Panel Borders: Eddie Campbell – The art of the raconteur

Panel Borders: Eddie Campbell – The art of the raconteur Exclusive podcast to compliment the Resonance FM radio show, Strip! In the second of four podcasts about comic book artist Eddie Campbell, Alex Fitch introduces a monologue by the artist in which Eddie tells the tale of his long suffering typesetter Mick Evans who has […]

Panel Borders: Eddie Campbell on Fast Fiction

Panel Borders: Eddie Campbell on Fast Fiction originally broadcast as part of Strip!, 09/10/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com It’s the start of Eddie Campbell month on Panel Borders: guest presenter Oli Smith (London Underground Comics) talks to the acclaimed comic book artist and writer about Fast Fiction, the seminal British […]

Panel Borders: Spirit animals – Hannah Eaton and Dan White

Panel Borders: Spirit animals – Hannah Eaton and Dan White Continuing a month of shows on horror and fantasy comics, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of writer / artists about their work in these genres which mix tales of adolescent girls with English legends, spirit animals and weird occurrences. Hannah Eaton discusses her folkloric […]

Panel Borders: Digitising comics

Panel Borders: Digitising comics Concluding a month of shows looking at web comics, Alex Fitch talks to two experts in web based technologies about their dissemination methods aimed at bringing comics to tablets and other devices. Russell Willis discusses his Panel Nine range of graphic novels for the iPad which include titles by Eddie Campbell […]

Panel Borders: Taboo and other anthologies

Panel Borders: Taboo and other anthologies In the last of our month of shows on comic book anthologies, Alex Fitch talks to Kevin Eastman and Steve Bissette, co-publisher and editor respectively, of the ground-breaking horror periodical Taboo, which included the first instalments of Alan Moore’s From Hell and Lost Girls as well as work by […]

Book List: Childrens book illustrators

Book List: Children’s book illustrators In an hour long show about children’s book illustration, Alex Fitch talks to three generations of illustrators: David McKee, creator of Mr Benn, King Rollo and Elmer the Patchwork Elephant; Dave McKean, artist of of young adult books by David Almond, graphic novels and picture books by Neil Gaiman and […]

Panel Borders: Habibi Blankets

Panel Borders: Habibi Blankets Concluding our month of shows looking at biography and autobiography in comics, Alex Fitch talks to the multiple award winning (and Grammy nominated) cartoonist Craig Thompson about his epic new graphic novel Habibi (My beloved). Alex and Craig discuss the 672 page book’s reworking of themes from ‘One Thousand and One […]

Panel Borders: Dotter of her fathers eyes

Panel Borders: Dotter of her fathers eyes Continuing our month of shows about biography and autobiography, guest presenter Nicola Streeten interviews Bryan and Mary Talbot about their forthcoming graphic novel, Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes, which contrasts two coming of age narratives: Lucia, daughter of James Joyce, and author Mary Talbot, daughter of the Joycean […]

Laydeez do podcasts – Judith Vanistendael: Dance by the light of the moon

Laydeez do podcasts – Judith Vanistendael: Dance by the light of the moon A Q and A recorded at Bar Music Hall in East London as part of Comica Festival, 2010, Paul Gravett talks to Flemish cartoonist Judith Vanistendael about her semi-autobiographical graphic novel Dance by the light of the moon, published in the UK […]