Mega City Book Club

Mega City Book Club


Latest Episodes

249: Night of the Devil
January 27, 2024

Jim O'Brien joins the book club to introduce me to the work of the great European comic book artist Hugo Pratt. We start with the Night of the Devil collection from the Treasury of British Comics, and

248: The Marvels and Aquaman 2
January 20, 2024

Conrad and I have been back to the movies to see two recent comic book movies and we chat about them with minor spoilers both above and below the waves! SpaceSpinner2000 will return very soon so pleas

247: Hewligan's Haircut
January 13, 2024

Be careful when choosing a new hairstyle just in case you end up causing a madcap reality storm as detailed in a wonderful collaboration between Peter Milligan and Jamie Hewlett. 2000AD writer James P

246: Helltrekkers
December 30, 2023

Peter Adamson from Where Eagles Dare is back to accompany me on a Helltrek through the Cursed Earth. Watch out for dinosaurs, acid rain, lava, and mutant mayhem along the way! Get your copy from the 2

245: Death's Head
December 16, 2023

David Nolan is a new member of the book club. He helps me finish a discussion started in episode 243 with the continuing adventures of a Freelance Peacekeeping Agent in his own series. Just don't call

244: Petrol Head
December 09, 2023

Rob Williams is well known for his wonderful writing for 2000AD, Marvel, DC and Doctor Who comics, and now is the co-creator with Pye Parr of a great new comic called Petrol Head. We chat about the cl

243: Transformers
December 02, 2023

I met up with Michael Crowder at the Thought Bubble convention to tick off another British comic cunningly disguised as a giant robot. And we discuss some great work by Simon Furman, Geoff Senior, Jef

242: Hardware and The Valley of Gwangi
November 25, 2023

Luke Williams joins the film club to discuss the first ever feature based on a 2000AD storyline, and then to take us to a hidden valley in a movie that Uncle Pat must have seen at some point. Conrad w

241: Rat Pack
November 18, 2023

Paul Trimble returns to discuss the Rat Pack's adventures in a Titan collection from 2012. Join the Battle Fans Facebook group for more great war comics, and follow the Enniskillen comic fest for info

240: Requiem Vampire Knight
November 04, 2023

Troy Martin joins the book club to help me explore the success of Pat Mills in European comics, and to look at Olivier Ledroit's sumptuous artwork on Requiem Vampire Knight. Check it out on the Millsv