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    <title>Ace Comicals - Episodes Tagged with “Grand Design”</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
    <description>Every two weeks your host Greg and his co-hosts Leon and Rahul discuss comics in all their forms; monthly issues, collected volumes, graphic novels, newspaper strips, film tie-ins, TV tie-ins, flip-books, pictures scribbled on the backs of napkins... 
If it tells a story in sequence through art and text, rest assured we'll have something to say about it.
Art and logos by the talented and extremely generous Anthony Smith (https://www.acecomicals.com/guests/anthonysmith)
If you have questions or comments, please reach us at acecomicals@gmail.com or on twitter at https://twitter.com/AceComicals
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    <itunes:subtitle>We love comics! </itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Greg Driver</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Every two weeks your host Greg and his co-hosts Leon and Rahul discuss comics in all their forms; monthly issues, collected volumes, graphic novels, newspaper strips, film tie-ins, TV tie-ins, flip-books, pictures scribbled on the backs of napkins... 
If it tells a story in sequence through art and text, rest assured we'll have something to say about it.
Art and logos by the talented and extremely generous Anthony Smith (https://www.acecomicals.com/guests/anthonysmith)
If you have questions or comments, please reach us at acecomicals@gmail.com or on twitter at https://twitter.com/AceComicals
If you like what we do please considering donating to us at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website.
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      <itunes:name>Greg Driver</itunes:name>
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  <title>041: "A Punk Spirit Fueled By Adrenaline And Stained With Beer"</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
  <author>Greg Driver</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Chilling yarns from the swamp, fantastic adventurers, tales of Xavier's gifted, nihilistic mutant road trip destruction and giant monsters! </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:03:14</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, &lt;strong&gt;Greg&lt;/strong&gt;, and &lt;strong&gt;Leon&lt;/strong&gt; discuss:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Greg's&lt;/strong&gt; holiday Reading in the form of Alan Moore's &lt;a href="https://www.comixology.co.uk/Saga-of-the-Swamp-Thing-Book-One/digital-comic/50784" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Saga of the Swamp Thing&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The welcome return of "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine" with &lt;a href="https://comicstore.marvel.com/Fantastic-Four-2018-1/digital-comic/48841" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Fantastic Four #1&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt; &lt;a href="https://comicstore.marvel.com/X-Men-Grand-Design-Second-Genesis-2018-1-of-2/digital-comic/48625" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;X-Men: Grand Design - Second Genesis #1&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-bebop-rocksteady-hit-the-road-1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bebop &amp;amp; Rocksteady Hit The Road #1 and #2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/leviathan-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Leviathan #1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Send any questions or feedback to&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;acecomicals@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;
And also please &lt;a href="http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt; and leave us a review!&lt;/p&gt;

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Ace Comicals, over and out!#
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, <strong>Greg</strong>, and <strong>Leon</strong> discuss:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>Greg&#39;s</strong> holiday Reading in the form of Alan Moore&#39;s <a href="https://www.comixology.co.uk/Saga-of-the-Swamp-Thing-Book-One/digital-comic/50784" rel="nofollow">Saga of the Swamp Thing</a> </li>
<li>The welcome return of &quot;The World&#39;s Greatest Comic Magazine&quot; with <a href="https://comicstore.marvel.com/Fantastic-Four-2018-1/digital-comic/48841" rel="nofollow">Fantastic Four #1</a></li>
<li> <a href="https://comicstore.marvel.com/X-Men-Grand-Design-Second-Genesis-2018-1-of-2/digital-comic/48625" rel="nofollow">X-Men: Grand Design - Second Genesis #1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-bebop-rocksteady-hit-the-road-1/" rel="nofollow">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bebop &amp; Rocksteady Hit The Road #1 and #2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/leviathan-1" rel="nofollow">Leviathan #1</a></li>
</ul>

<p><a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">Send any questions or feedback to</a> <a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">acecomicals@gmail.com</a>.<br>
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<h1>Ace Comicals, over and out!</h1><p><a rel="payment" href="http://ko-fi.com/acecomicals">Support Ace Comicals</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, <strong>Greg</strong>, and <strong>Leon</strong> discuss:</p>

<ul>
<li><strong>Greg&#39;s</strong> holiday Reading in the form of Alan Moore&#39;s <a href="https://www.comixology.co.uk/Saga-of-the-Swamp-Thing-Book-One/digital-comic/50784" rel="nofollow">Saga of the Swamp Thing</a> </li>
<li>The welcome return of &quot;The World&#39;s Greatest Comic Magazine&quot; with <a href="https://comicstore.marvel.com/Fantastic-Four-2018-1/digital-comic/48841" rel="nofollow">Fantastic Four #1</a></li>
<li> <a href="https://comicstore.marvel.com/X-Men-Grand-Design-Second-Genesis-2018-1-of-2/digital-comic/48625" rel="nofollow">X-Men: Grand Design - Second Genesis #1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-bebop-rocksteady-hit-the-road-1/" rel="nofollow">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bebop &amp; Rocksteady Hit The Road #1 and #2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/leviathan-1" rel="nofollow">Leviathan #1</a></li>
</ul>

<p><a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">Send any questions or feedback to</a> <a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">acecomicals@gmail.com</a>.<br>
And also please <a href="http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow">subscribe</a> and leave us a review!</p>

