40 MCBC podcasts to go lol
Quote from: Sean SD on 27 December, 2022, 12:31:17 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 19 December, 2022, 11:53:21 AM
Cool. Let us know what you think, Sean
Will do Eamonn, haven't got a copy yet and I like to read the books before listening to the corresponding episode. Might be a while though as I've got about 40 MCBC podcasts to go lol
Sent you a message, Sean
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Happy new year!
Jake Ebeling returns to help me celebrate the extraordinary life and works of Kevin O'Neill.
In your podcast app or on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2022/12/210-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen.html
And a couple of classic Kev O'Neill grail pages chosen by Jake in episode 210
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That's just lovely, that is.
I remember when I first saw the LOEG stuff I was a bit sad to see that Kev had simplified his style a bit, and wasn't doing that mad, metallic-looking hellscapes of Nemesis and Metalzoic any more, but looking back now, I realise that the man was still a true visionary genius. We've lost one of the absolute best.
Anyway, now to listen to the podcast!
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 28 December, 2022, 11:56:21 AM
Quote from: Sean SD on 27 December, 2022, 12:31:17 PM
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 19 December, 2022, 11:53:21 AM
Cool. Let us know what you think, Sean
Will do Eamonn, haven't got a copy yet and I like to read the books before listening to the corresponding episode. Might be a while though as I've got about 40 MCBC podcasts to go lol
Sent you a message, Sean
PM sent to you Eamonn :)
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I'm joined by Samuel George London from the Comics for the Apocalypse (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/comics-for-the-apocalypse/id1448698111) podcast and Signal Comics (http://signalcomics.com/titles/), to discuss a recent work by the incredibly talented Aly Fell.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/01/211-trick-of-light.html
And Sam's pick of a grail page from Aly Fell.
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I was luckily enough to stumble across the Kickstarter for this - for the life of me can't remember how, might well have been recommended here? Anyway have a lovely hardcover copy and bits and bobs and can't recommend this title highly enough. Its exquiste, as that page ably shows.
Great addition to a great podcast.
Thanks, Colin
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The film club moves to the Betsey Trotwood pub as Alex Frith and Conrad Leiden join me to discuss two 2000AD adjacent movies. Get in touch if you have any film suggestions for us, or if you would like to take part in one of our film clubs.
Listen in your podcatcher or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/01/212-hell-drivers-and-damnation-alley.html
That was fun.
Coincidentally, I happened to watch Hell Drivers not so very long ago, so it was nice to listen to the affectionate appreciation here.
I read Damnation Alley when I was a kid, and while I don't remember anything about it except the name, the lads' treatment of it convinced me that missing the film was no loss.
I enjoy the fact that in Late Spring / Summer of 1977, 20th Century Fox had two Sci Fi Movies on its release schedule: Damnation Alley and a mid budget space opera by the guy that directed American Graffiti.
As Alex says, from an executive POV Damnation Alley looked like the better bet, the one that would bring in more revenue, but that movie's production hit a few hurdles and its promotional budget was shifted to Star Wars.
I suspect quality would always win out eventually but Star Wars could very well have been dead on arrival if the studio's promo spend had been wasted on giant cockroaches.
Listening to this reminded me that I'd not got around to watching 'Hell Drivers' and so looked it up on YouTube and there the whole thing was and last night watched it.
It was refreshing to watch a film from this era, the pacing, scale and action felt of its time, yet of my childhood too, when films like this would have been a staple. The cast is incredible, if not all on their best performances, Herbot Lom was a little disappointing, though Patrick McGoohan is an absolutely delicious villian and Stanley Baxter cuts a fine stoic jib.
Overall its incredinbly well done, the action is curiously thrilling and for a film about shipping gravel strangely entertaining.
As said in the podcast it little more than a curio in terms of its influence on 2000ad. Stanley Baxter's character bares little resembance to Bill Savage outside the physical BUT its a curio I throughly enjoyed watching so thank you for the heads up.
I'm tempted to watch Damnation Alley again, now after many years.... my memories of it though make me thing I might not actually bother!
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Bill Savage and Stanley Baker in Hell Drivers.
Glad to see that this episode of the film club has generated so much interest.
Thanks, guys.
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Michael Crowder joins the book club to help me discuss Ian Edginton and D'Israeli's wonderful Leviathan.
On the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/01/213-leviathan.html
Or in podcasts at
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000597086294
And one of Michael's grail pages from the masterful D'Israeli
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Leviathan is so great. I know it's not his fiorst work but it's when I properly sat up and noticed D'Israeli, and delighted in his ability to draw ALL the windows and pipes and whatnot.
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 23 January, 2023, 08:29:42 AM
It was refreshing to watch a film from this era, the pacing, scale and action felt of its time, yet of my childhood too, when films like this would have been a staple. The cast is incredible, if not all on their best performances, Herbot Lom was a little disappointing, though Patrick McGoohan is an absolutely delicious villian and Stanley Baxter cuts a fine stoic jib.
I've only seen it once - some time in the 1990s - and only remember Connery being in it. Pretty sure I should have noticed McGoohan appearing, but nope.
QuoteAs said in the podcast it little more than a curio in terms of its influence on 2000ad. Stanley Baxter's character bares little resembance to Bill Savage outside the physical BUT its a curio I throughly enjoyed watching so thank you for the heads up.
Well, visual and being a truck driver. It's a little-known fact but Savage was a truck driver before the invasion (Bill doesn't like to mention it. Every few episodes).
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Chris Hunneysett takes me through the second volume of Dan Dare's adventures in the prog, and talks about the wonderful artwork by Dave Gibbons.
Follow Chris's new game Nemo's Fury on his website (https://nemosfury.com/).
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/02/214-dan-dare-vol-2.html
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Two Dave Gibbons' grail pages for Chris.
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Peter Gouldson discusses the Marvel UK title that blazed brightly for less than a year.
In your podcasts app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/02/215-daredevils.html
and a collection of covers and internal grail pages chosen by Peter.
Artists: Paul Neary, Alan Davis and Frank Miller.
