Pat Mills and Ian Ashcroft join me to discuss their current kickstarter for Hellbreaker: Fire in the Blood. Get onboard the kickstarter here, follow Pat on his Substack, and find Ian's art on Instagram and Facebook. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Ant Celestino joins the book club with the collected edition of the Rogue Trooper reboot: The War Machine. You can get your copy in the 2000AD store. And stay tuned to the end for a surprise from your favourite Saturday morning cartoon! Follow Ant's theme tune project on his YouTube. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Pete Trainor joins the book club to discuss Realm of the Damned by Alec Worley and Pye Parr. Check out Alec's Substack for great notes on horror. The Sons of Balaur music is on Youtube and you can find Pete on his website and on Bluesky. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Richard Sheaf, Conrad Leiden and myself set off on board the Orca to compare scars, tell horror stories, and sing sea shanties galore. Find Richard at BoysAdventureComics.blogspot.com and Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Adam Murdough returns to the book club with one of Alan Moore's lesser known works featuring a panoply of artistic talent. You can hear more of Adam on the Comic Timing podcast with Ian Levenstein. Also, Adam's thesis on Crisis on Infinite Earths is here. And there is a set of annotations to the Judgment Day event. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

We've visited the Crooked World of Captain Britain twice in the book club, now Luke Aldred returns to discuss what happened to Brian Braddock after all of that earth-shattering chaos. We talk about stories by Jamie Delano, and all of that superb art by Alan Davis. You can find Luke's own artwork on Instagram, and see some of his painted miniatures here. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Rob Ellis joined me at the Lawless convention to discuss an unusual book by the Italian creator Luana Vecchio. Content advisory: this book features a lot of sex, violence, and suicidal ideation. It's not for everyone but if you are not deterred then both the digital and paperback versions are still available. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Get your trousers on, you're nicked! The old school film club wants to tell you about fags, slags, blags, and Jags. John Caro joins us to discuss two films about hard nosed British coppers in the late 1970s. Can we make the link to the comics that we love so much, and can we work out why everyone in these films is so miserable? Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com, join John on Mastodon and find his published work online here. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

I met up with Giles Wright at the Enniskillen Comic Fest to discuss another eclectic collection of Judge Dredd stories which tells us more about the world beyond the boundaries of MC1. We also discuss the convention and Paul Trimble's astonishing line-up of guests. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

For this film club episode we dodged hordes of the rage infected to end up in another London dungeon! Damian Lubanski earns his fifth star and covers one of the big horror films of the year. We are pretty spoilerific for the first two films in the series. We also discuss the character from British television history who turns up at the end so if you want to avoid that spoiler skip from 31:47-35:17 Damian also recommends the movie Weapons and the unusual Channel 4 puppet show Don't Hug Me I'm Scared. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

A look at the newspaper strip Jeff Hawke by Willie Patterson and Sydney Jordan. Recorded at the Lawless convention with Richard Sheaf, who is a comics blogger, scholar, fact-checker, proofreader, and the tailwalker in the this year's Hotdog run. Check out Richard's work at BoysAdventureComics.blogspot.com and at the Book Palace. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Conrad is back to discuss the new Fantastic Four movie. We talk about spoilers for Reed Richards' master plan from 19:51-26:07 so maybe avoid that section if you haven't seen the film yet. And find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Jim O'Brien returns to discuss the nuclear paranoia of the early 1980s and, in particular, the genius of Raymond Briggs. Find Jim's own writings about comics in Battling Britons issue 7, and in Comics Rule OK. And keep on eye on Justin Marriott's page for the new issue coming soon. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Conrad and I have both seen the new Superman movie and we can't stop humming the John Williams theme. Podcasts are the new punk rock! Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. And the Mighty Crabjoys! Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

The book club reaches episode 300, and to celebrate I'm joined by Pete Wells to count down the top ten covers from the first 300 progs as voted for by listeners. There are a couple of surprises along the way and you can view a montage of the top ten covers here. Thank you to everyone who voted, and thank you to everyone for listening, commenting, reviewing, and sharing over the last 300 pods. You can also see Pete's pages from the Lawman of the Future comic here and here. And the Simon Fraser cover for Prog 1791 here. Please visit Pete's Sensory stories podcast page. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Dan Stokes joins the book club to discuss the Judge Dredd: Lawman of the Future comic from 1995. What high hopes we all had back then! Find Dan's own art at Stokesy.art on Instagram and at ArtTherapyDan.com You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

We're in the film club again as Conrad and Peter briefly discuss Marvel's Thunderbolts (no spoilers) before Peter makes the case for Duncan Jones' Moon with full spoilers for this fantastic film. Find Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000.com and Peter at the Hindsight Hut including his recent interview with Simon Furman. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Brian Doob returns to discuss a Panini collection of The Daleks strips that ran in TV Century 21 comic in the 1960s. Check out Brian's work on British Invaders and on the BritTrack at Dragon Con. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

Colin Taylor returns to celebrate reaching the top ten of his massive project to cover 100 comic runs that you should read, and in at number 7 is Animal Man. We cover the 26 issue run by Grant Morrison, Chas Troug and Doug Hazlewood, with spectacular covers by Brian Bolland. We do discuss some mild spoilers including for one of the greatest single issue comics of all time, The Coyote Gospel in issue #5. You can find Colin's list of his top comic runs of all time on the 2000AD forums. Start here for a countdown listing from number 133. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

The hardest working man in British comics returns, Tony Esmond guides me through the history of underground comics and some of the legal difficulties they encountered in the early 1970s. The Trials of Nasty Tales is a 1973 British anthology comic that covers one of the court cases in madcap detail, and it features an early appearance by Dave Gibbons. Find Tony at NeverIronAnything.com including our Never Iron Anything episode about Gerald Scarfe, you can buy Tony's own comics at Tribute Press, and listen in to the weekly Awesome Comics Podcast which has recently celebrated 500 episodes. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com Music used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.