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Today’s show: Strip! – Blank Slate Publishing
April 30, 2009
Today on Resonance FM:
Strip!: Blank Slate Publishing
Sparky O'Hare by Mawil (published in English by Blank Slate)
Continuing comic book publishing month on Strip!: Alex Fitch interviews Kenny Penman who runs Blank Slate books, a new British publishing company that has been around for just under a year and have 4 books to their name so far including Ignatz award nominee Trains are mint. Alex and Kenny talk about what factors decide the choice of books he publishes, the travails of finding a market for new graphic novels in the middle of a credit crunch and how his history as one of the founders of Forbidden Planet International has helped his new career as a publisher.
5pm 30/04/09, repeated 11.30pm 03/05/09, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / extended podcast available now…
Links: Blank Slate’s website
Trains are mint website and blog
Mawil’s website (click on the word ‘welcome’ in the top left hand corner for the English version)
Comics / sci-fi news:
Kamishibai.org is now live, being a resource for Japan’s performance art of telling stories with sequential images, including info on the next London performance of the form on May 31st…
plus:
Sci-Fi London 8
From Wednesday 29th April – Monday 4th May , at The Apollo Picadilly, Lower Regent Street, London, it’s the 8th London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film which includes premieres of The Hunt for Gollum, 20th Century Boys part 2, Stingray Sam, The Clone Returns Home, Cyborg She and many more.
Comic book events include a screening of Hardware preceeded by an extended, illustrated Q and A with Alex Fitch interviewing Kevin O’Neill, a Q and A with Marc Caro following a screening of The City of Lost Children and a panel discussion with Paul Cornell, Bryan Talbot and Paul Duffield.
More info at www.sci-fi-london.com
Today’s show: Little Nellie and the Robot Zoo!
April 26, 2009
Today on Resonance FM
Little Nellie and the Robot Zoo
Illustration of Little Nellie by Edgar Aromin
To coinicide with the current “Bond and Beyond” season at the BFI Southbank / IMAX, Alex Fitch talks to Wing Commander Ken Wallis MBE, RAF (ret’d) about building the famous yellow gyro copter “Little Nellie” featured in You only live twice (1967). Ken also performed as Sean Connery’s stunt double in the film by flying the ‘copter and created a machine for the TV miniseries The Martian Chronicles (1980). [You only live twice is showing at the BFI Southbank 25th / 28th April / 20th May, plus at the BFI IMAX on 3rd May...]
Also, in an interview first podcast at Sci-Fi London, Alex talks to Jo Hatton, keeper of the Robot Zoo at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill which presents a collection of robotic and animatronic animals to the public and mixes education with the feel of a traveling carnival.
4.30pm Monday 27th April, Resonance 104.4 FM (London), streamed at www.resonancefm.com, extended podcast (of Ken Wallis interview) 29/04/09 at www.sci-fi-london.com/audio
(extended podcast of Jo Hatton interview online now)
Links: Ken’s homepage
Wikipedia and fan tribute pages on Ken Wallis
www.gyroplanepassion.com
Flixton Aviation Museum
IMDb pages on You only live twice (1967), Dick Smart 2.007 (1967), The Pathfinders (1976) and The Martian Chronicles (1980)
For more info about The Robot Zoo, please visit www.horniman.ac.uk
Wikipedia page on The Horniman Museum
Panel Borders: Ed Pinsent and Fast Fiction
April 24, 2009 — 4 Comments
Panel Borders:
Ed Pinsent and Fast Fiction
Originally broadcast 23/04/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Fast Fiction issue 11, cover art by Ed Pinsent
Continuing comic book publishing month on the show, Alex Fitch talks to Ed Pinsent, the second editor of the 1980s small press anthology and market stall Fast Fiction, (following Phil Elliott and Paul Gravett respectively) which was a ground breaking publication in the history of British comics. Alex talks to Ed about his comic book work then and now, his processes of including work in the anthology and the reasons it came to an end.