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Just listening to this and not got to the Grail Page conversation yet, but image it goes like this:
QuoteEamonn: So Grail pages, which would you choose
Peter: Fuck me any of those Davis Capt. Britains and Frank Miller DDs would be absolutely INCREDIBLE to own
Eamonn: Not fuckin' wrong there some of the best comic art of that era, indeed, ever
Summit like that anyway!
Having said that
REALLY strong choices. I'm tempted to try this for myself, just for the fun challenge of it!
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New episode alert!
Andy Cowburn introduces me to Elephantmen and helps me review the career of 2000AD alumnus, Richard Starkings.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/03/216-elephantmen.html
and some Boo Cook grail pages for Andy
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and a Chris Weston
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I spoke to Tharg's publicity droid and brand manager Michael Molcher about his new book which covers the history of Dredd, and its parallels with politics and policing over the last 50 years.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/03/217-i-am-law.html
Really enjoyed that one, thanks Eamonn and Mike. All the times I've heard Molch-R interviewing other droids, and I never realised he was such an interesting interviewee himself.
And yeah, if course I'm going to buy the book now!
Quote from: JayzusB.Christ on 19 March, 2023, 07:06:29 PMAnd yeah, if course I'm going to buy the book now!
Let us know what you think.
Current affairs and social commentary aren't my thing, but Dredd stuff is Dredd stuff and I'm curious to hear everyone's opinion.
Tjm86 has posted about the book but has only covered the first few chapters so far.
Will do, JWare.
Thanks, guys. I appreciate the listens.
Here are the Ron Smith grail pages that Molch-R picked in the episode.
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Conrad and I met up with the two Steves, Sterlacchini and Green, to discuss the making of their two great fan films, Judge Minty and Search/Destroy.
In your podcast app or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/03/218-judge-minty-searchdestroy.html
Or Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000605900159 (tel:1000605900159)
Great stuff, I'll be all over that tomorrow. As labours of love go, they don't get much better than those films.
And here is the King Carlos poster. Over on Facebook Steve Green says Carlos did this first and they then recreated it in a photoshoot with the two actors. Steven Sterlacchini owns the original of this, lucky fellow!
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And from Steve here are the two pitch documents they prepared for the professional actors
Judge Minty
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1989370001307466&type=3
and for Search/Destroy
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1989235977987535&type=3
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Conrad and I discuss the recent Ant-Man and Shazam sequels with spoilers particularly for Quantumania.
(We recorded this discussion before Jonathan Majors was arrested on charges of assault.)
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/04/219-quantumania-and-fury-of-gods.html
Lovely - I always enjoy a bit of Conrad, who makes me laugh out loud on a regular basis.
That Carlos poster is lovely, isn't it? And he was a feckin' great sport to adapt the look of two of his most iconic creations to suit the film.
Carlos: an incredibly talented man who'll be in history books forever, but also a very nice man. And now I've made myself sad.
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Justin Marriott is the editor of the fabulous Battling Britons fanzine (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battling-Britons-issue-four-collectors/dp/B0BMTHBS2K/) and he joins me to discuss an obscure but wonderful book about comics from 1978, Masters of Comic Book Art by P.R."Doc" Gariock.
In your podcasts app, on apple podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423) and on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/04/220-masters-of-comc-book-art.html
Two grail pages for Justin Marriott.
Richard Corben
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and Robert Crumb
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I spoke to Time Bomb comics' publisher and editor in chief, Steve Tanner, about their new newsstand comic Quantum.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/04/221-quantum.html
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Jamie Beamish takes me back to the Emerald Isle as imagined by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. We also get to discuss Jamie's appearances in Bridgerton and the superlative Derry Girls. Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/04/222-emerald-isle.html
or
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000610229610
Two great grail pages for Jamie Beamish. Hopeully we will be able to see the cover image in person at the Steve Dillon exhibition at Lawless.
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Pete Wells makes a record breaking eighth appearance on the book club with a literal and literary monster of a book, From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/05/223-from-hell.html
Well that was absolutely brilliant, thanks Eamonn and Pete. I hadn't realised there was a colour version - I probably would have hated the idea if it hadn't come with PW3LL5's blessing. Also the Rory Bremner made me laugh out loud.
Thanks, JBC. here are a couple of grail pages for Pete from the colour version.
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Looks like the NatWest building - which I always used to think was the Kings Reach Tower when I was really young (though I think I was also aware that it wasn't in the right place so couldn't be KRT).
Never really thought about what building it was, but it was one of the many scenes of which they made a total hames in the film version. Instead of a vision of the future it became a vision of the past, for fexake.
Then Gull tells Johnny Depp that he's given birth to the 20th Century, without a single scene or line of dialogue in the film even hinting at such a feat.
Thanks to Sheridan and Steve Green for identifying the NatWest tower (now called Tower 42).
And to the 2000ADreadersart account on instagram for letting me know that the tower had the same architect (Richard Seifert) as King's Reach tower (now called the South Bank tower).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Seifert
Just catching up and listened to Pete 'Lovely' Wells' insights into 'From Hell'. Now far from it for me to undermine such a smart and engaging take on an Alan Moore comic BUT what I want to say if you enjoy Eddie Campbell's art here OR want to know more of his work, or just superb comics then I can't recommend his Bacchus work enough.
Eamonn asked Pete if this was his favourite work by the creators and Pete didn't know much about Eddie's work. I can say quite happily that Bacchus is by far his best work, including 'From Hell'* and I can't recommend it highly enough. There's a wonderful thread about it on this very forum. (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=41927.0). Do yourself a favour and don't be Pete Wells (well do he's an amazing chap) BUT in one way don't be like Pete and get to know Eddie Campbell's greatest work.
*Full confession, and I do appreciate this is heiarchy, I'm not From Hell's biggest fan, I'll not go into my misgivings here as this is about Eammon and Pete's great evaluation.
Thanks, Colin. I may be returning to Bacchus at some point soon.
In the meantime here are Garth Ennis' two grail pages from The Flying Gun
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Second Bacchus, no hyperbole but quite likely the single best self publish comic book of all time.
