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We are back! The 2024 season is finally here and we could not be more excited for F1 to be back as well as to continue to talk about it through these episodes. Join Tony and Jordan as they talk about the first race of the season, give their predictions, as well as who they voted for for the Driver of the Day. 

You guys....Tony is not okay.... The F1 world was shocked this week with the announcement of Lewis leaving Mercedes for Ferrari in 2025. Tony and Jordan discuss their thoughts on it, why they think it may have happened, and who they think could take the soon to be empty Mercedes seat. They also cover some things that happened before this season has even started: Andretti's denial, Guenther's exit, and the team names that are just getting more and more out of hand!

We're back with another edition of the AIPT Comics podcast, and Steve Foxe is guesting to talk about his many projects. That includes Spider-Woman, which launches November 29th, as well as Dead X-Men and Dark X-Men as well. We dig deep into his various projects, editing comics while writing them, and more.

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NEWS

1. Rob Liefeld’s Heroes Reborn cover up to $17,500
2. Gothic sword and sorcery epic 'Helen of Wyndhorn' coming March 2024
3. ‘Dawnrunner’ #1 arrives March 2024 by Ram V and Evan Cagle
4. 'What If?... Venom' launching five-issue Symbiote focused series in 2024
5. Marvel sheds light on 'Avengers: Twilight' #3 with Ms. Marvel covers
6. ‘Night Thrasher’ miniseries coming February 2024
7. New clues drop for February 2024 X-Men titles
8. DC's signals a 'Trinity of Evil' will rise as Dawn of DC continues in 2024
9. ‘Godzilla: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus’ crashes into comic shops in 2024
10. LibraryPass and Oni Press announce digital access for libraries and schools

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Zawa + The Belly of the Beast #1 (Michael Dialynas)
2. Transformers #2 (Daniel Warren Johnson)

Chris:

1. Nights #2 (Wyatt Kennedy and Luigi Formisano)
2. Punisher #1 (David Pepose and Dave Wachter)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Chris - Midlife (Or How To Hero At Fifty) #2 (Brian Buccellato, Stefano Simeone)

Dave - Petrol Head #1 (Rob Williams, Pye Parr)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: The Deviant #1 (James Tynion IV, Joshua Hixson)
2. Chris: The Vigil #6 (Ram V and Devmalya Pramanik)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Fantastic Four #13 (Alex Ross)
2. Chris: Operation Sunshine #2 (David Rubín)

Interview: Steve Foxe - Dead X-Men, Spider-Woman (Carola Borelli) coming soon: ALL EIGHT EYES trade and the X-MEN UNLIMITED

1. Steve Foxe, you’re a busy man with Dark X-Men releasing now, Spider-Woman #1 out November 29th, and Dead X-Men coming out January 31st, thanks for joining us on the AIPT comics podcast.
2. You’re taking part in the big Spidey crossover with the Spider-Woman Gang-War story, what has it been like working with the spidey office? Are there gang war group meetings?
3. How does it work to tie into a larger event, are there prompts you must hit in each issue, or a beginning and an end to reach?
4. Spider-Woman has one of the biggest fandoms of any Marvel character, is there a favorite run you have for the character, or one you brushed up on before tacklingi this new series?
5. Your fingerprints are all over Spider-Man right now, as you’re also using Judas Traveller in the Marvel Unlimited comic X-Men Unlimited! What made him the right fit for your villain?
6. Has it been hard getting into Firestar’s head with co-writer Steve Orlando?
7. You also have the All Eight Eyes tpb out the same day on the 29th (I think I’m quoted on the dang thing), I love the use of spiders, they aren’t used enough in horror these days! You’ve got a storied history with horror comics, what made giant spiders the right project to do next in the horror realm?
8. With Dark and Dead X-Men penned by you, if there were a trilogy of sorts, what would the adjective be for the finale?
9. You mentioned recently on X-Men Monday Claremont and Cockrum were on top of mind with Dead X-Men, any particular parts of their run that worked for and maybe were on your mind when crafting Dead X-Men?

This week, it's Mike, Nick and Brian talking comics and making bad Star Trek jokes. We're very sorry.

