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Panel Borders: The Writing Game
August 3, 2022
Si Spurrier, Rob Williams, Garth Ennis and Alex Fitch at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The Writing Game: In the first of a pair of podcast only recordings, Alex Fitch talks to Simon Spurrier, Rob Williams, and Garth Ennis about their history of writing comics. The three writers discuss their techniques, the characters they’ve enjoyed working on including Judge Dredd and John Constantine, and their tips for collaboration in a panel discussion recorded at The Lakes International Comic Art Festival.
Originally available as a video recording, uploaded 17th October 2019 on YouTube
For more formats to stream or download, please visit the home of this podcast at archive.org
Links: Simon Spurrier’s website
Rob William’s website
Alex’s previous interviews with Garth Ennis and Simon Spurrier
Panel Borders: Genre and Inspiration
November 14, 2019
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Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Jess Taylor, Zara Slattery talking at The Cartoon Museum / Garth Ennis interviewed by Alex Fitch at LICAF, and examples of their work
Genre and Inspiration: In a pair of recordings looking at how comic creators are inspired by genre and inspiration, guest presenter and comics laureate Hannah Berry talks to Arts Foundation comics prize finalists Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Jess Taylor, and Zara Slattery in a panel discussion at The Cartoon Museum, London, plus Alex Fitch talks to Garth Ennis about writing Preacher, The Boys and more recent work in an interview recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.
Originally broadcast Wednesday 6th November 2019 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London) (more…)
Next week’s show: Genre and Inspiration
October 31, 2019
On Wednesday, November 6th at 5.30pm on Resonance 104.4 FM and DAB, Panel Borders: Genre and Inspiration
Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Jess Taylor, Zara Slattery talking at The Cartoon Museum / Garth Ennis interviewed by Alex Fitch at LICAF, and examples of their work
In a pair of recordings looking at how comic creators are inspired by genre and inspiration, guest presenter and comics laureate Hannah Berry talks to Arts Foundation comics prize finalists Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Jess Taylor, and Zara Slattery in a panel discussion at The Cartoon Museum, London, plus Alex Fitch talks to Garth Ennis about writing Preacher, The Boys and more recent work in an interview recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.
5.30pm Wednesday November 6th 2019, repeated 2.30am Friday 8th November, 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 (more…)
Panel Borders: Garth Ennis’ Battlefields
September 1, 2011
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Garth Ennis’ Battlefields
Partially broadcast 01/09/11 on Resonance FM
Garth Ennis interviewed by Alex Fitch at the Imperial War Museum, London. Photo by Joe Shahabuddin
Starting a month of shows about war comics, Alex Fitch talks to award winning writer Garth Ennis about his interest in the genre, from the backdrop of conflict in his debut strip Troubled Souls to his exploration of wars throughout the 20th Century and beyond in his series War Stories and Battlefields. Alex and Garth also discuss his past and forthcoming projects for Avatar, Dynamite and Marvel Comics and there are questions from the audience on the subjects of putting his stories into context for younger readers and the use of drones on the battlefield. This interview was recorded live at the Imperial War Museum, London as part of the ‘Comics and Conflicts Festival‘, August 2011.
For more info and a variety of formats you can stream or listen to this podcast in, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: Watch an interview with Garth recorded on the same day by Talk Comix
Read an interview with Garth transcribed on the day by The Irish Times
Wikipedia pages on War Stories and Battlefields
Listen to Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott’s previous interview with Garth Ennis – part one / part two / part three
Listen to Alex’s interviews with John McCrea – 2007 part one, featuring Glen Fabry / part two / 2011 interview featuring Jon Browne
Recommended events:
Belfast Comics ‘Barcamp”
The date has been confirmed for the second Comics Barcamp in the English speaking world – essentially an “unconference”, a creative business brainstorming seminar, run along communal lines.
To take place at Blick Studios in Belfast in September, who are also co-sponsors of the event, this free gathering is aimed at anyone who likes or creates small press/ underground comix or who simply enjoys non-hierarchical events with an emphasis on spirit of creativity, alternatives and co-operation.