Funny how I've soured on Cerebus The Aardvark over the years, but said series did put me in touch with Bacchus so it's all swings and roundabouts, 'innit.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 24 May, 2023, 10:57:53 AMThanks, Colin. I may be returning to Bacchus at some point soon.
Ohhh colour me intrigued!
I've read various bits of Bacchus (stories used to pop up in various anthologies in the nineties) and got the first few months of the regular series that came out. I'm going to withold asking why the praise is quite so high until after the MCBC episode alluded to!
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I spoke to John Wagner at Lawless about the new collected edition of The Bogie Man currently on Kickstarter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wagnerrok/the-bogie-man-the-incomplete-case-files
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/05/225-bogie-man.html
Quote from: sheridan on 24 May, 2023, 12:36:05 PMI've read various bits of Bacchus (stories used to pop up in various anthologies in the nineties) and got the first few months of the regular series that came out. I'm going to withold asking why the praise is quite so high until after the MCBC episode alluded to!
(p.s. I did like Bacchus, I just don't think I'd rate it above From Hell).
And The Bogie Man website is
https://thebogieman.com/
Really enjoyed listening to the John Wagner one. I'd forgotten how scary his voice is - if Dredd was Scottish, he'd sound like John Wagner.
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I was lucky enough to be at the Enniskillen comic fest and got to speak to Paul Trimble, Keith Burns, Garth Ennis, John Wagner, Dan Cornwell and Gerry Finley-Day about the first of this year's Battle Action specials.
There are a few harsh clicks and pops in the audio from the convention floor due to poor microphone technique by me (sorry), but the guests answers are great stuff and well worth a listen.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/06/226-battle-action-1.html
If you enjoyed the chat about the grandad figure in HMS Nightshade being based on Mike Western himself then maybe check out these other paintings of pipe smoking grandad figures (that I'm lucky enough to own)
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/04/updated-watercolour-work-of-mike-western.html
Nice one, Richard.
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Luke Aldred joins the book club to discuss the parallels between Dredd and the character of Marv from the first volume of Frank Miller's Sin City.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/06/227-sin-city.html
Or
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000618997158 (tel:1000618997158)
Two Miller grail pages for Luke
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What's up danger? Conrad is back! And we recorded a remote film club to discuss the two big comic movies of the summer. Some minor spoilers along the way.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/07/228-film-club.html?
Or on Apple Podcasts at
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000620177066 (tel:1000620177066)
Just listened to the Sin City one - brilliant stuff as always. As is so often the case when I listen to MCBC, I want to reread the comics under discussion immediately. I'll forget about Frank Miller's not-cool years and get stuck in.
One tiny niggle - Luke doesn't have the Ozzie accent? The guy may be from England, but he could do voiceovers for Jug McKenzie ;)
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Richard Sheaf is back with more classic British comics. We met up at Lawless to discuss the Art of Frank Bellamy from The Book Palace.
on the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/07/229-art-of-frank-bellamy.html
or Apple podcasts at
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/229-the-art-of-frank-bellamy/id1116473423?i=1000621265638
great to chat as always Eamonn - I'll post links to a number of the comics/books we talked about. Hope you all enjoyed the episode.
First up, here's a link to a Bellamy story that was never published...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2017/07/king-solomons-mines-lost-eagle-magazine.html
'High Command' - in English and in Dutch
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2017/07/high-command.html
Thanks, Richard.
Here is that highly sought after grail page from Heros the Spartan in the Eagle 6th April, 1963.
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early Etherington Brothers comics...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2023/05/updated-etherington-brothers-comics.html
when Frank Bellamy worked for Battle...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/09/when-frank-bellamy-worked-for-battle.html
Thunderbirds are go!
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In the last of the episodes recorded at this year's Lawless convention Giles Wright returns with another eclectic mix of Dredd stories, all by Al Ewing.
On the website
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/07/230-served-cold.html
Or Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000622785125 (tel:1000622785125)
Here are Giles' grail pages:
First up is the introduction of Judge Maitland by Al Ewing and Nick Dyer.
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and then a Ben Willsher DPS with the Holocaust squad!
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Tough gig at the Holocaust Squad - where you have to have your feet amputated.
Quote from: Funt Solo [R] on 31 July, 2023, 04:33:51 PMTough gig at the Holocaust Squad - where you have to have your feet amputated.
arms too! makes you wonder how they drink their morning coffee, baby
Really enjoying this one, thanks, Eamonn. I'm only halfway through but it's made me remember how brilliant Al Ewing was on Dredd - I still say he wrote two of the best Dredd one-offs of all time (The Americans and that choose your own adventure one).
Remember how Tharg paid John Wagner extra to come back and write Dredd again? I'd be more than happy if he did the same with Al. (Tharg paying Al, that is, not John Wagner writing Al.)
(https://i.imgur.com/CnrF4bu.jpg)
Dan Ratcliffe joins me in musical Cambridge pub to discuss the history of Sonic the Comic.
On the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/08/231-sonic-comic.html
or Apple podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/231-sonic-the-comic/id1116473423?i=1000624266753
And here is Dan's Richard Elson grail page.
(https://i.imgur.com/lrFeStF.jpg)
And the Metallix page that Dan owns
(https://i.imgur.com/HgPnfqW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/McHR12d.jpg)
John Caro joins myself and Conrad in the film club to discuss two films that make up part of the DNA of 2000AD and Judge Dredd.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/08/232-dirty-harry-death-race-2000.html
(https://i.imgur.com/AQQqfoJ.jpg)
Damian Lubanski joins me in the underground bunker to see if we can survive Crossed by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows. Content warning, this comic includes depictions of graphic violence and sexual assault.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/08/233-crossed.html
Really enjoyed the film club episode. I'm also a fan of Crossed - under all the breathtaking depravity, there's a strangely beautiful story of human resilience - so I'm looking forward to listening to this at work tomorrow.
Tricky to post grail pages from Crossed without content warnings and spoiers but here is part of Damian's page from Badands.
