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Write More with Simon K JonesChatting with Neill CameronI first had the pleasure of interviewing Neill Cameron back in 2021, when I was hosting the Writing Life podcast for the National Centre for Writing. He’d just published a new book, Freddy Vs School, a spin-off from his long-running MEGA ROBO BROS comic.Zip forward to 2025 and he’s published many more books for young readers, including the final volume of MEGA ROBO BROS. Neill serialised that story over ten years in the UK weekly comic The Phoenix (and I thought I’d been working on Triverse for a long time!). This is a publ...2025-05-1237 min
TV Podcast IndustriesThe Boys Podcast Season 4 Episode 5A trip to the very familiar V52 Expo to learn about the future and we chat all about it in our spoiler filled discussion all about The Boys Season 4 Episode 5 "Beware the Jabberwock, My Son" make sure you watch this one before you listen along with us.The Boys Season 4 Episode 5 Beware The Jabberwock, My Son SynopsisHead Writer and Developed by - Eric KripkeBased on the comic series from Garth Ennis and Darick RobertsonExecutive Producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.Episode written by: Judalina Neira2024-06-271h 14
The Writing LifeNeill Cameron on writing for young comics readers, representation, The Phoenix & MEGA ROBO BROSWriter and illustrator Neill Cameron is on the pod to talk about his debut novel Freddy Vs School, the long-running comic series MEGA ROBO BROS and contributing to fab weekly children's comic The Phoenix. Neill discusses how he got into comics and writing for younger readers, how he works complex themes into accessible stories, making the comics form easy for new readers and why fart jokes and punchy robots are every bit as important as the serious stuff. Meanwhile, Simon pretends that he gets The Phoenix for his son to read.
ALSO on the pod today is...2021-04-1559 min
Total Movie RecallTMR 052 – Cabin Boy This week on Total Movie Recall, Ryan gets his hipster comedy credentials revoked after Steve makes him pay $3.99 to watch the 1994 not-so-classic comedy, Cabin Boy. Ryan simply cannot understand the cache this movie has in the “alt-comedy” world, or as he likes to call it, the “non-comedy” world (now that’s funny!). Steve would explain it, but you just, like, don’t get it man. Cabin Boy (1994) d. Adam Resnick Starring: Chris Elliott Ritch Brinkley James Gammon Brian Doyle-Murray Brion James Melora Walters David Letterman2021-01-041h 42