Eamonn Clarke Podcasts

I'm delighted to welcome Garth Ennis back to the book club to discuss the fourth Titan collection of Johnny Red by Tom Tully and John Cooper. Get your copy from your local book shop, be sure to order the new Battle Action specials, and visit the Enniskillen comic fest page on Facebook. Thanks to Paul Trimble for help setting up this interview. You …

Pete Wells returns for a record breaking eighth appearance on the book club with a literal monster of a book. Tune in as we tackle From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. Buy a copy of the 2000AD Covers Uncovered annual from the 2000AD store. And check out Pete's remarkable Sensory Stories for children with special educational needs at HelpKidz…

Jamie Beamish is back with a classic tale of Dredd in the Emerald Isle by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Check out the Garth Ennis collection on kindle, or Casefiles 15. And you can watch Jamie on screen in Bridgerton, the absolutely wonderful Derry Girls, and Halo. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podca…

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

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

Conrad Leiden from Space Spinner 2000 joins me to discuss our two most recent movie trips. Spoilers abound for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania and Shazam: Fury of the Gods. (Note: we recorded this before the assault allegations against Jonathan Majors were announced.) You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the …

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

Tharg's very own publicity droid and brand manager Michael Molcher joins me to discuss his book about the genesis of Judge Dredd, and how he reflects the history and politics of policing on both sides of the Atlantic. You can buy I am the Law from the Rebellion store or your local bookshop. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Faceb…

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

Peter Gouldson joins the book club to discuss a golden period for Marvel UK as we go through the 11 issues of The Daredevils magazine from 1983. Check out Peter's writing on ComicScene magazine which you can now get on the Kindle. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, or email me commen…

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 …

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 …

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 A…

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 th…

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 Faceb…

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 …

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

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 Pa…

Waaaaaaay back in December 2019, me and Eamonn Clarke struggled through powercuts and other sundry difficulties to discuss one of the classic Alpha Flight Issues and then I never got around to doing anything about it. Until now!Buy DUI here: https://duicomic.bigcartel.com/Listen to Mega City Book Club here: https://megacitybookclub.blogspot.com/Buy…

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 e…

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,…

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 …

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 y…

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. No…

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…

We discuss episodes 10 and 11 of The Sandman on Netflix with spoilers for those episodes and the comics they are based on. Content note: The Sandman deals with some dark and troubling matter and we discuss them in the podcast. This episode includes discussion of a sexual assault. For timecodes and full details please email MCBCpodcast@gmail.com If …

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…

We're back with episodes 7-9 of The Sandman on Netflix, with spoilers for those episodes. Content note: As ever the comics and the episodes deal with dark and troubling subject matters and we discuss some of them in this podcast, including: Child abuse Violence and murder Sexual assault For details and timecodes please email us at MCBCpodcast@gmail…

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@gma…

We discuss the next three episodes of The Sandman on Netflix including mild spoilers for those episodes. Content note: these episodes include bloody violence and discussions of abuse. For more details email us at MCBCpodcast@gmail.com If you enjoy our discussion then please subscribe in your podcast app or on our blog at HandfulOfDustPodcast.blogsp…

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 …

We're back! The Sandman on Netflix is one of the big television events of the summer and we're here to talk about the first three episodes with spoilers up to the end of episode 3. Content note. The Sandman series deals with some particularly dark and troubling subject matters and we discuss them in this podcast. The first three episodes feature so…

I met up with Damian Lubanski in an echoey London dungeon to discuss Thistlebone book 2, the art of Simon Davis, and the subject of folk horror in film, television, and comics. Note: this book and episode refer to the subject of child abuse. Listener discretion advised. Get your copy of Thistlebone 2 from Bookshop.org You can find a list of episode…

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, fol…

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…

Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 is back for another Mega City film club. And we have to talk about two Judge Dredd movies that, actually, we both quite like a lot. And stay tuned to the end for our Thor: Love and Thunder review. You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, and…

Chris Hallam is a freelance writer on comics and films. He joins me to discuss the great Ace Trucking Co. by Wagner, Grant and Belardinelli. Track down your own hard copy from Hachette. Check out Chris's blog, you can buy the History of Comics magazines from Get My Comics, and you can find his own Judge Dredd story in Zarjaz 39. You can find a list…

I'm back in the Betsey Trotwood pub with Alex Frith and thistime the book club is entirely devoted to a guest project. Alex has created a graphicnovel about neuroscience with his parents Uta and Chris Frith, and the artistDaniel Locke. It's a fantastic look at how our brains work, both by themselves,and in cooperation with others. We talk about the…

Paul Trimble joins me for some bonus Battle Action. We discuss the new hardback collection without any spoilers, and then move on to talk about what might come next from Rebellion and the Treasury of British Comics. Follow the Enniskillen Comic Fest on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Check out volume 3 of Battling Britons, and get a copy of Blazin…

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

Giles Richards is a sports journalist, and the Formula One correspondent for the Guardian newspaper. He joins me over a slightly crackly Zoom link to discuss a new collection of classic Judge Death stories which features some peak Brian Bolland artwork. Buy your copy of the Essentials trade paperback from your local book shop, or from 2000AD. You c…

It's a speedy return for the Don of British comics, Richard Sheaf, as we take a brief time-out from the Lawless convention to discuss John Sanders' memoir of his 25 years as a publisher in the British comics industry. Check out Richard's daily blog, and get your copy of the book from 2000AD You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcomin…

Conrad from Space Spinner 2000 joined me at the Lawless convention to discuss some recent comic book movies. We also added some post match discussion about the convention itself so stay tuned right to the end for some car-casting! You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on Twitter, …

Richard Sheaf is a renowned scholar of British comics and publishes a daily blog at boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com He is back in the book club with a huge, gorgeous volume by David Roach. We drool over the artwork and discuss some of the forgotten history of British comics. Get your copy from your local book shop or the 2000AD store. You can find…

Alan Fisher is back to discuss Jaegir by Gordon Rennie and Simon Coleby. And we get to talk about the idea of expansion stories from the 2000AD universe. Get your copy from the 2000AD store, and watch out for all of Bryan Talbot's upcoming releases. You can find a list of episodes so far and all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the p…

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

Colin Taylor is known as Colin YNWA on the 2000AD forum. He joins me to discuss the most 2000AD comic that DC ever published. We talk about this less well known but wonderful series from Wagner, Grant & Kennedy. You can find Chloe Maveal's article about Outcasts here. And head to the 2000AD forums to see the results of the board's favourite thrills…

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

Dave Wynn returns with a stone cold classic in the shape of Strontium Dog: Portrait of a Mutant by Alan Grant, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra. We really get into some of the politics and real life parallels of this great story. You can find Portrait of a Mutant in the Strontium Dog Agency Files volume 2 or the pocket digest edition. You can find a…

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