Coffee & Heroes Podcast

It's finally happening! After more than 20 years, DC and Marvel are finally collaborating on a series of upcoming crossover titles!And the first one has just been announced...

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the May 2025 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in July 2025 and beyond!As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Join Alan and Keith as they chat about all the comics they enjoyed from the month of April!If you like what we do please do like and subscribe, as well as leaving a quick review if you can, as it makes it easier for people to find us!

Join Alan and Keith as they chat about everything they're enjoying from the month of April. Chatting movies, tv shows, omnibus reading and everything in between!If you like what we do please do like and subscribe, as well as leaving a quick review if you can, as it makes it easier for people to find us!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the April 2025 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in June2025 and beyond!As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Book clubs are back! Join Alan and Keith as they deep dive into 2001's Daredevil: Yellow, from the creative team of Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale.Hope you guys enjoy!

Join Alan and Keith having a wide ranging conversation covering the comics industry in February of 2025!We go through our favourite titles, what new titles hit the market, starting points, certain comics coming to an end, and everything in between!Let us know what you think of the new format!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the March 2025 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in May 2025 and beyond!As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Join Alan and Keith having a wide ranging conversation covering the comics industry in January of 2025!We go through our favourite titles, what new titles hit the market, starting points, certain comics coming to an end, and everything in between!Let us know what you think of the new format!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the February 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in April 2025 and beyond!As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

And here it is! The long awaited Part 2 of our excellent conversation with the one and only Rick Remender!Hope you guys enjoy!

Our interview with the one and only Rick Remender is now back! We had a few audio problems we noticed with the first upload, so have ironed those out.In Part 1 we ask why comics? Talk Captain Dingleberry, Fear Agent, the desire to get titles over the line, and the freedom that comes with creator owned comics.We'll be uploading Part 2 next week, hope you enjoy!

Join Alan & Keith for Part 2 of their roundup of the Best Titles of 2024! We hope you guys enjoy!

Join Alan & Keith for Part 1 of their roundup of the Best Titles of 2024! Check back next week for Part 2. We hope you guys enjoy!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the January 2025 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in March 2025 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

It's the interview Alan has been wanting to do ever since we started the podcast, and it did not disappoint! We finally got chatting to the one and only Rick Remender, best known for era defining runs on Venom and Uncanny X-Force amongst others while at Marvel, but for us it's his Indie work that shines brightest. Deadly Class, Fear Agent, Black Science, Seven to Eternity, Low, Tokyo Ghost and many others, demonstrate that he is one of the most consistent and important creators working in the medium today. We talk all of those over 2 episodes, as well as getting started, nearly going bankrupt, his time at Marvel, his Giant Generator imprint at Image, adaptations to other mediums and what he hopes for the future. Strap in, this is up there with our favourite ever episodes. We hope you enjoy it just as much.

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the November 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in January 2025 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

A bit of a change up in format as we have a wide ranging conversation covering the comics industry in September of 2024! We go through our favourite titles, what new titles hit the market, starting points, certain comics coming to an end, and everything in between! Let us know what you think of the new format!

Part 2 of our interview with the Incredible Tini Howard! Don't forget about our in store signing event in November, on Wednesday 20th, a New Comic Book Day to boot! Hope you enjoy!

Todays guest is one of the most exciting writers in the industry today. Able to balance working for Marvel, DC and on her own independent books, she has come a long way since winning the Top Cow talent hunt in 2013. Working her way through powerhouse franchises such as Rick & Morty, Barbie and Power Rangers, she found herself exclusively signed to Marvel in 2019. While there she worked on British Favourite Death's Head, as well as being an integral park of the Krakoa era with Excalibur and X of Swords. That's not to mention writing the likes of Thanos, Strikeforce and Age of Conan – Belit. But she finally saw the light and joined the light side, writing for DC, working her way through the femme fatales of Harley Quinn, Punchline and overseeing a seminal run on Catwoman, which also crossed over with Zdarsky's Batman in an excellent event, The Gotham War. Our guest today is Tini Howard!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the October 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in December 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

