THE AWESOME COMICS PODCAST

Writer Luke Halsall takes a moment out of being a new dad to join the Awesome Pod this week to talk about his work in the Avery Hill anthology 'Reads', Out of Time, his love of comic book history and some of his crazy original stories. And as Dan 'Guns McVanguard' Butchercouldn't make it this week, one of the heads of Avery Hill Publishing Ricky Miller jumps in to make up the numbers, and talks about their vast amount of upcoming books, the creators they've had a chance to work with and the work that goes into making an anthology. Theres also nonspoilerytalk of Captain America: Civil War, plenty of comics history and Hitchcock talk and of course plenty of laughs to be had. It's a veritable jamboree of comic book goodness, so check it out!

PLUS, the next round of the Awesome Games dramatic results readings takes place, and it's another unbelievable round of carnage, laughs and generous insults to the ACP hosts.

Mentioned in this episode are: Luke Halsall, Out of Time, Avery Hill Publishing, Reads, Rachael Smith, I Am Fire, Aritificial Flowers, Justice League, Star Wars, Tillie Walden, Tim Bird, Tracks, Sean Azzopardi, The Woods, Amy Rowan Moffitt,Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes

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Kate Ashwin, creator of the popular webcomic Widdershins joins the ACP gang this week to talk about her brilliant book series. They talk about how the strip came to be, her path to becoming a full time webcomic creator, her influences and so much more. Being a webcomic veteran, she is also a fountain of knowledge in the genre and theres loads of useful information for budding creators out there. Not only that, but theres talk of 'graphic novels',late night Bingo moderators, Old school egg based computer games and TV shows and so much more!Also Kate googles everything that we talk about, Vince drops a couple of bad jokes and rightfully gets shot down, Dan describes a WalMart experience and Tony suggests using DNA as a competition prize. Despite technical issues on the night, this show turned out to be an unmissable one, and if you can guess where the edits are you can win a prize (NOTE: This is acompletelie, but we will give you a high five)

It's a bloodbath in the AWESOME GAMES this week as more deaths are dramatically announced!! With an absolutely epic guest narrator that has to be heard to be believed its a report thats not to be missed! Who got bumped off this week? You'll just have to listen to find out!

Mentioned in this episode are:Kate Ashwin,Widdershins,Darken,Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales,A City Inside,Tillie Walden,Avery Hill Publishing,Space Mullet,Space Mullet Collection,Daniel Warren Johnson,Not Drunk Enough,Tessa Stone,Buzz,Cucumber Quest,Gigi Didi,Slime,Lukasz Kowalczuk,Rats and Crows Publishing,Comic Heroes,Death by Shakespeare,Dead Canary Comics,Counter Shot Press,Open Panel Podcast,Dirty Old Ladies Podcast, Emily Owen,Sorcery 101,Kel McDonald,Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes

If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badasseryatwww.chadfifer.bandcamp.com

The awesome Hunger Games theme by James Newton Howard can be foundhere

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Jon Laight,writer behind the epicsuper powered revenge tale 'Brethren Born' joins the ACP gang officially for the first time as a guest! He talks about his influences, how the brilliant idea came to be and his process as a writer. The group also discuss some great new books you may not know about (butreally should), reveal a little more Runicorn news and let loose on thereactionsthe Doctor Strange trailer has been getting. Also Dan reveals a hit and run story, Vince struggles to keep the show on the rails and Tony tries to put everyone off again.

PLUS This episode more casualties in the first ever AWESOME GAMES are dramatically announced!! Who got bumped off this week? You'll just have to listen to find out!

Mentioned in this episode are: Jon Laight, Brethren Born, Level 8 Comics, Close 2 Immortality, My Mid Life Crisis, Negative Space, Ryan K Lindsey, Griff Gristle, Madius Comics, Rocket the Red, Thrillcast, The Penned Guins, Story by Robert McKee, Not so Golden Age, The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn, Creators for Creators, Ness Kickstarter, Bruce Outback Kickstarter,Heroes Run 2016,Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes

If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badasseryatwww.chadfifer.bandcamp.com

The awesome Hunger Games theme by James Newton Howard can be foundhere

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This week Sian Jefferson joins the gang to talk about her great webcomic The Book of Fey, her influences, the task of writing Fantasy comics and her own journey into making comics. Theres lots of greattalk about creating and hosting webcomics, interacting with that audience, 'secret' projects and the merits (or lack of) of the film Cockneys vs Zombies. Also Sian reveals her opinions on noses, Vince busts out Carry On Film noises, Dandoesn't heed his own advice and Tony keeps trying to drop bad jokes into the show.