Also in this episode we have a competition to win a complete set of Dare Comics’ The Hunter, so tune in / download the podcast for more details!
For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: Ed’s comics website – http://comics.edpinsent.com, and music magazine The Sound Projector
Listen to Ed’s bands, Mystery Dick and Pestrepeller on our musical cousin Stand Up Comics
Listen to Eddie Campbell and Paul Gravett talk about Fast Fiction
Comics / sci-fi news:
Kamishibai.org is now live, being a resource for Japan’s performance art of telling stories with sequential images, including info on the next London performance of the form on May 31st…
plus:
Sci-Fi London 8
From Wednesday 29th April – Monday 4th May , at The Apollo Picadilly, Lower Regent Street, London, it’s the 8th London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film which includes premieres of The Hunt for Gollum, 20th Century Boys part 2, Stingray Sam, The Clone Returns Home, Cyborg She and many more.
Comic book events include a screening of Hardware preceeded by an extended, illustrated Q and A with Alex Fitch interviewing Kevin O’Neill, a Q and A with Marc Caro following a screening of The City of Lost Children and a panel discussion with Paul Cornell, Bryan Talbot and Paul Duffield.
More info at www.sci-fi-london.com
also:
at Orbital comics:
A new exhibition of the art of Brendan McCarthy is being shown at London’s newest comic book store, ORBITAL COMICS. The show features images of Brendan’s comic book work for both UK and US publishers from over the last twenty years. Featuring a lost image from the graphic novel SKIN, some drawings from a new comic project, DREAMTREES, a number of published ARTOONS from the CRISIS period of the early 90′s and more pictures from Brendan’s archive of unpublished art.
Brendan is currently working on a new Spider-Man/Dr Strange mini series for Marvel Comics, out later this year.
Et aussi, writer / artist Tom Humberstone launches the collected edition of his Eagle award winning “How to date a girl in 10 days” on Friday May 1st from 7.30pm, with music, drink, original artwork in the gallery, and a chance to get your copy signed!
Print out the flyer at www.ventedspleen.com to ensure entry on the night…
ORBITAL COMICS is the UK’s newest major comic book store, located just off London’s famous Leicester Square.
Orbital Comics and Collectibles, 8 Great Newport Street, London, England WC2H 7JA
More info at: www.orbitalcomics.com
at Gosh! comics:
ALAN MOORE & KEVIN O’NEILL SIGNING AT GOSH! 2ND MAY, 2PM-5PM
Fans of Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill will not want to pass up an opportunity to meet these comics giants when they sign at Gosh! Comics on 2nd May, 2pm-5pm, to celebrate the release of the much anticipated League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1910.
The first in a triptych of tales, each standing alone but together forming the backbone of a 216-page narrative spanning 1910-2008, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1910 is an 80-page squarebound. Priced at an eminently reasonable £5.95, with 72 pages of comics and a serialised prose back-up, the return of the series doesn’t disappoint, leaving a thirst for further adventures to come. Gosh will fly in a limited quantity of 500 copies of the book especially for the event. As such, sadly, there will be a strict 2-copy limit on each customer, and we won’t be able to reserve books for those not attending – these 500 copies will be available only on the day of the signing, while stocks last. The book will see general UK release in late May.
For those craving a sneak-peek at this much anticipated series, an exhibition of original artwork from 1910 is now on display at Gosh!, where it will remain until the end of May. Don’t pass up this rare opportunity to see original art from one of the UK’s most original artists.
Gosh! Comics, 39 Great Russell St, WC1B 3NZ, on 2nd May, 2pm-5pm
More info at: www.goshlondon.com
and:
The London Zine Symposium
The London Zine Symposium is a annual event where people interested in zines, small-press, comics and/ or radical culture can get together, buy or sell zines and share ideas with each other. The idea is to build a stronger DIY network and community by having people meet up, chat, maybe participate in a workshop or two but definitely have a good time.
