The Hard Agree Podcast team have announced their latest annual Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carol charity podcast, in support of ComicBooks for Kids!.
A Hard Agree Christmas Carol is the December 2023 edition of Hard Agree’s annual yuletide charity podcast, featuring host Andrew Sumner and an all-star line-up from comics, movies, TV and theatre performing Charles Dickens’ live recitation of A Christmas Carol in support of ComicBooks for Kids.
Joining Sumner on the podcast are comic book legend Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Kingsman, The Originals); renowned fantasy author Michael Moorcock; author, actor and MCU star Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp); BBC presenter and wine expert Olly Smith (BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Olly Smith’s Home Cocktail Bible); West End theatre star Julie Stark (Chess, Les Misérables, We Will Rock You, Sister Act); comics editor and cartoonist David Leach (Psycho Gran, David Leach Conquers the Universe), designer and comics artist Kelly Yates (Amber Atoms, MonstHer, Doctor Who) and Titan Comics marketing guru/ComicBooks for Kids UK director Will O’Mullane.
The annual Hard Agree Yuletide Players cartoon was donated by Kelly Yates.
Based out of Chicago but operating globally, including in the UK, ComicBooks For Kids! is now the largest charity in the world for comic books and pop culture materials. The organisation aims to bring everyone together to make sure that every child in a hospital or cancer centre has a comic book. So, if you’re a publisher, operate a comic store, just want to help or even become a sponsor – visit their website for more information.
Sumner commented: “ComicBooks for Kids! is a wonderful charity founded by Mark Weiss that does amazing work getting comic books into the hands of children in long-term hospital care on both sides of the Atlantic.
“Myself and my podcast co-producers Kenric Regan and John Horsley have always admired Dickens’ timeless seasonal message of empathy and civic responsibility, and thought ‘what better way to underline and amplify ComicBooks for Kids’ mission than to return to the words of Charles Dickens himself, the great believer in human society pulling together?’ Please visit their website CB4K.org, please check them out and please do what you can to help.”
• A Hard Agree Christmas Carol is live now, available at these direct links and wherever you listen to your podcasts: SCPOD | YouTube | Apple
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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