Timestamps:

• 00:00:00 - Start / Last Week in Comics
• 00:01:40 - How to Grill Our Love Vol 1
• 00:11:33 - Swamp Thing: Green Hell
• 00:18:12 - Karmen
• 00:25:52 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #1 (2022-2023)
• 00:33:40 - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: The Illyrian Enigma
• 00:39:09 - Rare Flavours #1-2
• 00:46:32 - Discord Picks
• 00:47:35 - Old Boy Vol 1
• 00:52:30 - Monica
• 00:54:24 - Petrol Head #1
• 01:05:34 - Wrap / Credits

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NEWS

1. Rob Liefeld's Captain America 'Heroes Reborn' cover-up for auction and up to 13K!
2. X-Men: Forever’ promises to answer Krakoa’s darkest truths starting March 20th
3. ‘Black Widow & Hawkeye’ coming March 2024
4. Read Peach Momoko’s X-Men backup story from ‘Ultimate Universe’ #1 for free
5. Vault Comics and Aethon partner to publish new comics, ebooks, audiobooks and graphic novels
6. DC Comics announces DC Compact Comics graphic novels starting June 2024
7. DC to release 64-page ‘Wonder Woman: Outlaw’ issues collecting issue 1 and 2

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Detective Comics #1076 (Ram V, Dan Watters, Jason Shawn Alexander, Liam Sharp, Christopher Mitten)
2. Spider-Boy #1 (Dan Slott, Paco Medina, Ty Templeton)

Nathan:

1. Canary #1 (Scott Snyder, Dan Panosian)
2. Blood Commandment #1 (Szymon Kudranski)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Detective Comics (2016) #1076 (Dan Watters, Liam Sharp)

Dave - Detective Comics (2016) #1076 (Ram V, Jason Shawn Alexander)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Zawa + The Belly of the Beast #1 (Michael Dialynas)
2. Nathan: What If…? Dark: Tomb of Dracula #1 (Marv Wolfman, David Cutler)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Dark Ride #9 (Riley Rossmo)
2. Nathan: Army of Darkness Forever #2 (Arthur Suydam)

Interview: Rob Williams and Pye Parr ‘Petrol Head’ out November 8

1. What is the fascination with fast cars and racing in our world’s culture, do you think?
2. What was the first bud of an idea for Petrol Head, and how did it evolve once Pye finished the first issue?
3. What other extreme sports have happened before the Petrol Head races?
4. Humans would definitely still go for the old types of entertainment, regardless of the environmental cost, right? 
5. I love Head’s design. Where did the idea for two different eye shapes come from?
6. Are there any challenges to getting a character like PH to emote?
7. I imagine there are some fun brainstorming sessions to come up with the car and bot designs. Walk us through your collaboration process!
8. The colors in this book are insane in the best possible way. How did you come up with the palette of this world?
9. Is there anything you learned about your own work after working on this project? 
10. If Petrol Head was adapted into TV or film, who would you love see direct?
11. Anything else to plug?

This one was rough! Turn one on lap one did not go well for the Mercedes team. But, Russell recovered and walked away with some decent points for him and the team. Join Tony and Jordan as they recap this week's race. From McLaren's continual rise to Ocon making magic happen with something in his helmet that shouldn't be... They also hit on their predictions going into this race, their choice for driver of the day, Piastri's first F1 win, and Max doing what we all expected (sewing up his WDC for 2023).

Join Jordan and Tony as they recap the Italian Grand Prix in Monza. A lot of exciting racing between teams happened in this week's race! They share their predictions for podium, cover the race, and hit the driver of the day. Verstappen and Red Bull continue their dominance and have hit records not seen before! Also, Tony's heart may or may not still be broken for Yuki with the bad hand he was dealt at the start of the race. 

In this Guest Speak episode, we continue the conversation with Jonny (Recorded at Jonny's pad in East Yorkshire!- this was the first time that I had taken the Podcast on the road to interview someone)...

So, who is Jonny and what do we Speak about!?  Well, motorbikes and Jonny's charity rides, and mainly the most recent one that involved a 7500km trip to  the Artic circle on a £500 Honda CBF600! (with his pal Iain)...

In this episode we continue to hear about his Arctic adventure and his future plans for more trips, including aspirations to do the Dakar!

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In this Guest Speak episode, I visit Jonny in East Yorkshire!- the first time that I have taken the Podcast on the road to interview someone.

So, who is Jonny and what do we Speak about!?  Well, motorbikes and Jonny's charity rides, and mainly the most recent one that involved a 7500km trip to  the Artic circle on a £500 Honda CBF600! (with his pal Iain)

Join us for a ramble through how Jonny got interested in bikes, to his now habit of going on long bike tours and raising money for charity.

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Carl reflects on 24 years of driving and shares his car journey, explaining how they are at the heart of what he loves and have also been a great way of making money over the years

As an entrepreneur making money on cars has been about spotting great deals and putting in the work and over the years Carl has driven some cool cars and traded cars successfully.

As a die-hard petrolhead, Carl has loved nearly all his cars and this is a great listen about how cars and what you want from them, changes as you move through life.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The first car I drove on the road was my Dad’s BMW 528
• After my Astra was written off I broke it down and sold the parts individually
• I didn’t make money but I didn’t lose money on it
• Rather than just saying I can’t be bothered, I looked for a way to not lose money on it to make a deal
• The entrepreneur in me is always asking how can I help others out and where is there a deal
• Cars were much cheaper up north and I started looking for good car deals there
• I’m a petrol head and I love my cars, I went from having a Seat Leon Cupra R225 I loved  to driving a Fiesta 950 popular in green
• There were lots of Seats, I really love them, but my biggest moneymaker was a Westfield that I fully rebuilt.
• It’s about doing the work other people can’t be bothered to do
• You have to put in the work if you want to get the deals
• If you are prepared to do what others aren’t you can make money with cars

Carl’s Cars

1997 - Dad’s BMW 528… Mine was off the road...

