It’s a strange thing when a show about animation doesn’t actually feature any actual cartoons or anime, but we do have some related and very interesting things instead. First up is Andrew Osmond’s Ghost in the Shell – a book that covers the production, influences and legacy of the original […]
Archaeon
Literary Loitering 76 – Cockermouth Tends to Stick in the Mind
While we were trying to figure if Biloxi in Mississippi was a real or imaginary we stumbled upon an amazing correction from the New York. Also, how do you “decolonise” and English literature syllabus? Our featured book is The Lazarus Gate (Book 1 of The Apollonian Case Files), by Mark […]
4-Panel 115 – Black Bolt’s Bad Burrito
More comics and manga can only mean it’s time for another episode of 4-Panel. This week we have the unexpected return of Inhumans-watch! It’s almost as if we’re flogging a dead horse, but who could possibly do that to the Inhumans? Who? (Yeah, sarcasm is invisible on the internet.) Anyway, […]
S15E05 – Ewoks at the Earth’s Core
Halloween is in the air, but instead spooky ghosts we find a veritable rainbow of apocalypses. Apocalypses as far as the eye can see, from zombie to biblical – you name it we rush on past it like a speeding bullet (but we forgot about aliens because our neighbours in […]
Cinema Eclectica 135 – A Tale of Two Hammers
A chill fog rises in the air, an unearthly howl is heard across the moors, and Rob’s wi-fi packs up. Yes, it’s our Halloween special, and after a brief stopover in Hammer territory with Indicator’s reissue of “Maniac” (also known as “The Maniac”), we remember some of the horror icons […]
Keyframe 94 – Farmer Goku’s Fight Club
This week we forego any preamble and dive straight in to our featured anime. With Girls und Panzer: Der Film, Mark proves that his addiction to anime beginning with the letter G looks set to continue. Meanwhile, Tucky gets suuuuuuuuuperrrr! with Dragon Ball Super season 1 Part 1 (Episodes 1 […]
4-Panel 114 – Black Adam Goes Forth
Your weekly dose of comic-y goodness returns with 4-Panel, and our usual blend of irreverent anarchy sees the return of Inhumans-watch, the return of a major character in the third season of Daredevil, rumours about a Deathstroke movie and the possible return of Marvel’s One-Shot short films. So lots and […]
S15E04 – Electric Rat Takes the White House
Hoist the sails for another quick trip around the marina with our flagship podcast (See? We can do boat puns). This week Graham and Andrew anchor down for Spiders in Surrey, UK droners, Snapchat hot-dogs and a rather tragic fail for a YouTube wannabe trying to prank way above his […]
Cinema Eclectica 134 – Life … Don’t Talk to Me About Life
A spectre is haunting the land – the spectre of major releases from earlier in the year that we didn’t cover at the time. On our latest B-sides episode Graham gives the royal treatment to Stephen Frears’s “Victoria and Abdul”, Aidan is suitably haunted by David Lowery’s “A Ghost Story” […]
Keyframe 93 – The Censored Brow
We kick things off this week with our featured cartoon and anime (Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls, Netflix’s Bigmouth and Ushio and Tora), and those somehow lead us on to seasonal holidays and mockumentaries. After that little aside we get down to business with our views on the […]