Strip!: Alternative British heroes
Alex Fitch is talking to half a dozen British writers and artists who have created comics books and strips that bring a new angle to fantasy and superhero comics, in a series of interviews recorded at this year’s Bristol International comics expo. In the show we have Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen, the artist and writer of the fantasy comic Phonogram, which mixes magic and ‘Britpop’ to produce a very modern yet nostalgic package, Adam Hamdy and David Golding, creators of the horror/ superhero comic The Hunter which is influenced by the West’s so called ‘war on terror’, and Alex Morgan who writes and draws Captain Bristol, a strip in the local listings magazine ’suityourself’. Alex also catches up with Oliver Lambden, creator of Tales from the flat, a superhero sitcom which casts himself and his friends as the characters in the story.
5pm 19/06/08, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast at www.panelborders.com
N.B./ The second half of today’s show was podcast as last week’s Panel Borders, so you can listen to it now, if you like…
Wikipedia pages on Phonogram, Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen
Jamie’s website, blog and flickr page
Kieron’s blog and interview at strip-for-me.com
Olvier’s website – modernmonstrosity.com - and myspace page
Listen to Alex’s first interview with Oliver, concentrating on the Camden stall and Oliver’s report from Easter’s UK Web and Mini Comix Thing
London Underground Comics, where you can meet Oliver on Saturdays in Camden Market and buy his comics
The Hunter / Dare Comics’ website and blog
Captain Bristol in Suityourself magazine and on myspace
Comics news:
On now at The Railway Tavern, Station Rise, Tulse Hill, occasional Strip! contributor (and Bryan Talbot’s Cherubs illustrator) Mark Stafford is exhibiting Pandemonium Carnivale; A series of unfortunate paintings…
