Today’s shows: Octopi, dogs and bears / Francis Matthews

August 13, 2009 — Children's comics

Today on Resonance FM:

Strip!: Octopi, dogs and bears, oh my!

Lucy the Octopus by Richy K. Chandler and Harold (a dog's best friend) by Henri Goldsmann have bad hair days

Concluding children’s comics fortnight on Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to artists Henri Goldsmann and Richy K. Chandler about their work. Henri is the author of a new picture book – “Harold (a dog’s best friend)” – and has a successful career as a caricaturist, having dabbled in graphic novels such as “Secret Agent Spanky Sheep” on the side. Richy has produced ten terrific mini comics such as “Lucy the Octopus” and “Govinda the Meditating Rabbit” over the last couple of years which are now available in a cute bear shaped box set…
(This is the last in the current series of Strip! and the show will return in September)

5pm Thursday 13/08/09, repeated 11.30pm Sunday 16/08/09, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast online tonight…

Links: Henri Goldsmann –
Buy Henri’s books – Secret Agent Spanky Sheep / Henry and the Hidden Veggie Garden / Harold (a dog’s best friend)
Henri’s website – www.bluntpencil.com
youtube video of Henri drawing
Review of Henry and the Hidden Veggie Garden

Richy K. Chandler
Richy’s myspace pages for comics and music
Watch a video of Richy constructing the mini-comics box set
Info about Richy at factorfictionpress.co.uk

also:

I’m ready for my close-up: Francis Matthews

Francis Matthew is Paul Temple while Captain Scarlet looks on

To coincide with the release of the little known BBC TV adaptation of the Paul Temple mysteries on DVD, Alex Fitch and Robin Warren talk to actor Francis Matthews about his career from playing the aforementioned suave mystery writer turned detective to voicing the indestructible puppet Captain Scarlet and fighting Christopher Lee’s Rasputin in the underrated Hammer film about The Mad Monk…

10.30pm Thursday 13/08/09, repeated 5pm Friday 14/08/09, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast online at http://www.sci-fi-london.com 20/08/09…

Links:
Wikipedia pages on Francis Matthews, Paul Temple and Captain Scarlet
Buy the Paul Temple box set from Acorn Media