Blick Studios, Belfast, Saturday 3rd September
More info at http://comicsbarcampbelfast.pbworks.com
Today’s show: Garth Ennis’ Battlefields
September 1, 2011
Today on Resonance FM…
Panel Borders: Garth Ennis’ Battlefields
Garth Ennis interviewed by Alex Fitch at the Imperial War Museum, London. Photo by Joe Shahabuddin
Starting a month of shows about war comics, Alex Fitch talks to award winning writer Garth Ennis about his interest in the genre, from the backdrop of conflict in his debut strip Troubled Souls to his exploration of wars throughout the 20th Century and beyond in his series War Stories and Battlefields. Alex and Garth also discuss his past and forthcoming projects for Avatar, Dynamite and Marvel Comics and there are questions from the audience on the subjects of putting his stories into context for younger readers and the use of drones on the battlefield. This interview was recorded live at the Imperial War Museum, London as part of the ‘Comics and Conflicts Festival‘, August 2011.
5pm, Thursday 01/09/11, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Watch an interview with Garth recorded on the same day by Talk Comix
Read an interview with Garth transcribed on the day by The Irish Times
Wikipedia pages on War Stories and Battlefields
Listen to Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott’s previous interview with Garth Ennis – part one / part two / part three
Listen to Alex’s interviews with John McCrea – 2007 part one, featuring Glen Fabry / part two / 2011 interview featuring Jon Browne
Recommended events:
Belfast Comics ‘Barcamp”
The date has been confirmed for the second Comics Barcamp in the English speaking world – essentially an “unconference”, a creative business brainstorming seminar, run along communal lines.
To take place at Blick Studios in Belfast in September, who are also co-sponsors of the event, this free gathering is aimed at anyone who likes or creates small press/ underground comix or who simply enjoys non-hierarchical events with an emphasis on spirit of creativity, alternatives and co-operation.
Blick Studios, Belfast, Saturday 3rd September
More info at http://comicsbarcampbelfast.pbworks.com
New Comic Internship at londonprintstudio for 21-25 Year Olds
Do you enjoy telling tall tales or scribbling stories? Do you love reading graphic novels, comics or picture books? Then look no further!
londonprintstudio is offering five carefully chosen 21-25 year olds the chance to…
-Run comic workshops for 16-20 year olds.
-Receive mentoring from top professional comic artists, anthology makers, screenwriters, print makers, comic publishers and art educators.
-Develop your own artistic comic projects with supervision from mentors and feedback from your fellow interns..
-Be introduced to the London comic scene, attend events, give presentations, network and meet publishers, editors and creators in the comic industry.
-Take part in editing, planning and creating work for a comic anthology publication and a comic exhibition at londonprintstudio.
The course is run by professional comic creator Karrie Fransman whose comics have appeared in The Times, The Guardian and who is currently working on her first graphic novel due to be published by Random House.
2 days (14 hours) per week for a six-months. Interns will receive a travel and food expenses budget for two days per week. All londonprintstudio staff and volunteers are required to have a Criminal Records Bureau Check.
Deadline for return of application form: Monday 5th September 2011
Interviews: Tuesday 13th September 2011
Start date: Tuesday 20th September 2011
For job description and application click here: http://www.londonprintstudio.org.uk/F13-intern.html
For more information on the project click here: http://www.londonprintstudiocomics.blogspot.com/
Panel Borders: War (comic), what is it good for?
August 17, 2011
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Panel Borders:
War (comic), what is it good for?
Alex Fitch, Ariel Kahn, Paul Gravett, Eileen Cassavetti and Francesca Cassavetti in the studio at Resonance FM, photo by Nick Tesco
In an episode of Panel Borders previously broadcast as a live ‘Clear Spot’ on Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to Paul Gravett, Ariel Kahn, Eileen Cassavetti, Francesca Cassavetti and David Blandy about about the importance of war comics in culture and bringing the experience of war and conflict to new readers in a way that text alone can’t fully realise, plus the forthcoming Comics and Conflicts conference and events at the Imperial War Museum. Paul and Ariel discuss classic war comics and Francesca and Eileen talk about publishing the latter’s war time diary in comic book format, plus, in excerpts from a couple of classic episodes, Alex talks to Garth Ennis, and Grant Rogers interviews Pat Mills about Charley’s War.
