Podcast by Gareth A Hopkins
We're back with the first proper Alpha Pod Flight for a while! We talk about one of my favourite issues, the 1986 Annual, where there's some ghost stuff (very on brand for me) Diablo is written as a coward and incredibly Shaman doesn't Do A Shaman! Please forgive me for the cover art, I've not got Photoshop at the moment so I did my best using the Snipping Tool. Anthony can be found on twitter here: https://twitter.com/Cerebus92 DC In The 80s can be found here: http://www.dcinthe80s.com/p/home-page.html
Here's an Alpha Not Flight where I let Bill talk about his favourite ever comic, Dungeon Fun! If you're interested in buying the comic (which you should be, it's great) I think the best place to get it might be BHP Comics, who've put the first four issues out in a very handsome trade paperback: https://bhpcomics.squarespace.com/buy-books/dungeon-fun
aka The Immortal Alpha Pod Hulk Flight Matt and me sat down to the little lake thing at the Barbican and occasionally remembered to talk about Alpha Flight, and the Immortal Hulk which alpha Flight have been turning up in, but mostly this is an exercise in tangents, which if you've already heard me talk about alpha Flight a lot is probably some kind of relief. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2019 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Phil from the very excellent http://www.alphaflight.net comes back and we talk about one of my favourite issues of Alpha Flight, where the team battle a gigantic meat monster that used to be Mr Jeffries brother and Roger Bochs. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2019 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
I'm rejoined my Claire Napier, who helps me make some sense of my conflicted feelings about Alpha Flight #42, which I have to do without a copy of the comic in front of me becasue I'm either the worst podcaster or the absolute BEST podcaster. I'm on twitter here: https://twitter.com/grthink Claire's on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/illusclaire Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2019 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Here's the original recorded interview that the text from 'The Exploding Mess' was based on, minus a 10-second clip called 'Fall Damage' which was made by my son. The only person that comes out well in the recording is my daughter, I think, but that's normal. If you don't have a copy of The Exploding Mess, you can download the PDF here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lHY-cN1ZzsznW5ceu6n0bbIK6cGvrpxX/view Copyright 2019 Gareth A Hopkins
Rejoined by Douglas Noble and we talk about all sorts of stuff, including the fact that Douglas can only tell the Alpha Flight team apart if they're wearing different clothes to each other, which in this they're mostly not. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2019 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
My wife and I discuss ROM Spaceknight Issue 57. She talks about geography a lot, we agree that this is a Good Comic, I get ridiculed for promoting myself. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2019 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Ken Reynolds is back for the NO EDITING PODCAST SPECIAL except there was editing because the connectino kept cutting out. We talk about Alpha Flight Number 2, discuss whether it was rushed because Byrne was busy, whether Puck is Alpha Flight's mascot (of course he's not, FFS Ken) and if Jim Hudson is more of an Iron Man or more of a Captain America. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2019 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' that's not used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
The stars aligned, the skies cleared and something went right, becasue holy hannah here comes a new Alpha Pod Flight! Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2019 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
In a surprise move, I've actually got another podcast ready, and this time it's me and the boss of Facebook Alpha Flight fans, Justin Mohareb, talking about the last ever issue of Cryster, The Crystal Warrior which for some reason has three members of Alpha Flight in (but not the same three as there are on the comic'c cover). Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2019 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Everything goes black and white a bit this episode, where Steve Thompson joins me to talk about the time Alpha Flight went hunting for Walter Langkowski's soul in the Land Of The Great Beasts. Snowbird does some ethically questionable stuff, Shaman does some minor Shamans and there's some fights. It's all good stuff. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Me and Martha talk about How The Grinch Stole Christmas, first the book and then the movie. FWIW I wasn't *that* keen on the movie, but so as not to spoil it for Martha I kept most of my stupid opinions to myself. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Getting back on the Podcast Pony, I'm here with Tim Price, and we talk about one of the older John Byrne issues -- you know, the ones people actually like. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
So Bill, who's a previous guest and also my son, said he'd like to come back on the podcast, and review a comic. That was before I said he could play Fortnite, though. This is the mess that ensued. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
"it's been a minute" as some of the Americans say, which actually means "it's been a long time", belieive it or not. By which I mean: this is the first alpha Pod Flight for a few weeks, and it's not being released on Official Alpha Pod Flight Tuesday, but half way through Unofficial Alpha Pod Flight Friday. Crazy! I'm joined by Fraser Campbell, writer and essentially publisher of The Edge Off, Alex Automatic, Sleeping Dogs and others (they're all very good, please go and read them, even if you have already). We go in on Alpha Flight 14, which has so much to talk about, even though there's NO FIGHTS IN IT. Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Yeah, so I let James back on. We talked about X-Men And Alpha Flight 1, and how even though there's a lot of pages, and a lot of STUFF, there's not a lot happening. We also talked about how creepy Professor X is, how much of an Anakin Rachel Summers is, and marvel at Cyclops eyes. I also get some links totally wrong, but... well, look, let me know if you care. Nobody follows links from episode descriptions, we know that. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Yeah, so a little while ago Dave Cambrian (@thehorseman) went to Fan Expo Canada. He went to John Byrne's panel, and recorded it on his iPhone. Then he sent the recordings to me, and then a few weeks later I recorded an introduction in a car park, and made it available here. I don't own the copyright to these recordings, and all that. Shared as a fan, not as anything more special than that.