12-6pm, Sunday 3rd May 2009 @ the Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street (off Brick Lane, East London)
More info at www.londonzinesymposium.org.uk
Today’s show: Strip! – Ed Pinsent and Fast Fiction
April 23, 2009
Today on Resonance FM:
Strip! – Ed Pinsent and Fast Fiction
Fast Fiction issue 11, cover art by Ed Pinsent
Continuing comic book publishing month on the show, Alex Fitch talks to Ed Pinsent, the second editor of the 1980s small press anthology and market stall Fast Fiction, (following Phil Elliott and Paul Gravett respectively) which was a ground breaking publication in the history of British comics. Alex talks to Ed about his comic book work then and now, his processes of including work in the anthology and the reasons it came to an end.
Also in this episode we have a competition to win a complete set of Dare Comics’ The Hunter, so tune in / download the podcast for more details!
5pm 23/04/09, repeated 11.30pm 26/04/09, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Ed’s comics website – http://comics.edpinsent.com, and music magazine The Sound Projector
Listen to Ed’s band, Mystery Dick on our musical cousin Stand Up Comics
Listen to Eddie Campbell and Paul Gravett talk about Fast Fiction
Comics / sci-fi news:
Kamishibai.org is now live, being a resource for Japan’s performance art of telling stories with sequential images, including info on the next London performance of the form on May 31st…
plus:
Sci-Fi London 8
From Wednesday 29th April – Monday 4th May , at The Apollo Picadilly, Lower Regent Street, London, it’s the 8th London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film which includes premieres of The Hunt for Gollum, 20th Century Boys part 2, Stingray Sam, The Clone Returns Home, Cyborg She and many more.
Comic book events include a screening of Hardware preceeded by an extended, illustrated Q & A with Alex Fitch interviewing Kevin O’Neill, a Q & A with Marc Caro following a screening of The City of Lost Children and a panel discussion with Paul Cornell, Bryan Talbot and Paul Duffield.
More info at www.sci-fi-london.com
also:
at Orbital comics:
A new exhibition of the art of Brendan McCarthy is being shown at London’s newest comic book store, ORBITAL COMICS. The show features images of Brendan’s comic book work for both UK and US publishers from over the last twenty years. Featuring a lost image from the graphic novel SKIN, some drawings from a new comic project, DREAMTREES, a number of published ARTOONS from the CRISIS period of the early 90′s and more pictures from Brendan’s archive of unpublished art.
Brendan is currently working on a new Spider-Man/Dr Strange mini series for Marvel Comics, out later this year.
Et aussi, writer / artist Tom Humberstone launches the collected edition of his Eagle award winning “How to date a girl in 10 days” on Friday May 1st from 7.30pm, with music, drink, original artwork in the gallery, and a chance to get your copy signed!
Print out the flyer at www.ventedspleen.com to ensure entry on the night…
ORBITAL COMICS is the UK’s newest major comic book store, located just off London’s famous Leicester Square.
Orbital Comics & Collectibles, 8 Great Newport Street, London, England WC2H 7JA
at Gosh! comics:
ALAN MOORE & KEVIN O’NEILL SIGNING AT GOSH! 2ND MAY, 2PM-5PM
Fans of Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill will not want to pass up an opportunity to meet these comics giants when they sign at Gosh! Comics on 2nd May, 2pm-5pm, to celebrate the release of the much anticipated League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1910.
The first in a triptych of tales, each standing alone but together forming the backbone of a 216-page narrative spanning 1910-2008, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century: 1910 is an 80-page squarebound. Priced at an eminently reasonable £5.95, with 72 pages of comics and a serialised prose back-up, the return of the series doesn’t disappoint, leaving a thirst for further adventures to come. Gosh will fly in a limited quantity of 500 copies of the book especially for the event. As such, sadly, there will be a strict 2-copy limit on each customer, and we won’t be able to reserve books for those not attending – these 500 copies will be available only on the day of the signing, while stocks last. The book will see general UK release in late May.
