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Panel Borders: Peckham Invalids and The Thrill Electric
October 30, 2011 — 3 Comments
Panel Borders:
Peckham Invalids and The Thrill Electric
Partially broadcast 30/10/11 on Resonance FM
The Peckham House for Invalids issue 1 by Howard Hardiman, Julia Scheele and Sarah Gordon / The Thrill Electric by Leah Moore and John Reppion - issue 2 art by Emma Vieceli and Windflower Studios
Concluding this month’s series of shows about new British comics, Alex Fitch talks to the creators of a pair of new Edwardian set comics that mix classic comic book ideas with old and new storytelling techniques. Howard Hardiman discusses The Peckham House for Invalids, a new comic he’s written, illustrated by Julia Scheele and Sarah Gordon that features disabled homeless children with superpowers. Howard and Alex also talk about the return of the author’s beloved anthropomorphic title Badger, in a new zine / illustrated novella format and his recent experiences at art school.
Plus, in a pair of interviews recorded at the MCM Expo, Alex talks to Leah Moore, John Reppion and Emma Vieceli about their web comic, The Thrill Electric, which started this week on Channel 4′s website and tells the tale of sexual politics gang violence and the arrival of the telegraph in turn of the Century Manchester.
For more info and a variety of formats you can stream or listen to this podcast in, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: The Thrill Electric website
Leah Moore and John Reppion’s website
Emma Vieceli’s website
The Peckham House for Invalids website
Buy Howard Hardiman’s other comics: Badger and The Lengths
Julia Scheele’s website
Sarah Gordon’s website
Recommended event:
Nobrow anthology launch
On Thursday November 3rd at the impossibly fashionable bar Jaguar Shoes, 32 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, the pubishers of Luke Pearson’s books Nowbrow press will be launching their new anthology from 6.30pm.
More info: www.comicafestival.com
Today’s show: Peckham Invalids and The Thrill Electric
October 30, 2011
Tonight on Resonance FM…
Panel Borders: Peckham Invalids and The Thrill Electric
The Peckham House for Invalids issue 1 by Howard Hardiman, Julia Scheele and Sarah Gordon / The Thrill Electric by Leah Moore and John Reppion - issue 2 art by Emma Vieceli and Windflower Studios
Concluding this month’s series of shows about new British comics, Alex Fitch talks to the creators of a pair of new Edwardian set comics that mix classic comic book ideas with old and new storytelling techniques. Howard Hardiman discusses The Peckham House for Invalids, a new comic he’s written, illustrated by Julia Scheele and Sarah Gordon that features disabled homeless children with superpowers. Howard and Alex also talk about the return of the author’s beloved anthropomorphic title Badger, in a new zine / illustrated novella format and his recent experiences at art school.
Plus, in a pair of interviews recorded at the MCM Expo, Alex talks to Leah Moore, John Reppion and Emma Vieceli about their web comic, The Thrill Electric, which started this week on Channel 4′s website and tells the tale of sexual politics gang violence and the arrival of the telegraph in turn of the Century Manchester.
8pm, Sunday 30th October, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / extended podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: The Thrill Electric website
The Peckham House for Invalids website
Recommended event:
Nobrow anthology launch
On Thursday November 3rd at the impossibly fashionable bar Jaguar Shoes, 32 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, the pubishers of Luke Pearson’s books Nowbrow press will be launching their new anthology from 6.30pm.
More info: www.comicafestival.com
Electric Sheep Podcast: Wicker Man / Buried Land
October 28, 2011
Electric Sheep podcast:
Wicker Man / Buried Land
Partially broadcast 28/10/11 on Resonance FM as an episode of I’m ready for my close-up
Figures in a landscape: The Wicker Tree, The Last Winter, Buried Land
In this special Halloween themed episode of the Electric Sheep Podcast, Alex Fitch talks to three directors who have made films about man’s relationship with the land.
