The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 207

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, April 30th 2025)

Hello all, and welcome to this FACT-PACKED edition of the newsletter - let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Saturday 12 July 2025 - Pump House, Watford
'Data and Doctor Doom' at The Watford Fringe - tickets HERE:
https://watfringe.co.uk/events/mj-hibbett-data-and-doctor-doom/

Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 July 2025 - Underground at Spring Gardens, Buxton
'Data and Doctor Doom' at The Buxton Fringe - tickets available soon!

Sunday 3 August 2025 - The Hen & Chickens, London
'Data and Doctor Doom' at The Camden Fringe - showtime 4.30pm, tickets HERE:
https://camdenfringe.com/events/mj-hibbett-data-and-doctor-doom/

Thursday 14 August 2025 - The Grand Central, Brighton
Talking about Doctor Doom at The Catalyst Club. Details HERE:
https://catalystclub.co.uk/

Check http://www.mjhibbett.co.uk/gigs/ for more information.

DATA AND DOCTOR DOOM
To celebrate the start of the ‘Data and Doctor Doom’ TOUR, the original BOOK is now available at HALF the original price HERE:
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-45173-7

I’ve also got a voucher code for newsletter subscribers which brings the price down to £35.99 for a physical copy, or £28.79 on eBook. To get this ALMOST BARGAIN, order it from the link above and then enter the following coupon code at checkout: 8ClQSFzpKofo3k (valid from today until Wednesday 28 May).

RADIO TIMES
I've written another article for Radio Times, discussing how the 'Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars' comics series could be a good template for the next Avengers movies, HERE:
https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/scifi/avengers-doomsday-success-silliness-comment/

THE FUNNY COMICS FAN CLUB
The podcast continues to continue, with John Dredge and me discussing British funny comics. Since the last newsletter we've uploaded a whole heap of new episodes HERE:
https://thefcfc.podbean.com/

OLD BLOGS
Over on The Socials I’m reposting and commenting on my earliest regular blogs, from way back in 2003. As well as INSIGHTS and SECRETS REVEALED I'm also digging up quite a lot of extra material, including this previously unreleased early version of 'The Merchant Ivory Punks':
https://soundcloud.com/mj-hibbett/the-merchant-ivory-punks-early-version

You can keep up to date (or as up to date as you can get for things from 22 years ago) with it all by following me on Bluesky HERE:
https://bsky.app/profile/mjhibbett.bsky.social

AND FINALLY
I recently discovered an episode of the 'Panel Borders' podcast from ages ago which features a live recording of myself and Frankie Machine performing and talking about our covers of Marvel superhero theme tunes. You can listen to it HERE:
https://archive.org/details/panel_borders_researching_comics_histories

And that's the lot for this time - thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Mark

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