For those craving a sneak-peek at this much anticipated series, an exhibition of original artwork from 1910 is now on display at Gosh!, where it will remain until the end of May. Don’t pass up this rare opportunity to see original art from one of the UK’s most original artists.
Gosh! Comics, 39 Great Russell St, WC1B 3NZ, on 2nd May, 2pm-5pm
and:
the London Zine Symposium
The London Zine Symposium is a annual event where people interested in zines, small-press, comics and/ or radical culture can get together, buy or sell zines and share ideas with each other. The idea is to build a stronger DIY network and community by having people meet up, chat, maybe participate in a workshop or two but definitely have a good time.
12-6pm, Sunday 3rd May 2009 @ the Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street ( off Brick Lane, East London)
Panel Borders: Comic Boom!
April 17, 2009 — 5 Comments
Panel Borders:
Comic Boom!
Originally broadcast 16/04/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
The Incredibles, covers of issues 1 - 4, published by Boom! studios
Continuing comic book publishing month on Panel Borders: Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott talk to Mark Waid, the editor-in-chief of Boom! Studios, a relatively new American comic book company that is attracting new creators, veterans of the medium and Hollywood screenwriters alike to pen their tales. Waid himself has been writing comics such as Fantastic Four, Captain America and The Flash for over twenty years and Alex, Duncan and Mark talk about the variety of genres Boom! publish, their methods for attracting new readers and their successes so far in publishing comics in print and on the internet.
For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: Boom! studios website
Previews (7 page downloads) of The Unknown, Irredeemable, Cars, The Incredibles and The Muppet Show
Info about Boom!’s American newsstand distribution
Comics / sci-fi news: Strength from Adversity: A Contemporary Japanese Cinema and Art Festival – 15-17 April 2009
The National Gallery is pleased to be hosting this celebration of contemporary Japanese cinema. Includes screenings of Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen), Fudeko: Sono Ai – Tenshi no Piano (Fudeko and the Angel’s Piano), Takeshi Kitano’s Kikujiro and Okuribito (Departures)
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
and… (while we’re on the subject)
Kamishibai.org is now live, being a resource for Japan’s performance art of telling stories with sequential images, including info on the next London performance of the form on May 31st…
also: Sci-Fi London 8
From Wednesday 29th April – Monday 4th May , at The Apollo Picadilly, Lower Regent Street, London, it’s the 8th London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film which includes premieres of The Hunt for Gollum, 20th Century Boys part 2, Stingray Sam, The Clone Returns Home, Cyborg She and many more.
Comic book events include a screening of Hardware preceeded by an extended, illustrated Q & A with Alex Fitch interviewing Kevin O’Neill, a Q & A with Marc Caro following a screening of The City of Lost Children and a panel discussion with Paul Cornell, Bryan Talbot and Paul Duffield.
More info at www.sci-fi-london.com
Today’s show: Strip! – Comic Boom!
April 16, 2009 — 1 Comment
Today on Resonance FM:
Strip! – Comic Boom!
The Incredibles, covers of issues 1 - 4, published by Boom! studios
Continuing comic book publishing month on Strip!: Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott talk to Mark Waid, the editor-in-chief of Boom! Studios, a relatively new American comic book company that is attracting new creators, veterans of the medium and Hollywood screenwriters alike to pen their tales. Waid himself has been writing comics such as Fantastic Four, Captain America and The Flash for over twenty years and Alex, Duncan and Mark talk about the variety of genres Boom! publish, their methods for attracting new readers and their successes so far in publishing comics in print and on the internet.
