237 - THE ART OF COMIC BOOK COVERS! (W / RUSSELL MARK OLSON)

What makes a great comic book cover? And do the great looking ones hold up to closer inspection? This week the gang are joined by the awesome Russell Mark Olson (Gateway City) for a chat about great comic book covers. They've all picked 3 each to discuss and break down, from some old school classics to picks from the latest new comic book day! Its a great chat, and add to that fantastic indie comic recommendations and laughs aplenty, its a show not to be missed.

PLAY ALONG AT HOME! Here are the covers that the gang discuss on episode 237!

Great stuff to check out this week -  Russell Mark Olson, Gateway City, Black Iris, The New Ghost, No Brow, Action Lab Comics, Going to the Chapel, Christophe Blain, Gus, Europe Comics, Medina: The Drax

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221 - PAINTING, MIXED MEDIA AND COMICS! (W / SARAH HARRIS)

Painted and mixed media artwork in comics is always a thing of beauty, and this week the ACP shines a light on this form of sequential storytelling and what it can do. They're joined by the brilliant artist Sarah Harris (The Whore Chronicles), who not only is a long time mixed media artist herself but is also an UBER comics efficianado, so not only does the chat cover the topic in-depth but there is also tons of other great comic book talk and recommendations!

Great stuff to check out this week - Sarah Harris, Adam Falp, Barron Storey, Laydeez Do Comics, Leamington Comic Con 2019, Lakes Comic Art Festival, Nottingham Comic Con, The Plot, Vault Comics, Stray Toasters, Coffin Bound, Metaphysical Mr Fister, Gareth Brookes, Threadbare, Going to the Chapel, Action Lab Comics

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179 - FROM BLACK MAMBA TO BATMAN! (W / RAM V)

For the ACP's final guest show of 2018 they are joined by uber-writer on the rise Ram V (Paradiso, Black Mumba). That leads to plenty of writing process talk, chat about his work past, present and future and there’s tons of great indie recommendations for everyone. There’s also chat about recent comic events, upcoming show talk and of course plenty of nonsensical hilarity!

Great stuff to check out this week: Ram V, Ram V on twitter, These Savage Shores, Vault Comics, Paradiso, Image Comics, Black Mumba, Vault Comics, Action Lab Comics, White Noise, Raj Comics, Motorcycle Samurai, Die, Monk, Uh Oh, Sam Schafer, Lise Richardson, Jake Likes Onions, Extra Fabulous Comics, The Adventures of Arthur Titty, Paul Ashley Brown, Little Heroes

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173 - HALLOWEEN HORROR SPECIAL 2018! (W / MIKE LEE GRAHAM)

Its the ACP Halloween Special for 2018, and this week the gang have pulled in horror lover Mike Lee Graham (Our Final Halloween) to talk about all things scary. Theres chat over what works/doesnt in the genre, movie tie-ins and also a fresh from the con opinion on the recent London MCM. If that wasn't enough theres talk of David Cronenberg, horror movie franchises and sex robots!

Great stuff to check out this week: Mike Lee-Graham, Mike Garley, Our Final Halloween, Junji Ito, Gyo, Uzumaki, Amerikarate, Action Lab Comics, The Little Deaths of Watson Tower, Nick Bryan, Rosie Alexander, True Believers 2019

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151 - COMICS AND AWESOME TALK!

This week Vince and Tony start off a show of comic talk by ranting a little bit about movie releases and then onto character 'ownership', before Dan joins in to make it a ménage à trois of comic creative talk and laughter. There's some discussion about the creative process when it came to the second issue of Awesome Comics as well as a bit of talk about storytelling before the usual great book recommendations and sign off hilarity. Plus Dan's dog gets in on the action and Vince sounds progressively sicker as the episode goes on - so what's not to love?

Great stuff to check out this week: Cardiff Expo 2018, Horde Vol 1, Ruin of Thieves, Ram V, Action Lab Comics

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150 - AN AWESOME Q&A!

As the ACP has made it to episode 150, the gang decided to throw the floor over to the listeners for their questions. The response was a lot more than anyone expected, so the show became an epic Q and A session! Expect plenty of answers, headscratching, comics, cakes, crap jokes, hilarity and maybe even a little insight as the gang answer away. Theres also some great recommendations and an exclusive competition to win a book from NoBrow Press to boot!

Great stuff to check out this week: Awesome Comics, Sliced Quarterly, Comics Summit, Alfie Gallagher, Debris, Action Lab Comics, Puppet Master, Conan the Barbarian, Deadendia, NoBrow Press

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058 - JAMIE SMART AND MOOSE KID COMICS!

This week Jamie Smart, a pod favourite creator and the man behind Moose Kid Comics joins the gang to talk about how the yearly free-for-everyone kids comic came to be, what it was like editing so many amazing creators, the world of kids comic publishing, his angry comic creating phase and so much more! The conversation dances in all directions as convention stories are told, gallows humour in kids comics are discussed and artists talk the adventures of Periscoping your work. Also theres some Bristol Comics Expo talk, dirty artist Chat Roulette, Vince steps up his segway game, Tony talks about pranks he's played on his workmates and Dan IS the block.

Don't miss it!

Mentioned in this episode are: Jamie Smart, Fumboo, Moose Kid Comics, Bunny vs Monkey, Corporate Skull, The Phoenix, The Dandy, Readathon, Shit Flingers, Malevolence, Hugo Boylan, John Quigley, Kerrie Smith, Sleigher, Action Lab Comics, The Divine, First Second Books, Work, Kev Brett, Paul Rainey, Tales to Diminish, Story Studio Podcast, Jeff Steinberg: Champion of Earth, Oni Press, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Tony Fleecs, Lost Tales

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