THE AWESOME COMICS PODCAST

Episode 512 - Comics Go to Cloud Town!

This week the ACP tackle the troubles of being a teenager piloting a giant robot, and who better to ask than Daniel McCloskey (Cloud Town)! He talks about the creation of his awesome comic series, narrative choices, artistic influences and his experience amongst a fantastic comic making community. You might just start your own awesome comics community after this one, as well as discovering a new book you can find crowdfunding now. All that and a discussion about the Man of Steel and a whole bunch of amazing indie comics to check out this week!

Great stuff to check out: Daniel McCloskey, Cloud Town, Cliff Cumber, Strange Apparitions, Cartoon County, Glasgow Looking Glass Comic, Lawless Comic Con 2025, High Viz Comic Con, TBH Comics, The Drycleaner, Distinctly British Comics, Badger: Mad Monkey Shock and Roll, Mike Baron, Val Mayorik, Jane Jett, Markosia Comics, I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer, Doug Wagner, Daniel Hilyard, God Hark, San Kyle, Sean Azzopardi, Not Red Deeps

Episode 511 - These Indie Comics Should be BIGGER!

There are some indie comics and characters that have become huge global successes, moved into legend and lets face it, everyone knows about. What about those books and characters that have gone under the radar and should have been as big? Well Alan Henderson (The Penned Guins) joins the ACP gang to discuss what comics you should rediscover, or discover for the first time. We won't let them fade into time and neither should you! Also there is chat about creativity, conventions, great events to check out going forward and of course... lots of COMICS!!

Great stuff to check out: The Best of Indie Comics: Words Only, Pie Press, Cerebus, Concrete, Martha Washington, Frank Miller, Dave Gibbons, Mars, First Comics, Groo, Sergio Aragones, Skeleton Key, Andy Watson, Amaze Inc, Liberty Meadows, Frank Cho, Mike Mauser, Miss Tree, Mike R.Cane, Starblazer, Boneyard, Richard Moore, NBM, The Press Guardian, Green Archer Comics, Allan Liska, The Dry Cleaner, TBH Comics, Tyrant Fall, Tribute Press, Caribou, Francis Todd, Incident Report, ADM Comics, My Sugar Baby: Adventure in Ukraine (Until the War), Lizzie Parsec Episode 4: back in Aelia, Hugh Newell, Penultimate Quest, Lars Brown

Episode 510 - It's a GIANT SIZE Comics Debut!

Its a GIANT SIZE episode in more ways than one this week, as the comics gang talk about and break down the classic issue that is Giant Size X-Men! Alongside that there's talk about their fave x characters, the art of pushing the limits with your work, shock and outrage in comics and brilliant indie books to check out in the days, weeks and month ahead.

Great stuff to check out: Giant Size XMen, The Dry Cleaner, Kill the Bride, Supershow, Kieron Squires, Lawless Comic Con, High Viz Comic Con, Panels, Heart Eyes, Vault, Dennis Hopeless, Victor Ibanez, Manhole, Mandala, Andy Barron, Jim Woodring, Cam Girl

Episode 509 - Building Tyrants and Worlds to Destroy!

Epic comic book storytelling, action and fantastical violence? Yes please! The ACP crew get together with C. Brennan Knight and Max Davenport, the creators of the comic series 'Tyrant Fall', to talk about how the series went from an 8 page anthology piece to an epic action series you NEED to read! Process, collaboration, storytelling, 

Great stuff to check out: Tyrant Fall, C. Brennan Knight, Max Davenport, Travis Charest, Space Girl, Will Eisner, Joe Kubert, Tribute Press, Lawless Comic Con 2025, Comic Mart, High Viz Comic Con, The Drycleaner, TBH Comics, Keiron Squires, Pat Mills, Requiem: Vampire Knight, Nemesis, Bryan Talbot, Face Ache, Leslie Wenlock, Black Ink Comix, Secret Identity Comics, GI Joe, Out of Alcatraz, Long Dark Winter, Bad Beaver Comics, Kit Anderson, Second Shift,

Episode 508 - How Rude are These Toons?

This week the ACP takes a trip to the world of Boo Rudetoons to discover what makes his satirical sexy comics such a great time! Theres chat of the origins to working on corporate IP and choosing to make your own comics, as well as talk about making books without a script and dealing with people judging your work too early, its a chat that goes everywhere and has fun doing it. All that and tons of comics to check out in the weeks ahead!

Great stuff to check out: Boo Rudetoons, Flag Force, Vegan Cave Girl, Marvel UK, Deaths Head, Combat Colin, Jim Balent, Tarot, Ragtime Soldier, Bald Yeti, In Full Disclosure, Jonny Cannon, The Dry Cleaner, TBH Comics, Lawless Comic Con, High Vis Comic Con, Cosmic Slop, Ill Strips, Cloudtown: Friends in Stormy Weather, Daniel McCluskey, Banana Sioule, Michael Sanlaville, The Fist vs Inner Peace, Jordan Kroeger, Black Star, Alien Books

Episode 507 - Reaching Out to New Audiences!