At this year’s Frightfest, Robyn Hardy discusses his classic horror film The Wicker Man and its new, belated thematic sequel The Wicker Tree, a pair of films about fertility and terrifying pagan rites, while Larry Fessenden talks about his eco-themed monster movies No Telling, Wendigo and The Last Winter. Also, in a Q and A recorded at the East End Film Festival, Alex interviews Steven Eastwood, co-director of Buried Land, a ‘mockumentary’ / docudrama about the real-life discovery in a small town in Bosnia of an ancient, buried pyramid which may reinvent mankind’s knowledge of pre-Christian architecture and empire building, but in the short term has changed the fortunes of people in the area.
For more information and a variety of formats you can stream / download, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org
In association with 
Links: Official Buried land, The Last Winter and The Wicker Tree websites
Electric Sheep Magazine reviews of The Last Winter, The Wicker Tree and the songs of The Wicker Man
Info about the Buried Land screening at the East End Film Festival
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Today’s show: Wicker Man / Buried Land
October 28, 2011
Tonight on Resonance FM…
I’m ready for my close-up: Wicker Man / Buried Land
Figures in a landscape: The Wicker Tree, The Last Winter, Buried Land
In this special Halloween themed episode of I’m ready for my close-up, Alex Fitch talks to three directors who have made films about man’s relationship with the land.
At this year’s Frightfest, Robyn Hardy discusses his classic horror film The Wicker Man and its new, belated thematic sequel The Wicker Tree, a pair of films about fertility and terrifying pagan rites, while Larry Fessenden talks about his eco-themed monster movies No Telling, Wendigo and The Last Winter. Also, in a Q and A recorded at the East End Film Festival, Alex interviews Steven Eastwood, co-director of Buried Land, a ‘mockumentary’ / docudrama about the real-life discovery in a small town in Bosnia of an ancient, buried pyramid which may reinvent mankind’s knowledge of pre-Christian architecture and empire building, but in the short term has changed the fortunes of people in the area.
5pm, Friday 28th October, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Official Buried land, The Last Winter and The Wicker Tree websites
Electric Sheep Magazine reviews of The Last Winter, The Wicker Tree and the songs of The Wicker Man
Recommended events:
Mike and Laura Allred signing
At Orbital Comics on Great Newport Street in London, on Sunday 29th October, Mike and Laura Allred will be doing a signing of their work, including the pop art classics Madman and X-Statics
5pm, 29th October, Orbital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street
Nobrow anthology launch
On Thursday November 3rd at the impossibly fashionable bar Jaguar Shoes, 32 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, the pubishers of Luke Pearson’s books Nowbrow press will be launching their new anthology from 6.30pm.
More info: www.comicafestival.com
Book list: Romance, thrillers and real life crime
October 26, 2011 — 1 Comment
Covers of books by Fiona Harper, Ed Hillyer and Sean Cregan / John Rickards
Romance, thrillers and real life crime: A new, hour-long, monthly show about authors, publishers and readers; in this first episode of Book List, Alex Fitch talks to Fiona Harper, author of Mills and Boon titles: Swept Off Her Stilettos, Three Weddings and a Baby, and Blind Dates and Other Disasters and to thriller writer John Rickards (a.k.a. Sean Cregan) about his new novel The Razor Gate. Also in an extract from a presentation of his book at Westminster Library, Ed Hillyer (a.k.a Ilya) talks about his novel The Clay Dreaming, which retells the true story of the traffic of felons and kidnapped aborigines between England and Australia in Regency and Victorian London. (more…)
Today’s show: Romance, thrillers and real life crime
October 25, 2011
Tonight on Resonance FM…
Book list: Romance, thrillers and real life crime
Covers of books by Fiona Harper, Ed Hillyer, Sean Cregan / John Rickards
A new, hour-long, monthly show about authors, publishers and readers; in this first episode of Book List, Alex Fitch talks to Fiona Harper, author of Mills and Boon titles: Swept Off Her Stilettos, Three Weddings and a Baby, and Blind Dates and Other Disasters and to thriller writer John Rickards (a.k.a. Sean Cregan) about his new novel The Razor Gate.
