In which our very trepid reporter bites the bullet and talks to people at the first ever Festival In The Shire event.Interviewed are organiser Mark Faith, artist Rodney Matthews and honoured guest Tom Shippey.(Photos and vid clips to follow if I can get the damn thing working)Music by Steadman.For more details about the Festival In The Shire click on the hyperlink or hang around a bit longer and catch our Middle Earth Special Pt 2: Everybody's Tolkien At Me. Coming soon

In this special episode we're joined by Alec Worley (King of the Future Shocks) and Jon Davis Hunt (Tempest, Transformers, 2000AD Cover Artist) to discuss their upcoming project "Age of the Wolf" which kicks off in prog 1700.Along the way we also get into why Aquaman isnt crap (apparently), if it's possible to know the difference between G1 and G2 Transformers and still have sex with a real girl, and discuss just HOW weird Al Ewing really is.Also lurking in there are some good tips for writers and artists looking to get their first break into the world of comics.

Richard is joined by The Hod from the 2000AD boards to look through progs 1693-95 and to discuss amongst other things the casting and rumoured script of the new Dredd movie. As always expect non kiddie friendly language and spoilers... of the progs that is, not of the movie script.Outtro music is "Carry Me" courtesy of Jade Gallagher.

As Dave is still off on his travels join Barry and his special guest Dan Marshall of the Sidekickcast as they tackle the world of geekdom.

News: Sinbad gets a TV series, Wolverine Taxi and A new man without fear.

Week that Was: The Return of Bruce Wayne, Batman:Under the Red Hood, Clash of the Titans and Rainbow Orchid

See you you soon to the second part of this mammoth episode

'This week the fellas look Superhumans and law, Supers policing themselves and the difference in approach taken by the big two publisher's multiple-universes. On the way they look at 'the Superman power problem', Iron Man Armour Wars, Civil War, 52, Astro-City, The Authority, 19thc colonialisim, 21stc Afghanistan, Batman & the Outsiders and the repercusions of beating people up as part of law enforcement as a hobby. Naturally there is a discussion of Doctor Doom with reference Yugoslavia's disintergration and Latveria's EU membership negotiations. As a treat they wrap up a footnote considering why is Wonder Woman rubbish? Thinking about it if anyone wants any homework - 'Is Wonder Woman DC's Thor - discuss?' Feedback always welcome. Email [email protected] , Twitter @clarkythecruel or @thegrampus

Join Flint and Stacey as they look at progs 1690-92

This extended episode sees the team tackle the realm of Faerie and tracks it's equivalents through sci-fi and horror. Ranging from A Midsummer Nights Dream to Jonathon Strange and Mr Norrell, the team wander the mist-shrouded forest paths (making awful jokes to try and keep our spirits up) and straining, straining to pierce through the terrible glamour and unmask the true creatures beneath. Demons, djinn, parasites, aliens and tortured souls are all revealed to our scrutiny.Somehow we manage to miss an entire sub-genre of sweaty Mills-and-Boone-a-likes.Maybe next time, eh fellas?

This week in the first of a double sized chunk of arguementative banter Captain Kehaar and Matt Wonder (really his superhero name should be Mr Monkey Hanger but I digress...) enagage with the wonderful world of superheros. This episode they look at Superheroes questions of the appeal of the Superheroes, supers as commerical product, the deconstruction of the genre, is Superman Jewish, how to annoy Alan Moore more, great villans, why is Spiderman hated all out of a riff on the basic theme of sueprheroes being divided into dark avengers of the night or cosmic b@ll&cks wondermen. Next episode they start to look at Superhumans and the law and delve into the differences between Marvel and DCs take on superhumans in the socieities of their respective universes. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article418437.ece has more on the Radio 4 documentry refered to in the epsiode. Feedback ont eh forums or [email protected] Don't forget logo competition end date 20 August 2010 DVDs of series 1 of the Wire and Homicide for the winner.

Welcome to Episode 21 of Small Press Big Mouth, this is an extra long special episode as we hadn't recorded since Bristol and we are unashamedly leaving in all of the gushing we did about Rainbow Orchid Volume 2! We also have news, the Big Mouth Tweet Tout, and reviews of The Man With The Getaway Face by Darwyn Cooke, Crikey Magazine, Dexters Half Dozen, Shadoko: The Happiest Ninja and much more. Back to our usual shorter length next time!

Welcome to Good Morning Geekdom episode 7 – the positivity podcast. A rather out-of-date News section sees Barry and Iz discuss Thought Bubble going academic, X Men casting, Rodriguez attachment to Green Lantern, How great will Sherlock be and Barry gets very excited about The Sweeney re-boot (if anyone reading can ‘get him in’ please get in touch).

Two brilliant Gateways are covered before we settle in to have a chinwag about how much we love digital comics. (apologies to Michelle Trachtenberg and Orlando Bloom in advance)