This week the Comic Cast sits down to have a chinwag with Gar Shanley & Cathal Duggan otherwise known as the creators of the rather hilarious satirical comic - Windell: Superhero Showcase. We discuss Shandley’s earlier comics – All Rise and Fugger, Duggan’s recent return to drawing, their work together on The Living Proton for the GOAL comics anthology, their background in film and of course, the future of Windell comics!
Download Link: The Comic Cast 07/07/09
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It may be summer but the Comic Cast don’t take no holidays. We’ve spent all week reading comics and drinking sangria in the park in in order to review Fred Van Lente and Dennis Calero’s X-Men Noir, Brian Michael Bendis’ Halo: Uprising, Grant Morrison’s Final Crisis, Matt Forsythe’s ojingogo. Not to mention a veritabal feast of new Irish comics including Peter Loftus and Deirdre De Barra’s Downpour, Hilary Lawlors’ Superhilbo! #1, The Longstone Comics Anthology #2 and John Robbins’ The Monkey-Head Complaint / Inside Outsiders. We also lock heads over Terminator Salvation as well as discussing the latest comics news including BOOM! Studios new comic Die Hard: Year one with art by our very own Stephen Thompson, the triumphant return of Spiderman: Clone Saga and Spidey’s arrival on the boards of Broadway no less! So put on your shades – this one is going to be bright.
Download Link: The Comic Cast 23/06/09
Bob Byrne, the Mack Daddy of Irish comics, has only up and left to sunny Spain for good! But before he left, as he packed his suitcase with sun tan and shades, the Comic Cast met up with the creator of Mr. Amperduke, Twisted Tales in 2000AD, The Shiznit and of course, MBLEH! for one final hooray to see what was on his mind as he was leaving the country. Bon voyage Mr. Byrne!
Download Link: The Comic Cast 09/06/09
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Ahoy Comic Casters! Climb onboard this weeks sea worthy show for reviews of Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A Drifting Life, Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 3: Century: 1910, Barbara Randall Kesel’s Legends of the Dark Crystal Volume 1: The Garthim Wars, Mike Carey’s Unwritten #1, Guy Delisle’s Burma Chronicles and Joseph Larkin’s Arcade of Cruelty. Then we’ll be stearing the ship back to Ireland for some reviews of two brand new Irish comics – Gar Shanley and Salvo’s Windell Classics Compendium and Paul Maxell’s A Murdering Spree and then it’s off to Animation Island to get the low down on Coraline 3D and also Studio AKA’s adaptation of Oliver Jeffers children’s book Lost and Found on DVD. And finally we pick out the jewels of the (News) Treasure Chest to talk about the latest in casting of Kenneth Branagh’s Thor and Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet comic and we promise no more nautical references from here on in! Yar. ahem.
Download Link: The Comic Cast 26/05/09
The last time the Comic Cast did acid we went insane . . . and interviewed anti-folk singer/songwriter and comic book artist Jeffrey Lewis! Lewis has several great albums under his belt including City & Eastern Songs with his brother Jack, 12 Crass Songs - a collection of songs by the anarchist punk band Crass, reworked by Jeffrey, not to mention his brand new album EM ARE I. His comic book series Fuff is currently on it’s seventh issue. We met up with Jeffrey before his gig in Dublin to talk about his comics, his thesis on Watchmen and doing live music videos on stage. Enjoy!
(Since this interview is a bit shorter than usual, we also review X-Men Origins: Wolverine and dish out some bang-up-to-date Irish comics news)
Download Link: The Comic Cast 12/05/09
It’s time to play the music, it’s time to light the lights, it’s time to meet Comic Casters on the Comic Cast tonight! On this weeks strawberry jam-packed show we review Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone: The After Hours & The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street, Roger Langridge’s The Muppet Show issue #1, Brian Wood’s Local, Lemony Snicket’s The Composer is Dead and Paul Hornschemeier’s Mother, Come Home (hardback re-release) not to mention Irish comics including Luke F’s Tweet, Philip Barrett’s Matter #11 / Blackshapes new version, and Paddy Lynch’s Stop Gap. We also have a vault of Irish and international comics news that we dive into ala Scrooge McDuck, including a preview of Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A Drifting Life ! Tuck in!
Download Link: Comic Cast 28/04/09
This week the Comic Cast sat down to chat with four peeps from the Irish small-press comic scene – Philip Barrett (Matter, Blackshapes, Lint, Gazebo) , Katie Blackwood (The Linguistic Goat, The Girl Who Wanted To Be A Raindrop, The Elephant and the Top Hat) , Ronan Kennedy (Mindpuss volume 1) and Paddy Lynch (The Last Bus, In The Aquarium, You Can Never Return). We discuss their work and see what makes em’ tick! Enjoy.
Download Link: The Comic Cast 14/04/09
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Here at the Comic Cast we have two great loves. Comics and music. And whiskey. Ok, three great loves. So we thought how can we combine these loves together in one monstrous podcast. The answer? A mixtape where every single track has to relate to comics! It wasn’t easy. More often than not we just ended up playing Seal’s ‘Kiss from a rose’ on repeat but there’s no keeping us down when you introduce our third great love . . . And so here it is, for your listening delight, Comic Cast Mix Tape #1!
Download Link: Comic Cast Mix Tape 07/04/09
If there’s one place you can be guaranteed there won’t be any naked pictures of the Taoiseach it’s right here on the Comic Cast. But what we can guarantee you this week is an absolutely stellar show where we review Mark Millar’s MARVEL 1985, Rich Koslowski’s Three Fingers, Brian Michael Bendis’ Powers, Geoff Johns’ Superman: Brainiac as well as a hot from the printers review of new Irish comic Mindpuss volume 1 by Ronan Kennedy. If that wasn’t enough we also speak to Bob Byrne about his new webcomic spectacular Spazzmoid and we give our verdict on the companion film to Watchmen – Tales of the Black Freighter as well as a round-up of comics news goings on!
Download Link: The Comic Cast 31/03/09
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‘Tales of the Black Freighter’ trailer
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ trailer
‘Broken Sword’ Wii game trailer (with Dave Gibbons art)
The Abyss (new comic from Looseville man Alan Moloney)
‘Nite Owl Dark Roast’ – genius Watchmen merchandise continues
This week the Comic Cast is delighted (and slighty aroused) to be talking to not one, but SIX of Ireland’s top comic artists. Seated at the table are Stephen Mooney (Angel; After the Fall), Stephen Thompson (Star Trek; New Frontier, Presidential Material: John McCain), Nick Roche (Transformers, Doctor Who), Will Sliney (Farscape), Bob Byrne (Mr. Amperduke, 2000AD) and Declan Shalvey (Frankenstein, Hero Killers). We’re obliged to tell you that several comments are made during the podcast which you may find offensive or, if you’re anything like us, will enduce you to weep salty tears of excruciating laughter. This one’s a real gem. Enjoy!
Download Link: The Comic Cast 17/03/09
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The Comic Cast is an Irish based show about comic books - from the heroes of DC & Marvel to the anti-heroes of Fantagraphics and Drawn & Quarterly and beyond. Hosted by Craig O'Connor and Liam Geraghty, the show comes out fortnightly alternating between comics news and discussion and interviews with mainly Irish comic creators, illustrators and animators.
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