We recorded this one a little while ago, and I don't really remember the conversation very well, but we all know Sean is the absolute best when it comes to stuff like this so it'll be a good, strong, informative episode. If you like it: 5 STAR REVIEW ON ITUNES Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
A little while ago I sort of bullied Tim into letting me send him this comic. And then he agreed to read it, and be on this podcast! We talk about what the early 2000's looked like, flying horses, old men and all sorts of other stuff. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Bill gets drafted in again, to talk about the first two issues of Captain Marvel: The Rise Of Alpha Flight. If I could have somehow shoe-horned in 'The Rise Of Alpha Pod Flight' you better your sweet face I would have. We start with a little intro which Bill wrote himself, honestly, I had nothing to do with it. Then the podcast proper, where we talk about the movie Aliens, probably some stuff that happened in his school and Martha tries to but in constantly, including a long section where she meditates loudly. As usual, if you're here for hardcore Alpha Flight chat, I can only apologise. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from books.google.com Alpha Flight, Captain Marvel, and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Douglas Noble, who came on Alpha Pod Flight to talk about Sasquatch fighting the Super Skrull on episode... 9?... invited me onto his podcast 'The Gravity Equation' to talk about Machine Man 17, which guest stars Sasquatch, Aurora and Northstar. He's agreed to let me share the audio here. The Gravity Equation, Copyright Douglas Noble 2018 Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Machine Man, Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: https://t.co/M2vMkA7f5c I think he also put some of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music on the end? Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
I know, I know. Another not-Alpha Flight, aka Alpha Not Flight. My daughter Martha reviews one of her favourite books, that's it. If you're here for Alpha Flight content... well, wait, I guess. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish cover lifted from Penguin Randm House's website: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/43109/one-fish-two-fish-red-fish-blue-fish-by-dr-seuss/9780394800134/ Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
It's been two weeks since the last Alpha Pod Flight which I celebrated by 100% stuffing up the recording. Luckily, my guest this time is a class act -- it's only Vince Hunt, creator of Red Mask From Mars and Stalkerville... I mean, Murder Road. We talked all about Marvel 2-in-1 83 wherein Shaman does a Shaman, The Thing and Sasquatch have a very polite fight and Ranark does a bunch of Ravaging. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
This time I'm joined by critic and satirist Tom Whiteley who works at The Daily Mash but more importantly writes excellent articles about comics from the late 80s, here: https://suggestedformaturereaders.wordpress.com/ Turns out he doesn't like Alpha Flight that much, nor does he think issue number 12 is that great. I mean, he's wrong, but whatever. We also talk about what wrestling would be like if it was comics, the exact year hockey deaths per year decreased from the 1000s to the 100s and my daughter massively interrupts us for what's only about a minute but feels much longer. EXTRA SPECIAL this episode is the band Vulcan Dub Squad let me use their track 'Alpha Flight #12' on this episode and I'm super glad they did becasue I love it. Since they've broken up now all their music is free to download on bandcamp, but if you like it and you can feel free to bung them a couple of quid: https://thevulcands.bandcamp.com/ Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
This time we try another pubcast, like we did with Dan White and John Bishop. This time there were a few more people there, they were a bit louder, and I was a bit more stressed. Luckily, Sunny was here to guide us through - we talk about Namor and the Avengers and comics which combine those two things with Alpha Flight. Sunny's twitter is: http://www.twitter.com/SunpreetGrewal Sunny's sister's dog's instagram account is: https://www.instagram.com/duke.grover/ Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
In something of a departure, on this episode we discuss a BRAND NEW COMIC. As someone who rarely reads BRAND NEW COMICS it came as a bit of a surprise... like, I'm an old man who's only ever listened to swing, and is offering his opinion on Clean Bandit or something. Like... it's something I can see might be popular, but I'm not sure it's for me? Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
And The Master is back, and he is rubbish, again. Join Emmet and me as we talk about all sorts of stuff, especially what a Nice Guy The Master is. Emmet on Twitter is @EmmetOC_ and has a podcast called Hopscotch Fridays which you should listen to. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
I'm joined by Kate and we talk about Sasquatch smashing up Canada for fun, Aurora being a bit sexy (maybe for fun) and how Robert Redford dresses up for fun. Kate's novel Coast To Coast can be bought here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coast-Kate-Dowling/dp/1514829665/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529927328&sr=1-1 On Twitter she's @waveatthetrain Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Bill wanted to talk on the podcast about something that wasn't Alpha Flight, so I let him review three stories from the wonderful Mr Puzzle Super Collection by Chris Eliopolous. Martha tries to get involved and... tbh I've left this a bit let to write. I'm so tired I'm almost falling asleep (EDIT: I did fall asleep directly after hitting the publish button) The episode is alright though, so long as you don't find other people's children insufferable. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
