The Big Bumper Comic Cast Summer Annual
The Comic Cast is back from our summer holidays in Italy! Did you get our postcard? We wished you were there and all that. In between eating pizzas and risking our lives crossing mental Italian roads we still found time to read comics so up for review on this weeks show is Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks, The Losers by Andy Diggle/Jock (we also review the film version), Masterpiece Comics by R. Sikoryak, Jonah Hex: Face Full of Violence by Gray/Palmiotti/Ross/DeZuniga and The Dylan Dog Case Files by Tiziano Slavi. We also give you the low down and dirty on the DVD release of 20th Century Boys – the Japanese film trilogy based on Naoki Urasawa’s acclaimed manga and Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo and give our thoughts on the first episodes in the new series of two of our favourite shows – Futurama and The IT Crowd. And of course we have all the latest comic book news from whose coming to Offset 2010 to the launch of DC’s comic book app. Is there anything else? Hmm. I don’t think so. Oh wait. We talk EXCLUSIVELY to Declan Shalvey in New York about finishing up prematurely as artist on Boom Studios fantastic 28 Days Later comic to work on a comic for a little known comics house. You might have heard of them. They’re called MARVEL. Wink. So brush the sand from your toes cause the Comic Cast is back in town!
Download Link: The Comic Cast 28/06/10
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Links
Comics Reviewed
The Losers by Andy Diggle/Jock
Masterpiece Comics by R. Sikoryak
Jonah Hex: Face Full of Violence by Gray/Palmiotti/Ross/DeZuniga
The Dylan Dog Case Files by Tiziano Slavi
DVD
TV review
Interview
News
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Irish News
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June 29, 2010 at 1:13 am
So just 2 minutes into the new show and I’m delighted to hear you finally got around to reading Hicksville which I have been pimping to you since my interview way back and indeed everytime I’ve met you. Imagine my shock and disappointment when it’s revealed that the reason you read it is because maeve recommended it just 2 weeks ago! Thanks for not listening guys!
June 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm
Apologies Bren! You most certainly did recommend it to us umteen times. A mere faux pas on our part but anyway, we’ve read it now and it’s a doozie!
June 29, 2010 at 2:26 pm
apology accepted guys!
thanks for the shout out for OFFSET2010. and to answer your question regarding non students with student cards…once the card is valid then you are ok, although we will have a photo of craig in the box office recommending refusal of entry!
June 29, 2010 at 2:36 pm
Several Dublin bars have that too.
June 30, 2010 at 8:33 am
great episode lads… I especially like getting credited with the Hicksville recommendation! You lot reviewing it means that I can probably stop hassling everyone I know to read it. One of the best comic books ever. Here, when is your 2nd birthday- July sometime?
maeve
June 30, 2010 at 9:29 am
Thanks Maeve! Our 2nd Birthday celebrations will take place at the end of July. No party as such this year but we will be attending Summer Edition this year with drinks afterwards (not to mention some special birthday festivities taking place right here on the site . . .)
June 30, 2010 at 9:59 am
I wuv Dylan Horrocks.His site has looooooads of goodies on it: http://hicksvillecomics.com/
Actually,there are loads of great comics from New Zealand.Have yiz read Knuckles the Nun?Roger Langridge did most of the art and it’s a good intro to NZ comics…
June 30, 2010 at 11:35 am
Haven’t seen Knuckles the Nun, Luke, but will look it up poste haste! Currently eating up Roger Langridge’s brilliant Muppet Show comics.
We’ll have to investigate the New Zealand comic scene on the show soon, especially after finding out how great the Italian scene was.