For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Listen to the full length interview with Pat Mills about Charley’s War conducted by Garth Rogers
Links: Info about the Comics and Conflicts events at the Imperial War Museum
Book tickets at http://wartime.iwm.org.uk (scroll down to find individual events
Info about Francesca and Eileen Cassavetti at fabtoons.blogspot.com
David Blandy’s film Child of the Atom
Info about War: The Human Cost
Charley’s War website
Wikipedia pages on Garth Ennis’ War Stories and Battlefields
Recommended events:
Comics and Conflicts festival , Imperial War Museum
…will be held on 19-20 August, 2011 at the Imperial War Museum in London, and is aimed at comics scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts. Conference speakers and guests include: Pat Mills (Charley’s War); Martin Barker and Roger Sabin on Doonesbury; Garth Ennis (Troubled Souls, War Stories) and Francesca Cassavetti(Fabtoons).
On Friday 19th, there is an academic conference, in which University students and writers will be presenting papers on the subject of War Comics throughout the day, followed by a talk by Charley’s War author Pat Mills. There are tickets available for the conference which includes the talk by Pat Mills, or the talk is available as a separate ticket.
On Saturday 20th, there are talks, panels and workshops by small press creators and international authors, including a hour long discussion with Garth Ennis on stage in his first UK appearance at a comics festival in many years.
All Saturday events are £6 / the final event of the weekend, The Comics go to War film screening is FREE!
Imperial War Museum,
Lambeth Road,
London SE1 6HZ
Nearest tube: Lambeth North (Bakerloo) / Elephant and Castle (Northern line, City Branch) / Southwark (Jubilee)
Book tickets at http://wartime.iwm.org.uk
The Comics and Conflicts events form part of a Children’s literature festival being held from 13-21 August 2011, which accompanies the Imperial War Museum’s new exhibition Once Upon A Wartime: Classic War Stories for Children. For more information about the exhibition and the festival visit the Imperial War Museum web site.
Full listing of events at www.panelborders.com/events
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Today’s show: War (comic) what is it good for?
August 16, 2011
Today on Resonance FM…
Clear Spot: War (comic) what is it good for?
Covers of Charleys War by Mills and Colquhoun, War: The Human Cost by Duffield, Parkard et al. and Philip and Helena by Eileen Cassavetti
In advance of the Comics and Conflicts two day festival at the Imperial War Museum on 19th and 20th August 2011, Alex Fitch talks to Paul Gravett, Ariel Kahn, Eileen and Francesca Cassavetti about the importance of war comics in culture and bringing the experience of war and conflict to new readers in a way that text alone can’t fully realise. The show will also include extracts from episodes of Panel Borders featuring Garth Ennis and Pat Mills who are both talking at the IWM comics events.
8pm, Tuesday 16/08/11, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Info about the Comics and Conflicts events at the Imperial War Museum
Book tickets at http://wartime.iwm.org.uk (scroll down to find individual events
Info about Francesca and Eileen Cassavetti at fabtoons.blogspot.com
Info about War: The Human Cost
Charley’s War website
Wikipedia pages on Garth Ennis’ War Stories and Battlefields
Recommended events:
Comics and Conflicts festival , Imperial War Museum
…will be held on 19-20 August, 2011 at the Imperial War Museum in London, and is aimed at comics scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts. Conference speakers and guests include: Pat Mills (Charley’s War); Martin Barker and Roger Sabin on Doonesbury; Garth Ennis (Troubled Souls, War Stories) and Francesca Cassavetti(Fabtoons).
On Friday 19th, there is an academic conference, in which University students and writers will be presenting papers on the subject of War Comics throughout the day, followed by a talk by Charley’s War author Pat Mills. There are tickets available for the conference which includes the talk by Pat Mills, or the talk is available as a separate ticket.
On Saturday 20th, there are talks, panels and workshops by small press creators and international authors, including a hour long discussion with Garth Ennis on stage in his first UK appearance at a comics festival in many years.
All Saturday events are £6 / the final event of the weekend, The Comics go to War film screening is FREE!
Imperial War Museum,
Lambeth Road,
London SE1 6HZ
Nearest tube: Lambeth North (Bakerloo) / Elephant and Castle (Northern line, City Branch) / Southwark (Jubilee)
Book tickets at http://wartime.iwm.org.uk
The Comics and Conflicts events form part of a Children’s literature festival being held from 13-21 August 2011, which accompanies the Imperial War Museum’s new exhibition Once Upon A Wartime: Classic War Stories for Children. For more information about the exhibition and the festival visit the Imperial War Museum web site.
