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Mega City Book Club

Eamonn Clarke

A podcast about the galaxy"s greatest comics, mainly the British ones. Hosted by Eamonn Clarke.

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214: Dan Dare vol 2

Mega City Book Club ·

2023/02/12

Chris Hunneysett helps me complete the adventures of Dan Dare in the pages of 2000AD, a project started in the very first episode of this podcast. This gives us a chance to discuss the wonderful black and white art by Dave Gibbons, and to talk about the history of Dan Dare as a British comic book hero.Get your copy of the lovely hardback from the 2000AD store, and check out the development of Chris's Nemo's Fury game on his website and on Facebook and Twitter.You can find a list of all the upcoming

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213: Leviathan

Mega City Book Club ·

2023/01/29

Michael Crowder joins the book club to discuss a horror classic from Ian Edginton and D'Israeli.Get your copy from the 2000AD store, check out my annotations to the series, and find Michael's letters to Tharg in the Beast database.You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram and Mastodon, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. If you cannot see the audio

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212: Hell Drivers and Damnation Alley

Mega City Book Club ·

2023/01/22

The Film Club has moved to the Betsey Trotwood pub in London and recruited Alex Frith to discuss Hell Drivers from 1957, and Damnation Alley from 1977. These films have connections to 2000AD and we have opinions about both of them. You can watch Damnation Alley on Amazon video and email me if you want to borrow the Hell Drivers DVD.Get a copy of Alex's Two Heads from your local book shop, and check out Conrad's work on SpaceSpinner2000You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook

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211: A Trick of the Light

Mega City Book Club ·

2023/01/15

I'm joined by Samuel George London from the Comics for the Apocalypse podcast to discuss the work of Aly Fell in A Trick of the Light. Check out Aly's work on darkrising.co.uk and follow him on Facebook and Instagram for news of his upcoming kickstarter.And find Sam’s own comics at Signal Comics.You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker

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210: The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Mega City Book Club ·

2023/01/01

Jake Ebeling returns to the book club to help me celebrate the extraordinary life and works of the late Kevin O'Neill.We use the first volume of the League's adventures as our jumping off point to discuss O'Neill's work in 2000AD and beyond, and to pick out some favourites from his artwork.You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by

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209: Dr Mesmer's Revenge

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/12/18

I met up with Simon Belmont at the Thought Bubble convention to talk about British comics and focus on Dr Mesmer's Revenge by Donne Avenell and Carlos Cruz. Check out the Warlord group on Facebook, and get your copy of the book from the 2000AD store.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. If

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208: Black Adam & Wakanda Forever

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/12/11

Conrad and I have been to see two more comic book movies, and we talk about them with spoiler details. Please check out Conrad's podcast at SpaceSpinner2000.comYou can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. If you cannot see the audio controls, listen/download the audio file here

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207: Shamballa

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/12/04

Paul Deadeye joins the book club to discuss Cassandra Anderson's adventures in Shamballa. And we talk about Paul's friendship with the late Alan Grant, and Alan's great legacy as a writer, editor, and mentor to so many in the comics industry.Grab a copy from the 2000AD store and listen to the audiobook from Penguin Random House audio.Check out Paul's model work in the 1977-2000AD Facebook group and contact him there if you are interested in collaborating on his new comic.You can find a list of

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206: Captain Condor

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/11/20

David Robertson from That Comic Smell podcast takes me through a recent release from Hibernia Comics and the life and works of artist Brian Lewis.Check out David's own Fred Egg comics at his BigCartel store.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. If you cannot see the audio

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205: The Last American

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/11/06

Luke Williams is back to guide me through the post-apocalyptic landscape of The Last American by Wagner, Grant and McMahon. Get your copy from the 2000AD store.And please check out Luke's own writing on the Comic Scene, Down the Tubes, and the ECBT2000AD sites.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker

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204: Brothers of the Blood

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2022/10/23

Giles Wright is back with another eclectic selection of Dredd stories. And these tell us a lot about the different aspects of Joe's character as reflected in his extended family members.Get your copy from the 2000AD store.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. If you cannot

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203: Judge Dredd Vs Aliens: Incubus

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/10/09

Graham Cannon joins me in the Peterborough Close Encounters comic shop to discuss that time when pesky Xenomorphs arrived in Mega-City One. And we get to discuss what makes a great crossover in comics.You can read this story in Case Files 36, or in the digital version of the Predator vs Aliens collection. And you can find Graham's Alien story if you can track down a copy of Zarjaz 39.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on

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202: Terror Behind the Bamboo Curtain

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/09/25

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

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201: Childhood's End

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/09/11

Space Spinner 2000 takes us to Mars as Conrad Leiden returns with the further adventures of Judge Anderson from Psi Division. Spoiler alert early on for a big character reveal in this story.This episode was recorded before the sad passing of Alan Grant, stay tuned for a book club tribute to Alan later in the year. Tune in to Space Spinner 2000 and the Big Meg One wherever you get your podcasts. You can find the Childhood's End story in Psi Files volume 2You can find a list of episodes so far and all

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200: Case Files 5

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/09/04

The book club celebrates 200 episodes and invites Brett Summers back to answer a question we posed in episode 13, is Case Files volume 5 the best Judge Dredd book to hand to a new reader? Check out Brett's blogging and podcast at CultFaction.com and Apple podcasts.Buy your copy of Case Files 5 from your local comic or book shop, or from the 2000AD webstore.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email

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199: Drawn Under the Influence 2

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/08/28

Tony Esmond from the Never Iron Anything podcast joins me to discuss a new small press anthology comic that grew out of the Awesome Comics Podcast community, and is raising money for cancer research UK.Get your copy from https://duicomic.bigcartel.com/ and if you are interested in submitting a pitch for next year's issue 3 then email duicomic3@gmail.comAnd get Tony's comics, including the highly recommended Hidden Figures, from Tribute Press.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the

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198: Luther Arkwright

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/08/14

Sheridan Kelly joins me at London's Cartoon museum to discuss Bryan Talbot's Adventures of Luther Arkwright, and a wide variety of releases since the 1970s. The Talbot exhibition continues at the museum until October 2022. Thank you to Emma Stirling-Middleton and Steve Marchant at the Cartoon museum for their help with this episode.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and

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197: Thistlebone 2

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/08/07

I met up with Damian Lubanski in an echoey London dungeon to discuss Thistlebone book 2, the art of Simon Davis, and the subject of folk horror in film, television, and comics.Note: this book and episode refer to the subject of child abuse. Listener discretion advised.Get your copy of Thistlebone 2 from Bookshop.orgYou can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to

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196: Bullet

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/07/31

Andrew Stringer joins the book club to introduce me to the DC Thomson comic Bullet and the exploits of its lead character, Fireball. Seek out the Warlord and Battle Fans groups on Facebook, and follow the Fireball page for more great 1970s comics discussion.You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and on instagram, or email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by

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195: House of Daemon

Mega City Book Club ·

2022/07/24

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

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