After Claire and I finished talking about Alpha Flight the other week I left the recorder on and we just sort of fell into chat about X-Men (in particular The Psylocke Problem), Cable, and Spider-Man The Animated Series. Here's that, as part of this kind of bonus week thing I'm doing. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
This week there's going to be three shorter episodes, none of which are about Alpha Flight. I'm sorry, these things just happen. There'll be plenty of Alpha Flight next week *I promise*. As it is, my daughter tries to remember what happens in a pretty jam-packed Tintin adventure. Also, she's lost her two front teeth. Also, as always, Bill gets involved. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
In this episode I'm joined by Bobsy, of The Mindless Ones and The Shadow Trap, to talk about "Alpha Flight Special 1987", a bootleg comic that sort of made its way to me. We somehow get onto talking about Nu Rave, our Reptilian Overlords and The Pink Windmill. This episode is linked to Young Blood Initiative's Authentic Fake project, and artwork based on the comic discussed will be on show in London as part of it from 14th to 17th June 2018. Private View: https://www.facebook.com/events/1795156940541276/ Re-Imagining The Gendered AI Bot: https://www.facebook.com/events/327974084393248/ Live Art Evening: https://www.facebook.com/events/202452953870250/ Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Lolly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lollymoosome Shoe Lane Comic Forum is the first Tuesday of every month, Shoe Lane Library, 5:30pm! https://londongraphicnovelnetwork.com/shoe-lane-comic-forum/ I met Lolly, librarian supreme and leader of the Shoe Lane Comic Forum, in the Barbican and it was a bit noisy but really not that bad considering. We discuss how Alpha flight #38's 3 Act Structure isn't so much a 3 Act Structure and is more of three bits of comics put next to each other, I make some more factual inaccuracies (including but not limited to my guests name) and yeah, all sorts. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Andy CT joins me this time around. What you don't hear is that I toyed with the idea of trying out a new intro for this episode but 100% chickened out. We talk about this, the first time we've encountered the infamous James D Hudnall and John Calimee, I manage to forget who WALTER IS and drop some big old swears in the outro bit. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Rob's a proper Alpha Flight fan and collector, which is always nice on a podcast about Alpha Flight. Amongst a bunch of other topics I manage to get Aurora and Snowbird's names the wrong way around AGAIN, I shoehorn some 2000AD chat in, and Rob breaks down the maths of a particularly long arm. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
This time I'm joined by Claire Napier, cartoonist and critic. We talk about wild-west timey demon fights, I once again berate Shaman for his terrible decisions, 'John Byrne' finally concatenates itself into a single word and we get the shortest, most succinct description of what happens plot-wise of any episode so far, by a long shot. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
After a whole bunch of delays and technical mistakes on my part, the Flight is BACK and to swing it back into place I've been joined by artist and comics fan Sarah Harris. We try to decode what a specific reference to 'The Purple Generation' might actually mean, Sarah spends a solid minute listing all the comics that you could have bought instead of Alpha Flight on the month this issue came out, and Sarah tries to downplay her artistic accomplishments becasue she's like that. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
I sent Jenny Robins two copies of Alpha Flight to talk about, and we talked about this one, Issue 55. We talked about it for a fair while longer than I'd normally talk to someone about anything, which is why this episode is longer than they usually are. We dance around pronouns, try and make some sense of the Great Beats (yep, they turn up...again!) and I make my first attempt to sell my conspiracy theory that Neil Gaiman pilalged Alpha Flight for ideas to make The Sandman (having fact checked myself, I shall not be pursuing that conspiracy very much further, becasue I'm kind of mostly wrong). Also, I make some very broad and incorrect statements about nearly everything. One final thing, becasue I figure if you've read this far you deserve some kind of bonus content: in a few episodes time I'll be telling a whole bunch of lies, but on purpose, rather than by accident. If you want to be part of those lies, please email me at gareth@grthink.com or get in touch on Twitter. It'll be fun, I promise. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Seriously, if you're here for chat about Alpha Flight maybe skip this episode... Once again Martha bullied me into letting her do a podcast that wasn't about Alpha Flight and I let her like some kind of chump. Here she discusses Looga And Barooga The Treasure Of Soap Island, mostly by memory which is pretty good, tbh.