5pm 16/04/09, repeated 11.30pm 19/04/09, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Boom! studios website
Previews (7 page downloads) of The Unknown, Irredeemable, Cars, The Incredibles and The Muppet Show
Info about Boom!’s American newsstand distribution
Comics / sci-fi news: Strength from Adversity: A Contemporary Japanese Cinema and Art Festival – 15-17 April 2009
The National Gallery is pleased to be hosting this celebration of contemporary Japanese cinema. Includes screenings of Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen), Fudeko: Sono Ai – Tenshi no Piano (Fudeko and the Angel’s Piano), Takeshi Kitano’s Kikujiro and Okuribito (Departures) (while we’re on the subject)
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
and…
Kamishibai.org is now live, being a resource for Japan’s performance art of telling stories with sequential images, including info on the next London performance of the form on May 31st…
plus:
Sci-Fi London 8
From Wednesday 29th April – Monday 4th May , at The Apollo Picadilly, Lower Regent Street, London, it’s the 8th London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film which includes premieres of The Hunt for Gollum, 20th Century Boys part 2, Stingray Sam, The Clone Returns Home, Cyborg She and many more.
Comic book events include a screening of Hardware preceeded by an extended, illustrated Q & A with Alex Fitch interviewing Kevin O’Neill, a Q & A with Marc Caro following a screening of The City of Lost Children and a panel discussion with Paul Cornell, Bryan Talbot and Paul Duffield.
More info at www.sci-fi-london.com
Electric Sheep podcast: World Cinema, Spring 2009
April 16, 2009 — 2 Comments
Electric Sheep podcast: World Cinema, Spring 2009
Interviews originally broadcast 26/03/09 on www.resonancefm.com
Paolo Sorrentino directs Il Divo
In the latest edition of the Electric Sheep Magazine podcast, we’re looking at recent world and art-house cinema releases on DVD and in cinemas. Alex Fitch interviews the director (Christophe Van Rompaey) and star (Jurgen Delnaet) of the new Belgian rom-com Moscow, Belgium / Aanrijding in Moscou, while Jessica Fostekew talks to director Paolo Sorrentino about his new film Il Divo, which chronicles the life of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti who has been tried for murder and ties to the Mafia, but acquitted due to the 24 year gap of getting the case before the courts.
Also, Alex reviews the Spanish Science Fiction thriller Timecrimes / Los cronocrímenes and our new reviewer David Warwick looks at the new DVD of Geoffrey Malins’ The Battle of the Somme (1916).
Links: IMDb pages on Il Divo, Moscow, Belgium, The Battle of the Somme and Timecrimes
Il Divo, Moscow, Belgium, Timecrimes and The Battle of the Somme official websites
Wikipedia pages on Giulio Andreotti, Il Divo and Moscow, Belgium
Listen to Alex’s interview with Toby Haggith (Imperial War Museum) and Andrew Robertshaw (National Army Museum) about the restoration of The Battle of the Somme
European Cinema info site
Londonnet’s guide to all the times and locations of all films currently showing in the Capital’s cinemas
Listen to Jess deliver a Sweeney Todd monologue
Jess’ pages at spotlight.com, castingcallpro.com and comedycv.co.uk
Jess’s film reviews: in (electronic) print and podcast
Sci-Fi London 8
April 11, 2009
Sci-Fi London 8 logo
It’s nearly the May Bank Holiday, which means it’s also nearly time for this year’s Sci-Fi London – The London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantasy Film
Now in its 8th year, Sci-Fi London has developed into a more wide-ranging science fiction festival than ever before. Sci-Fi London now includes talks on literature, science and comic books that not only sit alongside the film events in the programme, but provide a dialogue with the screenings: TV and radio writers will discuss sci-fi comedy while comic book artist Kevin O’Neill will talk about his drawings on screen and the film based on them, Hardware (1990), which will be shown afterwards.