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  <title>027: "Are You Afraid Of Suburbia"</title>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2018 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  <author>Greg Driver</author>
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  <itunes:author>Greg Driver</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>It's cold, it's miserable, it's January. But there are still comics to keep us warm! The guys take you through their most recent picks from the pile including: X-Men: Grand  Design #2, Diablo House #3, Days of Hate #1, The Further Adventures of Nick Wilson #1, Under: Scourge Of The Sewer and Ice Cream Man #1! </itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:13:35</itunes:duration>
  <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode, &lt;strong&gt;Greg&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;Leon&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Rahul&lt;/strong&gt; discuss:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The second part of Ed Piskor's X-Men history lesson, &lt;a href="https://comicstore.marvel.com/X-Men-Grand-Design-2017-2018-2-of-2/digital-comic/47028?r=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;"X-Men: Grand Design #2".&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The latest installment of the IDW nostalgic weird, moral tales series, &lt;a href="https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/diablo-house-3/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;"Diablo House #3".&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A very real vision of a not too distant future in &lt;a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/days-of-hate-1-of-12" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;"Days of Hate #1".&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Washed up superheroes trying to get by and why it just doesn't work in &lt;a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-further-adventures-of-nick-wilson-1-of-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;"The Further Adventures of Nick Wilson #1".&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Giant monsters fighting in the sewer... Disappointingly in &lt;a href="https://www.comixology.co.uk/Under-Scourge-of-the-Sewer-1/digital-comic/581332" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;"Under: Scourge Of The Sewer".&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Existential horror in the many flavoured, twisted treat that is &lt;a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/ice-cream-man-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;Ice Cream Man #1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

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And also please &lt;a href="http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"&gt;subscribe&lt;/a&gt; and leave us a review!&lt;/p&gt;

Ace Comicals, over and out!#
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  <itunes:keywords>2018, ales kot, arachnophobia, boom studios, charles xavier, chris o’halloran, comics, days of hate, days of hate #1, days of hate 1, dbfz, dc, dc comics, diablo house, diablo house #3, diablo house 3, dragon ball: fighter z, dragonball, dragonball fighter, ed piskor, frazer irving, grand design, grand design 2, horror, ice cream, ice cream man #1, ice cream man 1, idw, idw publishing, image, image comics, injustice 2, january, jay fotos, legion, martin morazzo, marvel, marvel comics, ncbd, new comic book day, new comics day, nostalgia, podcast, santiperez, shawn dickinson, spiders, ted adams, the further adventures of nick wilson #1, the watcher, under: scourge of the sewer, w. maxwell prince, x-men, x-men: grand design #2, xmen</itunes:keywords>
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, <strong>Greg</strong>, <strong>Leon</strong> and <strong>Rahul</strong> discuss:</p>

<ul>
<li>The second part of Ed Piskor&#39;s X-Men history lesson, <a href="https://comicstore.marvel.com/X-Men-Grand-Design-2017-2018-2-of-2/digital-comic/47028?r=1" rel="nofollow">&quot;X-Men: Grand Design #2&quot;.</a></li>
<li>The latest installment of the IDW nostalgic weird, moral tales series, <a href="https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/diablo-house-3/" rel="nofollow">&quot;Diablo House #3&quot;.</a></li>
<li>A very real vision of a not too distant future in <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/days-of-hate-1-of-12" rel="nofollow">&quot;Days of Hate #1&quot;.</a></li>
<li>Washed up superheroes trying to get by and why it just doesn&#39;t work in <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-further-adventures-of-nick-wilson-1-of-5" rel="nofollow">&quot;The Further Adventures of Nick Wilson #1&quot;.</a></li>
<li>Giant monsters fighting in the sewer... Disappointingly in <a href="https://www.comixology.co.uk/Under-Scourge-of-the-Sewer-1/digital-comic/581332" rel="nofollow">&quot;Under: Scourge Of The Sewer&quot;.</a></li>
<li>Existential horror in the many flavoured, twisted treat that is <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/ice-cream-man-1" rel="nofollow">Ice Cream Man #1</a> </li>
</ul>

<p><a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">Send any questions or feedback to</a> <a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">acecomicals@gmail.com</a>.<br>
And also please <a href="http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow">subscribe</a> and leave us a review!</p>

<h1>Ace Comicals, over and out!</h1><p><a rel="payment" href="http://ko-fi.com/acecomicals">Support Ace Comicals</a></p>]]>
  </content:encoded>
  <itunes:summary>
    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, <strong>Greg</strong>, <strong>Leon</strong> and <strong>Rahul</strong> discuss:</p>

<ul>
<li>The second part of Ed Piskor&#39;s X-Men history lesson, <a href="https://comicstore.marvel.com/X-Men-Grand-Design-2017-2018-2-of-2/digital-comic/47028?r=1" rel="nofollow">&quot;X-Men: Grand Design #2&quot;.</a></li>
<li>The latest installment of the IDW nostalgic weird, moral tales series, <a href="https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/diablo-house-3/" rel="nofollow">&quot;Diablo House #3&quot;.</a></li>
<li>A very real vision of a not too distant future in <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/days-of-hate-1-of-12" rel="nofollow">&quot;Days of Hate #1&quot;.</a></li>
<li>Washed up superheroes trying to get by and why it just doesn&#39;t work in <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-further-adventures-of-nick-wilson-1-of-5" rel="nofollow">&quot;The Further Adventures of Nick Wilson #1&quot;.</a></li>
<li>Giant monsters fighting in the sewer... Disappointingly in <a href="https://www.comixology.co.uk/Under-Scourge-of-the-Sewer-1/digital-comic/581332" rel="nofollow">&quot;Under: Scourge Of The Sewer&quot;.</a></li>
<li>Existential horror in the many flavoured, twisted treat that is <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/ice-cream-man-1" rel="nofollow">Ice Cream Man #1</a> </li>
</ul>

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