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    SILENCE! #324

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 131:02


    I'VE MADE A MOUNTAIN FROM A LOVEBITE AGAINThe Beast Must Die, Lord Nuneaton Savage and Gary Lactus gleefully jump back into Batman and the Outsiders #8 on behest of The Drifting Reviewniverse.There's mysterious adverts, there's adverts that pull the brave reviewmonauts down plastic rabbit holes and there's the rest of the comic too! This masterfully told story breaks heads in all directions! The impressive! The absurd! The amusing! The Traumatic!THANK YOU, OH BEAUTIFUL REVIEWNIVERSE!The next episode of SILENCE! is already on our Patreon alongside around three-hundred exclusive episodes.Find Lord Nuneaton Savage on Instagram and on the Savage Beast SubstackEnjoy The Beast Must Die on his websiteGary Lactus also exists Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    SILENCE! #323

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 126:28


    A HARE CALLED LUCIFER!The Drifting Reviewniverse gifts The Beast Must Die, Lord Nuneaton Savage and a rather muffled Gary Lactus the hands down, straight up, no word of a lie best comic so far in this chance-led odyssey, Batman and the Outsiders #8. The fearless reviewmonauts pour over every page until they run out of time. Part 2 is already on our Patreon .Find Lord Nuneaton Savage on Instagram and on the Savage Beast SubstackEnjoy The Beast Must Die on his websiteGary Lactus also existsYou can support SILENCE! using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    SILENCE! #322

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 134:56


    AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MEANINGLESS UNTIL I REALISED YOU WERE SERIOUSThe drifting Reviewniverse brings Gary Lactus, Al To Astonish and His Bleak Majesty Douglas Noble in close contact with Ex-Mutants #3 (vol. 2) from Malibu, 1993. Synergy! Action sass! Batteries! Bottoms! Dive in!Find Al To Astonish on Bluesky and at House To AstonishFind His Bleak Majesty Douglas Noble HEREBother Gary Lactus HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    SILENCE! #321

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 115:00


    IT'S SO GOOD, BABY WHEN YOU'RE AT THE WHEELHOW WAS THIS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN?! Well, it's done now. Ghost Rider 11 has been fully digested by Gary Lactus, Maid Of Nails and Al To Astonish, who accurately said after recording, "I feel like I have advert poisoning".Find Maid Of Nails on Bluesky and PatreonFind Al To Astonish on Bluesky and at House To AstonishYou can support SILENCE! using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    SILENCE! #320

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 101:05


    WHEN I SAW MUSHROOM HEAD, I WAS BORN AND I WAS DEADIt's the Drifting Reviewniverse #3 and Gary Lactus, Al To Astonish and Maid Of Nails are supposed to be examining Ghost Rider #11 (Marvel, 1975). Unfortunately Maid Of Nails has gone missing and the adverts are far too interesting to concentrate on the comic itself. Despite this and quite amazingly, what you have here is an hour and a half of enthusiastic dissection that covers less than half the comic! We're going to have to dive back in for Part 2 next week. OMGR!!!!!!!Find Maid Of Nails on Bluesky and PatreonFind Al To Astonish on Bluesky and at House To AstonishYou can support SILENCE! using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    SILENCE! #319

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 83:39


    ACTIVITY TROUSERSThis week (ahem), the Drifting Reviewniverse takes Gary Lactus and TT into everyone's least favourite Chuck D, Charles Dixon's Marc Spector: Moon Knight #12.CURSE YOU, FATE! Your hosts do their best to choke it down and describe the experience. It's a fun chat about a comic that wasn't enjoyed by either of them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    SILENCE! #318

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 96:18


    SOMETIMES I CAN'T FIND MY GOOD HABITSYou hear that? Of course you do, it's startling, nigh on deafening! It's the NEW HIGH CONCEPT ALARM! Unfortunately the new thing doesn't know what it's called. Drifting Reviewniverse? Random Reviewniverse? Adventure into Indeterminacy? Let's read with Ian Determinate? The idea is simple. A random English language comic from the last 90 years or so is chosen, read and talked about. This episode it's Here's Howie #9 and it's talked about by Gary Lactus and Al To AstonishGet more Al To Astonish at House To AstonishYou can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    SILENCE! #317 SILENCE! To Astonish! 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 105:25


