Morgan Talks Comics

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS, where this week we're continuing our look at favourite puppets from film and television. This week, Morgan is choosing a puppet, PARSLEY THE LION, from children's programme, PARSLEY AND THE HERBS. This is a favourite from Morgan's childhood, which was a lovely little stop animation show, made in the UK and written by MICHAEL BOND...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS, where this week, we are starting to look at puppets - it's all popular culture! Eliza-Mariah is in the driving seat this time, and has chosen SOOTY, the golden bear puppet, seen on British TV since the 1950s. Sooty is a real icon of children's television, having recently celebrated his 75th birthday, and has been seen all over the wor...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS! This week, we're wrapping up our lists of our top six comic and cartoon characters. It's a short and sweet one this time, but still packed with fun and facts about the last four of favourite characters. Let us know what you think of our list, and why not suggest some more characters for us to look into... We love researching comics an...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS! This week, we're continuing our list of our six favourite comic and cartoon characters, with me and Eliza-Mariah talking about our next two characters - some of whom go back to our childhood. You may well have heard of some of these characters, as they've been seen around the world. Enjoy the show, and let us know who YOUR favourite c...

Send us Fan Mail WELCOME BACK! After a short break, we are BACK with Series 2! we're switching things up from here on in, as we are looking at our favourite cartoon characters and talking about who they are and why we like them. Hopefully, it's a bit more of a conversation rather than a 'lecture', and you all enjoy it. This week, we're looking at the first two (each) of ou...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS! This week, we're looking at a brand new (old) comic - ARCHIE, from ONI PRESS. ARCHIE is an all American boy, who has been around in comics since the 1940s, and has spun off into TV shows and feature films... I'm sure you've heard of SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH? This is a fun, light hearted comic, looking at stereotypical teenage li...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS... After a short break, we're back, and looking at the 2 issue miniseries GIANT ROBOT HELLBOY RETURNS, from MIKE MIGNOLA, DUNCAN FEGREDO and DAVE STEWART, published by DARK HORSE COMICS. This is clearly a love letter to the big kaiju films of the 1960s, especially GODZILLA and MEACH GODZILLA, of which I'm a huge fan. It's a big in...

Send us Fan Mail WELCOME BACK! This week, we've kinda gone full circle, as we look at issue 1 of TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, the parody of which, ADOLESCENT RADIOACTIVE BLACK BELT HAMSTERS, we looked at in our very first episode. TURTLES are probably a title a lot of people know about, as the characters were licensed for cartoons, video games, toys and films, and were pretty much everywhere...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS...  This week, we're looking at USAGI YOJIMBO - KAITO '84 by ZACK ROSENBERG and JARED CULLUM, published by DARK HORSE COMICS. This is a five part series looking at one of the descendants of STAN SAKAI'S USGAI YOJIMBO (SAMURAI RABBIT), who is a street criminal in 1984 Osaka in Japan. This is great fun spin-off from USAGI, with refe...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS... This week, we're looking at a new title, CONCRETE - STARS OVER SAND, by PAUL CHADWICK, published by DARK HORSE COMICS. CONCRETE was one of DARK HORSE'S first titles, and featured in their anthology title, DARK HORSE PRESENTS, which was originally published in ball and white, showing off CHADWICK'S beautiful line work. We also t...

Send us Fan Mail WELCOME BACK! After a few weeks away with nasty colds and life getting in the way, we are back with a new episode. This week, we're looking at LEONIDE THE VAMPYR - THE HOUSE OF YONDA by MIKE MIGNOLA , RACHEL ARAGNO and DAVE STEWART from DARK HORSE COMICS. It's a simple little tale of vampires, haunted plants and a lovesick doctor, who falls for the wrong girl. Short but...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS... This week, we're looking at a small press comic MAGICAL CHARACTER RABBIT by KINOKO EVANS. a lovely little two tone comic about (no surprise) a rabbit who is a magician. This comic was gifted to me by a good friend along with other small press comics, as they know how much I love indie and small press comics. It's a charming tale of...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS... This week, we're looking at DO A POWERBOMB issue 1 by comics powerhouse DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON, published by IMAGE COMICS. This is a wonderful story set in the powerful and colourful of professional wrestling. This is a love letter to wrestling by WARREN JOHNSON, with energetic, kinetic writing and art, packed full of emotion and energy....

