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DADDY’S HOMEHe’s back! The good one is back!The Beast Must Die is back and we all get to hear what he’s been up to. He’s been watching Grange Hill and almost nothing else. Let’s not beat around the blurb, let’s read a list of some of the things talked about on this episode that aren’t Grange Hill:His Dark Materials, The Apprentice, Traitors, Batman Year Two, DC on screen, At Home With Rick Geary, 200AD Prog 503, Chatabix, 60 Songs To Explain The 90s.GO!@frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.com<div>You can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here’s a fantastic new project from Channel SILENCE! It’s a deep, deeper, deepest dive into a comic that blew my mind – The Mighty Crusaders Number Four from Mighty Comics, 1966. I hope you enjoy listening to it more than I enjoyed making it. Future episodes in this series will be released on our Patreon page with possible public release at a future date. If you’d like to support this stupid fucking project then feel free to go to https://www.patreon.com/SILENCE and do what you think is right.Transcript available from Mindlessones.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OH IT’S SO GOOD BABY WHAEN YOU’RE AT THE WHEELWriting these blurbs can be worse than pulling teeth. Lucky for you, I ran out of teeth ten minutes ago so here we areShall we welcome Tom Oldham and Douglas Noble back? Okay then. Do you want to hear a blow-by-pulse-pounding-blow account of Tom’s trip to Angouleme? Fine. That’s what this is. Along the way we talk about:Julie Doucet, Sammy Harkham, Coffee, Druillet, Aien Worlds, Richard Corbyn, Jonathan Ross, Midnight Tales, Junji Ito, Bill Brandt, Sarah-Louise Barbett and Kit-Kats.How close do you feel to death? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A  book is a dream you can hold in your handsMusic is a dream that can be played by bandsDinner is a dream that goes in your tummyDrugs are a dream that makes you feel funnyChickens are a dream that likes to lay eggsTrousers are a dream that covers your legsDrawers are a dream you can put things inNorwich is a dream quite close to Kings LynnHere's a bit of fun.  The Beast Must Die has run off the the edge of the planet and is falling through space for all eternity (for charity) so Gary Lactus is joined by Douglas Noble and Tom Oldham, the two halves of Dark And Golden.  It is not established which one of them is Dark and which is Golden.  What ensues is fun and interesting until Tom's audio stops recording for some reason so towards the end, dear listener, the podcast decays into judiciously edited scraps before rotting away entirely. During the 1 hr 33 mins of this podcast we speak of Breakdown Press</a>, Baby, Angouleme, Croix-Noire, 2000AD Extreme Editions, Peter Milligan's The Dead, Meltdown Man, Ra

I have an extremely rare two hour window to go to a pub so I really want to prioritise that over the blurb.  Ho ho ho!   We recorded a podcast!  Jingle. We just talked.  Ho ho ho!    Happy holidays and a happy new pod!  Stay incredible always and forever.  Remember the magic of possibility, let people know you love them and be happy for Christ's sake!Here's what we talked about.Christgasm 2022, Boredom, David Foster Wallace, Thought Bubble, Cindy And Biscuit: End Of Level, Pricks, Inside The Wanker's Studio, Peach Fuzz by Anna Readman, the 2000AD end of year big thing, Alan Grant, The Kunts, Basildon, The Cure, snow fun, Dark and Golden, Shuk and Doode, It May Never Happen by Kevin Wookcock, the Broken Frontier Awards, the missing SILENCE! To Astonish, Early Doors by Lucy Sullivan, Ghosts in Things, More Ghosts In Things, Gareth Hopkins, Creep Heap, having too many comics, Weird Kids Like McCoy by Dan Cox, Twitter, Disney+, Red, not watching MCU stuff, The Batman, Spiderman #1, Marvel's Squirrel Girl Podcast,

