Podcast 58 - The Louvre Collection

This week we look at the Louvre's very own comics range in detail. Plus special guest Chris tells us about ELCAF, there's a diversion about Shakira, and Roger liberally marinades his crotch.

We covered:

• Descender - Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen
• Stickleback - Ian Eddington and D’Israeli
• Mooncakes - Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
• Family Man - Dylan Meconis

Louvre Collection

• Rohan at the Louvre - Hirohiko Araki
• Cruising Through the Louvre - David Prudhomme
• The Museum Vaults - Marc-Antoine Mathieu
• An Enchantment - Christian Durieux
• Glacial Period - Nicolas De Crecy
• Phantoms of the Louvre - Enki Bilal

Special guest star ELCAF special review special:

• Veripathy - Andy Poyiadgi
• Kadak Collective:
  • The Same Everywhere - Aarthi Parthasarathy, Kaveri Gopalakrishnan
  • My Secret Crop - Kaveri Gopalakrishnan
  • Cat Disco - Rebecca K. Jones
  • On the trail - Anna Ring (Estonian Comics Collective)
  • Blob Squad - Kristyna Baczynski
  • Internal Wilderness - Claire Scully
  • Artificial Flowers - Rachael Smith

Podcast 41 - Warren Ellis' Spies

In the run-up to Warren Ellis' James Bond comics launch, we look at the espionage highlights of Weird Uncle Warren. The man writes about the fallout and faded glory of the intelligence agencies with a weird panache. Plus new releases and the end of Hawkeye, because we're good to ya.

We read:

• Empty Zone - Jason Shawn Alexander
• Aama - Frederick Peeters
• Parallel Lines - Richard Swan
• Hawkeye - Matt Fraction, David Aja, Matt Hollingsworth
• Island - Brandon Graham et al
• Injection - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire
• Godzilla in Hell - James Stokoe
• Desolation Jones - Warren Ellis, J.H. Williams
• Planetary - Warren Ellis, John Cassady
• SVK - Warren Ellis, D'Israeli, Berg
• Red - Warren Ellis, Cully Hamner
• The Man Who Saved Britain - Simon Winder

Podcast 26 - Violence (Sorta)

Well, it's about time that we sold out, and we're selling out hard. This episode is brought to you in association with two bottles of Apple and Pomegranite Appletiser and lax morals. It is largely about two bottles of Apple and Pomegranite Appletiser and lax morals. And some comics, which are mentioned below.

• The Complete Wendel - Howard Cruse
• Deadly Class - Rick Remender and Wes Craig
• Roche Limit - Michael Moreci and Vic Malhotra
• Rickey Rouse Has A Gun - Jörg Tittel and John Aggs
• Stickleback - Ian Edginton and D'Israeli
• The Bad Doctor - Ian Williams
• Pregnant Butch - A.K. Summers

Fancy Soup, a horrible series of videos from the Old Internet.

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Podcast Episode 23 - Spies

Spies are everywhere. Probably. They're hard to see and we're paranoid. It's the booze.

There are plenty of fantastic spy comics, running from crazy hi-octane in the campiest, most sci-fi Bond mould to quiet, tense and introspective thrillers. This week we go over some of our favourites and talk some right old nonsense.

This week we covered:

• Nothing is Forgotten - Ryan Andrews
• Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley
• Moon Knight - Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, Jordie Bellaire
• Skim - Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
• Rat Queens - Curtis Weibe and Roc Upchurch
• Judge Dredd: Trifecta - Al Ewing, Simon Spurrier, Rob Williams, Henry Flint, Simon Coleby, D'Israeli, Carl Critchlow
• The Bojeffries Saga - Alan Moore and Steve Parkhouse
• The Coldest City - Anthony Johnston and Sam Hart
• Modesty Blaise - Peter ODonnell and Enric Badia Romero
• Casanova - Matt Fraction, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba
• Secret Avengers - Various
• Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D - Jim Steranko
• Desolation Jones - Warren Ellis and J.H. Williams III
• Global Frequency - Various
• Red - Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner

That book on Bond:

• The Man Who Saved Britain - Simon Winder

And a lovely song with the word "Spies" in the title: