The British Football Comic Podcast

We haven't done a Collector's Corner for a while so let's have a look at what we've been wastin....*cough* ....*ahem*...spending our hard earned cash on...and we have episode 26 of "We Are United" brought to you from the pages of "Champ" by The Tangential One, it's another pre-season friendly this time against the Scottish Champions Celdeen...more players are pushing for a first team spot, who will succeed? Tune in to find out!

What was William "Blackie" Gray up to in the 80's? Right by Roy's side of course...and we see what adventures he gets up to...friend, confidant, loyal servant to Rovers...pretty mean with a machine gun too...yes the 80's were a busy time for Blackie!
We also pick up the "We Are United" story from the pages of "Champ" a new season is about to begin, player transfers being discussed...and suddenly a major injury to a star player!

In this episode our Time Traveller takes us through the 1989/90 season of the "Roy of The Rovers" comic...there were big changes in the offing...which one was his favourite this season? Also in this episode Bygone Berrigan brings us another story from the pages of "Football Picture Story Monthly", "The Pressure Game" from book 142 - from his lovely new purchase of a bound compilation of books from the DC Thomson archives...plus some wonderful feedback on our last show commemorating the launch of the "Roy of The Rovers" comic 50 years ago....enjoy!

On September 20th 1976 the very first "Roy of The Rovers" comic was published by IPC Magazines, dated 25th September. In this show we celebrate that launch which further catapulted Roy of The Rovers into being a household name within British popular culture.
We also look back and celebrate the people behind the launch including of course it's architect, it's first editor the legendary Barrie Tomlinson.
We are also honoured to be joined by the artist of "Roy of The Rovers" in that first issue, the incomparable David Sque - tune in!

In this special show we meet Mark Towers, "Roy of The Rovers" archivist and creator of the official "Roy of The Rovers" website back in the late 90's...it's great hearing about how Mark got into the comic and also how he created and ran the website. He also met with a lot of the creators and has some really interesting stories to tell..enjoy!