The Drew and Look Podcast

Comic book 'Intrusive Thoughts' is the product of Anthony Stokes, an author whose skills wonderfully convey a complex, emotional journey. Anthony joins Andy for a discussion around his creative process, inspirations, and how mental health is playing a role in today's media. 'Intrusive Thoughts' opens the door for conversations around mental illness and disability, which in itself can form the grounds of an open space for developing creativity. We talk about pop culture and the personal impact it's had on its audience, and why it speaks to us.  

Anthony Stokes Socials:

IG - @decaycomic
Twitter - @StokesTheWriter
Website: www.decayComic.com

Andy Luke at  Twitter - @andrewluke
www. patreon.com/andyluke

Pirates! Westerns! Ancient Kingdoms! Back Pocket's output assembles prolific international artists, overseen with keen editorial eyes. Steven Young is one half of that Northern Irish based team, also writing Black Spot, Tarik and Soulforge.

In this conversation, Steven discusses quiet styled approaches to writing comics and five years of collaboration with co-runner, Richard Davidson. With a new Kickstarter going live, we go deep into crowdfunding, Irish comics shops, festivals and indy publishing.

LINKS

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1775271189/terminus-3

Shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BackPocketComics

https://twitter.com/backpocketcomx
https://www.facebook.com/backpocketcomics
https://www.instagram.com/backpocketcomics/

https://comicbookguys.co.uk/
https://angrycherryshop.com/
https://linktr.ee/buzzardcomics
https://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/welcome-back-dublin/

https://www.facebook.com/EnniskillenComicFest/

https://comicprintinguk.com/

Phoebe A. Xavier is the architect of 123 Go! Publications: writing, pencilling and editing comics alongside new and accomplished artists. We chill out and chat ahead of the launch of Phoebe's first prose publication, Superliminal Latency.

With fifteen books behind her, we talk about a range of artists, the business of editing, science-fiction and beat poet influences and vikings. Contains some explicit material.

https://www.indyplanet.com/123go

https://twitter.com/go_publishing

https://twitter.com/jhaasinterviews

https://www.instagram.com/123GOpublications/

https://www.instagram.com/vikings_saga_of_the_north

https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/1313480523/about

EroTech is a raucous IT office comedy about a dev team building an AI sex-bot. Writer-publisher Shawn Richardson and illustrator Geoffrey Krawczyk sit down with Andy Luke to talk about SHP Comics' growing success. On the agenda is Agile creativity, dynamic approaches to design, business partnerships and crowdfunding. We also look at SHP's books: vampires and Jimi Hendrix in 'Woodstake', and 'The Killing Machine', a high concept SF epic. Plus, Shawn delivers some exciting news about the company's new releases through their Kickstarter, live now.

Check out the SHP Kickstarter at https://go.shpcomics.com/3dRie6X

https://shpcomics.com

Instagram: @shpcomics

Facebook: @shpcomics

Twitter @shp_comics

Support the show at https://patreon.com/andyluke

Twitter: @andrewluke

Referenced in this episode:

Inked Marketing: https://www.inked.marketing/

Think Alike: https://thinkalikemedia.com/

Printful: https://www.printful.com/uk

I've never read Discworld: https://anchor.fm/iveneverreaddiscworld

Sean Black is a household name: prime-time actor on stage and screen and linked to an unknown number of gruesome murders. Sean Black is the lead in METHOD, the creation of Philip Henry, a struggling dramatic novelist, film-maker and singer-songwriter. Podcaster Andy Luke lures Philip to a remote country cottage to unravel his secrets. What emerges is a wide reaching conversation on writing, celebrities, romance, violence, ethics, feminism and Northern Ireland on screen.

Film-maker and author Philip Henry: who is he? Where does he come from? What animal will feature in the upcoming podcast?

Press Gang was highly regarded as the best British children's television of all time: never disrespectful, never patronising. First-time writer Steven Moffat engineered a way to take the aging cast out of the school-yard and into the working world, producing some of the show's best episodes yet.

Occupied author Andy Luke's special edition features deep dives into episodes and trivia from series 3-5 along with insights into proposed spin-offs. There's also meaty correspondence on the renowned comedy-drama from authors Tristan Sargent and Philip Henry and illustrator Simon Hodgkiss-Rogers.

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Comedy-drama Press Gang was widely hailed as one of the best YA telly series ever, attracting critical acclaim and industry awards. As well as featuring some of the best names in the business it launched a dozen careers including those of Steven Moffat, Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher, Lee Ross, Paul Reynolds, Gabrielle Anwar and Lucy Benjamin.

Occupied author Andy Luke's feature presentation includes character studies and reviews of ten episodes from Series 1-2. You'll also hear from roving reporters Ian Lawther, author Tristan Sargent and comics artists Simon Hodgkiss-Rogers and Peter Bangs.

Hardwicke House was a highly promoted prime-time ITV comedy screened in 1987 fronted by Roy Kinnear and a stellar cast. It was to be a no-holds barred series tackling the UK's under-funded and brutal school culture. However upon transmission, it was met with anything but an expected response.