Full listing of events at www.panelborders.com/events
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Comics and conflict at the Imperial War Museum
August 13, 2011
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Comics and conflict
19th-20th August, 2011
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ
The Comics and Conflicts Conference will be held on 19-20 August, 2011 at the Imperial War Museum in London, and is aimed at comics scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts. Conference speakers and guests include: Pat Mills (Charley’s War); Martin Barker and Roger Sabin on Doonesbury; Garth Ennis (Troubled Souls, War Stories) and Francesca Cassavetti (Fabtoons).
Here’s a run down of the two days of events:
Friday 19th August:
9.00am – War Comics Conference opens; coffee and registration
10.00am – introductory talk by MARTIN BAKER and ROGER SABIN about the depiction of war in the Guardian’s comic strip Doonesbury
11.00am – choice of parallel sessions: REPRESENTING TRAUMA (Chair, Ariel Kahn) / ETHNICITY, NATIONALISM AND REPRESENTATION
(Chair, Paul Gravett)
12.20pm – Lunch
1.20pm – Panel on THE IMAGE AND REALITY OF WAR: (Chair, Garth Ennis) featuring Tim Pilcher, Darin Jensen, Isabelle Delorme
2.40pm – choice of parallel sessions: FORM AND CONTENT: (Chair, Roger Sabin) / CONFLICT AND IDEOLOGY: (Chair, Alex Fitch)
4.00pm – Coffee break
4.20pm – In conversation with PAT MILLS, from Charley’s War to Ayatollah’s Son (Chair: Grant Rogers) followed by signing
Listen to the full length interview with Pat Mills about Charley’s War conducted by Garth Rogers in 2008
6.00pm – Close
Please note: ticket cost for the entire day is £30.00 / Students £15.00 including Pat Mills talk or £6 for Mills talk only.
Saturday 20th August
10.30am – Artist DAVID COLLIER talks about his work from American Splendor to Chimo, followed by comic making master class at noon (separate ticket)
11.30am Artists and publishers discuss Trauma and Conflict (Chair, Paul Gravett) with Danish artist MIKKEL SOMMER, writer and illustrator of Obsolete, and ADRIAN SEARLE, the publisher of Dougie’s War, plus artist DAVE TURBITT.
2.00pm Artists and publishers discuss The Personal and the Political (Chair, Alex Fitch) with FRANCESCA CASSAVETTI and her mother, EILEEN CASSAVETTI talking about the latter’s wartime diary which Francesca has published as a comic; joined by SEAN DUFFIELD, publisher of War – the Human Cost plus contributing artists DANIEL LOCKE and BEN NAYLOR; and DAVID BLANDY talking about his short film Child of the Atom.
3.00pm In Conversation with GARTH ENNIS – from Troubled Souls to Battlefields; a rare UK appearance by the writer, followed by signing
Listen to Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott’s 2008 interview with Garth Ennis – part one / part two
4.30pm Film Screening: COMIC BOOKS GO TO WAR, directed by Mark Daniels, which looks at the work of Joe Sacco, Keiji Nakazawa (Barefoot Gen) and Marjane Satrapi among others, featuring new interviews with the creators + short film: CHILD OF THE ATOM by David Blandy, which explores a return visit to Hiroshima by the child of a local man and the representation of Nuclear Holocaust in Japanese animation.
All Saturday events are £6 / the film screening is FREE!
Imperial War Museum,
Lambeth Road,
London SE1 6HZ
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Reality Check: Life during Wartime
December 3, 2008
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Reality Check
: Life during Wartime
Continuing our new series of Sci-Fi London podcasts, we have a pair of interviews about modern Science-Fiction takes on warfare which have a classical, yet prescient feel to them: Duncan Nott talks to Garth Ennis about working on the new Virgin Comics version of the classic British sci-fi comic strip Dan Dare which sees Dare called out of retirement as Britain and Earth enter new hostilities with the Mekon due to a corrupt Prime Minister running the country. Also, Tripwire Magazine editor Joel Meadows presents and takes part in a brief press conference with actor Michael Hogan about playing the long suffering character Colonel Tigh in the 21st century reimagining of Battlestar Galactica, which is about to return to our screens shortly for the second half of its final season. Recorded and edited by Alex Fitch (with thanks to the MCM Expo for their invite to the Michael Hogan junket).
