This week Declan Shalvey (Thunderbolts, 28 Days Later, Northlanders) and Stephen Mooney (Angel, Half Past Danger) sit down for a frank, honest discussion about the comic book industry. They shed light on everything from how social media benefits comic book artists to the changes they’ve witnessed in the emerging comic book scene in Ireland.
Download Link: The Comic Cast 28/11/12
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We’re just gonna come right out and say this. We liked Prometheus. Seriously. We did. And on this weeks episode of The Comic Cast we explain why. Not only that, but Thunderbolts / Northlanders artist Declan Shalvey joins us to say why he DIDN’T like it. In comics, we review a whole host of new Irish comic books including Where’s Larry by Philip Barrett, Destination Homicide by Alan Nolan, League of Volunteers: Black Scorpion by Rob Curley and Stephen Downey, Holy Numbers by Tommie Kelly and Two Lives by John Connor and Una Gallagher. We also give our candid thoughts on Before Watchmen by Darwyn Cooke. It’s a belter of a show! Enjoy!
Download Link: The Comic Cast 12/06/12
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Back in February the makers of one of our favourite shows – The IT Crowd – put out a call for any bits n’ bobs to help dress the set of the I.T. department inhabited by Moss, Roy and Jen for it’s 4th series. The Comic Cast suggested Irish comics and when we got the nod of approval, we invited any Irish comic creators to send us their comic books. Our postman was livid. Well now Series 4 is about to hit small screens on Friday 25th June on Channel 4 so be sure to look out for comics by Philip Barrett, John Robbins, Luke Fallon, Hilary Lawlor, Tommie Kelly, Declan Shalvey, Paddy Lynch, Katie Blackwood, Ronan Kennedy, Nick Roche, Deirdre De Barra, Gar Shanley, Cathal Duggan and Andy Brown throughout the series. And if you can’t wait that long, have a peep at the IT Basement 360°Panorama (we can spot Hilary Lawlor’s Superhilbo on Roy’s desk and Gazebo by Phil Barrett and Liam on Mosses desk!) Not only that but in the second episode (the Countdown episode from above) you’ll catch a glimpse of our very own Liam knocking about as a nerd in the background. And remember, memory is ram!
Much like Cheers, the Comic Cast is a place where everybody knows your name so pull up a stool at the bar and join the conversation as we review the long awaited Daniel Clowes comic – Wilson, Chew by John Layman/Rob Guillory, Black Blizzard by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and The Sword by the Luna Brothers. In Irish comics we give our verdict on Last Bus #2 by Paddy Lynch, RíRá #2 edited by Aidan Courtney and The Wren #2 by Jason Connors/Mark Kirwan. We tell it how it is re: Marvels latest big screen movie – Iron Man 2 and we also give our tuppence worth about Matt Ogens documentary film Confessions of a Superhero, not to mention a round up of all the Irish comics events happening this summer including a run-down on who’ll be appearing at the 2D Festival in Derry next month. If all that wasn’t enough to keep you sweet, we bring you the latest on the Thor and Batman movies as well as the new Marvel iphone app, and we offer our thoughts on the ongoing attempts to have Tintin in the Congo banned in Belgium.
Download Link: The Comic Cast 04/05/10
*INCLUDES IRON MAN 2 SPOILERS, or as we like to call it – a proper review
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No volcano can twart us and thus the Comic Cast met up with the multi-talented artist Maeve Clancy – creator of the Dublin-based weekly web comic Flatmates. Maeve is an illustrator, animator and paper artist. Here she discusses volume 1 of the forthcoming Flatmates comic book, the process of creating a comic for the web and the making of her wonderful pop-up book featured in the music video for Lisa Hannigans’ ‘Lille’. She also talks about her work as production designer on the RTÉ comedy series Dan & Becs and her forthcoming cut paper exhibition.
Download Link: The Comic Cast 20/04/10
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
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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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 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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