Shelfdust Presents

Told across decades, the first issue of Neil Gaiman's revelatory series details the capture and imprisonment of Dream, one of the Endless People who control the minds and hopes of mankind. Joined by Sam Kieth, Gaiman tells a compulsive, contorted story which dwells on the details of craftmanship - and this week we're joined by special guest Kayleigh Hearn to talk all about it!

Jack Kirby's OMAC was designed to be a vision of the future – but not even the King could've realised how darkly accurate he was. Kirby's paranoia was meant to be overt and shocking, but now it simply feels prescient and unsettling – how did he know this would all start to come to life?? This week we're joined by special guest Graeme McMillan to talk all about it!

Giant Days is a brilliant, weird, funny comic about three girls living together at Sheffield University. Created by John Allison, it made the transition to monthly comics perfectly, with artist Lissa Treiman handing it a signature energy which would go on to leave it as one of the most beloved - and longest-running - comics in recent history. This week Matt is joined by THE Claire Napier to talk all about it!

Fantastic Four #1 is... fantastic, right? It's Stan and Jack! The first superhero team! Weeeelll....

This week Matt is joined by special guest J.A. Micheline to talk all about the issue, Kirby's cartooning, Lee's writing - and whether this "classic" issue should be on the list at all. 

When every animal with a Y Chromosome suddenly dies at the same time, only one man and his monkey are left in a wildly different world. Everything changes instantly - and with the release of Y: The Last Man came another success story for Vertigo Comics. But how does the issue stand up today? This week Matt is joined by C.P. Hoffman to talk all about it!

Rick Grimes is a police officer who gets shot in the line of duty. When he wakes up from a coma, the world is full of zombies. That's it, that's the comic! But there's so much more, and this week Matt is joined by special guest Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou to talk all about it!

AN EPIC FOR OUR TIMES! 

New Gods #1 brought the Fourth World into comics, and things would never be the same again. This week we take a look at Jack Kirby's masterful series, as Matt is joined by special guest Paul Lai!

A new universe and a new millennium brought us the first issue of a new Spider-Man series. In Ultimate Spider-Man, Marvel gave readers a new way to read stories with their most iconic character - and that included this week's guest Christian Hoffer, who joins Matt to talk all about it!

For this episode of Shelfdust Presents we're heading to a very exclusive party... one where you probably don't want to be the guest of honour. We're looking at Runaways #1, an issue which brought fresh life both to superheroes and to Marvel comics itself - and to really get into it, this week Matt is joined by special guest Adrienne Resha!

A podcast from which there is no escape? Scott Free is sad, Big Barda is worried, and Darkseid... is. This week we're heading over to the fourth world, as Matt is joined by special guest Christian Hoffer to take a look at the recent revival of Jack Kirby's New Gods in the form of Mister Miracle #1 by Tom King and Mitch Gerads!