Image from Hardware, directed by Richard Stanley
A perennial and popular strand at SFL is the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 all-night screenings, where fans of SF B-movies watch a TV version of those films, with heckling by an onscreen astronaut and two robots. This year’s festival takes that idea into the realm of stand-up comedy, screening one of the films showing in the festival again with a live redub of the soundtrack by improv comedians who include Cariad Lloyd, Gemma Whelan, Sara Pascoe (Free Agents), Humphrey Ker (Penny Dreadfuls) and Paul Foxcroft. Elsewhere there are different kinds of interaction with SF fans. For the first time in its history, SFL 8 will screen a ‘fan-film’, The Hunt for Gollum, which boasts production values similar to any of the authentic Lord of the Rings films and should keep devotees of the saga happy before the official prequel hits the big screen. In addition, SFL features an on-stage reading of a radio play script, The Brightonomicon, by some of the original cast, allowing the audience to see behind the scenes of something they’d normally only hear. The films at this year’s SFL are a mixture of old and new, Western SF and films from further afield:
The City of Lost Children / La cite des enfants perdus directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
As well as The City of Lost Children (1995), featuring a Q and A with co-director Marc Caro performed by Alex Fitch with translation by Virginie Sélavy, there’s a kids screening of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth (1986), Ever Since the World Ended (2003), and four of the best Star Trek movies from the 1980s, which fans can see for free. World cinema is represented by Turkish comedies G.O.R.A. (2004) and A.R.O.G. (2008), Japanese SF epic Twentieth-Century Boys part 2 and a selection of Israeli short films.
Image from Stingray Sam directed by Cory McAbee
New films and premieres include Bill Plympton’s Idiots and Angels, Stingray Sam (from the director of The American Astronaut, a low-fi American indie favourite of recent years) and new Japanese / American co-produced animé Afro Samurai: Resurrection, featuring the voices of Samuel L. Jackson and Lucy Liu. Perhaps the most obvious example of combining old and new at the festival is Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell 2.0, which is a remix of the original film, replacing all of the backgrounds and some of the characters with new visuals. Whether Oshii’s interference with his own film is on the level of George Lucas’s endless tinkering with Star Wars – making it worse each time – or Ridley Scott’s various re-edits of Blade Runner – all equally as good and as unneeded – remains to be seen.
A longer version of this article first appeared in Electric Sheep Magazine online
Reality Check: Red Dwarf / Robot Zoo
April 11, 2009 — 3 Comments
Reality Check:
Red Dwarf / Robot Zoo
The cast of Red Dwarf, Easter 2009
In a special Easter episode looking at ways you can entertain kids and adults alike over the Bank Holiday, Alex Fitch talks to Craig Charles about playing Dave Lister again after a ten year hiatus in the new Red Dwarf mini-series Back to Earth. Alex also talks to Jo Hatton, keeper of the Robot Zoo at the Horniman Museum in Forest Hill which presents a collection of robotic and animatronic animals to the public and mixes education with the feel of a traveling carnival.
For more info, please visit the home of this podcast at Sci-Fi London
Links: For more info about Red Dwarf: Back to Earth please visit http://dave.uktv.co.uk
For more info about The Robot Zoo, please visit www.horniman.ac.uk
Wikipedia pages on Red Dwarf and The Horniman Museum
Read a transcript of Alex’s interview with Craig
Comics / sci-fi news: Strength from Adversity: A Contemporary Japanese Cinema and Art Festival – 15-17 April 2009
The National Gallery is pleased to be hosting this celebration of contemporary Japanese cinema. Includes screenings of Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen), Fudeko: Sono Ai – Tenshi no Piano (Fudeko and the Angel’s Piano), Takeshi Kitano’s Kikujiro and Okuribito (Departures)
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
and… (while we’re on the subject)
Kamishibai.org is now live, being a resource for Japan’s performance art of telling stories with sequential images, including info on the next London performance of the form on May 31st…
also: Sci-Fi London 8
From Wednesday 29th April – Monday 4th May , at The Apollo Picadilly, Lower Regent Street, London, it’s the 8th London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film which includes premieres of The Hunt for Gollum, 20th Century Boys part 2, Stingray Sam, The Clone Returns Home, Cyborg She and many more.