Also in an extract from a presentation of his book at Westminster Library, Ed Hillyer (a.k.a Ilya) talks about his novel The Clay Dreaming, which retells the true story of the traffic of felons and kidnapped aborigines between England and Australia in Regency and Victorian London.
8pm, Wednesday 26th October, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: John Rickards‘ blog – www.namelesshorror.com
Buy Sean Cregan books: The Levels and The Razor Gate from Hodder Headline
www.myriadeditions.com
Ed Hillyer page on wikipedia.com
Fiona Harper‘s website
Author’s page at www.millsandboon.co.uk
Recommended events:
Mike and Laura Allred signing
At Orbital Comics on Great Newport Street in London, on Sunday 29th October, Mike and Laura Allred will be doing a signing of their work, including the pop art classics Madman and X-Statics
5pm, 29th October, Orbital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street
Nobrow anthology launch
On Thursday November 3rd at the impossibly fashionable bar Jaguar Shoes, 32 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, the pubishers of Luke Pearson’s books Nowbrow press will be launching their new anthology from 6.30pm.
More info: www.comicafestival.com
Panel Borders: New Small Press anthologies
October 23, 2011 — 5 Comments
Panel Borders:
New Small Press anthologies
Originally broadcast 23/10/11 on Resonance FM
Cover of dot Comics and interior page by Josceline Fenton, ink+PAPER and interior page by Barnaby Richards
Continuing our month of shows about new British comics, Alex Fitch chats to the editors of two new Small Press anthologies which are launching next month. Mike Medaglia talks about Dot Comics, an anthology title he edits with Elliot Baggott which collects the best examples of online web comics onto the printed page, with the first issue including extracts from Tozo: The Public Servant, Josceline Fenton’s Hemlock and Philippa Rice’s My Cardboard Life. The author of the first of those strips is our second guest this week as David O’Connell talks about his new anthology project ink+PAPER, which will showcase new work by Barnaby Richards, Ellen Lindner, Lizz Lunney, Hugh “Shug” Raine, Cliodhna Lyons, Dan Berry, Joe Decie and many more.
For more info and a variety of formats you can stream or listen to this podcast in, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: dot Comics and Mike Medagliafacebook pages
Wet Ashes web comic by Mike Medaglia and Lisa Woynarski
ink+PAPER website
Tozo: The Public Servant web comic by David O’Connell
David’s blog www.scribblehound.com
Electric Sheep Magazine illustration by Mike Medaglia and comic strip review by David O’Connell
Recommended events:
Mike and Laura Allred signing
At Orbital Comics on Great Newport Street in London, on Sunday 29th October, Mike and Laura Allred will be doing a signing of their work, including the pop art classics Madman and X-Statics
5pm, 29th October, Orbital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street
Nobrow anthology launch
On Thursday November 3rd at the impossibly fashionable bar Jaguar Shoes, 32 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, the pubishers of Luke Pearson’s books Nowbrow press will be launching their new anthology from 6.30pm.
More info: www.comicafestival.com
Today’s show: New Small Press anthologies
October 23, 2011
Tonight on Resonance FM…
Panel Borders: New Small Press anthologies
Cover of dot Comics and interior page by Josceline Fenton, ink+PAPER and interior page by Barnaby Richards
Continuing our month of shows about new British comics, Alex Fitch chats to the editors of two new Small Press anthologies which are launching next month. Mike Medaglia talks about Dot Comics, an anthology title he edits with Elliot Baggott which collects the best examples of online web comics onto the printed page, with the first issue including extracts from Tozo: The Public Servant, Josceline Fenton’s Hemlock and Philippa Rice’s My Cardboard Life. The author of the first of those strips is our second guest this week as David O’Connell talks about his new anthology project ink+PAPER, which will showcase new work by Barnaby Richards, Ellen Lindner, Lizz Lunney, Hugh “Shug” Raine, Cliodhna Lyons, Dan Berry, Joe Decie and many more.
