PEOPLE WITH ISSUES Episode 27

I'm guesting on the latest episode of People with Issues, discussing comics with Mr. McGroovy. Amongst the topics are Blade Runner by Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson, Fantastic Four Pocket Book and Hulk Pocket book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Hate by Peter Bagge, Justice League by Keith Giffen and J.M. DeMatteis, Spleenal by Nigel Auchterlounie, and Star Wars Weekly! Have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QezxzLHCZ8k

THAT COMIC SMELL: This Year's Intention Fails, Favourite Reads & Christmas Gift Show Off

The latest episode is now online!

From the website:

"On this episode we get together to discuss our “Intention Fails” and whether we managed to get through our 3 for this year and what we chose for the year ahead.

For those who weren’t there for the first time ‘Intention Fails’ are comics that we bought with every intention of reading but have then sat on the shelf for some time, unread. So we take this time to pick 3 particular titles and attempt to read them in the year. We have done it for roughly 3-4 years now.

Nando, on the other hand, reads his comics as soon as he gets them. SO for him, he was sharing his top reads of 2022. The rest of the gang did this also.

Just as an added extra, we all brought along some comics that we got as gifts over the Christmas period. This was just a chance to show off. They say that “No one likes a show off” Well we love one in this case.

This and all the usual comics chat on…

That Comic Smell!

The Incredible Hulk (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby)

Millar & Pinchin (Leopold Maurer)

Autobiographix (Various Dark Horse Creators)

Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)

Middlewest (Skottie Young, Jorge Corona)

Now (Fantagraphics)

Mome (Fantagraphics)

The Work of Lewis Trondheim

We Told You So: Comics as Art (Tom Spurgeon, Michael Dean)

Minimum Wage (Bob Fingerman)

London's Dark (James Robinson, Paul Johnson)

Alec (Eddie Campbell)

Lobo (Alan Grant, Simon Bisley)

Pogo (Walt Kelly)

Manga Theatre (Akira Toriyama)

Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes (Carl Barks)

Deathlock (Rich Buckler, Doug Moench)

Karl the Viking (Don Lawrence, Ted Cowan)

Garfield (Jim Davis)

Captain Harlock (Levi Matsumoto)

Fists of the North Star (Buronson, Tetsuo Hara)

Blacksad (Juanjo Guarnido, Juan Díaz Canales)

Fantastic Four: Full Circle (Alex Ross)

Emotional World Tour (Paco Roca, Miguel Gallardo)

Xenozoic (Mark Schultz)

Lobo: Convention Special (Alan Grant, Kevin O'neil, Keith Giffen)

Mort Cinder (Alberto Breccia, Héctor Germán Oesterheld)

Weird Western Tales: Jonah Hex (Michael Fleisher, JOhn Albano, Jose Garcia Lopez)

Pocket Thoughts (Anthology)

Liget (Anthology)

Dejects (Jay Stephens)

Crashpad (Gary Panter)

Mechaboys (James Kochalka)

Star Trek: Death Before Dishonour (Peter David, James W. Fry)

Marvel Masters of Suspense (Steve Ditko, Stan Lee)

One More Year (Simon Hanselmann)

Megahex (Simon Hanselmann)

Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam (Simon Hanselmann)

Bad Gateway (Simon Hanselmann)

Seeds and Stems (Simon Hanselmann)

Below Ambition (Simon Hanselmann)

Maison Ikkoku (Ruiko Takahashi)

All The Marvels (Douglas Wolk)

Eightball (Daniel Clowes)

Creepy Creations (Ken Reid)

Dynamite Diva: One Eyed Wild Ride (Jasper Jubenville)

Cosmic Slop #1 (Jordan Barry-Browne)

Blammo #9 (Noah Van Sciver)

Jungleland (Adam Falp)

Calvin and Hobbes: Tenth Anniversary Book (Bill Watterson)"

Have a listen here.

THAT COMIC SMELL: Dinosaur comics

The latest episode is online now.