Comic book events include a screening of Hardware preceeded by an extended, illustrated Q & A with Alex Fitch interviewing Kevin O’Neill, a Q & A with Marc Caro following a screening of The City of Lost Children and a panel discussion with Paul Cornell, Bryan Talbot and Paul Duffield.
More info at www.sci-fi-london.com
In association with: 
Panel Borders: Blank Slate Publishing
April 10, 2009 — 4 Comments
Panel Borders:
Blank Slate Publishing
Originally broadcast 12/04/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Sparky O
Continuing comic book publishing month on Panel Borders: Alex Fitch interviews Kenny Penman who runs Blank Slate books, a new British publishing company that has been around for just under a year and have 4 books to their name so far including Ignatz award nominee Trains are mint. Alex and Kenny talk about what factors decide the choice of books he publishes, the travails of finding a market for new graphic novels in the middle of a credit crunch and how his history as one of the founders of Forbidden Planet International has helped his new career as a publisher.
For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links:Blank Slate’s website
Trains are mint website and blog
Mawil’s website (click on the word ‘welcome’ in the top left hand corner for the English version)
Comics / sci-fi news: Strength from Adversity: A Contemporary Japanese Cinema and Art Festival – 15-17 April 2009
The National Gallery is pleased to be hosting this celebration of contemporary Japanese cinema. Includes screenings of Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen), Fudeko: Sono Ai – Tenshi no Piano (Fudeko and the Angel’s Piano), Takeshi Kitano’s Kikujiro and Okuribito (Departures) (while we’re on the subject)
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
and…
Kamishibai.org is now live, being a resource for Japan’s performance art of telling stories with sequential images, including info on the next London performance of the form on May 31st…
also: Sci-Fi London 8
From Wednesday 29th April – Monday 4th May , at The Apollo Picadilly, Lower Regent Street, London, it’s the 8th London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film which includes premieres of The Hunt for Gollum, 20th Century Boys part 2, Stingray Sam, The Clone Returns Home, Cyborg She and many more.
Comic book events include a screening of Hardware preceeded by an extended, illustrated Q & A with Alex Fitch interviewing Kevin O’Neill, a Q & A with Marc Caro following a screening of The City of Lost Children and a panel discussion with Paul Cornell, Bryan Talbot and Paul Duffield.
More info at www.sci-fi-london.com
Hectic Peelers screening: Not Quite Hollywood
April 6, 2009
Hectic Peelers screening: Not Quite Hollywood – The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
Not Quite Hollywood poster
MONDAY 6 APRIL, Roxy Bar and Screen, 7:30pm, FREE: Resonance FM and Electric Sheep Magazine present Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!, a brilliantly entertaining documentary that celebrates Australian genre cinema of the 70s and 80s. Expect a fast-paced, breathless 102-minute ride packed with outrageous stunts, shameless nudity, bloody terror and countless crazy anecdotes!
The film will be introduced by Electric Sheep Magazine editor Virginie Sélavy.
With thanks to Optimum Releasing.
7.30pm, 06/04/09, Roxy Bar and Screen, 128-132 Borough High Street London SE1 1LB
To find out more about other Electric Sheep Screenings, please click here and for the latest issue of the magazine, please click here
Links: Not quite Hollywood page at www.imdb.com
Interview with director Mark Hartley at www.filmdetail.com
Official Australian home page for the documentary
In association with: 
Panel Borders: Zine-age Kicks!
April 3, 2009 — 3 Comments
Panel Borders:
Zine-age Kicks!
Originally broadcast 02/04/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
A selection of zines and limited edition art books by George Cullen
Starting a month of shows about comic book publishing on Panel Borders: Dickon Harris conducts three interviews with small press creators at the Brighton ‘Zine fest and at the “Zine-age kicks” event at Trap 2 Gallery in London. Dickon talks to Jimi Gherkin about his new ‘zine “Electric baby,” which includes advice for ‘zine and comic book creators on how to screenprint and self publish their own comics and also about the upcoming anthology Jimi’s editing and how anyone in the small press can submit items to be included. Dickon’s also talking to Dutch artist Kala Newman about her zine – “Impulsive random platform” – which she creates with fellow students from the Slade school of art and to George Cullen about his self published title “Throw away” which mixes cryptography with typography to beguiling effect.
