Recorded live at Cardiff International Comic Expo 2011 comes a roundtable discussion about the UK con scene, independent comics and of course the Cardiff Expo itself. Sounding off are Barry Nugent, Ian Sharman, Stacey Whittle, Chris Lynch, PJ Montgomery and sidekicks Mikey Bumchin, Ned X, Gavin Jones and Dan the Sound Man.

Regular Sidekick hosts Dan (Marshall Law) and Gavin (The Boneman) are joined this episode by Monkeys with Machineguns artist and Sidekick for the week Stuart Tipples (Stu.art). A catch up with Stu leads to some inevitable schooling and shameless plugging of the upcoming The Magpye; the latest stunning Monkeys book coming from Markosia.

Heading up our review section Stack Attack we have Batman and Robin #2,Invincible Iron Man #15, Berserker #1, X-Men/Dark Avengers: Utopia #1, Justice League: Cry For Justice #1, Captain America Reborn #1, X-Force #16, New Avengers #54, Vikings #2 and Olympus #1.

Midway Games, Michael Jackson, Bendis, The 99 and Chew all feature in Secrets and Lies but will our Sidekicks sniff out the bogus story? Stuart comes bearing gifts in the form of A History of Violence and Grant Morrison's The Filth in an attempt to take the Sidekicks to crazy town for Dig That! Don't forget to listen past the outro music for out-take-arama.

So here it is our first ever interview, un-edited and raw as hell as we spend an evening and quite a few drinks with The Monkeys With Machineguns (MWM) otherwise known as Chris Lynch and Stuart Tipples. A completely different format to a regular episode there'll be no Secrets and Lies or Stack Attack just pure unadulterated chat with two truly fun and witty independent comic book creators.

We find out how the Monkeys came to be, where they're going and where they'd like to find themselves in the future. We talk about each of their influences and what it's like to work as a team in the independent comic book industry. They of course want to tell everyone about their upcoming series; The Magpye and it sounds as though they could be onto something special with this new and inventive character.

I should warn you, this was recorded in the hotel bar so there's alot of background noise and the conversation get's more and more out of hand as the drinks keep coming. Chris and Stu take us on a hilarious journey branching off into all levels of geekdom as we descend into debate over everything from Grant Morisson's The Filth to the original animated Transformers movie to a comparison of Batman Returns and the recent Dark Knight film.