From the website:

"In a distant time (earlier this year) 4 friends embarked on a Skype journey to chat... Dinosaurs!
Come and listen to us prattle on about bloody dinosaurs. There’s no deeper meaning here. No messages of any kind. Just a good long look and talk about comics that have kool dinosaurs in them.
This and all the usual comics chat on…
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Boring (Noah Van Sciver)
One Dirty Tree (Noah Van Sciver)
A Matter of Life (Jeffrey Brown)
Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
King-Cat No.80 (John Porcellino)
Eye of the Majestic Creature Vol.2 (Leslie Stein)
Blat! #1 (Mat Greaves)
Crossover Classics (Various Marvel and DC)
Bravo for Adventure (Alex Toth)
Jurassic Park (Gil Kane, George Pérez, Walter Simonson)
Tyrant (Stephen Bissette)
Dark Horse Classics Godzilla (Randy Stradley, Art Adams)
Creature features (Art Adams)
Ray Bradbury Comics (Richard Corben, Al Williamson)
Gon (Masashi Tanaka)
The Flash #269 (Cary Bates, Irv Novick)
The Cartoon History of the Universe (Larry Gonick)
Devil Dinosaur (Jack Kirby)
Steve Ditko Reader
Cretaceous (Tadd Galusha)
The Avenging Spider-Man in the Savage Lands (Cullen Bun, Gabriele Dell'Otto)
Predators (Various Accent UK Creators)
Tommysaurus Rex (Doug TenNapel)
Dinosaurs for Hire (Tom Mason)
Dreadlands (Andy Lanning, Steve White, Phil Gascoine)
The War that Time Forgot (Bruce Jones)
Tor (Joe Kubert)
2000 AD: Flesh (Pat Mills, Carl Critchlow)
The Real Prehistoric Beasts (Mike Sedakat)
Marvel Fanfare (Michael Golden, Chris Claremont)
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Amy Reeder, Brandon Montclare, Natacha Bustos)
Axe Cop (Ethan Nicolle, Malachai Nicolle)
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Mark Schultz, Craig Elliot)
Dinosaur Comics (Ryan North)"

THAT COMIC SMELL: Captain America

The new episode is online now.

From the website:

"This time we tackle a very special 80th anniversary of a Joe Simon and Jack ‘The King’ Kirby creation. Yes! It’s CAPTAIN AMERICA!!

We dive into our recollections, past issues, what we still have, what we thought of them and the character and so much more.

We also answer those burning questions that listeners had for us on social media before we started recording.

This and all the usual comics chat on…

That Comic Smell!

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Captain America #414 (Mark Gruenwald, Rik Levins)

Avengers Unconquered (Brian Michael Bendis, Alan Davis)

Avengers Unconquered #7 [Civil War] (Mark Millar, Steven McNiven)

Mighty World Of Marvel #80 (Fabian Nicieza, Tom Grummett)

Marvel Legends #31&32 [Civil War aftermath] (Christos N. Gage, Jeremy Haun)

Captain America & Falcon #213 (Jack Kirby)

Captain America #200 (Jack Kirby)

Captain America Weekly (John Byrne)

Captain America #305 (Mike Carlin, Paul Neary)

Daredevil #233 (Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli)

Truth: Red, White and Black (Kyle Baker, Robert Morales)

Justice League America #47 (Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis)

Fighting American (Joe Simon, Jack Kirby)

Captain America #110&111&113 (Jim Steranko, Stan Lee)

Captain America and The Falcon (Jack Kirby)

Captain America #247-255 (Roger Stern, John Byrne)

Captain America #274 (J.M. DeMatteis, Mike Zeck)

Captain America #286 (J.M. DeMatteis, Mike Zeck)

Captain America Annual #8 (J.M. DeMatteis, Mike Zeck)

Captain America #1 - 21 (Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, Steve Epting, Mike Perkins)

Marvel Vault

Secret Wars"

THAT COMIC SMELL: Read Me Forever!

The new episode is online now.

From the website:

"On today’s episode we covers those pages/comics in which we constantly come back to. The ones we set aside even though we have a huge reading pile to get through. The ones that we jumps to when thinking about comics. The show offs. The utter loves. The ones that are FOREVER!
We also go into quite a large list this time of comics that we have got a hold of, bought or have been reading recently.
This and all the usual comics chat on…
That Comic Smell!