8pm, Sunday 23rd October, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / extended podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: dot Comics and Mike Medagliafacebook pages
Wet Ashes web comic by Mike Medaglia and Lisa Woynarski
ink+PAPER website
Tozo: The Public Servant web comic by David O’Connell
David’s blog www.scribblehound.com
Electric Sheep Magazine illustration by Mike Medaglia and comic strip review by David O’Connell
Recommended events:
Mike and Laura Allred signing
At Orbital Comics on Great Newport Street in London, on Sunday 29th October, Mike and Laura Allred will be doing a signing of their work, including the pop art classics Madman and X-Statics
5pm, 29th October, Orbital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street
Nobrow anthology launch
On Thursday November 3rd at the impossibly fashionable bar Jaguar Shoes, 32 Kingsland Rd, Shoreditch, the pubishers of Luke Pearson’s books Nowbrow press will be launching their new anthology from 6.30pm.
More info: www.comicafestival.com
Reality Check: Doctor Who in comics and Superman on TV
October 22, 2011
Reality Check:
Doctor Who in comics and Superman on TV
Cover of Smallville season 10 DVDs, Jimmy Olsen and Chloe Sullivan in Smallville and comics, Doctor Who: The Lodger comic and TV adaptation, Doctor Who Tesseract graphic novel by Tony Lee
Some half term entertainment as Alex Fitch talks to writer Tony Lee about Doctor Who‘s continuing adventures in comic strips and to Superman expert Brad Ricca about the adventures of Clark Kent in the TV series Smallville and on the big screen. Also, Martin Rowson introduces the Doctor Who comics exhibition at the Cartoon Museum, which continues until October 31st when Smallville Season 10 is out on DVD and Blu-Ray.
For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com
Links: Buy Smallville Season 10
and Smallville Complete Seasons 1-10
Buy Doctor Who graphic novels: The Forgotten
Info about the Doctor Who comics exhibition at The Cartoon Museum
Interview with Brad Ricca at www.clevelandmagazine.com
Alex’s interviews with Martin Rowson about his graphic novels and other Doctor Who writers and illustrators
Also, the pilot episode of SCI-FI-LONDON’s new video magazine show The Pulse is now online…
Lian, Lyndsy Fonseca, Alex Fitch and Shaun Tan, Rob Spence in The Pulse
Featured in the first episode are Chris’ interviews with Lyndsy Fonseca about John Carpenter’s The Ward and with bona fide cyborg Rob Spence who demonstrates his ‘camera’eye’ plus Alex Fitch catches up with Oscar winning animator Shaun Tan who talks about his short film The Lost Thing and his collection of sketches, The Bird King.
For more info, please go to www.sci-fi-london.com/pulse where you can also download longer edits of the three interviews.
Panel Borders: The Etherington Brothers’ Baggage
October 16, 2011
Panel Borders:
The Etherington Brothers’ Baggage
Partially broadcast 16/10/11 on Resonance FM
Images from Baggage, Monkey Nuts and The Phoenix by the Etherington Brothers
Continuing new British Comics month on the show, Alex Fitch talks to Lorenzo and Robin Etherington about their new graphic novel Baggage and the strips they’re contributing to the forthcoming comic The Phoenix.
Lorenzo and Robin talk about their methods, contributing Monkey Nuts to The DFC and its graphic album library and their new projects Long Gone Don and The Dangerous Adventures of Von Doogan.