PLUS This episode we announce the first casualties in the first ever AWESOME GAMES!! Who will survive? Well the answers may surprise you and you'll just have to listen to find out!

Mentioned in this episode are:Sian Jefferson,The Book of Fey,Sians Tumblr, Patience,Daniel Clowes,The Poor Bastard,Joe Matt,Rising Sand,Ty Dunitz,Jenn Lee,Hark! A Vagrant,Kate Beaton,The Heart of Time,Sarah Millman,Back Issue Magazine,Spying with Lana,Creature Tech,Heroes Run 2016,Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes

If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badasseryatwww.chadfifer.bandcamp.com

The awesome Hunger Games theme by James Newton Howard can be foundhere

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This week the ACP gang are joined by Kris Carter, creator of the time travelling cop with akoala sidekick Bruce Outback! Kris tells us all about how the idea came to be after a drunken night out, his experience as a colourist for IDW and so much more. It's a fun chat, and theres also some great talk about books, projects and events you need to check out and a discussion about digital rewards on kickstarter. Also Vince uses the word lovely so much he almost becomes Miss Marple , Dan throws out some classic comedy zingers and Tony threatens to eat crisps on-air.

PLUS this is the episode where we announce the combatants for the first ever AWESOME GAMES!! 48 small press characters will go into the arena, and only one will come out... who will survive? Well you'll just have to listen to find out!

Mentioned in this episode are:Kris Carter,Bruce Outback,Bruce Outback Kickstarter,Lou Scannon,Attic Studios,Fantasy Sports,Papercuts and Inkstains 4,Sliced Quarterly 2,Preacher,Charlie Fights,Liberty: The Deception Kickstarter,Herobear and the Kid,XKCD,XKCD What If?,Charles PI Kickstarter,The Disease Kickstarter,Autism All Stars,Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes

If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badasseryatwww.chadfifer.bandcamp.com

The awesome Hunger Games theme by James Newton Howard can be foundhere

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With lots of comic news, movies and general debate happening recently this week Vince, Dan and Tony decided to take time to answer some listener questions and spend some quality time together alone. This leads to talk about comic movies and tv shows (NO SPOILERS), the origin story of the awesome comics podcast and Superted vs Bananaman! Theres also some great small press comics you need to check out and as an added extra, the trio decided to pick out a personal fave from the world of mainstream comics too. Its a show packed full of comic talk with a dose of ridiculous (and occasionally rude) humour, so check it out!

Mentioned in this episode are:Dirty Rotten Comics,Miss Melee,XCT - Xtreme Champion Tournament,Bob Fingerman,Bronx Heroes,The Pull List, First Comics,Badger,All Star Superman,Avengers Arena,Avengers Undercover,Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes

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This week Jennie Gyllblad, super busy Swedish comic book artist and the mind behind the good natured filth 'Jenitales' joins the ACP crew and throws the show into the best kind of chaos. She talks about how her new NSFW comic project came to be, her path to becoming a full time comics artist, running a Patreon and SO much more. It may be one of the funniest shows yet, and we earn the 'explicit' label as Jen becomes the first guest to use the term 'Lady Garden', Dan tells a story about a sexy interactive robot, Vince gets picked on so much he forgets how many pro artists we've had as guests and Tony finally gets the conversation aboutfurrieshe's always wanted - which ends up with everyone picking out what animal they would be.Yep, this episode isdefinitely for mature audiences. Especially the immature ones who are prepared to laugh a lot.

