Next week’s show: Formative Experiences

November 26, 2019 — Comics in the museum

On Wednesday, December 4th at 5.30pm on Resonance 104.4 FM and DAB, Panel Borders: Formative Experiences

Cover of How Comics Work by Gibbons and Pilcher / Posy Simmonds in conversation with Julia Round / cover of Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain) by Robert Wells

In a pair of Q and As recorded at The Cartoon Museum as part of a day raising awareness of the need to preserve comic book archives, from the collections of Peter Hansen and others for the nation, Posy Simmonds and Dave Gibbons talk to academics Julia Round and Philip Vaughan about the first titles they remember reading and enjoying.
Also, Robert Wells discusses his book Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain): A Rather Graphic Novel About Living With Embarrassing Health Problems, and history of self-publishing small press comics, in discussion with Alex Fitch at Cartoon County, Brighton.

5.30pm Wednesday December 4th 2019, repeated 2.30am Friday 6th December, Resonance 104.4 FM and DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com

Links: Review of Cassandra Darke and Christmas Cartoons by Posy Simmonds in The Guardian
Robert Wells’ online shop for comics and graphic novels
Web comics by Dave Gibbons
Down the Tubes review of How Comics Work by Gibbons and Pilcher and Interview with Peter Hansen about creating a Comics Collection for the Nation
University pages on Phillip Vaughan (Dundee) and Julia Round (Bournemouth)
Cartoon Museum website
Listen to interviews with Dave Gibbons, conducted by Alex Fitch