For more info and a variety of formats you can stream or listen to this podcast in, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: The Etherington Brothers’ blog
Review of Baggage on the Forbidden Planet International blog
The Phoenix comic blog
Alex’s interviews with other DFC creators: Jim Medway (Crab Lane Crew),
Kate Brown (The Spider Moon) / Dave Shelton (Good Dog, Bad Dog) / Ben Haggarty (MeZolith),
Sarah McIntyre (Vern and Lettuce),
John and Patrice Aggs (The Boss),
Philip Pullman (The Adventures of John Blake)
Recommended events:
Anders Nilsen UK tour
Candian cartoonist Anders Nilsen will be signing at:
Gosh! Comics, Berwick street at 6pm on Saturday 15th October, as part of a UK tour that sees him visit
Page 45, Nottingham on Sunday the 16th and
OK Comics, Leeds on Monday the 17th, he then gets a day off before coming back to London to do a Q and A at
Orbital comics on Wednesday 19th of October where he’ll be chatting to British cartoonist Tom Gauld.
More info: www.goshlondon.com / www.comicafestival.com
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Laydeez do podcasts: Manga Jiman 2011
October 16, 2011 — 1 Comment
Laydeez do Podcasts:
Manga Jiman 2011
Manga Jiman entries by Zarina Liew, Yuri Kore and Clio Millett
In a panel discussion recorded at the London Science Film Festival in April, Zarina Liew (Runner-up 2009/2010), Yuri Kore (Winner 2009/2010), Clio Millett (Winner 2010/2011) – of the Japanese Embassy’s ‘Manga Jiman’ (Pride in Manga) competition join Karen Rubins (Comic book artist in residence, Victoria and Albert Museum 2010) to discuss the homegrown manga scene in the UK and the difference between Manga and Western style comics.
(Recorded, edited and introduced by Alex Fitch)
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: Zarina Liew’s website – cobaltcafe.co.uk
Beyond Raging Aves by Clio Millett
Yuri Kore’s website
Read the Laydeez do comics blog
Info about Laydeez do comics – Next meeting Oct 17th / Nov 21st
2010 interview with Zarina Liew, Yure Kore and Manga Jiman runner up David Lander
2009 interview with Karen Rubins
2008 interviews with Manga Jiman finalists Michael Kacar, Asia Alfasi and Gillian Sein Ying Ha
Recommended events:
Anders Nilsen UK tour
Candian cartoonist Anders Nilsen will be signing at:
Gosh! Comics, Berwick street at 6pm on Saturday 15th October, as part of a UK tour that sees him visit
Page 45, Nottingham on Sunday the 16th and
OK Comics, Leeds on Monday the 17th, he then gets a day off before coming back to London to do a Q and A at
Orbital comics on Wednesday 19th of October where he’ll be chatting to British cartoonist Tom Gauld.
More info: www.goshlondon.com / www.comicafestival.com
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Today’s show: The Etherington Brothers’ Baggage
October 16, 2011
Tonight on Resonance FM…
Panel Borders: The Etherington Brothers’ Baggage
Images from Baggage, Monkey Nuts and The Phoenix by the Etherington Brothers
Continuing new British Comics month on the show, Alex Fitch talks to Lorenzo and Robin Etherington about their new graphic novel Baggage and the strips they’re contributing to the forthcoming comic The Phoenix.
Lorenzo and Robin talk about their methods, contributing Monkey Nuts to The DFC and its graphic album library and their new projects Long Gone Don and The Dangerous Adventures of Von Doogan.
8pm, Sunday 16th October, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / extended podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: The Etherington Brothers’ blog
Review of Baggage on the Forbidden Planet International blog
The Phoenix comic blog
Alex’s interviews with other DFC creators: Jim Medway (Crab Lane Crew),
Kate Brown (The Spider Moon) / Dave Shelton (Good Dog, Bad Dog) / Ben Haggarty (MeZolith),
Sarah McIntyre (Vern and Lettuce),
John and Patrice Aggs (The Boss),
Philip Pullman (The Adventures of John Blake)
Recommended events:
Anders Nilsen UK tour
Candian cartoonist Anders Nilsen will be signing at:
Gosh! Comics, Berwick street at 6pm on Saturday 15th October, as part of a UK tour that sees him visit
Page 45, Nottingham on Sunday the 16th and
OK Comics, Leeds on Monday the 17th, he then gets a day off before coming back to London to do a Q and A at
Orbital comics on Wednesday 19th of October where he’ll be chatting to British cartoonist Tom Gauld.