Occupied author Andy Luke reviews Hardwicke's unscreened episodes and wonders if perhaps this edgy comedy should have been left in the past. There's also contributions from Jay Eales and Selina Lock (Factor Fiction), Simon Hodgkiss-Rogers (Spacewarp) and Peter Bangs (Immigrant Child)

Occupied on Amazon at https://is.gd/occupybook

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Support the artist at https://ko-fi.com/andyluke

In which we celebrate two anniversaries of James Roberts game-changing Lost Light stories: a hard SF epic of post-conflict rehabilitation and redemption, romance and loss, identity, gender, labour, philosophy, crime and punishment; but mostly relationships, all told with wit and poignancy and Transformers.

Occupied author and host Andy Luke talks about his favourite storylines and characters. A reader's cherry is broken as Simon Hodgkiss-Rodgers extols the virtues of the story's ease of access and freshness and Ciaran Flanagan talks musical direction. There's also an exclusive update from James towards the end, so look out for that!

Occupied on Amazon at https://is.gd/occupybook

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Support the artist at https://ko-fi.com/andyluke

Step off, Snyder, the real Justice League are here! Earth's Mightiest bromance; The Dick Knight; Green Lantern Cretin: the sitcom of comics may not have changed the cultural landscape of 'super' comics content, but it will. This pod is mostly spoiler-free with critical commentary for old hand fans. Occupied author Andy Luke returns to the ground-breaking popular favourite JLI Bwah-ha-ha series by Giffen, DeMatteis, Maguire and others. Andy casts two eyes 'n' lips over the cult success, themes and storytelling. Also talking about the passion are Ciaran Flanagan, Ian Lawther, Gavin Luke and author James Roberts. You won't want to believe you missed it.

Occupied on Amazon at https://is.gd/occupybook
Continue the discussion at https://nerdgeist.com
Support the artist at https://patreon.com/andyluke

Andy Luke's 'Chaos Magic' uses poetry to explore memoir, nature, dreaming and politics, with sigil motifs of surreal pop culture tangents. In 'Occupied' a literary novel charts the lives, loves and laughs of protest campers in Belfast, 2011.

Ekaterina Kiselyova guest hosts over two short interviews with your award-winning regular host. They chat about influences and the evolution of ideas to re-drafts, technical and passionate writing methods, inclusivity, the relationship between politics and friendship and the impact of small gestures. There's also a reading of fan favourite verse, 'Oysters out of Water'. It's a good one.

Chaos Magic on Amazon at https://smile.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08TYL4TVP

Pre-order Occupied on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Occupied-Andy-Luke-ebook/dp/B09FZVXR7P

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Support the artist at https://patreon.com/andyluke

Marvel's super-powered realist imprint, the New Universe, was considered a failure by the end of its first year. However a clear vision was forming because of experienced and talented new creators teamed with attentive editors.

In the second of a two part series, Chaos Magic author Andy Luke revisits the New U imprint and the talents behind it - Mark Gruenwald and Paul Ryan; Fabian Nicieza, Ron Lim and Rodney Ramos; John Byrne; Peter David and Lee Weeks - in this celebratory look at an unjustly derided imprint. This is the story of the New New Universe, and why it's brilliant. 

Featuring contributions from Bob Hall, Josh Deck and Fabian Nicezia, with Hardatak as Ronald Reagan.

July 22, 1986 saw the birth of Marvel's New Universe: eight comics created for the company's 25th anniversary, separate from the MCU and free of the baggage of continuity. Despite personality clashes, corporate machinations and critical panning, comics' brightest stars persevered to create some quite good stories.

In the first of a two part series, Chaos Magic author Andy Luke revisits the New U imprint and the talents behind it - Jim Shooter, Archie Goodwin, Mark Gruenwald, Bob Hall, Peter David, Doug Murray and many many others - in a celebratory look at an unfairly derided imprint.

The net is closing in on dirty cop Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis). His ex-partner Shane Vendrell (Walton Goggins) wants him dead. Farmington's new captain Claudette Wyms (CCH Pounder) wants both men brought to justice although federal agent Olivia Murray (Laurie Holden) may present a way out.

Storyteller Andy Luke and very special guest Ian Lawther (USS Caroline) talk through the critically acclaimed last two seasons of The Shield. This episode includes discussion of sexual abuse and graphic violence. It is not spoiler-free.

Support the author on http://patreon.com/andyluke and say hi at @andrewluke

Reach out to our guest at USS Caroline https://www.facebook.com/groups/usscaroline

In Farmington PD, amoral Vic Mackey (Michael Chiklis) and his crooked Strike Team cops are cleaned up by reforming Captain Monica Rawling (Glenn Close), and torn apart by unpredictable investigator Lieutenant Jon Kavanaugh (Forest Whitaker)

Storyteller Andy Luke and very special guest Ian Lawther (USS Caroline) talk through critically acclaimed seasons 4-5 of The Shield. This episode includes discussion of sexual abuse and graphic violence. It is not spoiler-free.

Support the author on http://patreon.com/andyluke and say hi at @andrewluke

Reach out to our guest at USS Caroline https://www.facebook.com/groups/usscaroline

Thanks to our sponsors at http://nerdgeist.com

In FX's The Shield, the officers of Farmington work to reduce gang and drug related crimes. Among them is The Strike Team, crooked cops operating behind closed doors led by the amoral Vic Mackey. Andy Luke is joined by guest Ian Lawther in a detailed reflection on seasons 1-3 of the groundbreaking series. Trigger warning: this episode includes discussion of sexual abuse and graphic violence.