(https://i.imgur.com/hZj8i7L.jpg)
Another great episode, thanks, Eamonn. Can't have been easy to find a grail page that wouldn't get you an instant ban from the forum.
I liked Crossed a lot. Strip away the horrendous scenes of sexual violence on a massive scale and you're got one of the most engaging and moving stories of human relationships I've seen in comics.
Crossed was partly what made me realise that modern Garth Ennis is no longer the Garth Ennis that wrote Mutant Teddy Bear Dredd. He's not even the same Garth that wrote Preacher - not an Irish bar, cowboy or Christian deity in sight. This is the new Garth whose creation Alan Moore wanted a crack at, and even he didn't write it as well as Garth did.
(https://i.imgur.com/XJP3qta.jpg)
James Knight joins the book club to discuss some Hondo City Law by Robbie Morrison and Frank Quitely, and to talk about some Manga influences on British comics.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/09/234-hondo-city-law.html
and here are two Frank Quitely grail pages chosen by James in episode 234.
Bio-tech-body horrors!
(https://i.imgur.com/pUydBSo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ojzghfb.jpg)
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 10 September, 2023, 04:51:45 PM(https://i.imgur.com/XJP3qta.jpg)
James Knight joins the book club to discuss some Hondo City Law by Robbie Morrison and Frank Quitely, and to talk about some Manga influences on British comics.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/09/234-hondo-city-law.html
Shout outs in this episode for 'Books, Bits & Bobs', 'The Bentall Centre','They walk among us' & Gosh (in its old location) - that's literally my comics childhood encapsulated in one episode! I enjoyed the rest of the chat as well.
Thanks, Richard.
One of James' grail pages disappeared from above, here it is again
(https://i.imgur.com/kjjp4Fe.jpg)
Really good stuff yet again. I wasn't a regular Megazine reader at the time -it was way beyond my price range back then- so I had to catch up on a lot of the Frank Quitely stuff later in life.
Also, I never knew Garth Ennis had been influenced by Blood Meridian! But yeah, the Wild West and graphic violence, so why not. And you could easily imagine a lumbering, psychotic pervert like Judge Holden popping up in Preacher, ideally to scalp that gobshite Jesse and leave him bleeding to death in the desert.* I recently re-read BM and it truly is one of my favourite books ever.
*Well, I can always dream.
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Conrad is back! And we chat about the two most recent DC movies with spoiler warnings particularly for The Flash.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/09/235-flash-and-blue-beetle.html?
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 14 September, 2023, 10:43:01 AMThanks, Richard.
One of James' grail pages disappeared from above, here it is again
(https://i.imgur.com/kjjp4Fe.jpg)
Second time! Maybe there is something about this image that the image content review does not like
(https://i.imgur.com/IGEzRwg.jpg)
John Caro joins me to discuss Martin Barker's history of Action, the comic that blazed the trail for 2000AD.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/09/236-action.html
Here are two grail page cover images from Martin Barker's book chosen by John in episode 236. The Hookjaw cover never made it to the newstands?
(https://i.imgur.com/AQKvPa7.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/80Pn0Mp.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/TrQZqyE.jpg)
Slightly late with this update but Tony Esmond rose to the challenge of The Light and Darkness War by Tom Veitch and Cam Kennedy.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/10/237-light-and-darkness-war.html
And here are Tony's two grails, one interior and one cover from the Light and Darkness War.
(https://i.imgur.com/kNFW5CY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/d2zq7Zm.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/fmuMZ6y.jpg)
It's a return to the 1970s for the book club as Matthew Ellis introduces me to Tammy and discovers the secrets of the War Orphan farm. Expect multiple escapes and recaptures, lots of worrying head trauma, and the terrors of Ma Thatcher the child snatcher!
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/10/238-slaves-of-war-orphan-farm.html
Here's the mentions of 'Desmond Walduck' on the blog - warning, some of this NSFW!
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Desmond%20Walduck
'Lawman of the future' contributors guide
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2019/09/judge-dredd-lotf-contributor-guide.html
'Lawman of the future' - covers by Geoff Senior
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2019/09/judge-dredd-lotf-geoff-senior-covers.html
Thanks, Rich.
And here is Matthew's Desmond Walduck grail page
(https://i.imgur.com/sypciBW.png)
ohhh I can really see the John Ridgway comparisons now!
Here are two more Walduck pages that may give more Ridgway vibes, and also demonstrate some of the repeated cruelty the plucky heroine has to endure.
(https://i.imgur.com/RP0WWCn.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/OYOU14O.png)
There's a little bit of John Stokes in the inking there to my eye?
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 26 October, 2023, 08:26:15 PMThere's a little bit of John Stokes in the inking there to my eye?
Good spot. Stokes was often uncredited in his 60s and 70s IPC work so who knows?
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Another film club intermission as Luke Aldred and Conrad Leiden return to discuss the fabulous Robocop and its less successful sequel, and to try and work out the connections to Dredd.
Surely you would buy that for a dollar?
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000632952036 (tel:1000632952036)
Or
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/10/239-robocops.html
Two interesting articles about Slaves of War Orphan Farm.
http://tammycomic.blogspot.com/2013/06/slaves-of-war-orphan-farm.html
And
https://jintycomic.wordpress.com/2022/09/14/slaves-of-war-orphan-farm-1971/
Also check out Justin Marriott's new comic project Comics Rule OK which also includes another article about this fascinating 1970s comic. It's up on Amazon
CROK Comics Rule OK Issue One https://amzn.eu/d/ht2YMoT
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Just a quick note to say I still look forward to every episode and never miss it. Thanks, Eamonn (and guests)!
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The book club has a new recruit as Troy Martin helps me tackle the subject of European comics, and the success of Requiem Vampire Knight by Pat Mills and Olivier Ledroit.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/11/240-requiem-vampire-knight.html
And
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000633710598
And thanks btw to
@JayzusB.Christ
Three Olivier Ledroit grail pages for Troy Martin.