More info: www.goshlondon.com / www.comicafestival.com
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Panel Borders: Young Graphic Novelists
October 9, 2011 — 1 Comment
Panel Borders:
Young Graphic Novelists
Originally broadcast 09/10/11 on Resonance FM
Excerpts from A taste of Chlorine by Bastien Vivès and Everything we miss by Luke Pearson
Continuing New British Comics month on Panel Borders in its new Sunday night slot, Alex Fitch talks to French graphic novelist Bastien Vivès about the recent British reprint of his book Le goût du chlore: A taste of Chlorine and to small press creator Luke Pearson about his haunting novella, Everything we miss.
For more info and a variety of formats you can stream or listen to this podcast in, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: French Wikipedia page on Bastien Vivès
Info on A taste of Chlorine at www.randomhouse.co.uk
Luke Pearson’s website
Buy Everything we miss from Nobrow Press
Recommended events:
Comics Gosh!p reading group
Starting Wednesday 12th October a new monthly reading group about comics and graphic novels at Gosh! Comics, Berwick Street, London, run by Mike Medaglia and Mark Haylock a.k.a. Thinking Comics.
Thinking Comics is a new group that aims to unite and progress the comics scene in London, UK. We will be hosting different events such as reading groups, workshops, and exhibitions!
On Wednesday 12th, come along to Gosh! to discuss the classic Watchmen (one of the creators of the comic may even drop in!) and Tozo: The Public Servant by David O’Connell in their usual format of choosing a mainstream and a small-press comic for the group.
7.15pm-9.00pm / more info at: www.thinkingcomics.com
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Today’s show: Young Graphic Novelists
October 9, 2011
Tonight on Resonance FM…
Panel Borders: Young Graphic Novelists
Excerpts from A taste of Chlorine by Bastien Vivès and Everything we miss by Luke Pearson
Continuing New British Comics month on Panel Borders in its new Sunday night slot, Alex Fitch talks to French graphic novelist Bastien Vivès about the recent British reprint of his book Le goût du chlore: A taste of Chlorine and to small press creator Luke Pearson about his haunting novella, Everything we miss.
8pm, Sunday 9nd October, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / extended podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: French Wikipedia page on Bastien Vivès
Info on A taste of Chlorine at www.randomhouse.co.uk
Luke Pearson’s website
Buy Everything we miss from Nobrow Press
Recommended events:
BD Passion comics festival at the Institute Francais
Taking place at the Institute Francais, Kensington, 7th-9th October, this new festival celebrating European comics, in association with Comica, presents talks, panel discussions and demonstrations by the finest comic book writers and artists from both sides of the channel.
Guests include Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), China Miéville (Kraken), Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler’s Wife), Bryan Talbot (Grandville), Yves Sente and André Juillard (Blake & Mortimer), Jean-Claude Mézières (Valérian & Laureline), Benoît Sokal (Canardo), Catel & Bocquet (Kiki de Montparnasse), Bastien Vivès (The Taste of Chlorine), Oscar Zárate (A Small Killing), Asterix translator Anthea Bell, comics guru Paul Gravett (1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die) and more!
For more info, please visit: www.institut-francais.org.uk
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Reality Check: Fringe Event / The Pulse: Shaun Tan, Cyborg Ward
October 4, 2011
Reality Check:
Fringe Event
Promo images for Fringe and The Event
In this edition, hosted by Chris Patmore, we really do take a reality check on two popular TV series that have just come out on DVD. For Fringe Season 3 we speak with Oxford University quantum physicist David Deutsch about the possible existence of parallel universes. For the release of The Event we speak with psychologist Dr Patrick Lehman about the fascination with conspiracy theories
For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com
Links: Buy Fringe Season 3 and The Event
Also, the pilot episode of SCI-FI-LONDON’s new video magazine show The Pulse is now online…
Lian, Lyndsy Fonseca, Alex Fitch and Shaun Tan, Rob Spence in The Pulse
Featured in the first episode are Chris’ interviews with Lyndsy Fonseca about John Carpenter’s The Ward and with bona fide cyborg Rob Spence who demonstrates his ‘camera’eye’ plus Alex Fitch catches up with Oscar winning animator Shaun Tan who talks about his short film The Lost Thing and his collection of sketches, The Bird King.
