This week on(line)... Charlie Adlard on 100 issues of The Walking Dead / SCI-FI-LONDON Oktoberfest / Kristina Buozyte on Vanishing Waves
Alex Fitch
Panel Borders: Nic Roeg and Sandy Lieberson – filmmakers talk comics
Concluding a month of shows on the presence of comics in the Victoria and Albert museum, Alex Fitch talks to two filmmakers who are regular attendees at Ian Rakoff’s comic book lectures at the V and A. Acclaimed film director Nic Roeg discusses his interest in comics and museum culture, how he nearly directed the 1980 adaptation of Flash Gordon and why the BBC wouldn’t let him choose Desert Island Discs for Radio 4′s Cultural Exchange. American Producer Sandy Lieberson, who worked with Roeg on Performance, talks about his love of classic newspaper strips, distinctions between high and low art and his involvement in The Magic Roundabout movie, Dougal and the Blue Cat. Originally broadcast Monday 30th September 2013, on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)
http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2013/09/30/panel-borders-nic-roeg-and-sandy-lieberson-filmmakers-talk-comics/
Panel Borders: Storing comics / awarding illustration
In the fourth of a series of shows looking at the presence of comics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Alex Fitch talks to three of the people involved in promoting the collection. Martin Flynn, Head of Access at the V & A talks about the museum’s annual illustration awards, how comic book creators are beginning to submit their work and the process of doing so. Ian Rakoff, founder of the Rakoff comic book collections and Marc Ward serials librarian at the National Art Library in the Victoria and Albert Museum discuss the storing of comics at the NAL in the museum’s climate controlled basement and elsewhere, how these titles are categorised and how members of the public can access them. Originally broadcast Monday 23rd September 2013, on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)
http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/panel-borders-storing-comics-awarding-illustration/
Electric Sheep issue 74: Strange Gems & Dreamscapes -
LFF, We Are What We Are, Nosferatu
October is all about festivals. We outline some of the highlights of the 57th BFI London Film Festival in previews Part 1 and Part 2 – we’ll be reviewing more films throughout the festival. We also report back from Venice, Toronto, the Way Out East strand at London's Raindance, and the wonderful L'Etrange Festival in Paris.
Out in cinemas this month are two FrightFest favourites, We Are What We Are and V/H/S/2, plus Im Sang-soo’s latest film The Taste of Money. F.W. Murnau’s digitally restored classic Gothic horror Nosferatu returns to the big screen, while Nightmare on Elm Street is back for a special Halloween treat in selected UK theatres. In home entertainment releases, we have a comic strip review of Oriol Paulo’s haunting The Body, plus we take a look at George A. Romero's Creepshow, Eric Walter’s My Amityville Horror and Jeff Lieberman’s cult-horror classic Squirm.
In features, we revisit Charles Burnett's Killer of Sheep, and we present an extract from Kim Newman's new novel Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard. We also explore the sounds of sci-fi in Shane Carruth’s Primer and discuss the score to Tarkovsky’s Solaris in Reel Sounds, while author Ann Leckie’s cinematic alter ego is HAL from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.■
recommended events:
SCI-FI-LONDON Oktoberfest 2013
This autumn’s mini Science Fiction and Fantastic Film Festival takes
place from 11th – 13th October 2013 at Stratford Picture House,
Stratford, East London. Premieres include The Battery, Haunter, The Colony, The Machine, Battle of the Damned and Rewind This. Retro screenings include new prints of Tokyo Fist, Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Ikarie XB-1,
themed allnighters include anime, X-Com and MST3K marathons and a
second chance to see the Spring SCI-FI-LONDON film of the festival, Channelling.
A highlight of the festival is a rare chance to see the feature debut of youtube phenomenon Stuart Ashen in Ashens and the Quest for the GameChild with Alex Fitch conducting a Q and A after the Sunday afternoon screening with the star, plus there's an all day symposium about spaceship construction at The Crystal, Royal Victoria Docks E16 1GB
Screenings take place at Stratford Picture House, London E15 1BX
Full programme at www.sci-fi-london.com
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is modelled on the European comic festivals rather than comic conventions that UK audiences are more familiar with.
The aim is create an ‘en fete’ atmosphere, making the whole town part of the festival. There will be a much bigger emphasis on the range of talks, special live drawing events, workshops, films, exhibitions and a kids’ zone. Some of the events, including the exhibitions and the kids’ zone will also be free.
There will be The Comics Clock Tower – in Kendal Town Hall, where people will be able to buy comics and where authors and artists will be signing copies of their work. It will be smaller than at most comic conventions and will focus on writers, artists and publishers who are pioneers of a new wave of innovators in the field of comics and graphic storytelling.
We will be kicking off on Friday evening, 18th October and running until teatime on Sunday 20th. The programme will feature around 30 events of different styles and scales including meet the creators (presentations, live drawings and interviews), panel discussions and a few quirky events too. Alongside this there will be a film programme, exhibitions, workshops, our version of a marketplace/artists’ alley and a dedicated kids’ zone……and more
Guests include: Charlie Adlard, Steve Bell, Hannah Berry, Gareth Brookes, Ed Brubaker, Kurt Busiek, Stephen Collins, Darryl Cunningham, Rob Davis, Al Davison, Andy Diggle, Glyn Dillon, Pete Doherty, Hannah Eaton, Hunt Emerson, Carlos Ezquerra, Duncan Fegredo, Karrie Fransman, Simon Fraser, Katie Green, Isabel Greenberg, Steven Harris, David Hine, Ilya, David Lloyd, Robbie Morrison, Jose Muñoz, Luke Pearson, Ivan Petrus, Sean Phillips, Gary and Warren Pleece, Trina Robbins, Joe Sacco, Gilbert Shelton, Posy Simmonds, Nicola Streeten, Bryan and Mary Talbot, John Wagner and Oscar Zarate…
18th-20th October, Brewery Arts Centre and environs, 122A Highgate, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4HE
More info at: www.comicartfestival.com
Join the Web Artists Swap Project 2014
Following 2013′s successful Web Artists Swap Project (WASP) where webcomic creators swapped strips to raise awareness of online comics, including work by Nich Angell, Zarina Liew and Naniiebim, project originator Richy K. Chandler is inviting web cartoonists to join the planning of next year’s WASP event.Get involved via www.tempolush.com before the end of October 2013…
Alex
Programme maker, Resonance 104.4 FM (Arts Council) - www.resonancefm.com
Assistant editor, Electric Sheep Magazine - www.electricsheepmagazine.com