#153 - The Pretention of Coolness - with Mark Hughes (@thesketchsector.bsky.social)

Everybody get up, it's the start of the FINAL YEAR of STC, and what an episode it is. Grotesque desirable triangles, ideas from the Fun Factory, incredibly sexy insects, a suss six, a sunny seven and two familiar fives.

Some thumps and bumps on the banjo this fortnight, and a couple of tearful farewells as the Nord taketh away.* But they're not taking away the podcast!

It had to happen, and it did, several months ago. Now it's been turned into an episode! Yes: Jehan joined us for another round-table natter about the third Sonic movie, and a very pleasant natter it was too. Here it is!

Here's a band of boys you can really enjoy! Dave mistakes Macaulay Culkin for himself, the rat has a name, everybody waits by the phone and a meet Judge...... just judge. Yoww baybeh! Wishes what we like!

They made a vow their comic would be sound, so here's another podcast about it. Sonic proves he's faster than a man's fingers, Action Man hasn't got any fans, we hear Plato's Allegory of the Funkopop, and Chris reads Dave's day-one Underground review

Where does Sonic keep his ear muffs? What's more annoying than Doop?* When is it wrong for Sonic to rescue children? Join a professional Sonic artist, a socks fiend, and Chris, and drop dead! I mean - find out! *(It's Doop again)

You know what we've been telling you happened to UK comics after STC? We get a couple of disturbing glimpses of it this issue. Bags of tat, three poundsworth of hail Marys, and what happened to Dave when Jasper Carrott came on.

It's a lovely day, and you know what that means (you soon will, anyway), it's time to grab your etheric beam locators and enjoy another STCTP! We've got the return of Robotnik, the end (whew!) of Sonic & Tekno, a polar bear, da wurx!

Cool, a worm! Time for a fun, safe and LEGAL time in our *150th* episode of this NONSENSE. And what a party STC have thrown to celebrate! I'm sorry, I'll read that again: What party have STC thrown to celebrate? That's right boomers, NONE. Oh well!

Comic artist & OG Boomer Zak joins us, and he's brought a letter from 1999 written by... well, you'll find out. From one old pal to another, it's a mythic issue as we travel to Shanazar and meet the genie of the bloke's face and Amy punches the Minotaur.