Mega City Book Club

Rob Lane joins me to hunt 17th century zombies with Defoe. Get your copy of the book from the 2000AD store or the Hachette hardback collection . You can find Rob's own writing at Installation . 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...

Andrew Stringer makes a vertical take-off and landing to discuss the complicated history of Harrier Squadron in the pages of Warlord and Commando. Read about the recent revival on James Swallow's own website , and see some of Keith Burns' spectacular artwork on his Website and  Instagram . Also find more details of Esteve Polls' work for Commando comics here . You can find a list of all the u...

Tony Esmond joins the film club with a cult classic from 1979. Expect face paints, colourful outfits, class struggles, and the implacable pursuit of the Baseball Furies. Find Tony on the Awesome Comics Podcast and on Substack , and Conrad is at SpaceSpinner2000.com  And check out Chris Askham's comics on his website and Etsy store. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook...

Paul Trimble returns to discuss the fantastic 2000AD vs Battle Action merger that never happened. Get your copy from the 2000AD store . Find Paul on the Enniskillen Comic Fest  Facebook page and on Instagram , as well as in the Battle Fans group . You can find Paul's latest Kings Reach Commandos story in the Faces of War anthology from Sector 13 comics . You can find a list of all the upcomin...

Cristian Aluas joins the book club to discuss Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' work on Superman: For the Man Who Has Everything . We also cover Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?  and Alan Moore's Writing for Comics . You can find Cristian's own work on his website Masterpiece Art School where you will also find all of his books . You can also follow him on Substack and Instagram . You can...

Conrad returns from SpaceSpinner2000.com to discuss the latest cinematic adventures of the Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man. Slight spoilers for the identity of one of the new X-Men start at 12:45 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 M...

Luke Aldred returns to discuss the life and work of Brett Ewins, with a particular focus on The Haunting of Sector House 9 . Chase down a copy of The Art of Brett Ewins . You can find Luke's work on covers at Daft Notions and on his Instagram . 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 comm...

Tony Esmond surfs in with a very moving book from Nobrow press . Content note: the book deals with a real life case of a young woman with terminal cancer. Find Tony on the Awesome Comics podcast , at Tribute Press , in the pages of DUI 4, Or on his own podcast Never Iron Anything . He is also a columnist in American Nature Presents and you can find all his links on his website at NeverIronAnything...

Conrad and I have been to the movies to see the new Supergirl movie, and we’ve also read the Tom King and Bilquis Evely comic it is based on. There are very mild spoilers for film and comic. Please get yourself a copy of the collected edition of Supergirl:Woman of Tomorrow from your local library. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page , follow the podcast on instagram...

John Charles returns to discuss his new magazine about comics. Back Insomniax on Kickstarter and follow John 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 Ro...

Brian Walsh was the last of my Lawless guests and he brought along the complete Luke Kirby from Rebellion books . Find Brian on his website and on Instagram . 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 Br...

Giles Richards earns his fifth star on a journey into The Twilight Zone. Conrad, Giles and I discuss the series as a whole, and its relationship to 2000AD Future Shocks and other twisty story strands from British comics. Then we discuss the following episodes in spoilerific detail: Time Enough at Last , Eye of the Beholder , The Invaders , To Serve Man , and Nightmare at 20,000 feet . You have bee...

The Lawless adventure continues as Richard Sheaf returns to discuss a huge book about the life and work of Ron Turner.  Get your copy on the Telos publishing site , and read more of Richard's writing about Ron Turner on his Boys Adventure Comics blog . You can also view some of the contents of Eric Parker's portfolio there as well. Also, visit the Book Palace for more superb books that Richar...

Giles Wright returns to Lawless and he's brought another eclectic mix of stories from Mega-City One. We discuss some highs and lows in both stories and artwork, and we reflect on some real world parallels with undercover policing. 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 sugge...

I met Rob Ellis at the Lawless convention to talk about a recent Image comic by James Tynion IV and Fernando Blanco. Find it on Image or in your local bookstore. You can also head to Dynamite comics for details of Silvia Califano's book Elvira in Horrorland . You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page , follow the podcast on instagram , Threads , Mastodon , and BlueSky . An...

Back in the UK! Conrad Leiden from the wonderful Space Spinner 2000 podcast joins me at the Lawless convention to celebrate ten years of podcasting about the galaxy's greatest comic. And then we count down our personal top ten Judge Dredd epics. Send me your own lists to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page , follow the podcast on instagram , Thr...

Sloe Smycz returns from Warsaw to discuss Brink book 4 by Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard. Get your copy from the 2000AD store . Click for links to the Avangarda association   and the Bazyliszek convention . And follow Sloe on  Instagram to see their latest cap! You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page , follow the podcast on instagram , Threads , Mastodon , and Blue...

Cornad Leiden and I journey to the high rock to witness a very muscular Guy Pearce rescue the president's daughter, But will he find the MacGuffin along the way?  Check out Space Spinner 2000 collection number 29 for more about Harry 20 on the High Rock. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page , follow the podcast on instagram , Threads , Mastodon , and BlueSky . An...

Glen Lees is back all the way from Oz with another great one and done story from the early days of 2000AD. The spoilers for the big twist are between 26:16-31:10 and in the discussion of the cover reveal at 42:29-42:50. You can find some more details of reprints on Barney . You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page , follow the podcast on instagram , Threads , Mastodon , a...

Andrew Schuman joins the book club to discuss the reality altering crisis in Phase 3 of Zenith by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell. You can find this book digitally or wait until later in 2026 for a complete omnibus in colour . The Zenith phase 3 scorecard is here and the Tom Whiteley article we discuss is here . You can find out more about Andrew's ministry at St Christopher's . You can find a li...

Troy Martin is a confident man who dons his Parka to guide us through two masterpieces from John Carpenter. None of us are who we think we are but you can find Troy at TMfitness and Sweet Nightmares Media . And follow Conrad at SpaceSpinner2000 . 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 co...

Mick Cassidy joins the book club to take me back to the glories of Kevin O'Neill's black and white artwork in the first Titan collection of Nemesis by O'Neill and Pat Mills. Find Mick's own work at MetalMongrol.com and on his Big Cartel . You can also follow him on instagram and ComicArtFans . You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page , follow the podcast on instagram , Th...

Liam Dempsey from the Spocklight podcast joins me to discuss the challenges Dredd and DeMarco face after the events of The Pit. You can find this story in Case Files 28 . And you can find more of Liam's work on Letterboxd and 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...

Michael Crowder joins the film club to talk about two transforming robot movies from 1986, Transformers The Movie and GoBots:Battle of the Rock Lords . Email me if you want a link to the GoBots on Facebook. That's if we haven't put you off! 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...

Lee Tyler is back to discuss the greatest newspaper comic strip of all time. We also play the most expensive round of the grail page game yet, just so we can donate the art to the Billy Ireland cartoon museum in Ohio! The documentary we discuss is called  Dear Mr Watterson . You can support Lee's community work on the Forty Hall Vineyard . And if you're interested in joining us for the 4th Ho...