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Star Trek DC (Mike Barr, Tom Sutton, Ricardo Villagra)
This Was 2020 (Peter Conrad)
Batman: Strange Apparitions (Steve Englehart, Marshal Rogers, Len Wein, Walt Simonson)
Bubbles Fanzine #9 (Brian Baynes)
Please Don't Step on my Jnco Jeans (Noah Van Sciver)
King-Cat Classix (John Porcellino)
Tarzan (Burne Hogarth)
King Kirby: Jack Kirby y el mundo del cómic (José Joaquín Rodríguez)
Bone (Jeff Smith)
Watchmen (Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons)
Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (Al Williamson, Archie Goodwin)
The Incredible Hulk (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby)
Spider-man/Venom (Todd McFarlane)
Transformers: Stargazing (Simon Furman, Jeff Anderson, Stephen Baskerville)
Hellblazer: Original Sins (Jamie Delano, John Ridgway)
Thor: Blood Oath (Scott Kolins, Michael Avon Oeming)
X-MAN (Steve Skroce, Terry Kavanagh)
Battle Angel Alita (Yukito Kishiro)
Fued (Mike Barron, Mark Nelson)
The Hulk vs Doc Samson: Marvel Annual (John Byrne
Dragonball Z vol.2 (Akira Toriyama)
One Piece Vol.1 (Eiichiro Oda)
Excalibur (Chris Claremont, Alan Davis)
V for Vendetta (Alan Moore, David Lloyd)
Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
Blacksad (Juan Díaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido)
The Death of Superman (Dan Jurgens, Jerry Ordway, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern & various)
Follow Me In (Katriona Chapman)
CYDO (John Tucker)"

ZINE LOVE - SMALL (PRESS) OAKS

 
Iestyn Pettigrew asked me questions about my influences and inspirations over at Zine Love website.

I mention Peter Bagge, Blade Runner, Bugs Bunny, Comic Books are Burning in Hell, Danger Mouse, Steve Howe, Tim Kelly, Jack Kirby, James Kochalka, The Police, Treehouse, Carol Tyler, and Al Williamson.

Have a look here.

THAT COMIC SMELL: Comics aimed at children

The new episode is online now.

From the web:

"On this brand new episode of That Comic Smell we are still coming to you remotely. This time we just get right into it. We did have a chat beforehand but that was just between us about something coming very soon… But you’ll have to wait to see what it is.
In this we tackle “Comics aimed at Children”, we didn’t go massively in depth but just touched some of our favourites, and had a brief chat about what classes as all ages and should the libraries review how the classify comics ages.

This and all the usual comics chat on…

That Comic Smell!

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Adventure Time (Various, Pendleton Ward)
Animaniacs
Asterix (Albert Uderzo, René Goscinny, Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad)
Babysitters Club (Raina Telgemeier, Gale Galligan)
Batman: Gotham Adventures (Ty Templeton, Rick Burchett, Terry Beatty)
Be Prepared (Vera Brosgol)
Beano
Beezer
Bone (Jeff Smith)
Broons and Oor Wullie
Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
Count Duckula
Crunch
Dandy
Dear Justice League (Michael Northrop, Gustavo Duarte)
Dick Tracy (Chester Gould)
Dino Riders
Disneytime
Dragonball (Akira Toriyama)
Fantastic Four (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby)
Fantasy Sports No.1 (Sam Bosma)
Fast Forward (Various)
Franklin Richards: Not-So-Secret Invasion (Chris Eliopoulos, Marc Sumerak)
He-man
Hilda (Luke Pearson)
Hoot
Jungle Book (Gil Kane, Mary Jo Duffy, Craig Russel)
Little Heroes Anthology (Various)
Lookin (Various)
Looney Tunes
Lucky Luke (René Goscinny, Morris)
Mini Marvels (Chris Giarrusso)
Nutty
Panini Pocket Books (Marvel)
Peanuts (Charles Schultz)
Pokemon
Popeye (IDW Reprint)
Roland Rat Annuals
Science Comics: Dogs (Andy Hirsch)
Simpsons
Sisters (Raina Telgemeier)
Smile (Raina Telgemeier)
Space Ghost (Alex Toth)
Spike
Spirou & Fantasio (Various)
Thundercats
Tin Tin (Hergé)
Topper
Transformers
Visionaries
Wild Lives (Claire Hubbard)
World of Quest (Jason t. Kruse)
X-men Adventures"

THAT COMIC SMELL: The Top Three Creators of All Time

The latest episode is online now.

This was a livestream video as part of the online SparkCon held over the weekend by Aaron Rackley and Fair Spark Books.