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Panel Borders: The work of Garth Ennis part 2
November 13, 2008
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Panel Borders: The work of Garth Ennis part 2
Originally broadcast 18/09/08 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott continue their talk with one of Britain’s most popular and critically acclaimed comic book writers, and this week look at Garth Ennis’ move to creator owned projects, his bemusement with superheroes as demonstrated in the comic “The Boys” and the differences between scripting his own ideas and characters vs. being hired to work on existing ‘mainstream’ properties.
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Today’s show: The work of Garth Ennis part 2
September 18, 2008
Strip!: The work of Garth Ennis part 2
5pm 18/09/08 Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com
Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott continue their talk with one of Britain’s most popular and critically acclaimed comic book writers, and this week look at Garth Ennis’ move to creator owned projects, his bemusement with superheroes as demonstrated in the comic “The Boys” and the differences between scripting his own ideas and characters vs. being hired to work on existing properties.
Repeated at 11.30pm Sunday 21/09/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM
Listen to part one of Alex & Duncan’s chat with Garth…
(part 2 will be online in a couple of weeks time)
Links: Wikipedia page on Garth Ennis
A recent interview with Garth about The Punisher at Comic Book Resources
Read a Titanic related horror comic book by Garth
Listen to Alex’s interviews with Hitman artist John McCrea and Preacher cover artist Glenn Fabry
Comics news:
Movies into Manga: Osamu Tezuka at The Barbican
From 18th September, there’s a week long season of Osamu Tezuka adaptations at The Barbican, curated by Helen McCarthy, who Alex will be interviewing for a second time at Streatham Library on Monday 15th September, to be broadcast as a clear spot on Resonance FM at 8pm on the 18th…
Plus: The Jonthan Cape / Observer graphic fiction competition is back on, with the deadline being 17/10/09 to design a short story in comic book form to fit two pages of The Observer…
Jonathan Cape / The Observer graphic short story competition
Also: At Harrods, Knightsbridge, Rich Johnston has curated an exhibtion of original comic book art by industry luminaries such as Sean Phillips and Raymond Briggs, open from now until the end of October…
More info at www.comicbitsonline.com and at Sean’s blog
Panel Borders: The work of Garth Ennis part 1
September 12, 2008
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Panel Borders: The work of Garth Ennis part 1
Originally broadcast 11/09/08 on Resonance FM
Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott talk to one of Britain’s most popular and critically acclaimed comic book writers who’s famous for such mildly controversial titles as Preacher and The Boys, both of which are probably going to be adapted for the small and big screens in the not too distant future. Having worked for the main US publishers: Marvel and DC comics, Garth Ennis has started to take his projects to small companies such as Avatar and Dynamite while in terms of British characters, he’s also written the likes of Judge Dredd for 2000AD and Dan Dare for Virgin comics. (part 1 of 2)
For more info please visit the home of this podcast at archive.org
Links: Wikipedia page on Garth Ennis
A recent interview with Garth about The Punisher at Comic Book Resources
Read a Titanic related horror comic book by Garth
Listen to Alex’s interviews with Hitman artist John McCrea and Preacher cover artist Glenn Fabry
Comics news:
Movies into Manga: Osamu Tezuka at The Barbican
From 18th September, there’s a week long season of Osamu Tezuka adaptations at The Barbican, curated by Helen McCarthy, who Alex will be interviewing for a second time at Streatham Library on Monday 15th September, to be broadcast as a clear spot on Resonance FM at 8pm on the 18th…
Plus: The Jonthan Cape / Observer graphic fiction competition is back on, with the deadline being 17/10/09 to design a short story in comic book form to fit two pages of The Observer…
Jonathan Cape / The Observer graphic short story competition
Also: At Harrods, Knightsbridge, Rich Johnston has curated an exhibtion of original comic book art by industry luminaries such as Sean Phillips and Raymond Briggs, open from now until the end of October…
More info at www.comicbitsonline.com and at Sean’s blog
Today’s show: The work of Garth Ennis part 1
September 11, 2008
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Strip!: The work of Garth Ennis part 1
5pm 11/09/08 Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com
Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott talk to one of Britain’s most popular and critically acclaimed comic book writers who’s famous for such mildly controversial titles as Preacher and The Boys, both of which are probably going to be adapted for the small and big screens in the not too distant future. Having worked for the main US publishers: Marvel and DC comics, Garth Ennis has started to take his projects to small companies such as Avatar and Dynamite while in terms of British characters, he’s also written the likes of Judge Dredd for 2000AD and Dan Dare for Virgin comics.
