2DCAST EPISODE NUMBER 5 IS ALIVE

The Boss and The Best

2DCAST EPISODE NUMBER 5 IS ALIVE

“OOOOOOHHHHHH WHAT A RUSSHHHHHHHH”

Tell em Hawk

The words of the late great Road Warrior Hawk very accurately sum up the 2012 2D Northern Ireland Comics Festival. Join your genial guides Bobby Best and Ciaran Flanagan as they relive the event in this very special episode of the 2DCast recorded live over the course of the weekend from not only the comics open day at the Verbal Arts Centre, but also post panel discussion from the palatial steps of the Derry driving licence office along with their special guests:

Andy Luke

Bec Hill

Aaron Abernathy

Scott Ferguson

Stephen Mooney

Ger Hankey

Declan Shalvey

Tommie Kelly

Cormac Hughes

Ciaran Marcantonio

Lorcan McGrane

Danny McLaughlin

Peter E Davidson

Topics include the evenings panel discussion, Prometheus, Zwanna Son Of Zulu, ROB SCHNEIDER~!!! Half Past Danger , The new Judge Dredd Movie, Benedict Cumberbatch and his role in the new Star Trek, and a whole lot more. Due to the late night nature of much of the recording this podcast is NOT SAFE FOR WORK. Lots of swearing and so forth.

Thanks to all who attended the festival this year, and thank you for your support of the 2DCast.

As always our Email address is 2dcast@gmail.com

2DCAST EPISODE 4 : The Voyage Home

 

“Hours. Minutes . Even Seconds .Tick Tick Tick Yeah Let It Happen!”

Now imagine that in the voice of the late great Macho Man Randy Savage and you may begin to imagine the excitement that Ciaran and Bobby are experiencing in waiting for the 2012 2d Festival. In anticipation of this your intrepid hosts talk about A vs X , Brian Michael Bendis , Dc's new New 52 titles and poke more fun at Alan Moore . We also speak to the Zombies Hi team about the rise of Uproar Comics, and cast our eyes on THE 50 WORST MOVIES OF ALL TIME. Another fun episode that suffered from technical issues we apologise for the loss of sound quality.

Contact us at 2dcast@gmail.com

Official 2d Festival website is

http://2dfestival.com/

Uproar comics website is :

http://www.uproarcomics.co.uk/

Total Films list of bad movies is here:

http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-most-hated-movies-ever-made

We look forward to seeing you all at festival time . Bobby and Ciaran will be hosting Dial Q for Quiz at 6.30 pm Saturday evening. See you there.

Insert your own lazy Oasis joke here.

Morning Glories Vol 1 &2

Image Comics

Joe Eisma( Artist) Nick Spencer (Author).

If you don'y have a school uniform fetish before you read this you will afterwards.

 

For those of you who are soundly of the mind that internet piracy is an evil, I would like both of you to take note of the following true tale. During a recent adventure on the Interpipes , I (completely by accident of course) downloaded an issue of Images Morning Glories, and within ten seconds of having completed it I  went to Amazon and bought the first two graphic novel collections. When the books arrived I read them both in one sitting, and then like some feeble junkie I went crawling back to Amazon to get Vol 3 only to find out that they had JACKED UP THE PRICE. Or, rather, there was no sign of the next collection, and a cursory investigation seemed to suggest the next issue may also be delayed. Just like all good pushers Joe Eisma and Nick Spencer can not be relied upon to deliver their goods when they say they will. That creates a bit of a problem as, to say Morning Glories is Moorish would be a bit like saying Hitler was “a bit of a rascal”. Not since ‘Lost’ first hit the screens have I been so completely engrossed in a narrative to the extent that I HAVE to know what happens next. And the comparisons to Lost don’t end there.

The story is purposely both intriguing and mysterious (like Lost), the characters are all absolutely gorgeous (like Lost); the whole thing is beautifully presented (like Lost). And just (like Lost) if I don’t get some straight answers soon I am GOING TO FUCKING SCREAM. In fact it’s so like Lost , that if I were a cynical man ( and I am), I would suggest that Morning Glories almost reads like a pilot for the next  hit show coming this fall on Showtime or AMC.

Right in the gentlemans teabags.

