A Hard Agree Christmas Carol 2023 (featuring Dave Gibbons, Michael Moorcock, Evangeline Lilly, Olly Smith, Julie Stark, David Leach, Kelly Yates & Will O’Mullane)   In this Christmas 2023 charity edition of Hard Agree, Andrew Sumner is joined by eight very special guests from the worlds of comics, movies, TV and theatre: legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock; BBC presenter & wine expert Olly Smith (BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Olly Smith’s Home Cocktail Bible); author, actor & MCU...

In this special Yuletide charity edition of Hard Agree, Andrew Sumner is joined by seven very special guests from the worlds of comics, movies, TV and theatre: legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock; BBC presenter & wine expert Olly Smith (BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Olly Smith’s Home Cocktail Bible); author, actor & MCU star Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp); comic book legend Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Kingsman, The Originals); West End theatre star Julie Stark...

In this special Yuletide charity edition of Hard Agree, Andrew Sumner is joined by seven very special guests from the worlds of comics, movies, TV and theatre: legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock; BBC presenter & wine expert Olly Smith (BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Olly Smith’s Home Cocktail Bible); author, actor & MCU star Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp); comic book legend Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Kingsman, The Originals); West End theatre star Julie Stark...

Sumner is joined on this week’s Hard Agree by his old comics industry pal, Professor Ed Catto. The always-cheerful-and-upbeat Ed has fulfilled many roles in the comics business: illustrator, marketeer, entrepreneur, founder & managing director at the Agendae consuting agency, co-owner of Captain Action Enterprises, pop culture columnist at Comic Mix and professor & instructor at Ithaca College. He’s also one of the nicest guys Sumner has ever met - and their freewheeling conversation...

Sumner is joined on this week’s Hard Agree by his old comics industry pal, Professor Ed Catto. The always-cheerful-and-upbeat Ed has fulfilled many roles in the comics business: illustrator, marketeer, entrepreneur, founder & managing director at the Agendae consuting agency, co-owner of Captain Action Enterprises, pop culture columnist at Comic Mix and professor & instructor at Ithaca College. He’s also one of the nicest guys Sumner has ever met - and their freewheeling conversation...

Andrew Sumner is joined on this week’s Hard Agree by the renowned long-term president and publisher of DC Comics: Paul Levitz! Paul talks with Sumner about his unique career and his amazingly eventful 48 years on the payroll at DC, where he was involved with a massive amount of positive change that affected both DC and the entire US comics industry. Paul discusses working on DC’s war books, particularly Men of War (starring Gravedigger) and Star Spangled War Stories (starring The Unknown...

Andrew Sumner is joined on this week’s Hard Agree by the renowned long-term president and publisher of DC Comics: Paul Levitz! Paul talks with Sumner about his unique career and his amazingly eventful 48 years on the payroll at DC, where he was involved with a massive amount of positive change that affected both DC and the entire US comics industry. Paul discusses working on DC’s war books, particularly Men of War (starring Gravedigger) and Star Spangled War Stories (starring The Unknown...

Season Two of Hard Agree begins with Andrew Sumner welcoming back the world’s greatest living fantasy author, Michael Moorcock, for the fourth instalment in their ongoing series of conversations about Michael’s life and work. In this wide-ranging Season Two opener (aka Michael Moorcock’s Multiverse IV) , Mike starts out recounting his skiffle adventures with the tea chest bass before covering off: Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie; subscriptions to Encounter magazine; the intricacies of CIA...

Season Two of Hard Agree begins with Andrew Sumner welcoming back the world’s greatest living fantasy author, Michael Moorcock, for the fourth instalment in their ongoing series of conversations about Michael’s life and work. In this wide-ranging Season Two opener (aka Michael Moorcock’s Multiverse IV) , Mike starts out recounting his skiffle adventures with the tea chest bass before covering off: Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie; subscriptions to Encounter magazine; the intricacies of CIA...

Sumner is joined on this week’s Hard Agree by comics reporter supreme Rich Johnston, the founder of the world’s leading comics news site Bleeding Cool. Rich has been at the top of his game for thirty years, despite starting out as the ultimate outsider, living 3000 miles away from the heart of the US publishing industry. Rich tells Sumner all about how an English bloke from West Yorkshire became the world’s foremost source of comics industry news while also name checking some of his favorite...

