This week Lex McDonald, writer of the epic World War Two action graphic novel Assault on Fortress Doom joins the Awesome Comics Podcast crew to talk about the book and the long journey of bringing the epic wartime adventure to life.
As always there is also plenty of awesome books and webcomics that get talked about, including talk about iPad’s potential for becoming an art tool, a little bit of Punisher/Daredevil talk, Wookie love and there’s lots of great comic events you should seek out!
Not only that, but Tony Esmond talks about strange snake dreams he’s been having, Dan Butcher gives his response to an indecent proposal and Vince Hunt sniffles his way through the show pathetically after a bout of manflu and tries to get sympathy (spoiler: he doesn’t succeed).
Mentioned in this episode are: Lex MacDonald, Edgard Machiavello, Assault on Fortress Doom, Audio of World War Two Bomber Pilots being badass, Chaos Campus, Retrofit Comics, Number One, Box Brown, Supervillianous, Widdershins, Kate Ashwin, Darken, Citizen Jack, Image Comics Humble Bundle, Emily Owen – Contact for Syrian Art Auction, NoBrow Press, Say Hello to Einstein, DC Stuelpner, 30 and a Half Minutes, Room, A Place to Hang Your Cape, Pipedream Comics, Down the Tubes
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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