Panel Borders: Bad Planets and Misguided Islands

November 4, 2013 — Comic collaborators

Covers of Oliver and the Seawigs, Bad Planet volume one and The Lycan

Bad Planets and Misguided Islands: Starting a month of shows about comic book creators who collaborate together, Alex Fitch talks to two 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 Bradstreet 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!
Originally broadcast Monday 4th November 2013, on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

For more info and a variety of different formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org

Links: More info about Bad Planet can be found at www.rawstudios.com
More info about Oliver and the Seawigs can be found at www.jabberworks.co.uk

Listen to Alex’s previous interviews with Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve

Recommended Events:

Comica Festival 2013

This year’s London Comica Festival is half way through and events over the first couple of weeks include:

Poles Apart: New Polish Comics Free Workshop
A chance to learn about comics in Poland from leading creators and experts.
Where: Platform Theatre Foyer, Handyside Street, N1C 4AA
When: November 8, 2013 2-4pm

Anthologize: Indie Anthology Triple Mega-Launch
Celebrate with the creators publication of The Strumpet 3, Score and Script, and The Comix Reader 5.
Where: Gosh! Comics, 1 Berwick Street, London WIF 0DR
When: November 8, 2013 7-9pm

Fight The Power!: A Visual History of Protest
Think protest never achieved anything? Think again in this inspiring graphic chronicle!
Where: Foyles Bookshop, 3rd Floor Gallery, WC2H 0EB
When: November 9, 2013 3.45 for 4-6pm

Comics Art: The 21st Century Medium
Cutting-edge graphic novelists in a spirited debate about how the medium is mutating.
Where: Foyles Bookshop, 3rd Floor Gallery, WC2H 0EB
When: November 9, 2013 6.15 for 6.30-8.30pm

Hyper-Pop Workshop
Step into the shoes of Pop artists like Roy Lichtenstein and make your own comic-book stories
Where: Garden Room, Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS
When: November 16, 2013 10am-5.30pm

More info at www.comicafestival.com