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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Ood and other alien type peoples, this is it, the moment you've all been waiting for; COMIC RACKS HITS 50! Well, sort of. If you forget that Episode 0 ever happened. And those episodes we split into two parts. And the-yes well, anyways, to celebrate this momentous occasion, we've got so many interviews we can't even fit them all in one episode! In Part One, join us as we chat to Com.X's Andi Ewington and Eddie Deighton about how they got into comics, the making of the rather fantabulous 45, future endeavours and the tea-dunking logistics behind the humble Jaffa Cake. Also, we catch up with Rack-favourite Jamie Smart and find out just what he's up to these days (or rather, we find out that he's up to things, but Top Secret If-I-Told-You-I'd-Have-To-Kill-You type things...) All this plus some tip-top guest music choices and messages from our lovely listeners! Part Two will be heading your way with yet more delights soon! Enjoy!

It's finally out! After over a week of technical problems and Audacity break downs, Stacebob The PC-Conqueror gives you Comic Racks Episode 49B, co-starring The Hod! The Hod, a fellow Birminghamite, father to a future comic nerd, and the human encyclopedia of all things geek, joins Stacey this episode to discuss a wide range of topics, from thoughts on the new iPad, Gail Simone returning to Birds of Prey and how to get an entire cinema screen to yourself. Hear their reviews of films such as Daybreakers, Ninja Assassin and The Damned United, comics including a zillion 2000AD related titles, The Sword and Green Arrow: Quiver, and discover the comic that Stacey dropped this fortnight! All this plus two interesting Rack Music choices, Power Girl, yet more Blackest Night drool sessions, tangents a-plenty and a very special outro tune just for The Hod. Apologies in advance for the poor sound quality in the episode, especially to my good friend The Hod, who kindly stepped in at super-short notice to do this episode with me. I have no idea what happened, and have spent several hours trying to make it as good as possible. Sorry!

In Episode 49 we cram in tons of comic book and film reviews including Beautiful Creatures, ‘Another Note’ Death Note novella, Murderer, Avatar, the last in the current episodes of Dr Who, Sherlock Holmes, Lava-Roid, 45, Victorian Dead, Where the Wild Things Are, Tank Girl ‘Skidmarks’ and many many more. News includes our one and only appearance (alongside Geek Syndicate, Comic News Insider and Everything Comes Back to 2000AD) in the Judge Dredd Megazine thanks to the brilliant Alec Worley, Scott Pilgrim pics and a squishy signing in Cardiff’s Forbidden Planet. Go buy Lava-Roid from Indy Planet NOW.

Hello, and welcome, to Episode 51 of Comic Racks! Before the frivolity of an exciting blurb begins, I, Stacebob, your Chief Rambler and Editor this episode, would like to formally apologise for the dodgy sound quality during parts of this show. There's some random echo, some bizarre fuzzy noise, and generally a bit of weirdness. I did everything in my edit-y power to get rid of or at least reduce the weirdness, but some bits had to stay in. Sorry! Right then, welcome to Episode 51! This episode, Stacebob is joined by her Mr, Richnerd, and friend and relative comics newbie, Ben, to discuss some things geek, but most things zombie! Expect spoilers for practically everything that gets mentioned; particularly the Walking Dead, as we take an in-depth look at everyone's favourite zombie comic. Except Rich. And Iz's Rich. And probably other people... On top of that, we have some choice reviews of Choker #1, Shuddertown #1, Kick Ass, How To Train Your Dragon, Doctor Who, something Green Arrow related and much much more! Find out what Ben does in his spare time (it ain't pretty), how Rich feels about spoilt 60's girls and hear Stace go mental over the arrival of the new album from The Futureheads! (What, you didn't think The Futureheads would release an album that Stace wouldn't immediately pick a song from to throw in the episode, did you?) Enjoy!

Welcome to this, the second and final part of The Comic Racks Episode 50 Extravaganza! In this segment, we bring you such delights as interviews with Chris Lynch and Stuart Tipples (the men behind Monkeys With Machineguns), Shawn Pryor (the man behind PKD Media) and Paul Cornell (the man behind so much awesome stuff your brain would explode if we listed it all!) Hear about the awesome indie-type comics coming from Monkeys With Machineguns and PKD Media, all about Paul Cornell's house move and Shawn's singing debut! All this, plus some fantastic music choices from our guests (and Iz!) and congratulatory messages from lovely listeners, including the one and only (fake) Alan Moore! Hurrah!

Hello there, fair listener, and welcome to episode 52 of Comic Racks! This episode, Stacebob is joined by the lovably scummy Dave Dwonch; comic writer, artist and fellow podcaster for the Geek Savants. Hear their thoughts on a Wanted sequel, whether Ghost Rider really was that bad as well as getting up close and personal with Sir Dwonch himself. Also covered are JSA #37, Turf #1, Glee, The Courtyard, Guns of Shadow Valley and Alan Moore's chaffed arse, as well as much much more... Throw in a couple of tunes, some choice peeves and you've got yourselves and episode, ladies and gents! So grab a nice cup of tea, a slice of Battenburg cake and enjoy Episode 52. Huzzah!