    THOSE WHO KNOW, THEY DON'T LET IT SHOWGary Lactus is joined by Al To Astonish as they do their best to reconstruct the SILENCE! To Astonish! panel at this year's Thought Bubble in lieu of a usable recording. Worst Christmas gift ever? YOU DECIDE!See photos and the full show script heresilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    SILENCE! #316

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 106:54


    IT'S A PLASTIC BAG WITH PLASTIC HANDLES AND PLASTIC SIDESWe spill our guts all over your ears, and Daisy the Galacticat does something similar.We talk about:Dan McDaid, Pricks, Summer Holidays, Sequent'Ull, Alex Potts, Gareth Hopkins' Rainlight Cope Aesthetic, Lily Williams' Digging, Freaky Deakies, Insomnia and the 1989 Batman film.silencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    SILENCE! #315

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 116:15


    IT'S LIKE A WHIRLPOOL AND IT NEVER ENDSAt last! It's time for The Big Pivot! Welcome to the SILENCE! Sportscast! All the Action! All the balls! More kicks and hits than you could reasonably kick or hit! Who's winning? YOU! Unfortunately the sports chat gets somewhat derailed by talk about gigs and the 90s before Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die get sucked into The Reviewniverse where they find Joe Wilkinson: My Autobiography, Elf Quest, Cerebus, Viz (Gary's got a strip in it!) and Proustian comics in general.Following that, there's a lovely bit of SILENCE! (Because The Film's Started) in which The Beast Must Die has seen The Flash.All sport is finally forgotten as the hosts reckymend Comfort Blanket, Allan Quartermain and the Spear of Destiny, Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson and Gary just won't stop going on about his Patreon. At this point in the blurb we usually say, "AND MORE!".@frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.SILENCE! has not been sponsored by the greatest comics shops on the planet, DAVE'S COMICS of Brighton and GOSH! Comics of London for years but we still love them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Episode 318: SILENCE! #315

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 116:15


    IT'S LIKE A WHIRLPOOL AND IT NEVER ENDSAt last! It's time for The Big Pivot! Welcome to the SILENCE! Sportscast! All the Action! All the balls! More kicks and hits than you could reasonably kick or hit! Who's winning? YOU! Unfortunately the sports chat gets somewhat derailed by talk about gigs and the 90s before Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die get sucked into The Reviewniverse where they find Joe Wilkinson: My Autobiography, Elf Quest, Cerebus, Viz (Gary's got a strip in it!) and Proustian comics in general.Following that, there's a lovely bit of SILENCE! (Because The Film's Started) in which The Beast Must Die has seen The Flash.All sport is finally forgotten as the hosts reckymend Comfort Blanket, Allan Quartermain and the Spear of Destiny, Blood & Flesh: The Reel Life & Ghastly Death of Al Adamson and Gary just won't stop going on about his Patreon. At this point in the blurb we usually say, "AND MORE!".@frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.SILENCE! has not been sponsored by the greatest comics shops on the planet, DAVE'S COMICS of Brighton and GOSH! Comics of London for years but we still love them.

    Episode 317: The Mighty Crusaders Number 4 #03

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 27:07


    Welcome back, Jolly Whackos, to The Mighty Crusaders Number Four! It's time for the third ultra-page of sequential narrative so get excited! Listen to The Mighty Crusaders Number Four Supplemental at https://www.patreon.com/SILENCE

    Episode 316: SILENCE! #314

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 104:22


    SHOW ME THAT I'M EVERYWHERE AND GET ME HOME FOR TEASomehow climbing out of a river of turds that flows from broken window in Hell, Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die convene to just try and have some fun for once. It's all here! Talking! Life! Poor sound quality! Fraser Geesin's Patreon! Cats knocking over microphones! Excuses! Comics! Great news inside!Covered within this soup are such titles as Monster Fan Club, The Green Lantern, Guy Gardener: Warrior, It's Lonely At The Centre of the Earth and more!Oh, and if you weren't aware, we lost a good friend. Help provide support for his family here

    Episode 315: SILENCE! Christmas Content 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2023 60:01


    Welcome to the SILENCE! Seasonal Scrapings! Gary Lactus, has cobbled questionable content from the contents of our Patreon, namely Gary's Com Dom Corner, a new venture in which he reads and reviews a comic suggested by members of C-Unit. The three Com Dom Corners here feature Legion Of Suprheroes, Wildcats: Trilogy #1 and Nth Man The Ultimate Ninja. But before that, Gary runs down his Best Of 2023 list.  Have a big Christgasm everyone!

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    Episode 314: SILENCE! To Astonish 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2023 57:15


    Here's the recording of SILENCE! To Astonish from Thought Bubble 2023. Gary Lactus, The Beast Must Die and Al Kennedy put Al Ewing, Rachel Stott, Lucy Sullivan and Not Caspar Wijngaard to the test. 

    Episode 313: SILENCE! #313

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 109:13


    BUGGER THE KITCHEN NAZISGary Lactus and The Beast Must Die are back to play whilst the cat's away, listen now as happily they squeak about things such as how  Cindy and Biscuit is doing, (no idea), Andrew O'Neill, Duncing, Passiondale and Small Press Day before scuttling into The ReviewniverseHere we find Handlebar Gumbo, Friday, Torse, Jack Kirby's 2001, Spider-Men: Double Trouble, Looshkin and Evan Dorkin's adaptation of Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey.WARNING: Contains two songs for the self indulgent hell of it.@frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.

    Episode 312: SILENCE! #312

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 98:31


    I GET YOUR POINT, YOU'RE SO SHARPGary Lactus and The Beast Must Die are tired and they want you to know it. Thankfully our heroes catch a mighty wind of South London Comic and Zine Fair and before you know it, they're plugging their own Duncing and Cindy and Biscuit and soaring majestically into The ReviewniverseChloe Green's A Crying Shame, Bizarre Boys, David Ziggy Greene's Jam Bookshop, Garbage Pail Kids, Dan and Sam and Blackest Night get talked about. There's also tribute paid to Chris Reynolds.It's a good episode, see what you think.@frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.

    Episode 311: The Mighty Crusaders Number Four #02

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 30:53


    Welcome back, Jolly Whackos, to The Mighty Crusaders Number Four!  In this episode, Gary Lactus puts page three of The Mighty Crusaders Number Four under the electron microscope and peers into the quantum universes living in each line, punctuation mark and ear of this life-changing, explosive stick of dyna-mind!!!

    Episode 310: SILENCE! #311

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 110:37


    GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY I SHOULDN'T WINGary Lactus and The Beast Must Die crawl back into your skull and deposit a number of topics.  The big news is dropped in a very special edition of Inside The Wanker's Studio in which Gary Lactus conducts a hard hitting, no punches pulled interview with a name that's about to be shouted so loud by so many that it will echo down the ages, Dan White.  Dan's big book of Cindy and Biscuit is to be published on August 15th 2023 so get ready to buy copies for everyone you know.The Beast rejoins Gary as the pair enter The Reviewniverse with Unstoppable Doom Patrol, Garth Marenghi Live, Zero and Michael Kupperman's Patreon.Then it's off to SILENCE! (Because The Film's started) where The Beast has seen Guardians of the Galaxy III and has thoughts expressed in words about it.After that it's massive relation, moths and away...@frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.

    Episode 309: SILENCE! #310

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2023 48:29


    Hello there. In this episode we mostly pay tribute to the longtime manager of Dave's Comics, Stephen Bamford in the wake of his passing.We also talk about Comics and Beer, The Sheild G-Man Club Fanzine, The Watchmen RPG and Bob Burden's Robot Comics.Oh, and both your hosts will be exhibiting at All About The Ink this month.@frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.

    Episode 308: STAR RIDER! Dan and Fraser’s Starlight Adventures book 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 175:52


    For some time, as a treat for members of C-Unit, Dan and Fraser have been playing through the Starlight Adventures series of adventure game books for girls, published by Puffin in 1985. We have adventured our way all the way through Riddle of the runaway and are now on the third book, Island Of Secrets. Presented here in this special podcast, is the first five episodes which comprise book one in the series, Star Rider. If you like what you hear and would like to join C-Unit yourself, thereby gaining access to the SILENCE! archive, free comics and a wealth of other exclusive podcasts, then go to Patreon.com/silence and pledge a single unit of currency (or more if you want). Whether you do or not, get ready to go on a Starlight Adventure, enter the drama gymkhana and…learn about horses in… STAR RIDER

    Episode 307: SILENCE! #309

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023 107:58


    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.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.

