201 - MAKING MONEY FROM COMIC CONS! (W / RECKLESS HERO)

How do you make money at a convention? How is best to interact with people? Whats the best way to bring people over to your table? All this and more is discussed on this episode with the awesome two Chris's Imber and Jenkins from Reckless Hero Studios! It's a fascinating discussion perfect for those about to table during this years convention season! Theres also talk of artist page rates, bands, great indie comic recommendations and it's all done without one of the regular hosts!

Great stuff to check out this week - Reckless Hero Studios, The Last Sheriff, Operation Boom, Hot Schitt, Merrick the Elephantman, Tom Ward, Chris Sides, Here and There, Europe Comics, Asgard

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187 - FROM THE FLOOR OF TRUE BELIEVERS 2019!

Convention season of 2019 kicks off with this special coming (mostly) from the shop floor of True Believers 2019! Theres great interviews with creators who exhibited at the show, and back in Awesome HQ the gang discuss the price of artwork and recommend some brilliant indie titles to check out!

Great stuff to check out this week - True Believers Comic Festival, Comichaus, Horde Comics, Revenant, Vic Iddstar Hill,Steve Tanner, Clockwork Cavalier Kickstarter, Cog Life Comics, Steve Sims, Beast Hunting Battle Badgers, Jamie Lambert,Dexters Half Dozen, Samuel George London, Beyond Milford Green Kickstarter, Shaun Dobie, Descending Outlands,Reckless Hero Comics, The Last Sheriff, Chris Sides, Chris Travell, Close, Romans vs Aliens

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145 - LIVE FROM LEAMINGTON COMIC CON 2018!

It's something a bit different this week as the ACP gang decided to do a whole show from the shop floor of Leamington Comic Con 2018! There's interviews with exhibitors, visitors and other convention organisers, tons of humour from the 3 excited hosts and more. Plus there's audio from not one but two panels that took place on the day. There's a fantastic one on one with John Wagner (Judge Dredd, Rok of the Reds) and even the live and completely unprepared Awesome Comics Podcast panel, where there's a discussion about indie comics with Jay Gunn (Surface Tension). 

Great stuff to check out this week: Rok of the Reds, Jason Cobley, Adventures of Captain Winston Bulldog, Hardline Comics, The Guys, Oh Hearts and Hitmen, Zak Simmonds Hurn, The Phoenix, Coglife Comics, Jay Gunn, Surface Tension, Slang Pictorial, Nick Prolix, Perrywinkle, Susie Gander, Reckless Hero, Darrell Forpe, Tomorrow Revisited, Ghost of the Gulag, The Phoenix, CICE 2018, True Believers Summer Variant, Jon Laight, Away Kickstarter

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096 - WESTERN COMICS! (W / CHRIS JENKINS)

Its the last week of the ACPs look at genres in comics, and they finish off their 'genretastic' month with Western comics! From cowboy tales to more grizzly, modern takes, its a genre that's still going strong even amongst the small press and joined by Reckless Heroes very own Chris Jenkins (writer of The Last Sheriff) the gang discuss some of the questions and characters made famous by the wild west and beyond. There's also discussion about getting artists for your independent projects, some colouring talk, more brilliant independent books are recommended and everyone refuses to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy.

Great stuff to check out this week: Chris Jenkins, Reckless Hero Studios, The Last Sheriff, Isabellae Vol 1: The Night Man, Europe Comics, The Dark Tower, The Human Beings, SJ McCune, Low

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093 - KUNG FU COMICS! (W / CHRIS IMBER)

Week 2 of the ACP's genre-tastic April and the focus is KUNG FU COMICS! Joined by Chris Imber (Reckless Hero), the comic book talk ventures far and wide, from the classic heroes of the 70s to the kinetic work of modern manga books. As its martial arts, theres more than a bit of talk about great martial arts cinema too, as well as some Iron Fist and Netflix TV talk, lots of Bruce Lee talk, everyone picks out their martial art movie faves and artists they love. Theres also a great selection of books to check out and Chris attempts to take Vinces job! Dont miss it!

Great stuff to check out this week: Chris Imber, Reckless Hero Studios, Fist of the North Star, Infinite Kung Fu, The Destroyer, Invincible

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064 - SHAKY KANE, CHRIS BAKER AND LAST DRIVER!

The ACP gang goes apocalyptic and off the rails this week as we talk Last Driver with Chris Baker and Brit comics legend Shaky Kane! Theres chat about the inspiration for Frank Sudden and his road trip adventure, Shaky's previous work and the shocking plans he has for his old original pages, someone orders a chinese takeaway, John Carpenter talk, Alan Moore talk, kickstarter discussion and SO much more. This show is jam packed!! Plus Vince struggles on with a cold, Dan announces some big Vanguard news and Tony finds a new best friend after discovering someone who also owns Doll Man vs Demonic Toys.

Mentioned in this episode are: Last Driver, Dead Canary Comics, Shaky Kane, Gray Area: Our Town, Tim Bird, Last Sheriff 3, Reckless Hero, Chris Jenkins, Chris Imber, The Corpse Walker, Trav Hart, Paper Girls, Curia Regis, Robin Pierce, The Fix, Vanguard on Spider Forest, True Believers Interview

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