Sumner is joined on this week’s Hard Agree by comics reporter supreme Rich Johnston, the founder of the world’s leading comics news site Bleeding Cool. Rich has been at the top of his game for thirty years, despite starting out as the ultimate outsider, living 3000 miles away from the heart of the US publishing industry. Rich tells Sumner all about how an English bloke from West Yorkshire became the world’s foremost source of comics industry news while also name checking some of his favorite...

Sumner is joined on this week’s Hard Agree by the creator of the Sumner Family’s all-time favorite Cartoon Network show, the always-cheerful and gentlemanly Van Partible! Van created the mighty Johnny Bravo for Hanna-Barbera when he was just 22 years old and, in this deep-dive conversation, he chats with Sumner about: his early years creating the show; working with Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky & Seth MacFarlane; working with prolific voice performer Jeff Bennett (who created...

Sumner is joined on this week’s Hard Agree by the creator of the Sumner Family’s all-time favorite Cartoon Network show, the always-cheerful and gentlemanly Van Partible! Van created the mighty Johnny Bravo for Hanna-Barbera when he was just 22 years old and, in this deep-dive conversation, he chats with Sumner about: his early years creating the show; working with Craig McCracken, Genndy Tartakovsky & Seth MacFarlane; working with prolific voice performer Jeff Bennett (who created...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the concluding episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this concluding episode, Evangeline and Andrew review their extended conversation, fuelled by five specific books that were influential on Evangeline at key points in her life. This conversation has taken place across a significant divide:...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the concluding episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this concluding episode, Evangeline and Andrew review their extended conversation, fuelled by five specific books that were influential on Evangeline at key points in her life. This conversation has taken place across a significant divide:...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the sixth episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this instalment, The Workaholics Anonymous Book of Recovery, Evangeline & Andrew discuss Evangeline’s fifth book selection and the circumstances Evangeline found herself in when she first encountered https://workaholics-anonymous.org/ As usual,...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the sixth episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this instalment, The Workaholics Anonymous Book of Recovery, Evangeline & Andrew discuss Evangeline’s fifth book selection and the circumstances Evangeline found herself in when she first encountered https://workaholics-anonymous.org/ As usual,...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the fifth episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this instalment, The Presence Process, Evangeline & Andrew discuss Evangeline’s fourth book selection – The Presence Process by Michael Brown – and the circumstances Evangeline found herself in when she first encountered Brown’s work. As usual,...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the fifth episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this instalment, The Presence Process, Evangeline & Andrew discuss Evangeline’s fourth book selection – The Presence Process by Michael Brown - and the circumstances Evangeline found herself in when she first encountered Brown’s work. As usual,...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the fourth episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this instalment, The Red Tent, Evangeline & Andrew discuss Evangeline’s third book selection – The Red Tent by Anita Diamant – and the circumstances Evangeline found herself in when she first encountered Diamant’s work. As usual, their...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the fourth episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this instalment, The Red Tent, Evangeline & Andrew discuss Evangeline’s third book selection – The Red Tent by Anita Diamant - and the circumstances Evangeline found herself in when she first encountered Diamant’s work. As usual, their...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the third episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this instalment, Conversations with God, Evangeline & Andrew discuss Evangeline’s second book selection – Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch – and the circumstances Evangeline found herself in when she first encountered Walsch’s...

Andrew Sumner welcomes actor & author Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp, South of Heaven) back to Hard Agree for the third episode of her seven-part podcast mini-series: Evangeline Lilly’s Library of the Soul.  In this instalment, Conversations with God, Evangeline & Andrew discuss Evangeline’s second book selection – Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch - and the circumstances Evangeline found herself in when she first encountered Walsch’s...

In this special Yuletide charity edition of Hard Agree, Andrew Sumner is joined by four very special guests from the worlds of comics, movies, TV and theatre: actor author & MCU movie star Evangeline Lilly (Lost, The Hobbit, Ant-Man and The Wasp), comic creator Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Kingsman, The Originals), TV wine expert/author Olly Smith (BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Olly Smith’s Home Cocktail Bible) and West End stage actress Julie Stark (Company, Les Misérables, We Will Rock You). A...