1997- V Astra 1.3 merit 

1998 - VW Scirocco 1.6

1999 - V Belmont SRI 130 

2000 - Seat Leon 2.0 8v 

2002- VW golf 1.8gl D 

2003- BMW 525 TDI 

2004- Seat Leon Cupra  

2005 - fiesta 950 popular (green) (Split up with Jen)

          - Peugeot 405. 

2006 - Skyline r32 GTS-4

2006- Seat Leon Cupra R 225 

2007 - Seat Leon 59. TDI chipped 

2009 - Mercedes Vito sport

2010 - Built Westfield 105 hours (6 months) 900 blade.

         - Changed engine 2012. To ZX12r  0-100 MPH 6 seconds

2013 - Audi 3.0 S-line Quattro estate (mapped)

2013 - Sade BMW 330i M Diesel, sport Convertible. 

2013 - Audi A4 S-line estate 2018 

2015 - Merc C220 Estate AMG line 2016 

2017- Audi S-line 190 

2017- RX8 

2018 - Denby - 1 horse power 

2018 - Sade BMW 440i M sport Convertible. 

2019- Merc Shooting brake CLA-AMG 

2019 - Ford Transit custom 9 seater 

2020- Mercedes E 200 

BEST MOMENTS

‘It was an insane amount of money then but it was what I wanted’

‘I started to really trade in cars over the next few years

‘It was good fun and lots of hours’

‘I made quite a bit of money from those cars in a couple of years and I got to drive really cool cars’

VALUABLE RESOURCES

HKA Main landing page www.hastingskickboxing.co.uk/kickstartnow

YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/user/Hastingskickboxing

HKA Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Hastingskickboxing

carldenne@hotmail.com    

ABOUT THE HOST

Hi, my name is Carl Denne.  

I was born in Hastings in 1980. Married, father of two beautiful daughters, Bethany and Leigha. 

My daughters, the wife, and gym ARE MY LIFE.

IF I’M HONEST, I pretty much failed at school. Heavily dyslexic, I was dismissed for being a “naughty kid” that didn’t want to learn. I was heavily bullied for having shit clothes and ginger afro hair. I didn’t have many friends. 

When I say bullied I don’t mean called a “poo-poo head” and being looked at in a nasty way. I mean thrown downstairs, and hit with chairs and tables. Clothes were stolen whilst in the shower. That kind of bullying…

Oh, how things have changed… 

Martial arts, and specifically Kickboxing, have changed my life, and now I am much happier and change other people’s lives for the better on a daily basis. 

I am a complete adrenaline freak, so In my spare time, track days, jumping out of planes, sitting on top of them, rage buggies in the desert… The higher, the faster the better for me. I’m always looking for the next thing to get my blood pumping, so if anyone has a challenge I’ve not found yet, please feel free to share. 

I do like a Saturday night movie night, Chinese, Netflix, lots of chocolate with my three little ladies. I love being around my friends and family. This is why I love the crazy HKA family so much, as this is my extended family.   

I left school with pretty much nothing! A few sad GCSE’s C - D grade, BUT I did have a shit-ton of energy and passion to achieve and to prove all the teachers and people that looked down on me for all those years, wrong. So, after a few jobs here and there, I settled on working for Openreach (BT) as a cabler/jointer copper and fibre optic multi-skilled engineer with HGV.

I left this in 2015 to chase my dream of running my own Kickboxing Academy and working with the future of today, rather than a job that just paid the bills. 

I’ve trained pretty much my whole life: Karate, boxing, Judo, from the age of 9, and of course, I’ve now done over 29 years of Kickboxing. I’ve passed many Instructors and coaches courses, attended many training courses and seminars, grading up through the syllabus. I passed my 4-hour hell-on-earth 3rd Dan black belt in July 2018 with the ICO.

If I’m honest my real passion and skills have come from learning the hard way; through being in the trenches. I know how it feels to be on your arse. I know how it feels to have to pull yourself out of the pit. I’ve been through

a divorce. I’ve lived through the pain and have worked with thousands of members, students, children, teachers and adults over the years, and the one thing I get told every time is how well I/we keep it very real, and that I have a complete understanding on most eventualities. 

Thank you for reading and listening. I hope you connect with myself and the team, take away some ideas, understand you’re not alone, and that it’s good to talk, listen and help others as and when you can.