This week on(line): Hannah Berry, I.N.J. Culbard, Tim Bradstreet, Gareth Brookes, David Hine, Thomas Jane on horror comics / Sarah McIntyre & Philip Reeve on collaborating
Alex Fitch
sorry for the late mailout, but it means I can cover next week's show as well!
on air:
Panel Borders: Great British Horror Comics
This episode concludes a month of episodes looking at horror comics, and includes interviews with a quartet of British creators who work in that genre. Alex Fitch talks to David Hine, author of Strange Embrace and writer of a variety of horror comics for American publishers, I.N.J. Culbard, the illustrator of SelfMadeHero’s H.P. Lovecraft adaptations and Hannah Berry, whose second graphic novel Adamtine is a claustrophobic tale of terror set on a train, in a panel recorded at the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival.
Also, Gareth Brookes discusses his extraordinary graphic novel The Black Project, illustrated via linocut and embroidery, which tells the story of an unusual young man who makes his girlfriends out of found materials, and mixes The Silence of the Lambs with arts and crafts magazines.
2am, Thursday 31st October 2013, Resonance 104.4 FM / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / extended podcast at http://panelborders.wordpress.com/2013/10/28/panel-borders-great-british-horror-comics
Panel Borders: Bad Planets and Misguided Islands
Starting a month of shows about comic book creators who collaborate together, Alex Fitch talks to to pairs of creators who come from outside the world of comics. In an interview recorded at the MCM Expo, London October 2013, actor turned writer Thomas Jane and illustrator Tim Bradtreet talk about their work on comics and graphic novels such as Bad Planet and The Lycan. Also, in an interview recorded at Daunt Books, Marylebone children's writers and illustrators Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve discuss swapping roles on various projects including The Phoenix comic and their latest book Oliver and the Seawigs which is about moving, sentient islands and their headwear!
4.30pm, Monday 4th November, repeated 2am, Thursday 7th November, Resonance 104.4 FM / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / extended podcast at http://panelborders.wordpress.com
As part of this year's Comica Festival, Alex Fitch will be discussing with comic book writers Kieron (Iron Man) Gillen and Si (X-Men: Legacy) Spurrier and cultural critics Will Brooker & Richard Reynolds the theme of just what makes a superhero, in the wake of a new Oxford University Press title on that subject.
Foyles Bookshop, 3rd Floor Gallery, WC2H 0EB
November 1, 2013 6.15 for 6.30-8.30pm
recent podcast:
Panel Borders: Spirit animals – Hannah Eaton and Dan White
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 andPart 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 filmThe Taste of Money. F.W. Murnau’s digitally restored classic Gothic horror Nosferatu returns to the big screen, whileNightmare 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’sSolaris in Reel Sounds, while author Ann Leckie’s cinematic alter ego is HAL from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.■
Comica Festival 2013
This year’s London Comica Festival is imminent and events over the first couple of weeks include:
From Hell To Eternity: Eddie Campbell On Alan Moore
Campbell discusses his collaborations with Alan Moore, notably on the acclaimed From Hell.
Platform Theatre, Handyside Street, London N1C 4AA
October 26, 2013 4.45pm for 5-6.30pm
Joe Sacco: The Great War and the Battle of the Somme
Sacco talks in depth about how he achieves his acclaimed comics journalism.
Platform Theatre, Handyside Street, London N1C 4AA
October 26, 2013 7.15pm for 7.30-9.30
The Nine Lives of Dave McKean
Explore the multi-faceted, multi-media creativity of this extraordinary storyteller & image-maker.
Foyles Bookshop, 3rd Floor Gallery, WC2H 0EB
October 29, 2013 6.15 for 6.30-8.30pm
Living and Loving in London : Oscar Zarate & Ilya
How new graphic novels The Park & Room For Love reflect realities of urban relationships.
Foyles Bookshop, 3rd Floor Gallery, WC2H 0EB
October 31, 2013 6.15 for 6.30-8.30pm
What Is A Superhero?
Alex Fitch, Kieron Gillen, Si Spurrier, Will Brooker & Richard Reynolds analyse what makes a superhero.
Foyles Bookshop, 3rd Floor Gallery, WC2H 0EB
November 1, 2013 6.15 for 6.30-8.30pm
More info at www.comicafestival.com
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