Repeated at 11.30pm Sunday 14/09/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM
Links: Wikipedia page on Garth Ennis
A recent interview with Garth about The Punisher at Comic Book Resources
Read a Titanic related horror comic book by Garth
Listen to Alex’s interviews with Hitman artist John McCrea and Preacher cover artist Glenn Fabry
Comics news:
Movies into Manga: Osamu Tezuka at The Barbican
From 18th September, there’s a week long season of Osamu Tezuka adaptations at The Barbican, curated by Helen McCarthy, who Alex will be interviewing for a second time at Streatham Library on Monday 15th September, to be broadcast as a clear spot on Resonance FM at 8pm on the 18th…
Plus: The Jonthan Cape / Observer graphic fiction competition is back on, with the deadline being 17/10/09 to design a short story in comic book form to fit two pages of The Observer…
Jonathan Cape / The Observer graphic short story competition
Also: At Harrods, Knightsbridge, Rich Johnston has curated an exhibtion of original comic book art by industry luminaries such as Sean Phillips and Raymond Briggs, open from now until the end of October…
More info at www.comicbitsonline.com and at Sean’s blog
Panel Borders: The art of Doug Braithwaite
April 9, 2008
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Originally broadcast 20/03/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Alex Fitch interviews Doug Braithwaite, a British comics artist who is best known for his collaborations with painter Alex Ross & writer Jim Krueger on such titles as Universe X & Paradise X which depict a mythological future for the characters of the Marvel Universe and Justice, a graphic novel celebrating the DC ‘Silver age’. Alex and Doug also talk about the latter drawing ultra-violent escapades of the Punisher that hark back to 1980s action films and whether being a black comic book artist has influenced his work and projects.
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Today’s show: Mythologising Superheroes
March 20, 2008
Today at 5pm on Resonance 104.4FM – Strip!: Mythologising Superheroes
Alex Fitch interviews Doug Braithwaite, a Scottish comics artist who is best known for his collaborations with painter Alex Ross & writer Jim Krueger on such titles as Universe X & Paradise X which depict a mythological future for the characters of the Marvel Universe and Justice, a graphic novel celebrating the DC ‘Silver age’. Alex and Doug also talk about the latter drawing ultra-violent escapades of the Punisher that hark back to 1980s action films and whether being a black comic book artist has influenced his work and projects.
Delayed from last week (sorry): In this week’s ComICA slot, we have the second of three extracts from ComICA Collaboratories; a talk about modern comics practices such as Daniel Merlin Goodbrey’s webcomics and collaborations between comics artists from different countries.
5pm 20/03/08 Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at
www.resonancefm.com / podcast at www.panelborders.com
Links: Doug Braithwaite entries on Wikipedia, comicvine.com and lambiek.net
Interview with Doug at comicon.com
Article on Justice in The Times
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If you have yet to do so and would like to, please vote for my nomination in the Eagle Awards‘ ‘Roll of honour’ (which you’ll find at the bottom of the screen) – voting closes on the 22nd March. More info at alexfitch.com…
Podcast: The art of John McCrea
August 20, 2007
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Alex Fitch interviews artist John McCrea about his work, his love of superhero comics which has now lead to work in Saudi Arabia and collaborating with writer Garth Ennis on such projects as Troubled Souls.
As Panel Borders is currently podcast only, you can download today’s show now… (mp3 format, 14.4mb)
For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com
Links: Wikipedia pages on John McCrea, Garth Ennis and Fleetway publishing’s Crisis comics anthology
John’s Middle Eastern comic The 99
Lambiek page on John McCrea, showing examples of his artwork
Podcast: The art of Glenn Fabry
August 13, 2007
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Alex Fitch interviews artists Glenn Fabry and John McCrea, two very different artists who have worked on comics in Britain and America and have both illustrated strips by writer Garth Ennis. The majority of today’s show is concerned with Glenn’s work from his seminal run on Sláine in 2000AD to his epic run of painted covers for DC comics’ Preacher which are available in a coffee table book.
Towards the end of the show Alex talks to John McCrea about the 60 issues he drew of Ennis’ superhero satire Hitman (and their interview continues next week).
As Panel Borders is currently podcast only, you can download today’s show now… (mp3 format, 18mb)
For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com
Links: Wikipedia pages on Glenn Fabry , John McCrea, Sláine, Preacher and Hitman
Glenn’s website
Panel Borders and other podcasts 
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