Have a watch on YouTube here.

THAT COMIC SMELL: Remote Meet Up

Latest episode is up now!

From the web:

“What the hell is an internet?”
Hello everyone. That Comic Smell is joining the ranks of many other fine podcasts by going remote. Yes, we are unfortunately stuck like this for the next while so hope you all don’t mind our attempt at chatting over Skype. We finally get a chance to catch up and chat some good old fashioned comics. What we’ve been reading whilst stuck in doors. How we are all getting on with being indoors. How there are silver linings to every bad situation and a lot less chomping. None of us had any food. No Biscuits. No tea. It’s not right!

As a little bonus, head across to our Twitter (@ThatComicSmell) to get a daily recommendation from our very own Fernando (#NandosComicOfTheDay)

This and all the usual comics chat on…

That Comic Smell!

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Important Literary Journal (Kyle Baker)
Tetris (Box Brown)
Follow Me In (Katriona Chapman)
I am C3PO (Anthony Daniels)
Pyongyang (Guy Delisle)
Beam Me Me Up Scotty (Jimmy Doohan)
Ellerbisms (Marc Ellerby)
The Hulk #161 (Herb Trimpe, Steve Englehart)
Atomic Hercules (Tony Esmond, Adam Falp)
Whatever Happened To The World of Tomorrow (Brian Fies)
Apollo (Matt Fitch, Chris Baker, Mike Collins)
Kora (Chris Geary)
The Eternals (Jack Kirby)
Kamandi #23 (Jack Kirby)
The Sculptor (Scott McCloud)
Rom (Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema)
Be Pure. Be Vigilant. Behave. (Pat Mills)
The Hands of Shang Chi - Master of Kung Fu (Mike Zeck, Doug Moench)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill)
Bell Time (David Robertson)
Secret Wars (Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck)
Kai and the Monkey King (Joe Todd Stanton)
Goblins 2 (Sloth Comics)

THAT COMIC SMELL: Holy Grails and Intention Fails

The latest episode is online now.

From the web:

“If at first you don’t succeed, wait a couple years and come back to it I guess ”
Hello! Hello! Welcome to another edition of That Comic Smell. This time we are discussing the books that we have sought after. The ones that have sat on the shelves with a proverbial halo around them and angel chorus. We are talking about our absolute holiest of “Holy Grails” but in the same breath we are also discussing the ones that have sat on our shelves dormant and unused, waiting for us just to pick them up one day and actually flick through without putting them straight back and declaring them “Intention Fails”

This and all the usual comics chat on…

That Comic Smell!

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Mike: Holy Grails
• De Cape et de Crocs (Cloak and Fangs) (Alain Ayroles, Jean-Luc Masbou)
• Marvel Heroes Annual
• Secret Wars #1
• Captain America #308

Nando: Holy Grails
• Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salted Sea by Hugo Pratt
• Kamandi omnibus by Jack Kirby
• The Contract with God trilogy by Will Eisner
• From Thorgal by Van Hamme and Rosinski : Arachnea, The Blue Plague, The Kingdom beneath the Sun, The barbarian, Kriss of Valnor, The Sacrifice, Los tres ancianos del pais de Aran, La galera negra.
• From Blueberry by Charlier and Giraud: Sombras sobre Tombstone, OK Corral, Los montes de la supersticion, Dust, Geronimo el apache.
• Master of Kung-Fu issues: 59,60,64,66,68,71,72,74-76,79-82,97-101

David: Holy Grails
• Black Hole [La Trou Noir] (Jack Kirby) (GOT!)
• Incredible Hulk #1 (Stan Lee/Jack Kirby)
• Star Wars Contemporary Motivators (Linda A.Cadrain/Charles Nicholas)
• Original art: Kirby page from Hulk.

