Sunday 30 October 2016

Mega City Book Club 17: The Ballad of Halo Jones

We're back in the London pub version of the book club with Sheridan and Rachael as my guests to discuss Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's masterpiece from the 1980s.

Check out Sheridan's Prog Slog blog here, and you can find pictures of Judge Thread on the 2000AD Southern contingent facebook page. And get your copy of the Ballad of Halo Jones from the 2000AD online store.

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Sunday 23 October 2016

Mega City Book Club 16: The Judge Child Quest

Judge Anon from Buenos Aires joins me over an occasionally crackly Skype line to discuss a legendary Dredd epic. We keep the spoilers to the minimum while we wax lyrical over the artistic talents of Bolland, McMahon and Smith, as well as Wagner and Grant's great story telling.

The Judge Child Quest is available in Case Files volume 4 from the 2000AD online store. You can find Anon's history of female Judges on his Tumblr site, and there are details of the simply splendid Zarjaz fanzine on the Quaequam blog.

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Sunday 16 October 2016

Mega City Book Club 15: Jesus Redondo Special

Alex Frith from the Heroes of 2000AD blog steps into the London pub book club and brings along two books with splendid Redondo artwork: Monster from the Scream! comic and the mind boggling Return to Armageddon. There are some minor spoilers and some fascinating facts about some of the great European artists who have worked on British comics.

Monster is available from the 2000AD online store, as is Return to Armageddon.

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Sunday 9 October 2016

Mega City Book Club 14: Brass Sun

Nathan Duck joins me in a clockpunk version of the book club to discuss the gorgeous, glossy hardback edition of Brass Sun by Ian Edginton and INJ Culbard. We wax lyrical about the story, characters and artwork, and we keep the spoilers to a bare, cog driven minimum.

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Sunday 2 October 2016

Mega City Book Club 13: Alan Moore Future Shocks

Brett Summers from the Cult Faction website is my guest as we both attempt to grow suitably long enough beards to tackle the collected Future Shocks and Time Twisters from the great man of Northampton himself.

You can find Brett's website at CultFaction.com and buy your copy of Mr Moore's Future Shocks from the 2000AD online store.

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