The three amigos get together to talk about how comics reading has changed, and the many different ways that creators old and new can reach their audiences, and create new ones. The debate veers from the ups and downs of social media, the strength of community, the joy of nostalgia, double dipping on webcomics and more. All that and tons of brilliant indie books to check out in your weeks and months ahead!

Great stuff to check out: Tribute Press, Vanguard, Stalkerville, Rising Sand, Ragtime Soldier, The Dry Cleaner, TBH Comic, Kieron Squires, Ken Reynolds, Silence, Vile, Warrick Walker, Erwin Papa, High Viz Festival, Lawless Comic Con 2025, Secret Identity Comics, Collision Comics, The Moon is Following Us, Daniel Warren Johnson, Riley Rossmo, Wulf and Batsy, Bryan Baugh, Axles Infernal, In the Garden of Earthly Delights, Luke Kondor, The Woods, Toast

Episode 506 - Publishing Comics and Living the Line!

With a line of amazing comics being released this year the ACP crew sat down with Sean Michael Robinson of Living the Line Books to talk about all their amazing work. From overlooked manga creators to up and coming illustrators making brain melting comics, this publisher is doing it all, the ACP are loving it and you will too! Its a fascinating, inspiring and joyous discussion about publishing comics you need to hear. All that and tons more comics to discover and check out, so check it out now!

Great stuff to check out: Living the Line, Sean Michael Robinson, Plaza, Translator with No Talent, Mansect, EPHK, Mega City Book Club, Ragtime Soldier, Tribute Press, The Dry Cleaner, TBH Comics, Kieron Squires, Silence, Afterlight Comics, Lawless Comic Con, High Viz Comic Con, Shaolin Grandmaster Killer, Steroid Productions, Thomas Sluzalek, Amazonia, Cinebook, Grommets, Bone Parish, Boom Studios, Cullen Bunn, Gonad the Ballbarian

Episode 505 - What Happened to Our Heroes?

This week the ACP trio delve into the world of heroes and villains in more ways than one. From what we want to see in our heroes in comics, how difficult they are to write and how villains shouldn't be spotlight so much, its a thought provoking discussion that feeds into the second topic of art vs artist - a topic that is worth discussion in so many ways. Theres also chat about the upcoming Absolute Green Lantern, great indie books to check out and what action figure action the hosts would have.

Great stuff to check out: Absolute Green Lantern, Pat Mills, Ragtime Soldiers, Threat Level Omega, Zak Cahill, Tribute Press, Aboner Darkly, Tony Osmond is a Movie Star, Electric Chair, Silence, Afterlight Comics, Lawless Comic Con 2025, High Viz Comic Con, Those Not Afraid, Kyle Starks, Dark Horse Comics, The Hall of the Mad Maggot King, The Angriest Warrior, Kill Train, Mad Cave Comics,

Episode 504 - Discovering a Secret Identity!

The ACP are heading behind the counter of the comic book shop world this week as Andy Smith of Secret Identity Comics joins the gang to talk comics and more! From starting a NEW comic book shop in Chester, Pull Lists, Back Issues, the juggernaut of Absolute Batman and what got him into comics in the first place, this chat has everything. You're going to want to pop to your local comic book store after listening to this one!

Great stuff to check out: Secret Identity Comics, Christian Ward, Absolute Batman, Millennium Comics, My Comic Book Country, Pat Mills, Ragtime Soldier, Gorehaus, ACP Drink and Draw, Alan Purdie, Artem Trakenov, Bubbles #21, Sunday, American Nature, Floating World, Lawless Comic Con 2025, Russell Mark Olsen, The Phantom, Silence, Tribute Press, Call of the Totem, Nectar Comics, Atrocity, Hour of the Wolf, Mad Cave Comics, The Hermit, The Balance Comics, Prairie Dogs #5

Episode 503 - Genre Bending Ways to Beat the Devil!

How do you make a genre-bending comic that involves world war 1, science fiction, westerns and the devil themselves? Well the ACP gang talked to Shane Connery Volk (Nottingham, Prairie Gods) about his creator owned series that defies expectations and demands to be read. From influences, art process to the parallels between writing songs and writing comics. All that AND a bunch of creators and comics to discover in the week ahead? We spoil you, we really do!

Great stuff to check out: Shane Connery Volk, Prairie Gods, Nottingham, Mad Cave Comics, Awesome Comics Drink and Drink, Ragtime Soldier, Pat Mills, Comic Scene, Tribute Press, American Nature Presents #2, Why are You Like This?, Meg Adams, Gorehaus, Ed Piskor, Booty Leg Comix, Don't Sue, Mr Higgins Comes Home, Mike Mignola, Warwick Johnson Cadwell