A bit of a change up in format as we have a wide ranging conversation covering the comics industry in June / July & August of 2024! We go through our favourite titles, what new titles hit the market, starting points, certain comics coming to an end, and everything in between! Let us know what you think of the new format!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the September 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in November 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Join Alan, flying solo this month, as he takes you through the June 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in October 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

It's our 250th Episode and we have an amazing episode for you to celebrate! David Pepose is a former crime reporter turned Ringo Award-winning comic book creator, and has written titles such as SAVAGE AVENGERS, FANTASTIC FOUR, HULK, AVENGERS UNLIMITED, DARTH VADER: BLACK, WHITE & RED, SPENCER & LOCKE, GOING TO THE CHAPEL, THE O.Z., SCOUT'S HONOR, and much more! We cover his entire career, how he got started, how he came to Marvel, writing a new take on The Punisher, his love for Space Ghost and his favourite comics of all time! Hope you guys enjoy!

Join Alan & Keith as they take you through their favourite comics released in May 2024. Spoilers aplenty, and time stamps below. Hope you enjoy! Sanction #1 - 39m 39s Midnight Sons: Blood Hunt #1 - 44m 12s Nightwing #114 - 52m 47s Nightwing Annual 2024 - 1h 03m 33s Boy Wonder #1 - 1h 13m 37s Conan The Barbarian #11 - 1h 22m 10s White Boat #1- 1h 29m 47s The Blood Brother's #1 - 1h 36m 51s Ain't No Grave #1 - 1h 46m 11s

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the June 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in August 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Join Alan & Keith as they take you through their favourite comics released in April 2024! Spoilers aplenty, hope you guys enjoy! General Catch Up and chit chat - 0m Rook Exodus #1 - 28.58 Uncanny Valley #1 - 38.53 Dick Tracy #1 - 48.36 Blade Runner 2039 #12 - 53.15 What If… Aliens #2 - 1.01.46 Helen of Wyndhorn #2 - 1.08.21 Dudley Datsun & The Forever Machine #1 - 1.16.26 Hellblazer: Dead in America #4 - 1.21.07 Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees #5 - 1.26.50 Redcoat #1 - 1.34.29

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the May 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in July 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Join Alan & Keith as they take you through their favourite comics released in March 2024! Spoilers aplenty, hope you guys enjoy! General Catch Up and chit chat - 0mBatman: Dark Age #1 - 28m 18sJohn Constantine Hellblazer: Dead In America #3 - 33m 11sBatman: First Knight #1 - 41m 44sConan The Barbarian #9 - 49m 04sBatman/Dylan Dog #1 - 54m 12sWesley Dodds: Sandman #6 1h 00m 16sMan's Best #1 - 1h 07m 10sSymbiote Spider-Man 2099 #1 - 1h 12m 10sLittle Black Book #1 - 1h 17m 42sHelen of Wyndhorn #1 - 1h 21m 59s

This episodes guest is Ron Marz, an absolute legend of the industry, having written some of the biggest characters around for over 3 decades.  He's worked for Marvel, DC, Dynamite, Image, co founded Crossgen and more, writing era defining runs for Green Lantern, Silver Surfer (creating legacy characters in both titles) Witchblade, Thor, Star Wars and more. He's also worked on the Big 2 company crossovers, being heavily involved in DC vs Marvel, as well as All Access.  And the timing is pretty perfect for chatting about that, as there are long awaited omnibus reprints on the way.  Maybe any chance of any new crossovers?  We'll be sure to ask… He's written Superman, Batman, Captain America, Aliens, Darth Maul, John Carter, Red Sonja, What If, XO Manowar…the list goes on and on.... Hope you guys enjoy!