(https://i.imgur.com/TAYuaAe.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/veY98mM.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4GrTl5w.jpg)
Forum needs a 'like' button. I think we had one, briefly, after the most recent changes to the back-end code, but it went away for reasons unknown to a humble lettering unit like me...
Quote from: Jim_Campbell on 08 November, 2023, 10:52:06 PMForum needs a 'like' button. I think we had one, briefly, after the most recent changes to the back-end code, but it went away for reasons unknown to a humble lettering unit like me...
If I could like this post, I would.
There have been several posts where I have nothing to add except my admiration for the post, and it seems overkill to quote just for a smiley.
Well, you've done your job as usual, Eamonn: Now I really want to read this.
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Paul Trimble returns to discuss the Titan collection of Rat Pack: Guns, Guts and Glory from 2012. And we also talk about the Enniskillen comic fest (highly recommended), the Battle Fans facebook group, his interview with Garth Ennis, and his upcoming writing for projects by Justin Marriott and Peter Duncan.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/11/html-text.html
and
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/241-rat-pack/id1116473423?i=1000635310100
And some Carlos grail pages chosen by Paul.
(https://i.imgur.com/ua9G8Mz.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FtpaZdR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/K3tGFTG.jpg)
Film club time. Luke Williams joins us to discuss Richard Stanley's Hardware from 1990, and its obvious connection to the Steve MacManus and Kevin O'Neill story Shok!
We then move on to The Valley of Gwangi which Pat Mills probably saw before creating Flesh.
Listen in at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/11/242-hardware-and-valley-of-gwangi.html
or
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/242-hardware-and-the-valley-of-gwangi/id1116473423?i=1000636518524
Okay I'll do it, I'll be that guy...its an Allosaurus not a t-rex in Valley of Gwangi. I mean fair to say in name only as it not really either as we now understand them. But officially it's an Allosaurus.
That said really good one and perfect for my run this morning.
And I may have got confused between Pterodactyl and Pteranodon.
(https://i.imgur.com/tOBe6Pt.jpg)
Michael Crowder returns to help me tick off some robots in disguise in the pages of Marvel UK,and to discuss some great work by Furman, Senior, Anderson, Smith, Higgins, Hitch and more.
Listen at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/11/243-transformers.html
or
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/243-transformers/id1116473423?i=1000637303603
A Geoff Senior grail page for Michael Crowder
(https://i.imgur.com/7wnZTAN.jpg)
and then a Bryan Hitch
(https://i.imgur.com/CwbyeMS.jpg)
I'm a big fan of Marvel Transformers and those are absolutely beautiful pages from two of the best stories.
Would love to see a brand new collection at original UK size.
Cheers
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I spoke to Rob Williams about Captain Britain and the Fury, his new Petrol Head comic with Pye Parr (it's great btw), and some upcoming plans for Dredd.
In your podcast app, or at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/12/244-petrol-head.html
and
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/244-petrol-head/id1116473423?i=1000638052204
and this is Rob Wiliams' grail page by Moore and Davis. The Fury is down, can Cap finish it off?
(https://i.imgur.com/jgXJwcw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/XUvlN4F.jpg)
David Nolan joins the book club to complete the Death's Head chat. Just don't call him a bounty hunter, yes? We also talk about David's own books.
Listen at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/12/245-deaths-head.html
Or
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000638821654 (tel:1000638821654)
Quote from: NapalmKev on 09 December, 2023, 06:02:32 PMI'm a big fan of Marvel Transformers and those are absolutely beautiful pages from two of the best stories.
Would love to see a brand new collection at original UK size.
Cheers
My mate Tim Perkins worked on this as a colourist
Quote from: Judge Woody on 17 December, 2023, 06:24:41 PMQuote from: NapalmKev on 09 December, 2023, 06:02:32 PMI'm a big fan of Marvel Transformers and those are absolutely beautiful pages from two of the best stories.
Would love to see a brand new collection at original UK size.
Cheers
My mate Tim Perkins worked on this as a colourist
Very cool. Thanks
Two grails for David Nolan.
First Bryan Hitch
(https://i.imgur.com/cGhTrAY.jpg)
and then Geoff Senior from the Body in Question.
(https://i.imgur.com/6cUkMUQ.jpg)
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Fire up your Radwagon, make sure you've packed some high factor lava block and and an acid proof umbrella, and let's head out into the Cursed Earth. Peter Adamson from the Where Eagles Dare podcast is your guide as we join the Helltrekkers setting out in the hope of a better life.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2023/12/246-helltrekkers.html
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000640119634 (tel:1000640119634)
Or on Google podcasts at
http://tinyurl.com/54mwmper
and two wonderful grail pages for Peter from the new Helltrekkers collection
Firstly Jose Ortiz
(https://i.imgur.com/tZhDgOR.jpg)
and then Horacio Lalia on the cover of prog 408.
(https://i.imgur.com/qjVwAi2.jpg)
Thanks Eamonn, I always thought Helltrekkers was an underrated classic and am looking forward to listening to the podcast as always.
as discussed on the show...Lalia WOULD go on to do some work for new Eagle. He illustrated the 'Dial a dawn destructor' strip in issue 201-212 (25/01/86 - 12/04/86).
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Script droid James Peaty makes a 4th visit to the book club to discuss a reality altering hairstyle crafted by the talented hands of Peter Milligan and Jamie Hewlett.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/01/247-hewligans-haircut.html
Or in Apple Podcasts at
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000641577185
Google podcasts link coming
https://bit.ly/3Sm4IK4
Looking forward to this as usual. I'm probably in a very small minority but I really liked Hewligan's Haircut. The graphic novel with the hole in the cover, and the back-cover quotation from Vidal Sassoon saying they didn't want anything to do with it, were just brilliant touches.
My brother as a teenager looked very like Hewligan and was very pleased about it, and took to wearing a Hewligan t-shirt that I got printed for him. (More Hewligan before he gave himself the eponymous cut - my brother wasn't quite able to replicate a hole that looked the same from every angle. These days he does have a large hole in his hair, now I think of it, provided by middle age.)