Giuseppe: Holy Grails
• belt up - thelwell's motoring manual
• Valiant or vulcan annual
• Groo the Wanderer, 1 to 3, 5 to 8, 10 and a few more...
• other Aragones stuff i'm missing such as a few Louder Than Words and a few Actions Speak
• Some master of kung fu from Gulacy period
• Missing Vigilantes 19, 25 and 50 of this series www.comics.org/series/2728/
• Sandman 1 to 4, 6, 74 and 75. issue 1 cheapest on ebay just now £35 i think, then it's up to 90 and up
• some shade the changing man

Tom: Holy Grails

• All Calvin and Hobbes! (GOT!!)
• An original Calvin and Hobbes page
• The Complete works of Paco Roca
• The Fourth World Series
• Eightball (Dan Clowes)
• Omega Men #3

All of our Intention Fails:

Potugal (Cyril Pedrosa)
Blankets (Craig Thomson) [COMPLETED! YAS GIUSEPPE! ;) )
Killing and Dying (Adrian Tomine)
Secret History Omnibus Vol.1 (Jean-Pierre Pécau, Igor Kordey, Carole Beau, Marshall Dillon)
Joe Kubert Presents (Various DC + Joe Kubert)
The Dumbest Idea Ever (Jimmy Gownley)
Last Gig in Shnagrlig (Gilbert Shelton)
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? (Brian Fies)
Black Hole [La Trou Noir] (Jack Kirby)
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage (Sydney Padua)
King (Ho Che Anderson)
Flesh: The Dino Files (Various 2000AD)
Marvel Super-Heroes Omnibus (Various Marvel)
JLA: Year One (Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, Barry Kitson)
Robin: Year One (Chuck Dixon, Scott Beatty, Javier Pulido, Marcos Martin)
Batman: Black and White (Various DC)

MOUNT A RESCUE cover pencils

My upcoming comic is called Mount a Rescue.

A title I like the sound of, should it really be "Mount a rescue... mission"? Is it a mispronunciation of Mountain rescue? In any case, when it came to thinking about what to put on the cover, I had to consider the fact that last year I put out But a Dream!, which has a mountaineer on the cover.

So that was out. I decided after a while on pulling four images from the stories inside, maybe a bit like the style of the Kirby painting I did.

Then I thought about those movie posters with a plethora of characters for the likes of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the Marvel superhero films. I was always amazed they make movie posters that look like 1990s Marvel comics.

So I decided to do something in the style of those for Mount a Rescue's cover.

Here are the pencils, completed today.

102: A TRIBUTE TO JACK KIRBY

Adam Falp, creator of The Fragment, has put together a 28 Page tribute book to Jack Kirby.

It contains work from Adam himself, James Corcoran, Tom Curry, Paul Harrison-Davies, Daryl Forpe, Charles Glaubitz, Matt Grant, Sarah Harris, Graham Hicks, Sandy Jarell, Lukasz Kowalczuk, Iain Laurie, Eric McDuck, Paul Jon Milne, Finn Moxon, Xamie Navarro, Russell Mark Olsen, Russell Payne, Luke Ridge, Owen Sherwood, Son Of Ken, Dan White, and more!

I'm in there too! A reproduction of panels from one of my very favourite Hulk pages:

The book is available now from Adam's webstore, with all proceeds being donated to The Kirby Museum. 

More details can be found here.

THAT COMIC SMELL #50 - Creator Conversation With... David Robertson

The latest podcast is online now.

From the web:

“My next guest has starred in such things as…”
This is a new stage in evolution for TCSPod. A new type of episode in which Tom sits down with creators and asks them questions to find out a little more about the creators themselves. A bit more than just their amazing work. We all love comic creators but let’s be honest, we are all rather nosey and would love to find out about them. This is the prime opportunity.
The first guest keeps it all familiar by being our very own, Fred Egg Comics himself, David Robertson. Come take a journey through some of David’s other hobbies, his music tastes, thoughts on ghosts and so much more.
This and all the usual comics chat on the only comics podcast to totally not rip off Richard Herring’s emergency questions. Not in the slightest…
That Comic Smell!
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THAT COMIC SMELL 46: Film & TV Tie-Ins/Adaptations

The new episode of the podcast is online now here.

From the web:

"The Book Is Better!”
We have all seen the films based on comic books. I mean hell, Marvel is more films than comics these days. What about the comics that are based, tied in with, continuing on, adapted from films and Television Shows. Well we grab every available one that we own and pass them round like there’s no tomorrow. There are some absolute crackers here and some tasty rarities to wrap your ears around. From cartoons and adventure heroes. To space age horror and life stories. You won’t want to miss the picks this time around.

This and all the usual comics chat on the only podcast to come on both Betamax AND laser disc...

That Comic Smell!