Ever heard a parent's enthusiasm for an activity drain audibly? No? Well you're in for a treat. Bill was desperate to have another go on the podcast, and does very well until he gets bored. My daughter also pipes up to ask who Alpha Flight is. I go slowly insane. Enjoy! Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight, The Thing and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
If you like listening to a podcast that's supposed to be about Alpha Flight but instead somehow covers Magic The Gathering and adverts for sweets then BOY HOWDY you've found the right podcast. Between my desperate need to explain everything and my wife's desperate need to derail me from whatever I'm explaining this podcast is full of pauses, confusion and plenty of outrage. And yes, Amy is my wife. Or, as she describes herself at least three times during this podcast, my 'long suffering wife'. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Well here's an episode of Alpha Pod Flight where John Byrne didn't do the issue of Alpha Flight we're talking about. John Bishop of http://www.johnbishopillustration.com/ joins me in a pub to talk about Issue 33, where Heather Hudson gets shot out of the sky by Magneto, Lady Deathstrike stands about a bit and Wolverine tells an early part of his very convoluted back story.
WELL, this is a landmark episode, because I finally get John Byrne's biographical link to Canada correct for the FIRST TIME. This is all thanks to Dan White, aka thebeastmustdie, comic creator and podcast host. We meet in a pub which slowly gets noisier to talk about the unfortunately lacklustre Alpha Flight issue 3 whilst Dan tries to turn the conversation around to Judge Dredd, but manage to also include: - the perils of reading comics on the train when you're an adult man - ladies not feeling pain as much as men do - the potentially incestuous relationship between Northstar and Aurora somehow, again Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
Fraser Campbell joins me to talk about Issue 5, how it's sort-of related to A Midsummer Night's Dream, "Henchman Fashion" and the artistic choices involved in making characters wear skimpy clothes and be immodestly hairy. I also relate an Andy Yanchus-based anxiety dream. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
One lonely Wednesday night I was visited electronically by comics writer/publisher Tom Ward (he makes Merrick The Elephant Man which you should seek out to read) and we talked about Alpha Flight Issue 13 of all things. The comic's got 11 pages with no dialogue, Puck reveals his soft and hard edges, and yes: Guardian's properly died in #12. Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
On this episode I'm joined by film maker James Plumb to talk about a landmark issue in comics history. We talk about when my neck grew in, whether this comic was the best platform the issues it attempts to address, and the legacy of both Watchmen and New Mutants. During recording I was near-constantyl interrupted by my son, most of which I've moved into a handy 'outtakes' bit at the end. http://madsciencefilms.com/ https://twitter.com/madsciencefilms Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
This time around I'm joined by Sean Ross to talk about Alpha Flight #1 - I'd say "where it all started" but it actually started in The Uncanny X-Men, and that's a future episode of the podcast. Sean is a steady stream of high-quality information, and if you've not listened to an Alpha Pod Flight before and are interested in what Alpha Flight is this is a perfect place to start. http://pulp2pixel.blogspot.co.uk/ http://twitter.com/Sean42AZ Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
On this episode I'm joined by comics everyman Tony Esmond. We talk about the bizareness of Pink Pearl, what twins might get up to in Tony's mind, and how nice Northstar's flat is. https://twitter.com/Ezohyez http://neverironanything.blogspot.co.uk/ Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
This time I'm joined by everyone's favourite Douglas Noble, Douglas Noble. He points out something totally obvious that I'd totally missed despite having read this comic about 5 times, and a bunch of other stuff. https://twitter.com/douglasnoble http://strip-for-me.com/ Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
I'm joined by AlphaFlight.net's Phil Thomas to talk about Canadian malls, how little sense Flashback makes as a character, and just how much we like Alpha Flight. https://twitter.com/AlphaFlight_net http://www.alphaflight.net/ Alpha Pod Flight, Copyright 2018 Gareth A Hopkins Alpha Flight cover image borrowed from marvel.wikia.com Alpha Flight and all related characters are copyright Marvel or Disney. Deffo not me, pal. The version of 'Oh Canada!' used in this podcast can be found at this address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwDvF0NtgdU Disclaimer: The host of this podcast (Gareth A Hopkins) is a *fan of* the material he talks about and not an *expert on* it. Many of things stated as facts might be pure fabricated bullshit, and will probably reveal said host to be a bit of a bellend. Don't mind him. If you have any comments please email gareth@grthink.com
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