The central conceit is a simple one: pupils attend a mysterious boarding school.  Happily for us, the story completely avoids giving us the sorts of "golly gosh lets go and have a feast with Hagrid" scenarios that occasionally made the early Harry Potter books unbearable, and goes straight for those old family favourites: insane sexual tension, Machiavellian intrigue and ultra-violence. No real explanations are given for anything, and you are bombarded with unanswered question after unanswered question:   what the hell is this school for? Are the pupils and staff prisoners?  Didn’t she die in the last issue? Are the staff experimenting on pupils? What’s going on in the cavern under the school? Why is this classroom starting to fill up with water?  IT’S INSANE. And it’s brilliantly done. The artwork is absolutely top notch. It has an ethereal almost dream like quality to it, which adds a great deal to the stories “what is real and what isn’t?” vibe. Joe Eisma is destined for great things in the future.

"She makes me feel kinda funny. Like when we used to climb the ropes in gym class"

Writer Nick Spencer could well claim to be the hardest working man in show business (now that James Brown has snuffed it) working on not only his creator owned properties, but also for Marvel and DC. I can’t help but feel that he might be spreading himself a trifle thin in much the same way Kevin Smith did while he was working on Spiderman/ Black Cat.

The bad news for addicts like me is that the erratic nature of the publishing schedule, plus the labyrinthine  nature of the various story arcs suggest that getting through Morning Glories is going to be a very drawn out process indeed. God damn it. I can’t wait for the TV show.

2DCAST EPISODE 3: Back in Training

2DCAST EPISODE 3 : BACK IN TRAINING

Not to be stopped by your puny human “technical difficulties”, Ciaran and Bobby return for another episode of the podcast that melts in your mouth not in your hands. In this episode we discuss recent plot revelations on Garth Ennis's The Boys, who we Hope gets killed off in Marvels A vs X mega event and \we discuss Alan Moore and his recent conflicts with publishers, move moguls, co creators and sanity. Festival director David Campbell joins us to announce our new GUESTS OF HONOUR as well as to give us his thoughts on the latest Hollywood Blockbusters. Were also joined by Dublin based comics artist Stephen Mooney who talks us through his career and gives us his thoughts on TEEN WOLF. A reasonable time can be expected by all.

Stephen Mooneys Half Past Danger blog is www.halfpastdanger.com

The Eclectic Mick’s website can be found here www. eclecticmicks.blogspot.co.uk/

The new 2d Festival website is now online at http://www.2dfestival.com/

You can email the show with any thoughts, requests views or competition entries at 2dcast@gmail.com

The crazy interview with Alan Moore is here:

http://www.seraphemera.org/seraphemera_books/Alan_Moore_Interview.html

2dCast Episode 2 : Electric boogaloo

Bobby Best and Ciaran Flanagan return with another episode of the comics podcast described by one listener as “ fine”. In this episode we have none of the promised interviews , a look at this years guest list , and news about changes( and not necessarily for the better) to the panel discussions settings. Bobby gives his thoughts on the Avengers trailer and shares his theory on the GOOSE OF IMPENDING DOOM. We set the wayback machine five years back as we give our thoughts on the greatest moments in festival history . All this plus a whole lot more. And really, sorry that the promised interviews dont appear. Sincerely.

The new 2d Festival website is now online at http://www.2dfestival.com/

you can email the show with any thoughts, requests or views at 2dcast@gmail.com

Star Trek Season 8 is here www.twitter.com/#!/tng_s8

 

2d Festival Podcast Episode 1

It's finally here !!!! Join hosts Ciaran Flanagan and Bobby Best as they struggle against technical difficulties , K9 attacks and their own inadequacies as human beings in their quest to find a format. In our début adventure we discuss DC's New 52 ( and their horrendous new logo) , recent legal difficulties faced by some comics creators , the recent reboot of the X-Men franchise , and most shockingly whether or now the 2d Festival home turf The Verbal Arts Centre recently perished in a towering inferno! In more light-hearted news , we are joined by none other than David Campbell for a natter about his life in comics and the SECRET ORIGIN OF THE 2D FESTIVAL! All This plus a chance to get your mucky paws on a nice hardback copy of All Star Batman And Robin The Boy Wonder by Jim Lee and Frank Miller.

You can contact the podcast team with questions, plugs, enquiries or competition entries at our email address : 2dcast @gmail.com . All feedback is gratefully received

More information about The Comicbook Legal Defence Fund as mentioned during the show can be found @ http://cbldf.org/

FAT FAT FAT FAT

In Derry this week . Despite a weekend in Belfast resulting in herculean booze intake according to Boots Derry, I am 84.6 kg and my mate Jims scales say 85.0 , but theyre bollocksed , so its all going in the right direction. I will return later this weekend with some comics reviews , my school report and  THE 2D FESTIVAL PODCAST