240 - ART, MENTAL HEALTH AND BARKING! (W / LUCY SULLIVAN)

With the release of the amazing Barking just around the corner, the gang are joined by its brilliant creator Lucy Sullivan to talk about the books journey, inspiration and creation process, as well as its representation of mental health. There’s chat about crowdfunding, lettering techniques, proper representation, the Rosette challenge as well as plenty of chuckles and fun as everyone picks out great indie books for everyone to check out as well!

Great stuff to check out this week - Lucy Sullivan, Barking, Unbound, MQ Mental Health, MIND, #Rosette, Cliff Cumber, Raechel Leigh Carter, Spark issue 2, Atomic Hercules, Petricor, Gareth Hopkins, Slaughterhawk, Dave Broughton, Backtrack #1, Oni Press/Lion Forge, Dragman, Steven Appleby

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195 - SELF PUBLISHING, CONVENTIONS AND AFTERLIGHT! (W / JOEY OLIVEIRA)

This week the ACP gang are joined by Joey Oliveira, the brains behind epic indie horror publisher Afterlight Comics to talk about his work and journey in self publishing since starting a couple of years ago. Theres talk of an epic first year tabling at conventions, writing tips and advice, working with artists, kick-starters and more! Theres also an abundance of amazing comic recommendations as always and a bit of convention catch up too!

Great stuff to check out this week - Joey Oliveira, Afterlight Comics, Connecting FB Artists & Writers, Late Knights 2 KS, Slang Pictorial 4 KS, The Lang Walk Home KS, Creataceous, Oni Press, TKO Publishing, Fearsome Dr Fang, 7 Deadly Sins, Leaf, Fair Spark Books, The Immortal Hulk, James Mculloch, Pure Dead Mental, Ronin Island, Boom Studios

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153 - FROM PULP TO HUMOUR COMICS! (W / ALAN HENDERSON)

Vince, Dan and Tony are once again back together to talk up comics, and they hit the ground running with this weeks guest, the creator behind The Penned Guins - Alan Henderson! Not only do they discuss that strip and it's EPIC collection, but as Alan is a big fan of the genre, the gang decide to talk a bit about Pulp Comics! From Alans huge collection of Shadow artwork, to the history of the character and how the genre and characters have evolved the gang have a hugely interesting discussion about a genre you don't see too  much of in the small press. Theres also some brilliant comics for everyone to check out, a frank discussion about pricing at conventions and also plenty of laughs.

Great stuff to check out this week: Alan Henderson, The Penned Guins, Alans EPIC comic art page, Edinburgh Comic Con, CICE 2018, The Shadow, John Tucker, Alterna Comics, The Fist KS, Rik Jackson, Josh Hicks, Mauro's Comic Blog, True Believers Summer Variant, Queen and Country, Oni Press, Grind, Joe Palmer, Away, Jon Laight, Dunce, Paul Grist, Kane

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089 - LEAMINGTON COMIC CON W / DAN MALLIER

With Leamington Comic Con making a triumphant return, Vince and Tony are joined by Dan Mallier to talk about the upcoming show and how he started in convention planning and the perils of organising indie conventions. Dan Butcher couldnt make it, but to fill the epic void he leaves is the audio from the Awesome Pods panel appearance at True Believers 2017, featuring the amazing Rachael Smith and Chris Imber! If that wasnt enough, theres also talk of Logan, brilliant books you should check out and theres a re-appearance of our Agony Aunty section 'Ask Aunty Tony'. Its a jam packed, informative and hilarious show so dont miss it!

Great stuff to check out this week: Leamington Comic Con 2017, Spa Town Comics, Rachael Smith, Chris Imber, Paying for it, Chester Brown, Blood and Gourd, The Bunker, Oni 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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