Just some Transformers fans who can't get enough of talking giant robots. Tagged as advisory because although content is generally family-friendly the source material (science fiction war with a death count) does contain more adult concepts. Comics clack is the usual focus but expect a bit of other stuff too. https://twitter.com/PodcastMaximus https://fb.me/PodcastMaximus https://apple.co/34N4VMY Intro clip CC-BY-NC by hazeltron https://soundcloud.com/hazeltron/ (resuscitation demo) Wreckers font by http://www.pixelsagas.com/
Episodes
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
The Letterer at the Beginning and at the End
In our special 50th episode we interview Tom B Long, former IDW staffer, freelancer, letterer of thousands of comics and appreciator of art and eggs. Join us as we move through the craft and work involved in getting Lost Light #25 fit to read and mull over Tom's personal philosophies on lettering layout and craft, as well as how badge placement is done and the sad state of the comics industry. Guest-starring one hungry cat.
Tom's autobiographical comic, 'Comic Book Nobody Volume 1' is available on Comixology.
Theme tune is ‘Resuscitation’ by Hazeltron. (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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2021-03-01
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
It was the winter of 2005.
We say a sad goodbye to stalwart host and inspiration Marian and limp on with a discussion of Stuart’s new mega-project: Revisitation. He is going to review every issue of the original IDW Transformers comics, starting with Infiltration in the bewilderingly distant past of 2005. Has the pitch of ‘The Ultimates, but Transformers’ aged well? How does this old relaunch compare to any of the several other relaunches we have lived through since?
Theme tune is ‘Resuscitation’ by Hazeltron. (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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2021-01-08
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Tuesday Dec 29, 2020
Thanks for traveling with me.
As 2020 finally falls we spend a little time discussing which Transformers make the best friends, spouses, mentors or enemies. Thanks to a reader survey we have plenty to work with, ranging from naked thirst, heartfelt vulnerability and irreverent daydreams.
Big thank you to everyone who filled out our survey and to everyone for watching and supporting over the years.
Theme tune is ‘Resuscitation’ by Hazeltron. (CC BY-NC 2.0)
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A video version of this show is on YouTube and features the artwork of Alex Milne, Jack Lawrence, Nick Roche, Hayato Sakamoto, Sara Stone, Guido Guidi, Geoff Senior and Angel Hernandez. Colours were by Josh Burcham, Joanna Lafuente and Priscilla Tramontano.
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Tuesday Dec 01, 2020
Join the PodMax crew as they pore over issues 19-24 of the IDW mainline Transformers comic!
Saturday Oct 31, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
Sunday Apr 05, 2020
TWO DISTINCT FLAVOURS OF ENERGON POOP - Living in a resource-depleted police state on the brink of political collapse, Marian, Stuart and Tom catch up with IDW's Transformers Galaxies comic.
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
Sunday Aug 11, 2019
Podcast Maximus Episode 42 END OF AN ERA A very special episode that's been 12 months in the making (don't ask). The team got together at the end of 2018 and talked UNICRON and the end of the IDW continuity.
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Tuesday Nov 13, 2018
Tuesday Nov 06, 2018
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Sunday Sep 02, 2018
Tuesday Aug 21, 2018
Sunday Jun 24, 2018
Sunday Jun 10, 2018
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Wednesday May 30, 2018
Podcast Maximus interview Nick Roche, Transformers Wreckers scribe extraordinaire, a few days before the release of his new book, Requiem of the Wreckers.
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Transformers 2007: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me. Stuart reunites with Becka as they go back in time to 2007 to bring the rain to the first Michael Bay film, looking at its strengths and weaknesses and asking if it still stands up.
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Monday Apr 23, 2018
TRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 14-15. Foraging For Facts. The team look at the Final Ever Scavengers story and try to spot the forest from the trees as we ask: where do babies come from?
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
Sunday Apr 15, 2018
TRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 13 (Sardines) Parlour games: Marian, Stuart and Tom talk about worst fears, surrealism and everybody who has been inside Roller in their look at Lost Light #13. Also - the Universe is ending and how is everyone going to cope?
Sunday Mar 18, 2018
Sunday Mar 18, 2018
TRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 10-12 (The Plotters' Club) The Pod Max crew go method as we cover the Mutineers' Trilogy whilst turning on each other.
Sunday Mar 18, 2018
Sunday Mar 18, 2018
TRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 7-9 The team look at life after Megatron, and take a trip to Troja Major where we say a final farewell to the departed, make some new friends and run into an old enemy. All whilst asking: isn't it magnificent?
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
TRANSFORMERS 5: THE LAST KNIGHT Knight of the Long Knives. Stuart and special guest Becka look at the cogs within wheels of Michael Bay's latest Transformers film and ask: How many plots does one film need? Spoilers aplenty!
Sunday Sep 24, 2017
Friday Sep 08, 2017
Friday Sep 08, 2017
JAMES ROBERTS TFNATION 2017 INTERVIEW Podcast Maximus interview James Roberts, writer of IDW's More than Meets the Eye and Lost Light at the 2017 TFNation convention. Spoiler warnings for Lost Light and More than Meets Eye!
