Fun, fast, and furious: Rob Williams and Pye Parr unpack ‘Petrol Head’

from AIPT Comics · host David Brooke

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This week, special guests Rob Williams and Pye Parr join the show to talk Petrol Head. Out next week, the forthcoming Petrol Head adds a little gas to the realm of sci-fi comics.

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