Mega City Book Club

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.

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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 been warned, and listen out for the Space Spinner air horns!

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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 Richard has worked on. And look for Justin Marriott's wonderful Battling Britons fanzines which Richard also contributes to. He is a busy man!

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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.

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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. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com

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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

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.com

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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 Hotdog Run in Bristol then find us on the Lawless Facebook page or email me for details.

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Troy Martin returns to discuss some wonderful work by Dan Abnett and Phil Winslade on the first book of Lawless. You can find the musical episode we discussed on Soundcloud or the 2000AD page.

Troy wrote a story in Commando 5731 and in DUI 4 You can also find him in Zarjaz 3:3 and on his substack Sweet Nightmare Media. And his guide to fitness and health Sleep Lift Eat is still available on the Kindle.

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The book club has gone to Texas. Jamie Beamish makes his third appearance to discuss Preacher and the superlative work of Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, and Glenn Fabry.

Go and see Jamie on screen in Saipan, and keep an eye on Netflix for Lisa McGee's new series. Billy the Kid is streaming on MGM+ and Halo is on Paramount+.

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

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Jonny Cannon takes the book club north of the border to discuss the cultural significance of The Broons and Oor Wullie, and the endlessly inventive artwork of Dudley D.Watkins. Crivens!

Find Jonny's own comics on his BigCartel store, and follow his wonderful notes on artists on his Substack. If you have 30 minutes free before Hogmanay you can find the youtube documentary we discussed here.

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Tony Foster pops into a festive book club to talk about the ComicScene yearbook 2026 and to reveal the winners of their latest awards. Get your copy from the Shift webstore, and follow ComicScene on substack.

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Zack Cahill takes me on an Incredible Journey through a masterpiece by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. The new pocket digest edition is out now.

Find Zack's own comics on Big Cartel and his Patreon. And you can now buy DUI 4 through the KDP print on demand service. All profits got to the London Cartoon Museum, and check out Zack's wonderful Steranko inspired cover.

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Graham Cannon returns to discuss a modern Judge Dredd classic by Rob Williams and Henry Flint. Get your copy from the 2000AD store. And thanks to Close Encounters in Peterborough for letting us record upstairs.
And yes, my voice was recovering from a cold.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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Find Dan's own art at Stokesy.art on Instagram and at ArtTherapyDan.com

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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.<...