Episode 32- Ian Rankin

We are proud to of had crime novelist Ian Rankin on this episode. The creator of the Rebus novels, he came on to chat about his career, his love of comics and in particular his work with Sean Phillips on the Trace of the Great War anthology coming out this October. He will be at the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival this year as well along with a whole host of Scottish creators.

Art work by Sean Phillips

We review the crime comics She Died at Terrabone by Kevin Chruch and T J Kirsch and Batman A Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. We also look at the new Lorenzo Etherington book How to Think When You Draw and the Lakes Festival book 24 By 7 which you can win this episode in an exclusive competition (closes on 28/7/18) .

Pete has an interview with Adam Smith from Mixam Printing about the work they do printing comics and how easy it is to use their system. Mike reviews Ian Rankins Dark Entries, a John Constantine comic.

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Discussed in this episode is the comedy writing workshop in Kendal and the Comic Art Festival Academic Sessions.

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Contributions by Mike Williams (@CthulhuPunk) and Pete Taylor (@thismanthispete).
Title Music: Don’t Fool Yourself by Pop Noir

Episode 31- Macc Pow 2018

This episode is sponsored by Goof! comics. Get two months free for a limited time only using this link. That’s twelve comics for the price of ten for a limited time only.

This episode we visited Macc Pow in Macclesfield which is now in it’s 3rd year. Nikki stood behind the table selling comics for the first time and I had a great chat with many wonderful creators. These included Nick Brokenshire, David Leach, Lew Stringer, Rick Eades, Dr Sarah McNicol, Floating Rock Comics, Jacob Phillips, Elanaor Crewes, Emma Donnelly,  James Chapman and of course Marc Jackson the director of Macc Pow and creator of the new Goof comic (sadly a few didn’t record correctly. Sorry to those creators).

We review Matt Garvey’s Red Rocket Comet and Olivier Kuglers Escaping Wars and Waves. Mike takes a holiday but Pete’s here to talk all about funny comics.

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Thank you for listening.
http://www.comicartpodcast.uk
Twitter: @comicartfestpod
Facebook: ComicArtPodcast
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Also on YouTube
Find all about the festival at http://www.comicartfestival.com
Logo designed by Pete Taylor at http://www.thismanthispete.com
Contributions by Mike Williams (@CthulhuPunk) and Pete Taylor (@thismanthispete).
Title Music: Don’t Fool Yourself by Pop Noir