Mentioned in this episode are:Jennie Gyllblad,Jens Website,Jenitales,'The Green Fairy' from Jenitales,Skal,Jens 'Skal' Patreon Page,Vigor Mortis,Vigor Mortis Patreon Page,Tortured Life,T Pub,Octal Comics,Out of Time,Little Ego,Cognition KS Shit Flingers: Bestiary KS, Reckless Hero Artbook,Mystery Circus,Hel Hunter,Dan Charnley,Paul Rainey,Book of Lists,Blue is the Warmest Colour,Minimum Wage,Airboy, Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes,Staceys Parlourcharity24 hour podcast

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This week the ACP gang are joined by the creator of Bertie Bear, and super nice guy, Andy W.Clift to talk about his comics, his influences, his work as a flatter for Marvel and so much more! Not only that, but the group discuss some upcoming movies, seeminglyjoke less newspaper strips andalso theres a great conversation about the representation of disability in comics. Seriously, theres loads of great topics covered in this one. Plus theres some amazing books that you have to check out, Dan tells us about his life drawing escapades, Vince claims he willdance for a sale andTony tries to accuse Andy of being a Furry.

Mentioned in this episode are:Andy W.Clift,Bertie Bear,Sgt Steel: Allied Avenger,Samurai Slasher,Dead Universe Publishing,Bounce Comics,Bubbles O Seven Kickstarter,The Activity,Mitch Gerards, Marc Laming,Mike Garley,Mike Stock,Matthew Dooley, Ballwatching,Karma Police,Kelly Williams,Paradox Girl,At War with Yourself,Handicape,Deer Editor,Deer Editor Kickstarter,Ryan K.Lindsay,Ghostbusters Comics, Orbital Lifedrawing Class,Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes

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It's an epic show this week, as Vince, Dan and Tony are joined by british comics titan Pat Mills and boy do they all have one hell of a time. The conversation goes far and wide as the guys talk about tales of 2000ad, the lore and legends of Slaine, Pats unique take of superheroes in the cult classic Marshal Law and the untapped mine of gems that is the European graphic novel market. Thats only the tip of the iceberg too. Seriously, theres so many great stories and fantastic knowledge jammed into this episode it might give you a nosebleed! Plus, as always, theres also some great books and events you need to check out too, so get yourself comfortable and soak in 2 hours plus of awesome comic book conversation!

Mentioned in this episode are:Pat Mills,Millsverse,Futureshock! The story of 2000ad,MattSmith,John Hicklenton Billardanelli,Rebellion Publishing, Defoe,Slaine,Glenn Fabry,Simon Davis,The Brutania Chronicles 2,Tain, Marshal Law,Kevin O'Neil,Nemesis the Warlock,Spain Rodriguez,Requiem Vampire Knight,Valerian,Cinebooks, Comixology,Commando Comics,Centrala,Friends,K Michael Russell Colouring Tutorials,Aaargh! It's War: The Best War Comic Art,Story by Robert McKee,Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes

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After a few weeks of con fever, artist extraordinaire Alfie Gallagher joins Vince, Dan and Tony to talk about his 3 issue series Charlatan Tales, his work and influences and the exciting projects he's got coming next. The gang also discuss events using the term comic con and having no comics, have a nice little reminisce about London Super Comic Con (including Dan and Tony's Mike Zeck moment) and so much more! Plus theres more amazing books for you to check out, Dan continues to recover from LSCC, Vince briefly loses his rag and Tony genuinely uses the term 'dig it'.

Mentioned in this episode are:Alfie Gallagher,Alfie's Artwork,Charlatan Tales,Zarjaz,Aces Weekly,Ryan K. Lindsey,Chernobyl: The Zone,Centrala,The Book of Fey,Sian Jefferson,Knockout,SkyWolf,Sinners,Simon Birks,Roy Huteson Stewart,Fanzine Download Site,Save Our Souls Magazine,Wheres North From Here?,Marc Laming Sketchbook,Druid Investigations,Attic Studios,Van Nim,Phil Barratt, Pipedream Comics,A Place to Hang Your Cape,Down the Tubes

If you love our Intro/Outro music, then check out the brilliant Chad Fifer and more of his musical badasseryatwww.chadfifer.bandcamp.com

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