Uncategorized – Space Spinner 2000

In our thrilling three hundred and twenty-third episode Alex and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 980–83 of 2000AD, covering February & March 1996. This time we’ll reach the bottom of the pit, do brain stuff with Judge Janus, get holy with Canon Fodder, move stealthy with Venus Bluejeans, and get sharky with a debuting Sinister Dexter!
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Check out the awesome Rogue Trooper theme mentioned this episode here!

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Song: How Deep Is Your Love by Take That

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In our thrilling three hundred and twenty-second episode Alex and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 976-979 of 2000AD, covering January & February 1996. This time we’ll go undercover in The Pit, take a dip with Venus Bluegenes, and fight monsters, cultists, and the American political system in Flesh, Darkness Visible, and Kid Cyborg respectively!
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Song: Spaceman by Babylon Zoo

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Oh crud! I forgot to put up the Meggies!

In our mega fifty-eighth episode Eli and Conrad take a break from monthly megazines to reminisce on the whole of the Judge Dredd Megazine for the year 1995. It’s a chance to reflect, review, and give out awards! Welcome to the 1995 Meggies! At the end of every chronological year in our meg timeline we give out awards to the storylines and thrills we liked best over the last year. Stay tuned until the end to hear what’s coming up in 1996 from both the Megazine and our show!

Award Cagatories

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Song: Tomorrow by Silverchair

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In our thrilling three hundred and twenty-first episode (THREE, TWO, ONE, SPACE SPINNER 2000! We’re back!) Alex and Conrad continue their journey through the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with Progs 972-975 of 2000AD, covering December 1995 and January 1006. This time we’re starting our coverage of 1996 by jumping into The Pit, finishing up PARAsites, check in on Luke Kirby, and start new adventures with Flesh and the debuting Kid Cyborg!

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Song: Jesus to a Child by George Michael

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In our mega fifty-sixth episode Eli and Conrad continue their patrol through the world of Judge Dredd with volume three, issues 5 to 8 of the Judge Dredd Megazine, covering September and October of 1995. This episode  we’ll finish adventures with the Three Amigos and Anderson, and start a whole bunch of new demonic stories, including Pan-African judges!

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Song: Lump by The Presidents of the United States of America

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Hi folks, I know we all want to listen to episode 300 of Space Spinner, but it’s taking a little extra time to prepare. Please bear with me for this, and it will be out later this week!

With Strontember a memory and Nortvember still on the horizion, it’s time to pick up our pens and begin the rites of Drokktober! That’s right, the lads at Everything Comes Back to 2000AD have once more created a list of prompts for our artistic enjoyment! I’ll post the prompts here, but definitely chekc out their page as well!

Conrad will be taking part in the event, look for his drawings on both the Space Spinner social media pages, and through the #Drokktober and #Drokktober2020 hashtags! For now check out the fancy sketchbook cover he did!

Reminder! The Starlordathon is the Saturday the 25th of July at 11am UTC. Please check your local time zones and adjust accordingly, or just subscribe to twitch.tv/spacespinner2000 and get a reminder of when we go live!

Need more Space Spinner content in your life and want to help support Fox, Eli, and Conrad? Check out our brand new Patreon Page! Patreon lets you donate money directly to the show, and in return you’ll get show notes, new shows, and a bunch of other rewards. There’s something for every budget! Please check it out at: patreon.com/cradeline, we’d greatly appreciate it! For now, get ready to enjoy the Starlordathon and tonight’s episode of the Judge Dredd Primer!

Only joking! Just a very brief mid-week announcement to provide some updates. Listen to the audio for slighlty more details

1. We’ve got a new show starting Friday, the Judge Dredd Primer. Podcast mastermind Conrad and Big Meg One co-host Eli will run through some of Dredd’s adventures and learn about his world to prepare for the start of the Judge Dredd Megazine! The first in a multi-part series!
2. Just a reminder that the Starlord podcast marathon, or Starlordathon, starts on July 25th at 1100 UTC time. That’s 12 noon in the UK, 11pm in New Zealand, and 4am in California! Subscribe now at twitch.tv/spacespinner2000 so you don’t miss a second!
3. There are a couple kickstarters I’ve following that I think listeners to our podcast would enjoy. Check them out!
   1. The77 Comic Summer Special
   2. Galaxy Grappling Alliance Issue 2
   3. ComicScene History of Comics 1930-2030

Hail, Star-Troopers! On July 25th, at 1100 UTC the team from Space Spinner 2000 will begin a journey like no other! We shall undertake…The Starlordathon!

We’ll recap every issue of the classic British sci-fi comic Starlord, one issue an a hour plus the first Special and Annual, in a 24 hour test of our endurance and our capacity to withstand thrilling action! Starlord is the original home the classic Strontium Dog and Ro-Busters comics, as well as tales of time travel, alternate realities, and space adventure.

The Starlordathon will be broadcast live on our Twitch channel at twitch.tv/spacespinner2000. It will be an exciting adventure, and we hope you’ll come along with us!

Until then, stay alert and WATCH THE STARS!