    Episode 306: The Mighty Crusaders Number 4 #01

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2023 34:10


    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

    Episode 305: SILENCE! #308

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023 93:20


    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?

    Episode 304: SILENCE! #307

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2023 93:09


    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, Baby, Angouleme, Croix-Noire, 2000AD Extreme Editions, Peter Milligan's The Dead, Meltdown Man, Rainbow Swelling, Billionaire Island: Cult Of Dogs, Catwoman: Lonely City, Power Comics, The Butterfly House, Clair Napier's The Magic Necklace,  Cowboy Picture Library 410 – Buck Jones The Hunter and more.Some links for you:https://darkandgolden.bigcartel.com/https://www.breakdownpress.com/http://strip-for-me.com/Support us on Patreon if you like 

    Episode 303: SILENCE! #206

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2022 111:29


    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, Daniel Kitson's A Show For Christmas (LISTEN TO IT NOW!), The Traitors and Wait What? RIP.  Have a good one!  Cheers everyone, BYE!

    Episode 302: SILENCE! Kevin O'Neill RIP

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 21:47


    Kevin O'Neill RIP

    Episode 301: SILENCE! #Mark Stafford

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022 102:46


    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.

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    Episode 301: SILENCE! #305

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022 107:41


    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 Blindboy PodcastThere's probably more that I've forgotten but you can find out what that is by listening... NOW! @frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.

    Episode 300: SILENCE! #Paul Jon Milne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2022 61:56


    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.

    The SAVAGE BEAST: The SAVAGE BEST #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 55:45


    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

    Episode 299: SILENCE! #304

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2022 127:11


    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@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.

    Episode 21: The SAVAGE BEAST no.21

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 187:59


    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-Gore Devastating gore Fist-pump Gore Surreal Gore Transform-a-Gore Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/

    Episode 298: SILENCE! #303

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2022 107:27


    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 regarding the SILENCE! Juniors' emergent relationship with super heroes and Gary's quest for space.  Sadmin.  The tragic loss of Steve Walsh and Garry Leach.The chaps pick themselves up with the exciting birth of Dark and Golden and the peculiar pleasure of comics speculation.Off, down and away into The Reviewniverse with Mek Memoirs, Kamen Rider, The X-Cellent, Orphan and the Five Beasts, Step By Bloody Step, a comic called Uncanny X-Men and The Sharkfighters of course.Then with a yawn we learn that Fraser Geesin will be at the Brighton Illustration Fair on Sunday 1st May, The Beast went to the London Comic Mart and that finding your own comics for sale secondhand really makes you feel like you've made it.

    Episode 20: The SAVAGE BEAST no.20

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 139:58


    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 include Rituals (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

    Episode 22: SILENCE! #302

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 137:07


    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 pond adventures and some mourning over Ian Kennedy and Neighbours.Into the Reviewniverse with Dave Cooper's Mud Bite, A Walk Through Hell, Good Boy Magazine, Grendel: Devil's Odyssey, Hannah Berry's Livestock and Deathlok of course!The Beast Must Die gets the telling-off from Pat Mills that comes to everyone in time.Then it's time for the brand new podcast-within-a-podcast, Men On Men.  This week, Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die look at the first two Mr. Men books, Mr. Tickle and Mr. Greedy.See you next week!@frasergeesin@thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.

    Episode 21: SILENCE! #301

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 116:43


    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 Teagle Comics, Cinema Purgatorio, Nick Edwards' It Had To Be You, Doctor Tom Brent - Young Intern, Battle, Walls' Chill, Sean Azzopardi, Orphan and the Five Beasts, Mr. Men and Battle Action Force of course.Then it's away but not before you are urged to buy John McRea's stuff to help him through a pretty devastating bout of long covid.See you next week!