The mention of Ian Gibson's work on 'Steed & Mrs Peel' reminds that I once did a post about collecting that particular series - all my notes are here...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/02/steed-mrs-peel-ian-gibson-grant-morrison.html
for the chat at the end of the show about 'Rogan Gosh' here's my signed copy of the trade paperback...I seem to recall this was hard to get hold of (in this country at least, copies seem plentiful in the US)
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2017/02/2000ad-con-bits-pieces-3_14.html
Thanks, JBC and Richard. Great stuff.
Here are two grails from Milligan and Hewlett chosen by James in 247.
(https://i.imgur.com/9FLOLHt.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bL4wvuC.jpg)
I loved Hewligan's Haircut when I first read it. A breath of fresh air alongside the usual sci fi stuff. I think I read it around the same age as James Peaty too which might have helped.
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His name is Conrad, he's been to the movies, and he has some thoughts about them!
As we edge closer to the triumphant return of SpaceSpinner2000 fill your ears with some more LA Leiden.
Oh and mid credit scene spoilers for both films with "man in a box eamonn" giving a time stamp warning during the episode.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/01/248-marvels-and-aquaman-2.html
Apple=
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/248-the-marvels-and-aquaman-2/id1116473423?i=1000642360579
or google podcasts link (c'mon google, shorten those links please)
http://bit.ly/3SrJSrx
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Jim O'Brien joins me to discuss Night of the Devil from the Treasury of British Comics and to talk about the life and works of the great Hugo Pratt.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/01/249-night-of-devil.html
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423
Oh its fantastic to hear the conversation about Hugo Pratt, one of my absolute favourites. Couple of things to add if I may be so cheeky while I have a moment. I have the last 5 minutes of the podcast still to listen to so if anything is covered there my apologise.
Clearly he is most famous for Corto Maltese as discussed. IDW under the imprint Euro Comics produced a full series English translations of the stories over a number of years from 2015 (I think it was) in quite beautiful volumes. They seem to be getting a little tricky to get hold of but the aftermarket is likely to be your friend there as you do see them come up from time to time. We discussed them as they came out on a thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=41564.0) here. If you are patient I'll be discussing these at some point in the future in some thread or other as they are absolute favourites of mine.
There are also 5 volumes of reprints from the Treasury, well there will be when the fifth you mention comes out in April. The one you missed has literally just landed at Taylor Towers The Crimson Sea (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCA-B0216/picture-library-the-crimson-sea) which as I've mentioned elsewhere is a whooper of a collection of maritime tales and is out tomorrow as I type this.
There are also a few other translations of his work out there 'The man from the great north' also from IDW is about. Dark Horse (I think) also had a series called The Manara Library featuring the art of Milo Manara and the first volume of that has another of Pratt's most famous works in English 'Indian Summer' which he wrote, with another story written by him. Again alas these are starting to get a little tricky to track down, but with any luck.
Finally, I promise, there's a slight 2000ad link with Hugo Pratt as well. Carlos Ezquerra has always cited Pratt as one of his favourites and inflences. Pratt did a version of Treasure Island, incredibly popular on the continent and I've often speculated that Carlos' pen name 'Long John Silver' might have come from that. No evidence just a quiet desire.
Fantastic episode as ever and I'm so jealous you are going to Angouleme. I dream of going there one day. Hope you had a fantastic time!
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 29 January, 2024, 08:11:36 AMOh its fantastic to hear the conversation about Hugo Pratt, one of my absolute favourites. Couple of things to add if I may be so cheeky while I have a moment. I have the last 5 minutes of the podcast still to listen to so if anything is covered there my apologise.
Clearly he is most famous for Corto Maltese as discussed. IDW under the imprint Euro Comics produced a full series English translations of the stories over a number of years from 2015 (I think it was) in quite beautiful volumes. They seem to be getting a little tricky to get hold of but the aftermarket is likely to be your friend there as you do see them come up from time to time. We discussed them as they came out on a thread (https://forums.2000ad.com/index.php?topic=41564.0) here. If you are patient I'll be discussing these at some point in the future in some thread or other as they are absolute favourites of mine.
There are also 5 volumes of reprints from the Treasury, well there will be when the fifth you mention comes out in April. The one you missed has literally just landed at Taylor Towers The Crimson Sea (https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RCA-B0216/picture-library-the-crimson-sea) which as I've mentioned elsewhere is a whooper of a collection of maritime tales and is out tomorrow as I type this.
There are also a few other translations of his work out there 'The man from the great north' also from IDW is about. Dark Horse (I think) also had a series called The Manara Library featuring the art of Milo Manara and the first volume of that has another of Pratt's most famous works in English 'Indian Summer' which he wrote, with another story written by him. Again alas these are starting to get a little tricky to track down, but with any luck.
Finally, I promise, there's a slight 2000ad link with Hugo Pratt as well. Carlos Ezquerra has always cited Pratt as one of his favourites and inflences. Pratt did a version of Treasure Island, incredibly popular on the continent and I've often speculated that Carlos' pen name 'Long John Silver' might have come from that. No evidence just a quiet desire.
Fantastic episode as ever and I'm so jealous you are going to Angouleme. I dream of going there one day. Hope you had a fantastic time!
Thanks, Colin, I had a great time at a fascinating festival and will be discussing it with Tony Esmond on a bonus episde next Sunday. And thank you for the extra information. I did overlook the Crimson Sea reprint, and I'm going to have to look out for some more english language versions of Corto Malteses on the second hand markets. Cheers.
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 29 January, 2024, 10:21:49 AMThanks, Colin, I had a great time at a fascinating festival and will be discussing it with Tony Esmond on a bonus episde next Sunday.
Oh looking forward to that one. Its always sounds like such an amazing event. I mean they even got Bill Watterson do come out of retirment once as I recall!
What a fabulous episode. Loved hearing about the wandering Ugo's life and finally confirming the connection to The Dark Knight.
I haven't made many purchases from the Treasury but Night of the Devil has gone straight into the cart.
