Tomorrow’s show: Children of the Future

April 11, 2016 — Children's comics

Tomorrow at 8pm on Resonance FM and DAB, Panel Borders: Children of the Future

Cover and interior art from Space Dumplings by Craig Thompson, and The Arab of the Future by Riad Sattouf

Alex Fitch talks to two cartoonists whose comics feature young protagonists and offer hope for the future. Eisner Award winning artist Craig Thompson discusses his first full colour graphic novel Space Dumplings, an uproarious depiction of adventure and galactic travel published by Faber, in which the daughter of an interstellar salvage man goes on a trip of her own meeting aliens, giant robots and space whales.

Also, Charlie Hebdo alumnus Riad Sattouf describes the first volume of his autobiographical strips about growing up in France, and the Middle East published as The Arab of the Future by Two Roads Books. Alex and Riad explore how the book relates to the latter’s experiences as a film-maker and his interest in Victorian serialised entertainment by Dickens and Hergé.

8pm Tuesday 12th April, repeated 9am Wednesday 13th April 2016, Resonance 104.4 FM and DAB (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com (Panel Borders continues on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 8pm, repeated the following day at 9am.)

Links: The Arab of the Future website
Info about the graphic memoir at tworoadsbooks.com
Craig Thompson’s blog
Info about Space Dumplings at faber.co.uk
Listen to Alex’s 2012 interview with Thompson about Habibi and Blankets