(Some of the titles discussed)
Wolf's Rain (Bones, Keiko Nobumoto, Toshitsugu Lida)
Scooby Apocalypse (Keith Giffen, J.M.Dematteis, Howard Porter, Hi-Fi)
Green Lantern/Space Ghost (Tynion IV, Sebela, Olivetti)
Suicide Squad/Banana Splits (Bedard, Caldwell, Morales)
The Flintstones (Russel, Pugh, Chuckry)
Wacky Raceland (Pontac, Manco, Sanzone)
The Tick (Marc Silvia, Mychailo Kazybrid)
The Simpsons (Various)
Jurassic Park (Walt Simonson, Gil Kane, George Perez)
X-Men 2 (Brian K Vaughan, Tom Mandrake)
Star Wars (Cassiday, Aaron)
Looney Tunes (Various)
Spider-Man Adventures (Nelyomtov, Alex Saviuk)
Rick&Morty (Various)
Ren & Stimpy (Dan Slott, Mike Kazaleh)
Star Trek TNG (Michael Jan Friedman, Kevin Ryan, Chuck Frazier)
Batman (Dennis O'Neil, Jerry Ordway)
Batman Returns (Dennis O'Neil, Steve Erwin)
Batman Adventures (Kelley Aukett, Martin Pasko, Brad Rader, Ty Templeton)
The Man With No Name (Christos Gage, Wellington Dias)
Red Dwarf (Various)
Aliens (Various)
Godzilla age of Monsters (Various)
Adventure Time (Various)
Batman 66 (Jeff Parker, Jonathan Case, Ty Templeton)
Inu Yasha (Rumiko Takahashi)
Transformers/Visionaries (Magdalene Visaggio, Fico Ossio)
The A-Team (Jim Salicrup, Marie Sevrin)
Freaks (Jim Woodring, Francisco Solano Lopez)
Star Trek Enterprise Logs (Various)
American Splendor: Our Movie Year (Various)
Metropolis (Christophe Girard)
2001 A Space Odyssey (Jack Kirby)
Futurama (Various)
Futurama/Simpsons (Various)
Star Trek: Countdown (Various)
Steven Universe (Jeremy Sorese, Coleman Engle)
Future Quest (Jeff Parker, Evan "Doc" Shaner, Steve Rude)
Star Wars Classic (Various)
Alien (Archie Goodwin, Walt Simonson)
Indiana Jones (John Byrne, Terry Ouston)"

COMIC SCENE THE PODCAST Episode 8

I'm a guest on the latest episode of Comic Scene the Podcast.

In it I talk about The Incredible Hulk Annual 1980, and Soldier's Heart by Carol Tyler. The show was recorded just after I'd had the idea to put together my 1990s comic But a Dream!, so it's nice to have my initial burst of enthusiasm recorded.

Here's information from Phillip Vaughan at the website:

"In this episode I chat to David Robertson who runs Fred Egg Comics, and is a member of the 'That Comic Smell' podcast team. I also chat to Ian Wheeler, current Comic Scene writer, and the creator of the fondly regarded Eagle Flies Again fanzine. Ian has recently been published in Doctor Who Magazine, issue 536. Special guest starring Ian's cat!"

It's online now. Have a listen here.

THAT COMIC SMELL 36: Giant Size 2019 Annual (Bronze Age Top 3)

The new episode of That Comic Smell is now online.

Have a listen at iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube.

From the web:
""Look out Gotham! The Joker’s back in town!"
We're back and bigger than ever! After a large bout of sickness, festive down time and technical problems we come to you with this Bumper Giant Size Episode. We begin by answering some VERY interesting twitter questions from listeners. Which takes us nicely into showing off our Christmas pressies/swag to each other. Some have more than others and we go all out to try and make each other jealous.
If that wasn’t enough for you, we even had a main topic of our Top 3 Bronze Age comics! As we find out though, we barely scratch the surface on such an iconic and defining era in comic history. That doesn’t stop us completely smothering ourselves in bronze-age goodness and sharing some incredible favourites.

This and all the usual comics chat on the only comics podcast that one day would love to be sponsored by a biscuit. I mean I think we eat enough…

That Comic Smell!"

THE BEANS PODCAST

I'm the guest on the latest episode of The Beans Podcast.
Have a listen here.