Join Alan & Keith as they chat their favourite comics released in February 2024! Spoilers Aplenty! General Chit-chat about Movies, Gaming & TV - 0m The One Hand #1 - 38m 50s Captain America #6 - 44m 50s The Displaced #1 - 54m 25s Batman #143 - 59m 40s Wonder Woman #6 - 1hr 11m 30s Fire Power #30 - 1hr 18m 11s Ultimate Spider-Man #2 - 1hr 29m Star Trek: Defiant #12 - 1hr 35m 50s The Walking Dead Deluxe #83 1hr 42m 50s The Savage Sword of Conan #1 - 1m 53m 52s

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the April 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in June 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Join Alan and Keith as they review their favourite comics released in the month of January! There's loads of great stuff here, and spoilers aplenty! Hope you enjoy!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the March 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in May 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

By Crom! It's our third and final part of our epic chat with the Mighty Jim Sub. This episode? All Conan All The Time! -Writing Conan at Marvel -Getting the Call from Titian/Heroic Signatures -The Process -Conan Source Material & Fans -What's Next on Conan -The Appeal & Character of Conan

Welcome back to Part 2 of our chat with Jim Zub! In this episode we chat...- Upcoming Compendiums-Rick & Morty vs Dungeons & Dragons-Thunderbolts-Uncanny Avengers-Avengers No Surrender-Al Ewing's Immortal Hulk Pitch-Avenger No Road Home

This week, we interview the epic storyteller that is Jim Zub! An industry veteran, he is the go to creator for epic Swords and Sorcery, whether it be Conan, Dungeons & Dragons or his own creator owned Skullkickers! Oh, and he may have had a hand in creating a little known character called The Immortal Hulk, while writing Avengers... An interview so epic and enjoyable, it will be split across 3 parts! So settle in, and enjoy!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the rest of their favourite comics and titles of 2023!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through their favourite comics and titles of 2023!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the February 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in April 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

We are delighted to welcome the one and only Ram V back onto the podcast! We talk him going DC exclusive, his upcoming projects, everything about his Detective Comics run and all his creator owned work! A great conversation with one of the very best creators around.

Join us for Part 2 of our interview with Kyle Starks where we discuss Pine & Merrimac, the optioning of his works and wrestling, lots of wrestling...

Today's guest is a multi-time Eisner award nominee, who has been producing great work in comics for over a decade. Kicking things off with a creator owned, independently funded wrestling book – The Legend of Ricky Thunder, he was soon writing for one of television's biggest properties, Rick & Morty, and to date is the longest tenured writer on the comic. And just to show off a little more, he also occasionally drew the title... Add to that Rock Candy Mountain, Six Sidekicks of Trigger Keaton, Assassin Nation and most recently Peacemaker Tries Hard! Ladies & Gentlemen, our guest today is Kyle Starks!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the January 2024 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in March 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Join Alan and Keith as they review their favourite comics released in the month of October! There's loads of great stuff here, and spoilers aplenty! Hope you enjoy!

Join Alan and Keith as they take you through the December 2023 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in February 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Join Alan as he takes you through the November 2023 Previews Books, picking out the titles we're most looking forward to in store, due for release in January 2024 and beyond! As ever, if anything appeals to you, do let us know! This way, you're guaranteed 1st Print, Cover A's, and Cover Price on all new titles.

Join Alan and Keith as they review their favourite titles released in the month of September! There's loads of great stuff here, and spoilers aplenty! Hope you enjoy!

Join Alan and Keith as they review their favourite titles released in the month of August! There's loads of great stuff here, and spoilers aplenty! Hope you enjoy!

Join Alan as he chats to Skulduggery Pleasant creator Derek Landy, and local artist legend PJ Holden! This creative team have joined forces to create the first ever Skulduggery Pleasant Graphic Novel - Bad Magic! We chat the release, the differences between the book market and comics market, working for DC and Marvel and the upcoming signing in store at Coffee & Heroes on Saturday 4th November!