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS. This week (in the heat!), we are talking about HATE REVISITED by PETER BAGGE, published by my favourite comics publisher, FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS. HATE was a cult comic in the 1990s, and FANTAGRAPHICS have been reprinting the original comics in beautiful collected editions, as well as publishing the single issues of HATE REVISITED. It's a dry,...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS... This week, we're looking at WILLIAM OF NEWBURY by MICHAEL AVON OEMING, published by DARK HORSE COMICS. This is a wonderful anthropomorphic animal tale, set in 12th century England, and follow the adventures of FATHER WILLIAM, a monk from Newbury Abbey. Father William is known for performing 'exorcisms' of ghosts and spirits, wh...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS... This week, we're looking at "WEIRD WORK" by JORDAN THOMAS and British artist SHAKY KANE, published by IMAGE COMICS. It's a surreal detective story set in a futuristic world where anything goes. I've been a fan of SHAKY'S work since the 80s, when he was drawing for DEADLINE, alongside other cartoonists you may jus...

Send us Fan Mail We're back... with kittens! This week, we're looking at GEOF DARROW'S 'SHAOLIN COWBOY - CRUEL TO BE KIN' issue one from DARK HORSE COMICS.  Darrow is one of the greatest cartoonists to be working in comics today, with his hyper detailed style of drawing, heavily influenced by Franch cartoonist MOEBIUS. (Fun fact, Geof worked in Moebuis' studio early i...

Send us Fan Mail WELCOME BACK! After an unplanned break (health issues and new kittens), we're back! This week we're looking at DEMON WARS from MARVEL COMICS. Written and drawn by Japanese superstar PEACH MOMOKO, this is a bold retelling of Marvel characters in Japanese folklore and settings. I really love the way Peach draws, using watercolour and ink washes to create a very unique voic...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS...  This week we're looking at issue one of GRRRL SCOUTS - STONE GHOST by another of my comic book heroes, JIM MAHFOOD, published by IMAGE COMICS. JIM is another artist who is a BIG influence on my comic book making, weaving music and pop culture into my storytelling.  I've been a fan of his work for a LONG time, and have a lot of his...

Send us Fan Mail We really enjoyed putting this episode together, as ASHLEY WOOD is a BIG influence on my own storytelling, and influences my own art too. I love the way he puts comics and paintings together, and have collected a lot of his work over the years. ZOMBIES VS ROBOTS was originally published by IDW, but here ASH and CHRIS RYALL, who wrote the stories, took back the rights to the materi...

Send us Fan Mail Short but sweet this week - it's definitely quality over quantity! This week, we're looking at STARSHIP GODZILLA, a new title from IDW, and one of three new GODZILLA titles they started publishing last year. It's a great, fast paced crime caper set on the skeleton of MECHA GODZILLA, who has been turned into a starship, crewed by a bunch of lovable space crooks. We&a...

Send us Fan Mail ALL CHANGE! This week, Eliza-Mariah is in the driving seat, having done the research and chosen the comic we are looking at: SUPERGIRL - THE WORLD, a new FREE title from DC COMICS, published on SUPERGIRL DAY, which is tying in with the new SUPERGIRL film opening in June.  This is a taster of a new graphic novel that is coming out soon, with creative teams from around the globe, fo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Morgan Talks Comics... This week, we have a look at JAMES COLLIER'S "FLAT TIRE", a lovely little indie comic from Canada. I discovered James' work through Instagram, and got hooked on his charming, surreal storytelling - which leads to some interesting conversation in this episode. Don't forget to check us out on YouTube too! Just search fo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Morgan Talks Comics, a podcast that looks at comics old and new. This week, we're looking at one of MIKE MIGNOLA'S early HELLBOY comics from DARK HORSE COMICS. Mignola is probably the biggest influence on my comics writing, and is without doubt, one of my favourite cartoonists. I've been a fan of his work for a LONG time... Grab a cuppa and enjoy thi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to MORGAN TALKS COMICS... A bit later than usual, due to a few technical issues. This week, we're looking at a great indie comic, EVERYTHING SUCKS, by MICHAEL SWEATER - published by SILVER SPROCKET. It's a funny look at life from the slacker side of things, and what can happen if there are too many cats around! We also have a really good conversation about c...