Resonance FM Podcasts

Panel Borders: The art of Howard Chaykin
Originally broadcast 14/01/10 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Continuing our month looking at depictions of masculinity in American comics, Alex Fitch talks to veteran artist Howard Chaykin about his career from collaborating with masters of Science Fiction literature in the 1970s – such as Michael Moorcock [...]

 

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Panel Borders: Philosophers, Gods and Monsters
In the first of this month’s shows about the portrayal of masculinity in American comics, Alex Fitch talks to writer Fred Van Lente about penning the adventures of undead superheroes in Marvel Zombies, bringing to light the exciting adventures of Action Philosophers from Aristotle to Derrida and co-writing tales of [...]

 

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Panel Borders: Tales of Diversity
Broadcast 17/12/09 as part of an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
In the last of this month’s shows looking at the use of comics in education, Sarah Lightman visits the Eastside Educational Trust in Hackney and talks to two of the tutors / mentors from the organisation – Rakhee Jasani [...]

 

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Electric Sheep podcast: Living in Harmony with Ian Rakoff
To coincide with the 42nd anniversary of the broadcast of the episode he wrote the original script for, Alex Fitch talks to writer, editor and raconteur Ian Rakoff about his experiences working on The Prisoner and being an observer of British Film culture in the 1970s and [...]

 

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Reality Check: Christmas ghosts and skeletons with Ray Harryhausen and Michael Punter
Alex Fitch talks to two creators of excellent Christmas entertainment. Oscar winning animator Ray Harryhausen has long been associated with Bank Holiday TV programming and Christmas wouldn’t be the same without an appearance of Jason and the Argonauts or Sinbad facing off mythological creatures. [...]

 

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Reality Check: Sci-Fi Comics part two
Continuing our podcasts of talks and Q and As recorded live at this year’s Spring Sci-Fi London Film Festival, this is the second half of a two part podcast in which Alex Fitch talks to four practitioners of Science-Fiction comic books about their work; these include Paul Cornell (Captain Britain [...]

 

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Panel Borders: The art of Brendan McCarthy
Edited broadcast 05/11/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Starting ‘British Mavericks’ month on the show – a series of conversations with illustrators whose work is surprisingly avant-garde for mainstream comics – we have an interview with pop art surrealist Brendan McCarthy. Appropriately for Guy Fawkes’ Night, [...]

 

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Panel Borders: Inside the Fleece Station
Edited broadcast 29/10/09 as part of an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Concluding ‘anthologies and collectives month’ on the show, in an interview recorded on location at the Old Police Station The Fleece Station in Deptford, Alex Fitch talks to artists Sarah McIntyre and Viviane Schwartz about their [...]

 

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Panel Borders: Banal Pigs, borrowed toilets and other manly anthologies
Edited broadcast 29/10/09 as part of an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Continuing ‘anthologies and collectives month’ on the show, in an interview recorded at this year’s Small Press Expo in Bristol, Dickon Harris talks to Steve Tillotson and Gareth Brookes about their self [...]

 

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Panel Borders: Eclectic Micks and stars of Solipsistic Pop!
Edited broadcast 22/10/09 as part of an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Continuing ‘anthologies and collectives month’ on the show, in an interview recorded at last month’s British International Comics Show in Birmingham, Alex Fitch talks to four members of a group of Irish comic [...]

 

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