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The Great Dante Readthrough

by Simon Fraser & Edie Nugent

Artist Simon Fraser and writer Edie Nugent read through all of The Adventures of Nikolai Dante comic strip co-created by Robbie Morrison and Simon Fraser from the weekly Science Fiction Anthology Comic 2000AD.

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Episodes

  1. Ep 42: Destiny's Child LIVE from LAWLESS w/ Robbie Morrison

    Simon and Edie and ROBBIE MORRISON readthrough Destiny’s Child” and discuss: Bad titles, Doctor Zhivago, Christmas Fairytales, and revelations on the first choice artist for Dante!

  2. Ep 41: The Chaperone

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Chaperone” and discuss: space cushions, Pterodactyls, sepia squids, and no spoilers.

  3. Ep 40: Thieves' World Part 2

    Simon and Edie readthrough the second half of “Thieves’ World” and discuss: chez lounges, Lee Pace, shadow murder, and coloring coming together.

  4. Ep 39: Thieves' World Part 1

    Simon and Edie readthrough the first half of “Thieves’ World” and discuss: spaceship aerodynamics, STINGRAY, French neighbors, and failed project references.

  5. Ep 38: Beast of Rudinshtein-Dissenter

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Beast of Rudinshtein” and “The Dissenter” and discuss: defenestration, war-time cannibalism, the healing power of cleavage, and funeral sex.

  6. Ep 37: HELLFIRE!

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Hellfire” and discuss: unsexy sex scenes, airplane seats, art nouveau Lulu, gothic Lulu, and LIVE at Lawless!

  7. Ep 36: Titania Uber Allies

    Simon and Edie read through “The Road of Bones” and “Deadlier than the Male” and discuss: RIP John M. Burns, Unhappy New Year, Man-hating feminists, Giant G-strings, late listener questions, and Lawless Con!

  8. Ep 35: Interview Special: Annie Parkhouse

    Simon and Edie interview ANNIE PARKHOUSE!

  9. Ep 34: Sword of the Tsar

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Sword of the Tsar” and discuss: splashy returns, Robert Shaw, happy twisty parents, and Stookies!

  10. Ep 33: Dragon the Depths

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Depths” and “Dragon Island” and discuss: Lauren’s missing family, butterfly airships, bad classic rock parody songs, and flower market hat pirates.

  11. Ep 32: Interview Special: Charlie Adlard

    Simon and Edie interview CHARLIE ADLARD!

  12. Ep 31: Primal Usurper

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Primal Screams,” “Devil's Deal,” and "Usurper” and discuss: Scottish self-loathing, consensual kilt-lifting, chaos chimpanzees, and nonsense contracts.

  13. Ep 30: Agent of How Could You...?

    Simon and Edie readthrough part two of "Agent of Destruction" and "How could you believe me when I said I loved you when you know I've been a liar all my life?" and discuss: Thunderball, Lava Lamps, rope-swinging super-powers, and insects vs. lizards.

  14. Ep 29: The Falcon of Destruction

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Sea Falcon” and “Agent of Destruction” and discuss: Pirate dinghies, how to design characters, the perils of being an adopted stepdaddy, and exotic American girl names.

  15. Ep 28: Hell and High Water

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Hell and High Water” and discuss: Mommy issues, Mommy issues, Mommy issues!

  16. Ep 27: The Romanov Job

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Romanov Job” and discuss: Sticky frisket, Viennese beer mug cameos, train station thieves, hand lettering follies, and refusing to take compliments.

  17. Ep 26: The Romanov Empire Part 2 & Return of the Gentleman Thief

    Simon and Edie read through “The Romanov Empire” (part 2) and “Return of the Gentleman Thief and discuss…stuff! And Things! We’re having technical difficulties this week so, choose your own adventure ok? Does anyone actually read these things anyway?

  18. Ep 25: The Romanov Empire Part 1

    Simon and Edie readthrough The Romanov Empire (Part 1) and discuss: cold-war ekranoplans, the real reason Dante never hits on Elena, the forgotten incest twins, and MORE LISTENER FEEDBACK!

  19. Ep 24: Fiends

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Fiends” and discuss: UV satellite future tech, Definitely NOT Sarah Michelle Gellar, being united in a common trauma, the truth about blood troughs, and kinky cable cars.

  20. Ep 23: One Last Beguiling

    Simon and Edie readthrough “One Last Night in the House of Sin” and “The Beguiling” and discuss: Cheesecake Wars, Big Butt Chess Horses, the many children of Nikolai Dante, and LISTENER FEEDBACK!

  21. Ep 22: Battleship Potemkin

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Battleship Potemkin” and discuss: Spice Girls fashion, pirating your own comics, environmental devastation humor, and Mafia Monarchies.

  22. Ep 21: Love and War

    Simon and Edie readthrough "Love and War" and discuss: who drives the narrative car, snappy dress uniforms, situational battle ethics, and Jena’s trauma-rama.

  23. Ep 20: Interview Special: David Bishop

    Simon and Edie interview DAVID BISHOP!