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You wanna know about Mark Stafford, almost from birth until now? He's the sort of guy that people say things like ''Mark Stafford is the greatest artist you've never heard of'' about.Press play to hear Mark Stafford talk to a completely naked Gary Lactus about Ronald Searle, Empusa, The Comic Creators Guild, Brian Talbot, Cherubs, The Man Who Laughs, David Hine, Liphook, the strange tale of Magdalena Solis, The Bad Bad Place, Mark's Emerald Helicopter of Success, the upcoming Salmonella Smorgasbord and why oh why can't we all just call comic books and graphic novels Irresponsible Pictures instead. This is THE podcast for all of your Mark Stafford needs.@frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OVER MY SHOULDER, OLDER AND OLDER, THAT'S WHAT I TOLD YA, OVER AND OVERWell, well, well if it isn't Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die crawling back on their knees, begging forgiveness for missing a week of the world's otherwise most reliable podcast.  Angry hoards of ex listeners have verbally and physically assaulted the punctual pair, blaming them for all manner of important, missed appointments because they set their watches to SILENCE!'s famous regularity.Thankfully, that's all over now and the two men are back to perform that most incredible feat, talking about stuff.  Stuff like Small Press Day at Gosh, and people like Sean Azzopardi, Molly Stocks, Mark Stafford, Douglas Noble and Fraser Geesin and Dan Cox's comic, Jeff.Gareth Hopkins' kickstarter, Explosive Sweet Freezer Razors gets a shout too.Then it's off to The Reviewniverse, with Counterfeit Girl, Geezer, John's Worth and Marvel's adaptation of DuneWrapping up, The Beast has watched The Boys and She Hulk and Gary has been listening to The Blindbo

Oh, The Beast Must Die is a busy busy beast, so Gary Lactus presents...THE PAUL JON MILNE STORY!Starring Jon Paul Milne playing the role of Paul Jon Milne. We learn the startling origin of Paul Jon Milne, relive Paul Jon Milne's greatest triumphs whilst learning Paul John Milne's darkest secrets and arrive at Paul Jon Milne's new art book, CREEP HEAP.  It's the role Jon Paul Milne was born to play.  There's also talk of Transformers, Doctor Strange, The sweet spot of Marvel's 90s output and jocks for hire.  Buy Paul Jon Milne products from his Etsy storeBuy Fraser Geesin's products and services from his websiteBuy Dan White's stuff from his websiteYou can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast podcadst: The Savage Best #1In this short sharp shock of an episode we discuss the first entry in the Saveg Beast official canon:The Ritual (David Bruckner, 2017)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I CAN THINK OF NO WHERE I WOULD RATHER BE, READING MORNING PAPERS, DRINKING MORNING TEANo blurb this week as we're all swarming around the centre of the hive, desperately hoping to mate with the Queen.As we all know, some weeks are longer than other weeks and it really has been a particularly long week since last week's episode.  Despite this and even though The Beast Must Die has covid we still managed a pod like particularly brave soldiers.Soldier Gary Lactus sliced his thumb quite badly but still managed to get to Who Am I Now, the exhibition of paintings by Glyn Dillon.Soldier The Beast Must Die saw Doctor Strange: Marble Madness!. He didn't like it and on the podcast he doesn't like it for a long time. Delicious!Let's go now to Reviewniverse, with Captain Britain, Light Brigade, Statics and Omege The Unknown of course.Seeing us out it's a reckymend of Paul O'Connell and Rhys Wooten's No Garnish podcast and The Beast Must Die's experience at Steve Walsh's Memorial.Farewell, friends.@frasergeesin@thebeastm

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast no.21: Wizards of GoreIn this latest episode we're discussing a topic very near ot our collective heart - GORE! In a truly epic episode, we're discussing a whole plethora of visceral treats and filmic grue, based around the following newly minted cateGOREies:Kinder-GoreDevastating goreFist-pump GoreSurreal GoreTransform-a-GoreCheck out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OH MOTHER DEAR WE SADLY FEAR THAT WE HAVE SOILED OUR MITTENSAnother week, another blurb. People often ask, "Hey! How do you keep your blurbs so fresh and new, week in, week out? It's amazing! You're amazing! How can I be like you?". Well, we here at SILENCE! Blurb Inc. are tired of this question. So tired in fact that we're now offering our SILENCE! Blurb Writing Masterclass. Learn from the best to realise your potential in the lucrative field of Blubcraft. Packed with high profile contributions from Todd Carty on how to find inspiration, Danny Dyer on the impact of brevity and Neil Gaiman on the power of blurbs. Send your £500 to the usual address.The tired dads return and Gary's been selling off parts of his collection! Both Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die have been guesting on Shelf Dust Presents The War Effort.  The Beast has been enjoying Paul Morley's biography of Tony Wilson and the surprisingly heavy inclusion of Kieron Gillen therein.  There's a non-review of The Eternals and chitter-chatter regar