Ohh speaking of Corto Maltese books being hard to get hold of these days my LCS has a few of the volumes on their shelves at cover price still if anyone wants me to pick any up for them.
Pick me up one and I'll PayPal you, Colin. I've already got Under the Sign of Capricorn.
Excellent. Next time I'm in I'll get one. I'll nosey through that thread to try to remember which is the best...
Cheers, Colin.
Here are Jim O'Brien's grail pages.
Firstly the cover by Pino Dell'Orco
(https://i.imgur.com/TSK5JN5.jpg)
And then two Hugo Pratt pages.
(https://i.imgur.com/BpmsHax.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6CBkcLo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kFQim4Q.jpg)
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
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 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 (https://www.citebd.org/) 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.
Younger YNWA used to dream of going to San Diego one year as it seemed like a bit of a comic nirvana to me then. These days that's switched to Angoulme, by terrible French aside this is defo the place I want to get to one day.
Fantastic podcast and I hope you had as good a time as it seems you were going to.
(https://i.imgur.com/DiRdGJP.jpeg)
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
So if anyone had the chance to listen to this and is interested in a copy of the the collection Eamonn and I discuss give me a shout as I'm looking to pass this on as I don't really need it and would love to give someone the chance to try The Phoenix out.
Let me know and its yours.
Oh and there are actually 4 Mega Robo Bros collections already and a final 6th on the way. So many factual stumble and memory farts in this one from me I could happily spend an hour typing up corrections here... but I'm too lazy!
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?
Quote from: WhizzBang on 13 February, 2024, 09:29:57 PMHi 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?
Quote from: WhizzBang on 13 February, 2024, 09:29:57 PMI am currently watching the 2000ad adjacent film Accident Man on Pluto
Ooh... how much does a prog cost there now? I've lost track of Pluto's inflation rate since they stopped putting the other members of the solar system's prices on the cover.
Let's have some grail pages for Colin YNWA.
First up, Bunny vs Monkey by Jamie Smart
(https://i.imgur.com/QUmukuD.jpg) and (https://i.imgur.com/Kk9Jbnm.jpg)
and Squid Bits by Jess Bradley, including that very special carrot
(https://i.imgur.com/U7LHHnI.jpg)
and if you want some Hugo Pratt in English translation the Book Place have some new stock (https://bookpalace.com/cgi-bin/ss000001.pl?page=search&SS=hugo+pratt&PR=-1&TB=A&ACTION=Go%21).
Thanks to Jim O'Brien for the link.
(https://i.imgur.com/rsmxKP4.jpg)
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
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.
Quote from: GoGilesGo on 18 February, 2024, 03:30:25 PMAnother 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
Great to hear some chat about 'The Phoenix' you two! For anyone not familiar with Neill Cameron here are some example of his work that I've covered on the blog - includes early small press stuff right up to the exhibition he organised in Oxford last year that was all about comics
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Neill%20Cameron
Quote from: Richard S. on 22 February, 2024, 06:54:34 AMGreat to hear some chat about 'The Phoenix' you two! For anyone not familiar with Neill Cameron here are some example of his work that I've covered on the blog - includes early small press stuff right up to the exhibition he organised in Oxford last year that was all about comics
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Neill%20Cameron
Richard I'm sorry I should have mentioned you as a great source of information about a number of the creators as you also have a page that teases me constantly about early works from the Etherington Bros. as well.
If you aren't check out his Blog folks its fantastic.
Good to have some Phoenix focus, and Neill Cameron is the coolest. Of likely interest to nobody but because I don't think I've ever shared it, here's the tattoo design I commissioned him to do for my wedding:
(https://i.imgur.com/ebWDN2f.jpeg)
Quote from: Barrington Boots on 22 February, 2024, 11:10:39 AMGood to have some Phoenix focus, and Neill Cameron is the coolest. Of likely interest to nobody but because I don't think I've ever shared it, here's the tattoo design I commissioned him to do for my wedding:
(https://i.imgur.com/ebWDN2f.jpeg)
That is immense Barrington Boots - that dinosaur is straight out of Pirates of Pangea!
That you mate! That was indeed the inspiration!
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 22 February, 2024, 07:49:03 AMQuote from: Richard S. on 22 February, 2024, 06:54:34 AMGreat to hear some chat about 'The Phoenix' you two! For anyone not familiar with Neill Cameron here are some example of his work that I've covered on the blog - includes early small press stuff right up to the exhibition he organised in Oxford last year that was all about comics
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Neill%20Cameron
that's very kind - thanks! Glad you're enjoying the blog, it's a lot of fun
Richard I'm sorry I should have mentioned you as a great source of information about a number of the creators as you also have a page that teases me constantly about early works from the Etherington Bros. as well.
If you aren't check out his Blog folks its fantastic.
Before they became the kings of Kickstarter the Etherington Brothers had 'umble origins as small-press creators. Here's (some of) what they did before the Phoenix...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2023/11/updated-etherington-brothers-comics.html
(https://i.imgur.com/nq0HKim.jpg)
"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. :o
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
Great stuff- I'll be listening to that during work today. Thanks as always, Eamonn.
This was good - except I currently only have V digitally for some reason (sold my floppies years ago but where did my trade go???) and so this one has left me debating formats and getting the wallet out again!
Which edition, which edition...
Three glorious grail pages for Giles from V for Vendetta
(https://i.imgur.com/j7Cndmk.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/8rkC8WE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ucY59lj.jpg)
Images from the 'V for Vendetta' exhibition at the Cartoon Museum...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/12/v-for-vendetta-at-cartoon-museum-part-6.html
As always, thanks to book clubber Richard for the links.
(https://i.imgur.com/q5urCuQ.jpg)
Peter McKinney is a new recruit to help me discuss the most controversial strip in the history of the prog, and we get into some of the critical response to Big Dave in the letters page and elsewhere.
On the website at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/03/254-big-dave.html
and apple podcasts at
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/254-big-dave/id1116473423?i=1000648635453
And Google podcasts link
https://bit.ly/3PeycHv
Two Steve Parkhouse grail pages for Peter: the cover to 843, and "Gloob"
(https://i.imgur.com/olc72UC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/5DV6JyD.jpg)
Nice one, Eamonn. Looking forward to it. I enjoyed Big Dave anyway, though I suspect Grant was being more ironic than Mark in retrospect.