  24. Ep 19: The Rudinshtein Irregulars

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Rudinshtein Irregulars” and discuss: Ground troops in a future war, Jackie Daytona, Torture Castles, and agreeing with Dimitri?!

  25. Ep 18: Devil May Care 40th Anniversary Special

    Simon and Edie RETURN FOR SEASON 2 and discuss: Simon being trapped overseas in fall 2021, definitely NOT the Black Widow, impossible architecture, and how to memorably propose to your fiancé.

  26. Ep 17: The Courtship of Jena Makarov Part 2

    Simon and Edie readthrough the second half of “The Courtship of Jena Makarov” and discuss: Andreas “Coburn” Romanov, Edwin Star, how bricks don’t float, fridging, meaningful love-making, and...the end of season one.

  27. Ep 16: The Courtship of Jena Makarov Part 1

    Simon and Edie readthrough the first half of “The Courtship of Jena Makarov” and discuss: Drew Struzan, the inspiration for Julianna, communist body mods, and how Dante brings you back to the Prog.

  28. Ep 15: Cruel Requiem

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Cruel Seas” and “Requiem for Lost Love” and discuss: Pulp novel sci-fi aesthetics, BURNS, Little Shop of Horrors-level villainy, whether Prima Nocta existed, and a distinct lack of Prussian Blue.

  29. Ep 14: Fists of the Dance

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Fists of Fury” and “Last Dance on the Trans-Siberian Express” and discuss: a collective noun listener challenge, Dante’s influencer status, chewing ice ASMR, the best conveyor belt sushi restaurant in America, and how Prussian Blue is the saddest color.

  30. Ep 13: The Hunting Party

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Hunting Party” and discuss: snowball rivalry, Nastasia getting grosser, daytime trash TV-spin offs, VC Andrews, progressive barbarians, Andy Clarke t-shirts, and more listener questions!

  31. Ep 12: The Cadre Infernale

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Cadre Infernale” and discuss: Gary’s airbrush madness, filthy pacifiers, whether half-aristocrats exist, faux-Luther Arkwright, sexy pandas, blood or taxes, Half-Life monsters, and an original line-work mystery!

  32. Ep 11: Tour of Duty

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Tour of Duty” and discuss: Fabergé Space Egg, creatures from the Id, and surprise Part Three! Also: Simon confirms who wears the pants in he and Robbie’s creative partnership in our first ever listener questions segment!

  33. Ep 10: The Movable Masque Feast

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Masque Of Dante” and “The Movable Feast” and discuss: getting 90s gossip wrong, competing with drawings, Incel Dante, Alex Toth-ian things, sex Snowpiercer, and the horrors of fighting with knives.

  34. Ep 9: The Octobriana Seduction

    Simon and Edie readthrough the first half of “The Octobriana Seduction” and discuss: Antiquarian booksellers, bird cabins, nerdy Dune debates, cheesy teeth, and our first no-prize awards ceremony.

  35. Ep 8: The Great Game Part 2

    Simon and Edie readthrough the second half of “The Great Game” and discuss: toasting the end of an epic, defenestrating Dante, Gail Simone, grief as an actual black hole, and how not to win at class warfare.

  36. Ep 7: The Great Game Part 1

    Simon and Edie readthrough the first half of “The Great Game” and discuss: secret earring origins, robot mustaches, thoughtful knee pillows, going full Jack Kirby and physics be damned!

  37. Ep 6: The Trouble with Cruel Britannia

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Trouble with Arbatovs” and “Cruel Britannia” and discuss: natural Arbatov selection, Shooty McGunwagons, regal rings, attack hot tubs, and the new British national anthem.

  38. Ep 5: The Gulag Apocalyptic

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Gulag Apocalyptic” and discuss: shower power plays, the lack of space-skirts, Kentucky space-guns, Red Guard industrial farming, and Romanov-branded merch.

  39. Ep 4: Moscow Duellists

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Full Dante” and “Moscow Duellists” and discuss: Surprise Arkady, Italian pagan goddesses, a sentimental captain’s wheel, Face Palaces, baby elephant cuddles, and improbable chandeliers.

  40. Ep 3: The Gentleman Thief

    Simon and Edie readthrough “Russia's Greatest Love Machine” and “The Gentleman Thief” and discuss: dirty comics at the Vatican, low-hanging cheese, mini-Anna Nicole, disappointing Dante, and the Arbatov drinking game.

  41. Ep 2: The Romanov Dynasty

    Discussion about sexual assault from 51:56 to 53:56. This involves Nikolai’s mother Katarina and Dimitri Romanov and is a major plot point, but you can feel free to skip that part.

  42. Ep 1: The Adventures of Nikolai Dante

    Simon and Edie readthrough “The Adventures of Nikolai Dante” and discuss: the value of Imperial Seductress undergarments, attendance problems at the court of the Tsar, bathing with an audience, twincest, and a hidden homage to Lone Wolf and Cub.

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Artist Simon Fraser and writer Edie Nugent read through all of The Adventures of Nikolai Dante comic strip co-created by Robbie Morrison and Simon Fraser from the weekly Science Fiction Anthology Comic 2000AD.

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Simon Fraser & Edie Nugent

Produced by Edie Nugent

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