Late, long and with only one Rack – Iz is joined by a new Rackette - Sidekickcast’s Gavin Jones. We originally intended this episode to be a brief Q&A about Gav’s life, loves and all things X-Men; as well as the usual format of a Racks podcast. Unfortunately because we are very good buddies in ‘real’ life this episode takes on a life of its own, with us waxing lyrical about anything and everything (but we do keep it nerdy...mostly). It should be noted that A LOT of booze was consumed during this epic adventure and boy does it show...we had a great time though!! After a HUGE ramble about Torchwood, X Men, how lovely Paul Cornell and Mike Carey are, and many many many other nerd topics, we manage a very brief review section where we discuss Crossed Family Values #2 (SPOILERS), and Alan Moore’s Top 10. In keeping with the rest of the episode this section gets a bit de-railed with us nearly coming to blows over Moore, with me sticking the boot into Ellis while I'm at it. Instead of a News section I invited Gav to bring along the patented Sidekickcast Secrets and Lies - where 5 items of news are presented, one of which is false. I enlist the help of ECBT2000AD co-host (and the other half) Rich to try and suss out the Lie. A quick and very inebriated Rack Music section rounds of episode 55 - hopefully order will be restored for the next ep when Stacey returns to keep me on track...maybe :/

Welcome to the spectacular tangent fest that is Episode 54 of Comic Racks! Join us as we get our review hats on and chat (quite spoilerifically) about everything we can think of, including True Blood S1, Fat Chunk V2, Marvel Her-Oes #1 & #2, Kick Ass, Doctor Who 'The Forgotten' #1-#6, Tank Girl 'Dirty Helmets', The Return of Bruce Wayne #1, a rather large batch of webcomics (links below soon), The Losers movie and much much more. Stace gets pretty rant-tastic over Captain America: Who Won't Wield The Shield?, I reiterates my love for The Boys, and both of us have a splendid time talking about the joys of John Barrowman. So sit back, relax, and tune in for prudishness, swearing, and giggles galore. Adam Cadwell's website and webcomic The Everyday (thanks to Keehar for the recommendation)

Me and Stacey are reunited, and joined by extra special guest, the fabulous Stacey Whittle founding member of the Small Press Big Mouth podcast. Expect spectacular tangents, rants and random cooing over a variety of totty. We also talk up a storm about tons and tons of comics and films, and generally put the world to rights. Comic Reviews: The Unwritten #12, Echo #s 18 - 21, Iron Man Legacy #1, Green Arrow Black Canary Wedding Album trade, Criminal Vols 3 and 4, Pinocchio Vampire Slayer, Flash, Daytripper #1, Flaming Carrot Comics, Brightest Day #0 and 1, 2000AD and Spiderman Fever. Film Reviews: Four Lions, Bunny and the Bull, Kick Ass, Iron Man 2 See? I said there were tons...enjoy!! (and sorry about the sound)

Quite possibly the least rambly of Comic Racks podcasts ever!! We discuss the current News including remakes of Being Human and Total Recall, we get slightly stalkery over Paul Cornell (again), and then run through a tonne of reviews including Runaways, Deadpool, Dark Wing Duck, Scott Pilgrim 1, Action Comics, Bevis Musson’s Dead Queen Detectives and Mongrels. We nearly fall out over this episode’s Rack Music picks but luckily we were both exhausted so couldn’t muster the energy Enjoy.

After an incredibly long time away from each other & our microphones, me & Stace both talk up a storm about everything and nothing in an Ask the Racks special - questions clawed from the forums, Twitter, etc over the last few months. We wedge in a few reviews & Tops & Tails at the start, and a not-offensive-at-all Rack Music section reet at the end. Be warned - this episode is looooooong.

The Racks are back (again..and we might even put regular episodes out this year). Stace and Iz discuss a huge pile of comics, old and new, a few movies, a TV show , an Xbox Kinnect game and also pick some top tunes in the first Racks of the new year. Reviews include: Spiderman Blue, Nancy in Hell, Hyperdrive, Tank Girl: Bad Wind Rising, Persepolis, A Sickness in the Family, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Tron, Tron Legacy, Knight & Squire 1-3, Flash and His Face all Red.

In episode 59 Iz and Stace review a ton of stuff, listed below, and debate the possibility of hosting a future podcast with a Rackette - i.e. a nice shiny Comic Racks listener...if this is you, get in touch: comicracks@yahoo.com **SPOILER ALERTS FOR Being Human S3, E1, & Hellblazer 275** Also reviewed are Pigfish, Black Widow 1-5, Batman Hidden Treasures, The Cryptics, Essex County Vol 1: Tales From the Farm, Best Worst Movie, Batman the Brave and the Bold 19, My Faith in Frankie, and Batwoman 0.

After a huge hiatus caused by technological issues and wedding mayhem, here comes Comic Racks Episode 60 Part B for your audio pleasure! Abandoning their original plan of reviewing Series 3 of Being Human (suffice to say, they thought it was great), we bring to you instead 51 mins jam-packed to scary 'splosion levels of gorgeous comics man meat. Homina homina! The ladies reveal their top 5 comics/comic-related hotties from *SPOILERS!* to *SPOILERS*, the possibly under-age *SPOILER!* and, of course, *SPOILERS, SWEETIE* As well as all the hunky goodness, there's also some Rack Music, just for you! Beware; it's quite possibly not safe to listen to this one at work, even with headphones...

Due to some utterly ridiculous technical issues (read: Stacebob’s PC being a MASSIVE BELL-END), this episode both sounds a bit crap and gets abandoned before the ladies hit the first Main Topic they’ve had planned for an absolute age… But don’t let that put you off! In a bizarre twist of awesome, some news materialises on the show, on such crazy topics as a Birmingham based superhero and John Barrowman’s tour schedule… Join the girls as they get their reviewer hats on, discussing such delights as Li’l Depressed Boy #1, Axe Cop, Hellboy: Masks and Monsters, 10thology and more. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a little dose of Comic Racks joy, with a special guest appearance from Charlie Adlard’s boxers! PS I, Stacebob, would like to send out HUGE HUGS and thanks to Iz for making a great episode out of the complete mess my PC made of this recording. You are a superstar.