The Letterer at the Beginning and at the End In our special 50th episode we interview Tom B Long, former IDW staffer, freelancer, letterer of thousands of comics and appreciator of art and eggs. Join us as we move through the craft and work involved in getting Lost Light #25 fit to read and mull over Tom's personal philosophies on lettering layout and craft, as well as how badge placement is done and the sad state of the comics industry. Guest-starring one hungry cat. Tom's autobiographical comic, 'Comic Book Nobody Volume 1' is available on Comixology. Theme tune is ‘Resuscitation’ by Hazeltron. (CC BY-NC 2.0) Follow us on Twitter: @PodcastMaximus Stuart: @inflatabledalek Tom: @teromemcnally If you'd like to drop us a tip to fortify us for the new year, our Ko-Fi is here: https://ko-fi.com/redbuttonaudio   2021-03-01

We say a sad goodbye to stalwart host and inspiration Marian and limp on with a discussion of Stuart’s new mega-project: Revisitation. He is going to review every issue of the original IDW Transformers comics, starting with Infiltration in the bewilderingly distant past of 2005. Has the pitch of ‘The Ultimates, but Transformers’ aged well? How does this old relaunch compare to any of the several other relaunches we have lived through since?

Thanks for traveling with me. As 2020 finally falls we spend a little time discussing which Transformers make the best friends, spouses, mentors or enemies. Thanks to a reader survey we have plenty to work with, ranging from naked thirst, heartfelt vulnerability and irreverent daydreams.   Big thank you to everyone who filled out our survey and to everyone for watching and supporting over the years.  Theme tune is ‘Resuscitation’ by Hazeltron. (CC BY-NC 2.0) Follow us on Twitter: @PodcastMaximus Stuart: @inflatabledalek Marian: @mmortah Tom: @teromemcnally If you'd like to drop us a tip for the end of the year, our Ko-Fi is here: https://ko-fi.com/podcastmaximus A video version of this show is on YouTube and features the artwork of Alex Milne, Jack Lawrence, Nick Roche, Hayato Sakamoto, Sara Stone, Guido Guidi, Geoff Senior and Angel Hernandez. Colours were by Josh Burcham, Joanna Lafuente and Priscilla Tramontano.

Join the PodMax crew as they pore over issues 19-24 of the IDW mainline Transformers comic!

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL

TRANSFORMERS: 13-18

TWO DISTINCT FLAVOURS OF ENERGON POOP - Living in a resource-depleted police state on the brink of political collapse, Marian, Stuart and Tom catch up with IDW's Transformers Galaxies comic.

Podcast Maximus review the first 12 issue of the new IDW ongoing!

Podcast Maximus Episode 42 END OF AN ERA A very special episode that's been 12 months in the making (don't ask). The team got together at the end of 2018 and talked UNICRON and the end of the IDW continuity.

The HOLIDAY SPECIAL!