Panel Borders: Researching Comics’ Landscapes

January 17, 2020 — Comics and landscape

Art by Jessica Marlton and Lorenzo Mattotti from Barbara Chamberlin’s presentation at Portsmouth DarkFest / Cover and interior illustrations from Urban Comics, researched by Dominic Davies

Researching Comics’ Landscapes: In the first of a pair of podcasts looking at academics’ research into comics, this show looks at their explorations of comics in different landscapes. Alex Fitch talks to Dr. Dominic Davies about his work on comics that explore inequality in the Global South in a Q and A recorded at City College, University of London, for the author’s book launch of Urban Comics. Also, as part of a panel discussion on horror comics at Portsmouth DarkFest, Barbara Chamberlin discusses her PhD on depictions of witches and haunted landscapes in comics, and her forthcoming collaborations with artist Jessica Marlton.

Partially broadcast 1st January 2020 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London)

For more audio formats to download and stream, please visit archive.org

Links: Buy Urban Comics: Infrastructure and the Global City in Contemporary Graphic Narratives (Routledge Advances in Comics Studies) from Amazon UK
Dominic Davies’ profile at City College
Barbara Chamberlin’s profile at Comics Research Hub
Info about Jessica Marlton’s Artist Residency at Bodmin Jail Museum
Listen to part two of this podcast, featuring Roger Sabin’s interview with David Huxley, and music from 1960s animation performed by M.J. Hibbett and Rob Fleay