For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: Jimi Gherkin
Jimi’s blog – comicsandzines.wordpress.com including info on The Alternative Press anthology
Interview with Jimi at www.spoonfed.co.uk
Info on Brighton ‘zine-fest
Listen to Alex Fitch’s Summer 2008 interview with Jimi and to Jimi perform the song “It ‘aint gonna work out fine” as part of our show on performances by small press creators
Kala Newman
Info on Impulsive Random Platform at myspace
The IRP blog
Info about IRP music at www.thesladeaudioclub.com
George Cullen
George’s website and blog
Info on Trap 2 Gallery
Fuselit list of ‘zines and journals
www.wemakezines.com
Paul Gravett’s list of forthcoming comics events
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Comics / sci-fi news: Strength from Adversity: A Contemporary Japanese Cinema and Art Festival – 15-17 April 2009
The National Gallery is pleased to be hosting this celebration of contemporary Japanese cinema. Includes screenings of Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen), Fudeko: Sono Ai – Tenshi no Piano (Fudeko and the Angel’s Piano), Takeshi Kitano’s Kikujiro and Okuribito (Departures)
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
and… (while we’re on the subject)
Kamishibai.org is now live, being a resource for Japan’s performance art of telling stories with sequential images, including info on the next London performance of the form on May 31st…
Today’s show – Strip!: Zineage kicks
April 2, 2009
Today on Resonance FM:
Strip!: Zineage kicks
A selection of zines and limited edition art books by George Cullen
Starting a month of shows about comic book publishing on Strip!: Dickon Harris conducts three interviews with small press creators at the Brighton ‘Zine fest and at the “Zine-age kicks” event at Trap 2 Gallery in London. Dickon talks to Jimi Gherkin about his new ‘zine “Electric baby,” which is a guide for ‘zine and comic book creators on how to screenprint and self publish their own comics and also about the upcoming anthology Jimi’s editing and how anyone in the small press can submit items to be included. Dickon’s also talking to Dutch artist Kala Newman about her zine – “Impulsive random platform” – which she creates with fellow students from the Slade school of art and to George Cullen about his self published title “Throw away” which mixes cryptography with typography to beguiling effect.
5pm 02/04/09, repeated 11.30pm 05/04/09, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Jimi Gherkin
Jimi’s blog – comicsandzines.wordpress.com including info on The Alternative Press anthology
Interview with Jimi at www.spoonfed.co.uk
Info on Brighton ‘zine-fest
Listen to Alex Fitch’s Summer 2008 interview with Jimi and to Jimi perform the song “It ‘aint gonna work out fine” as part of our show on performances by small press creators
Kala Newman
Info on Impulsive Random Platform at myspace
The IRP blog
Info about IRP music at www.thesladeaudioclub.com
George Cullen
George’s website and blog
Info on Trap 2 Gallery
Fuselit list of ‘zines and journals
www.wemakezines.com
Paul Gravett’s list of forthcoming comics events
Comics / sci-fi news: Strength from Adversity: A Contemporary Japanese Cinema and Art Festival – 15-17 April 2009
The National Gallery is pleased to be hosting this celebration of contemporary Japanese cinema. Includes screenings of Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen), Fudeko: Sono Ai – Tenshi no Piano (Fudeko and the Angel’s Piano), Takeshi Kitano’s Kikujiro and Okuribito (Departures)
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London
and… (while we’re on the subject)
Kamishibai.org is now live, being a resource for Japan’s performance art of telling stories with sequential images, including info on the next London performance of the form on May 31st…