Steve's covers for 'Mad' magazine (the UK version)
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2021/09/updated-steve-parkhouse-for-mad-magazine.html
another one for all you Steve Parkhouse collectors out there...his work on 'Blue Moon' comic (back in 1999)
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2023/04/updated-blue-moon-1999.html
'Stuff and nonsense' comic - features Steve Parkhouse's picture of Bruno Brookes on the front cover
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2017/03/stuff-and-nonsense-comic-issue-3.html
(https://i.imgur.com/nrZJuNk.jpg)
Tim Burnell returns with an early collaboration between Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. We recorded this in the pub so there is some bonus background music!
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/03/255-sleeper.html
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/255-sleeper/id1116473423?i=1000650230613
Also has the news that Zarjaz is coming back! Did we know that?
Quote from: Colin YNWA on 24 March, 2024, 02:29:38 PMAlso has the news that Zarjaz is coming back! Did we know that?
Probably Tikbook and Facetok and Twixxer knew all about it moons ago.
Great episode.
I've had the omnibus edition sitting unread on a shelf for about five years. Not sure why as I enjoyed the prequel, Point Blank.
This will finally get me reading.
this was last November I think.
"Thanks to book clubber Ed Doyle for this info:
Zarjaz is coming back under the original editor Andrew J Lewis (email at bottom of this post) and he's looking for submissions based on the first 250 progs of 2000AD.
...
No Pat Mills created strips so Flesh, Nemesis, Ro Busters, ABC warriors are out.
Email Andrew with script synopsis/ art samples, etc to....
topnotchtosh@hotmail.com
"
early fanzine work by Colin Wilson - including a Dredd pin-up
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2020/05/colin-wilsons-fanzine-work-in-bem-part-2.html
Thanks, Richard.
here are Tim's two grail pages from Sleeper
(https://i.imgur.com/kPErBun.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nYqtyRd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sHquMYH.jpg)
Troy Martin returns from the Requiem Vampire Knight episode to join the film club and discuss the greatest moustache of the 1980s in Runaway, and then to compare a cute alien puppet to Skizz with interesting results.
Join Troy, Conrad and myself at
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/03/256-runaway-and-et.html
Or
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000650950421 (tel:1000650950421)
(https://i.imgur.com/GIh905I.jpg)
Stephen White AKA Stref joins me to discuss The Silence of Unicorns: a Tara Togs adventure, his new all-ages graphic novel on Kickstarter with Comic Scene. We also talk about his love of Tintin and play one of the most expensive rounds of the grail page game ever.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/04/257-tara-togs.html
And
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000651646156 (tel:1000651646156)
Stephen mentioned having a first edition 'Secret of the unicorn' book to read at his granny's - here's what that book like like.
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2023/04/tintin-casterman.html
It is described as the 'medallion' edition. Casterman only reprinted two titles. These are now rare and valuable editions!
Thanks, Richard. And here is the cover image that Stephen chose as his Tintin grail. Anyone got $2m to spare?
(https://i.imgur.com/LpcF4Yu.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/tshzP7D.jpeg)
Alan Fisher is back to tell me about Bryan Talbot's memoir which he helped design.
And we talk about the Johnny Alpha statue which is now on special offer at www.fishcollectibles.com
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/04/258-father-of-british-graphic-novel.html
And
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000652360402 (tel:1000652360402)
yes, I was involved with this. I did the proof reading on my Summer holiday one year - it was a very pleasant way to spend my evenings!
This is the only books I've ever backed on Zoop. It wasn't cheap either! £60? Anyway, well worth it.
Check out all mentions of Bryan on the blog here...
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Bryan%20Talbot
(https://i.imgur.com/qXnXQ3T.jpg)
Colin Maxwell joins me to discuss a recent reprint of the first Codename Warlord stories from DC Thomson.
Find the collection here
https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/commando-comics-codename-warlord-book
And the episode here
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/04/259-codename-warlord.html
And here
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000653081464 (tel:1000653081464)
and goggle podcasts link
https://bit.ly/3QbpXg7
Great stuff - looking forward to this. I didn't read much Warlord but I had an annual, and the dialogue keeps me and my brother amused to this day.
Random thought bubble: 'Good job I've hidden this knife up my jolly old sleeve.'
There was also a page of facts about WW2, one of which involved a Britsh Tommy asking an Australian soldier what he was soaking his boots in. 'Urine, mate!', was the alleged reply, as if that's what an Ozzie soldier would call it.
Here's my list of Colin's work for Commando. I don't have 17 issues recorded but I wonder if that's because some of the 17 haven't been published yet? Or it could just be that I've missed a few, let me know if you spot any omissions!
https://boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2024/02/updated-colin-maxwell-for-commando.html
Really enjoyed that podcast - thanks again, Eamonn. There was a lot of really interesting stuff about Peter Flint I hadn't realised or had forgotten. When I get round to abolishing the whole system of aristocracy, I might make an exception for him.
Enjoyed that episode Eamonn.
Got a digital copy of the book off Amazon.
Looking forward to checking out some more 70s comics :)
Quote from: Eamonn Clarke on 21 April, 2024, 08:26:08 AM(https://i.imgur.com/qXnXQ3T.jpg)
Colin Maxwell joins me to discuss a recent reprint of the first Codename Warlord stories from DC Thomson.
Find the collection here
https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/commando-comics-codename-warlord-book
And the episode here
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/04/259-codename-warlord.html
And here
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000653081464 (tel:1000653081464)
Thanks, guys
Here are a couple of wonderful Ian Kennedy grail pages from Warlord chosen by Colin.
(https://i.imgur.com/7pzjUuh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/VzUfbeY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7eIXT47.jpg)
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.
https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/2024/05/260-concrete-surfer.html
and
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/260-concrete-surfer/id1116473423?i=1000654542494