Information from the website:
"Once a month we bring a guest into the studio hear stories from them about their work! This month it is maker of comics; DAVID ROBERTSON!
Here are a couple of links where you can explore his work:
www.fredeggcomics.com/
twitter.com/FredEggComics
If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com
Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias).
Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/"

KIRBY & ME

My Kirby 100 painting (discussed here) is now being exhibited online at the Kirby & Me website.

Have a look here.

THAT COMIC SMELL: Jack Kirby Appreciation continued...

The new episode of That Comic Smell is now online.

Have a listen at iTunes, Soundcloud and YouTube.

From the website:

“We continue our appreciation for Jack one more time.

We discuss what the publishers have done for his birthday celebrations. Also what some of our particular "Best" moments of Kirby are.

We run as a 3 man team for about the first 20 minutes waiting for everyone else to arrive, in the time we talk about the great "Ann Nocenti" , the general layout and folks that were at the Glasgow comic con. We also speak about the elusive Previews catalogue and Giuseppe has a run in with a mystery shop online.

All this and more on the only podcast to bring you Kirby crackle in the ears... think about how that works for a second.

That Comic Smell!!”

THAT COMIC SMELL: Valerian / Jack Kirby

Two new episodes of the podcast are now online.

Episode 13: Valerian

From the website:

"In this episode the folks here talk "Valerian" The comic series created by Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mézières.

We go into the likes and dislikes of the series, what other projects the series inspired and whether they think it will make for an interesting film.

We weren't long back from the Glasgow comic-con in July, so we talk about the various books and goodies we acquired whilst there.

Plus! There is an added bonus review from our very own Tom at the end.

So plug in those headphones. Get ready to ride the podcast roller-coaster to the wonderful world of comics.

That Comic Smell!

*Music: Domiciles - Nothing's Ever Changed in the Whole Time That I've Been Here*

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Some of the other titles we discussed:

The Mighty Women of Science (Claire Forrest, Fiona Gordon)

Dragon Ball Super (Akira Toriyama)

Toxoplasmosis, Parasites, Sleeping Sickness (Jaime Hall, Edward Ross, University of Glasgow)

Hot Schitt (Gordon Johnston)

Misc Fits, Hourly Comic Day 2017+2016 (Sammy Borras)

DTH RTL II, DTH (Bob Turner)

Left (Steve Ingram)

Sol (Rebecca Horner)

Video Games for Good (Various Artists Compiled by Claire Hubbard)

Space Captain (Michael Park, Chris Baldie, Dave Morrow)

Modern Slorance: The Canada Issue (Neil Slorance)

Digital Memories (Norrie Millar)

RASL (Jeff Smith)

The Bionic Man (Kevin Smith)

Superman Blue+Red (Dan Jurgens)

Leaf (Daishu Ma)

Reworking Walter Scott (Various Artists)

Sea Creatures: Reef Madness (Christophe Cazenove, Thierry Jytery)

Rostam: Tales for the Shahnameh (Bruce Bahmani, Karl Altstaetter)

Settle Petal (Alfie Pound)

The Demon (Garth Ennis, John McRea)

Boy Commandos (Jack Kirby, Joe Simon)

Love Bites (Zu Dominiak)

Transformers Collection (Various)

Kids Are Weird (Jeffery Brown)

Terra Obscura (Alan Moore, Peter Hogan, Yanick Paquette, Karl Stor)

Daredevil #283 August 1990 (Ann Nocenti, Mark Bagley, Al Williamson)

Valiant 1966 (Various)

Providence (Alan Moore, Jacen Burrows)

The Amazing Spider-man Annual 21 (David Michelinie, James Shooter, Paul Ryan, Vince Colletta)"

Episode 14: Jack Kirby

From the website:
"Happy 100th Birthday Jack! From all of us here at "That Comic Smell"

I'm sure I speak for the world of comics when saying that, without you the comic world would not be what it is today and possibly wouldn't even exist. You were a creation genius and an inspiration to everyone and anyone within comics, whether they know it or not.

In this episode we talk all things Kirby. There is not much more to say except to sit back and absorb all the Kirby chat.

We are also joined by an extremely special guest: Comic Artist, creator and all round good guy Mr. Dan McDaid.

Enjoy Folks.

*Music: Chart Smasher - Play*

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