Sunday Jun 25, 2017
Sunday Jun 25, 2017
TRANSFORMERS: LOST LIGHT 1-6 Terrible punning! Pop culture references nobody gets! Rodimus bashing! Predestination, isolationism and Ctrl X + V warfare! It must be a James Roberts book review.
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
Sunday Apr 02, 2017
THE TRANSFORMERS 2017 ANNUAL: Podcast Maximus Unfiltered! The team meet in London for the Robots exhibition at the Science Museum and take the opportunity to talk Transformers Annual over dinner. Special guest appearance by Denyer! Perhaps.
Sunday Feb 19, 2017
Sunday Feb 19, 2017
Till All Are One - we talk about Scott and Pitre-Durocher's run on Transformers: TAAO
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
TFCON CHICAGO & TFNATION: Podcast Maximus is joined by TFNation to talk TFCon, drapes, and how to say "douchebag" in Japanese.
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
Thursday Oct 27, 2016
COMICS CATCH-UP: Terome, Mort and Dalek catch each other up on the first TFNation, IDW's Revolution.and Titans Return.
Saturday Aug 27, 2016
Saturday Aug 27, 2016
Podcast Maximus interview James Roberts, writer of IDW's More Than Meets The Eye series (and soon Transformers: Lost Light) at the inaugural TFNation convention in 2016.
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
Tuesday Aug 16, 2016
TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE #55. Chekhov's Fusion Cannon! A series of decisions is made in a confined space as Stuart, Marian and Tom investigate MTMTE #55.
Sunday Jul 03, 2016
Sunday Jul 03, 2016
TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. Podcast Maximus Unfiltered! Hit hard by Brexit, the team meets in the cafe of the Science Museum in London to do some proper strategising and talk about MTMTE #54.
Thursday Jun 30, 2016
Thursday Jun 30, 2016
TRANSFORMERS: SINS OF THE WRECKERS 4 & 5. Netflix and Kill! The crew look at the concluding two issues.
Thursday Jun 09, 2016
Thursday Jun 09, 2016
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Stuart, Marian and Tom complete a thorough autopsy of a certain Turbofox before the sun sets sifting through Chromedome and Rewind's relationship, Baldrick's poetry and what Rodimus was thinking with that present for Megatron.
Monday May 02, 2016
Monday May 02, 2016
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Terome, Mort and Dalek make their surprise full page arrival to talk about issues 51 and 52, narrowing down the identity of Tarn to the 500,000 most likely candidates and going dreamy-eyed at Drift's smile.
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
Thursday Apr 21, 2016
SINS OF THE WRECKERS: With the series due to kick back off, the Triumvirate reflect on the first three issues and why nobody can quit Prowl.
Sunday Mar 13, 2016
Sunday Mar 13, 2016
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Despite several accidents with a nudge gun and a white hole, issue #50 got released for Terome, Mort and Dalek to chew over and expound on. Nobody touch that thing again, okay? Despite several accidents--
Wednesday Mar 02, 2016
Wednesday Mar 02, 2016
HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Dalek and Terome kill Christmas and your childhood as they look back over the first IDW seasonal celebration issue in an episode recorded in January. There are a few audio problems at the beginning.
Saturday Feb 27, 2016
Saturday Feb 27, 2016
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: An extended episode in which Terome, Mort and Dalek have a lot to say about the recent Getaway and Skids/DJD flashback story arcs as things Ratchet up towards the event of the 50th issue.
Tuesday Feb 02, 2016
Tuesday Feb 02, 2016
CONQUERORS: Mort, Dalek and Terome look at the most recent arc of the comic formerly known as RID to find out if it's still on Track(s), and ask if it's possible to grow a beard during a Blackrock speech.
Friday Dec 18, 2015
Friday Dec 18, 2015
SCAVENGERS: Terome and Dalek are joined by Mort as they unpack the complexities of the fan-favourite 'Cons in More Than Meets The Eye #45-46.
Thursday Dec 17, 2015
Thursday Dec 17, 2015
INFILTRATION: Ten years on, how well has the first IDW story arc held up? And more importantly where the hell did those ten years go?
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
Sunday Oct 25, 2015
WINDBLADE: In which Dalek and Terome discuss the first and second Windblade series, and Terome is outed as John Barber in a wig.
Sunday Oct 18, 2015
Sunday Oct 18, 2015
TOY CHAT: Mixing both hosts and subject up a bit, join Clay and Hound on the other side of the pond as they talk about all things Transformers in the plastic crack dept.
Sunday Oct 04, 2015
Sunday Oct 04, 2015
CHAOS THEORY: Dalek and Terome look back at this initial two-parter by James Roberts, discussing the script, the early timeline of IDW continuity and transitioning from fan writing.
Thursday Sep 10, 2015
Thursday Sep 10, 2015
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Stuart and Tom get together with honorary UK-er Hound to give their take on #44 and the IDW More Than Meets The Eye comics in general.
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Saturday Sep 05, 2015
Saturday Sep 05, 2015
AUTOASSEMBLY 2015: Terome talks about what it was like to be a first time convention attendee at the last Auto Assembly and we ask whether James Roberts can crush a man's skull with his mighty hands.
We're sorry about the sound problems with this episode.