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast no.20: Man Vs NatureIn this latest episode we take a look at a selection of films looking at the eternal conflict between mankind and that big green mother that's red in tooth and claw, nature. Films discussed includeRituals (Peter Carter, 1977)The Long Weekend (Colin Eggleston, 1978)Wild Beasts (Franco E Prosperi, 1984)Hold The Dark (Jeremy Saulnier, 2018)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LET’S GO TO MISTERLAND, THE LAND OF MAGICYou have passed the final test. Welcome… to TEAM BASTARD FORCE!  We are an elite team of men, dedicated to protecting the patriarchy at any cost!  Over there is The Ab, whose might always makes right!  This is the mysterious Explaino!  Who knows where from where his opinions hail but they are always right!  Be careful now, don’t get too close to the surly Incedible Sulk, who can slowly crush any opponent’s will to live.  I am your heroic leader, Mister Right.  I sit on my all-powerful Testosterthrone and direct proceedings.  Now, new recruit, I am entrusting you with the highest responsibility a man can shoulder… you shall be… PROTECTOR OF THE BLURB!!!YOU WANT A PODCAST WHERE TWO PALS TALK ABOUT COMICS AND CHILDREN’S BOOKS FRO THE 70s IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER THREE NONCONSECUTIVE DAYS?!  YOU GOT A PODCAST WHERE TWO PALS TALK ABOUT COMICS AND CHILDREN’S BOOKS FRO THE 70s IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OVER THREE NONCONSECUTIVE DAYS!!The men kick off with a couple of separate

I'M GOING TO FAST! I GOT NO BREAKS ON MY ROLLER SKATES!Hi, come this way, that's right, just through here.  Now, our first exhibit is this collection of bricks.  As you can see there's five in total.  Two of them are the same and one of them is made of latex.  That's right! It's a stunt brick!  Then over here we have a wooden duck painted like Superman, right next to this wide-necked plastic bottle with some piss in it.  Well that's it.  I hope you've enjoyed your tour of the Museum of Gary Lactus.  Oh, I almost forgot, here we have a classic blurb written by the human disappointment himself.Two men!  One pod!  Some saucy innuendo!  Some sentences ending in exclamation marks!  After a break, Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die reacquaint themselves with a bit of chat about Douglas Noble and pal's A Pocket Chiller series, not doing comedy and an imaginary space battle between billionaires.Then it's off to a bumper Reviewniverse with Simon Hanselmann's Crisis Zone, Jack Teagle's Collected Madness, Fight! and Tea

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast no.19: Bring on the Bad GuysIn this latest episode we take a look at some of our favourite filmic villains.  This time we're taking a look at a whole heap of films, through the prism of  four character archetypes:The BullyThe Pillar of SocietyThe Bad PlaceThe Corrupted IdealistThe DisruptorCheck out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast: Get Stuffed!In this special overfull post-Christmas episode, we look at a selection of films we've been gorging on over the festive period. Films discussed include:50/50 (Charles Martin Smith, 1992)Branded to Kill (Seijun Suzuki, 1967) The Harder They Fall (Jeymes Samuel, 2021)Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Kevnin Reynolds, 1991)The Blood on Satan's Claw (Piers Haggard, 1971)Black Christmas (Sophia Takal, 2019)The Empty Man (David Prior, 2020) Predator 2 (Stephen Hopkins, 1990)Last Train to Christmas (Julian Kemp, 2021)Jake Speed (Andrew Lane, 1986)Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981)Gremlins (Joe Dante, 1984)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IT'S HAPPENING NOW. THE CRAZED IN THE HOT-ZONELeaping lizards, it's only our flipping 300th episode specktaklyar! OR IS IT? No it is. OR IS IT? You'll have to listen to find out won't you?In this firm, festive and juicy edition of the world's first, favourite and indeed only podcast SILENCE!, Gary Lactus & The Beast Must Die answer listener questions. That's right it's primo pod-content provided by the loyal SILENCE massive and let me tell you the boys rise to the occasion, like a couple of rum happy castaways bobbing on a raft made of pure hot comic opinions.Lots of things discussed, all of it delivered in the mighty, meaty, beaty, big and bouncy SILENCE manner. I'm not going to list it all here, that would spoil the fun and it has nothing to do with laziness.Thanks to all who provided questions, and keep it festive, freaky during the holiday season. Be nice to each other.END MESSAGE   @frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See

Presented here is a recording of SILENCE! To Astonish! form Thought Bubble 2021 with descriptive narration for the more visual elements of the original presentation. Our humble thanks and sincere apologies to Rachel Stott, Becky Cloonan, Al Ewing and Hannah Berry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.