For more info, please go to www.sci-fi-london.com/pulse where you can also download longer edits of the three interviews.
Panel Borders: Kid Koala’s Kult Komics
October 2, 2011
Panel Borders:
Kid Koala’s Kult Komics
Originally broadcast 02/10/11 on Resonance FM
Cover of Space Cadet and flyer for Music to draw to by Kid Koala, drawing of Kid Koala at turntable by Andy Paterson
Starting New British Comics month on Panel Borders in its new Sunday night slot, guest presenter Robin Warren talks to Eric San, better known as Kid Koala, a world-renowned DJ, turntablist and cartoonist hailing from Montreal. Best known for a series of delightfully odd-ball albums released on the UK Ninja Tune label (often including a free comic book), 2011 has seen the publication of his second graphic novel Space Cadet, a labour of love years in the making, complete with bespoke soundtrack album. The Kid has also been travelling around presenting a series of ‘Music To Draw To’ events of late, where pens and paper are mandatory accessories and the audience sit around drawing to an ‘inspirational’ turntable set. Sketchbook in hand, DJ Robin The Fog attended the recent London leg of his tour to talk etch-boards, robots and the Canadian work-ethic.
For more info and a variety of formats you can stream or listen to this podcast in, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: Kid Koala‘s website
Robin ‘The Fog’ Warren’s website
Buy Kid Koala’s Space Cadet from UK publisher, Ninja Tune records
Info about Red Material gallery, who hosted the ‘Music to draw’ to event
Recommended events:
Info about the BD Passion comics festival at the Institute Francais, Kensington, taking place on 7th-9th October
Anders Nilsen signing tour
Gosh! Comics, No. 1 Berwick Street, London, Saturday 15th October
Page 45, Nottingham, Sunday the 16th October
OK Comics, Leeds, Monday 17th October
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Today’s show: Kid Koala’s Kult Komics
October 2, 2011
Tonight on Resonance FM…
Panel Borders: David B’s Kid Koala’s Kult Komics
Cover of Space Cadet and flyer for Music to draw to by Kid Koala, drawing of Kid Koala at turntable by Andy Paterson
Starting New British Comics month on Panel Borders in its new Sunday night slot, guest presenter Robin Warren talks to Eric San, better known as Kid Koala, a world-renowned DJ, turntablist and cartoonist hailing from Montreal. Best known for a series of delightfully odd-ball albums released on the UK Ninja Tune label (often including a free comic book), 2011 has seen the publication of his second graphic novel Space Cadet, a labour of love years in the making, complete with bespoke soundtrack album. The Kid has also been travelling around presenting a series of ‘Music To Draw To’ events of late, where pens and paper are mandatory accessories and the audience sit around drawing to an ‘inspirational’ turntable set. Sketchbook in hand, DJ Robin The Fog attended the recent London leg of his tour to talk etch-boards, robots and the Canadian work-ethic.
8pm, Sunday 2nd October, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / extended podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Kid Koala‘s website
Robin ‘The Fog’ Warren’s website
Buy Kid Koala’s Space Cadet from UK publisher, Ninja Tune records
Info about Red Material gallery, who hosted the ‘Music to draw’ to event
Recommended events:
Info about the BD Passion comics festival at the Institute Francais, Kensington, taking place on 7th-9th October
Anders Nilsen signing tour
Gosh! Comics, No. 1 Berwick Street, London, Saturday 15th October
Page 45, Nottingham, Sunday the 16th October
OK Comics, Leeds, Monday 17th October
(more…)