    Episode 20: The SAVAGE BEAST no.19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 137:59


    The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast no.20: 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 Bully The Pillar of Society The Bad Place The Corrupted Idealist The Disruptor Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod

    Episode 19: The SAVAGE BEAST POST-CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 201:51


    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

    Episode 23: SILENCE! #300

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 109:53


    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.

    Episode 22: SILENCE! To Astonish! Thought Bubble 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 48:07


    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.

    Episode 21: SAVAGE BEAST no.18

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 139:37


    The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.18: Fantasy FusionIn this eighteenth episode, we look at a selection of films where fantasy elbows it's way into the everyday. Films discussed include: The Green Knight (David Lowery, 2021) The Fisher King (Terry Gilliam, 1991) Highlander (Russell Mulcahy, 1986) Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters (Kimiyosha Yasuda, 1968) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod

    Episode 20: SILENCE! Inside the Wankers' Studio

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 47:53


    Welcome to a very special SILENCE! in which two masters of the craft sit down in conversation with each other. Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die have somehow managed to secure Dan White and Fraser Geesin for an in-depth chat about their latest comics.  Terminus is White's collection of his acclaimed weekly cartoon for Mindless Ones in glorious hardback form. Purple Hate Balloon floats into view as Geesin collaborates successfully with animator Laurie Rowan.Cindy and Biscuit: Year One takes us back in time to Cindy's first battles with all things monstrous in a beautiful, un-dislikeable tabloid newspaper format.The two legendary geniuses will be debuting these life-changing, earth-shattering, germ-killing comics at Thought Bubble on the 13th and 14th of November 2021, on tables 27B-28   Mindless Ones And SILENCE! And Pals in the Comixology Originals Hall.  Their comics will be available from their websites once this crazy weekend is over. 

    Episode 19: The SAVAGE BEAST - HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 45:56


    The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast - Halloween SpecialA special episode wherein The Beast Must Die has curated a programme of freaky treats for a perfect Halloween night film marathon. Spookies discussed include Tales From The Crypt : All Through The House  (Robert Zemeckis, 1989) The Hole (Joe Dante, 2009)  Apaches (John MacKenzie, 1977) Ghostwatch (Lesley Manning, 1992) Dumbland (David Lynch, 2002) Sleepaway Camp (Robert Hiltzik, 1983) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod

    Episode 18: SILENCE! #298

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 81:53


    IT KEPT TALKING SO I PUT IT IN THE LAUNDRYOh cripes! Sorry, yes, erm... of course, yes, no quite right, yes, hmm... Gosh, what to do, what to do... Oh blimey, sorry, I wasn't prepared for this, ah, um, as you can probably tell! Haha! Ahem, right, yes. Okay, right... Ah, yes! Right then, here we go... Blurb.Forget about the hot shit in your pants, that can wait. THIS can't. It's SILENCE! time!The two buddy pals, Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Be Regretting Not Choosing A Shorter Name By Now are back to talk about whatever they bloody well like as long as it kinda relates to comics (or not). The usual Thought Bubble preparation, anticipation and panic. Halloween japes of yore. Come with us to Reviewniverse, with  Blocks by Oliver East, The Mighty Crusaders, Pride and Joy, Second Coming and The Comics Journal of course. off to bed, but not before some Reckymends of stuff like Taskmaster New Zealand and podcasts such as The Weird Rap Podcast, the Cartoonist Kayfabe Frank Quitely Interview and good, long enthuse over List Off.

    Episode 17: SAVAGE BEAST no.17

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 125:30


    The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.17: Shootin' the Savage Sh*tIn this seventeenth episode, we take a load off and just talk about some interesting stuff we've seen recently. It's our Summer Holiday Special. Films discussed include: Kandisha (Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury, 2020) Vampires vs The Bronx (Oz Rodriguez, 2020)  The Reef (Andrew Traucki, 2010)  The Descent  (Neil Marshall, 2005) Wolf Guy (Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, 1975) Host (Rob Savage, 2o19) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod

    Episode 297: SILENCE! #297

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 108:50


    SONG LYRICS HERELook, do you want a blurb or a podcast? You can't have both.Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die are back together. It's a sad occasion as comedian and SILENCE! contributor, Phil Jerrod has passed away.  This month's Patreon money plus extra will be going to Sarcoma UK.  Perhaps you'd consider sponsoring Julie Oliver and Phil Lucas as they run in his memory.https://justgiving.com/team/teamjerrodtooAnyway, there's other stuff here. Gary tells you about his absence, The Beast recommends the One Day In America documentary and both of them decide to maybe think about getting ready for Thought Bubble.  There's a bit of Neighbours chat in there too, sadly and inevitably.Come with us to Reviewniverse, with Kane & Able, Superman and The Authority, God Of Tremors, The Extreme Self and The Age Of Earthquakes by Douglas Coupland and Room For Love of course.Stop!  Look!   Listen!

    Episode 2: Dan & Fraser's Starlight Adventures #02

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 30:20


    Here's the 2nd episode of STAR RIDER!  Will you telephone Andre Yeats?  Will your relationship with Richard deepen?  Will you finally get a bloody drink?!  Find out here!This was previously only available to members of C-Unit, the crack team of special elite laser force warriors who fund the SILENCE! Channel on Patreon. Series one has ended and Dan and Fraser are now onto book two, Riddle Of The Runaway.  If you'd like to catch up on what has turned out to be the most fun Dan and Fraser have had in ages, you know where to go and what to do.Normal SILENCE! should descend soon, thank you for your patience.

    Episode 1: Dan & Fraser's Starlight Adventures #01

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 39:07


    Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die are currently buried under a mountain of life turds.  To fill the gap, please enjoy this first episode of Dan And Fraser's Starlight Adventures in which we navigate the world of horses in Star Rider, the first Starlight Adventures game books for girls from 1985.  This was previously only available to members of C-Unit, the crack team of special elite laser force warriors who fund the SILENCE! Channel on Patreon.  Series one has ended and Dan and Fraser are now onto book two, Riddle Of The Runaway.  If you'd like to catch up on what has turned out to be the most fun Dan and Fraser have had in ages, you know where to go and what to do.Normal SILENCE! should descend soon, thank you for your patience.

    Episode 17: SILENCE! #255 (PRESTIGE FORMAT SPECIAL)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 109:07


    HEY PUT IT DOWN, THAT'S DAD'S SWORD!It's a Very Special Episode! The Beast Must Die is flying solo, with an episode-length exegesis on the myriad pleasures and horrors of the fabled Prestige Format Comic. It's an epic for our times for sure, and when you look at these times that tells you everything you need to know about this epic...Okay gird your girdles, stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...here we go. The Beast talks about Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, Batman: Holy Terror, Batman: Full Circle, Batman: The Scottish Connection, Batman: Mitefall, Batman: Year 100, Batman: Manbat, Batman: The Cult, Batman: Run Riddler Run, Robin 3000, World's Finest, Catwoman Defiant, Cosmic Odyssey, Legend Of The Green Flame, Blackhawk, Deadman: Love & Death, Deadman: Exorcism, The Horrorist, The Golden Age, Hawkworl, The Books of Magic, Martian Manhunter: American Secrets, Adam Strange: The Man of Two Worlds, Twilight, OMAC, Justice Inc, Black Orchid, The Prisoner: Shattered Visage, Breathtaker, Black Mask, Gilgamesh II, The Nazz, My Name Is Chaos,  Clash, The Psycho, Skull & Bones, Tempus Fugitive, The Griffin, Grendel Vs Batman... sweet christmas... I need a lie down.  Normal business resumes soon. @frasergeesin @thebeastmustdiesilencepodcast@gmail.comYou can support us using Patreon if you like.This edition of SILENCE! is proudly sponsored by the greatest comics shop on the planet, DAVE'S COMICS of Brighton. It's also sponsored the greatest comics shop on the planet GOSH! Comics of London.

    Episode 16: SAVAGE BEAST no.16

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 193:03


    The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.16: Christ on a bike! - Religious Horror FilmsIn this sixteenth episode, we immerse ourselves in cinematic religiosity, satanism, green slime, posession, sainthood and madness. Films discussed include: Saint Maud (Rose Glass, 2020) Abby (William Girdler, 1974) Prince of Darkness (John Carpenter, 1987) The Church (Michele Soavi, 1989) Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod

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