Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 2 – Paul Gravett, curating at The Atomium

Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 2 – Paul Gravett, curating at The Atomium The second of two special episodes of Panel Borders looking at the history and practice of ‘The Atom Style’, which is currently the focus of an exhibtion at The Atomium in Brussels. Alex Fitch talks to comics historian and curator of […]

I’m ready for my close-up: Paul Gravett’s guide to comics part two

Duncan Nott & Alex Fitch conclude their interview with Paul Gravett, talking about such topics as ‘the graphic novels of Chris Ware & Raymond Briggs’, ‘the future of British sequential art’ and ‘things to hate about comics’! Links; Wikipedia pages on: Chris Ware Raymond Briggs Gotthold Lessing and Philippe Druillet… Originally broadcast 18th January 2007 […]

I’m ready for my close-up: Paul Gravett’s guide to comics part one

Continuing Comic Book Month on “I’m ready for my close-up”, we have the first half of Alex Fitch & Duncan Nott’s interview with Paul Gravett, author of “Manga: 60 years of Japanese Comics”, “Graphic Novels – Stories to change your life” and “Great British Comics”. Alex and Duncan discuss with Paul the continuing appeal of […]

Panel Borders: Fumio Obata

Panel Borders: Fumio Obata In a Q and A recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton, Alex Fitch talks to Fumio Obata about his graphic novel Just so happens, which fictionalises his experiences of working as an artist in England and Japan, and his web comics about the Fukushima disaster. (Panel Borders continues on the 2nd Tuesday […]

Panel Borders: Drawn from life

Panel Borders: Drawn from life In the first Panel Borders of 2016, Alex Fitch talks to three cartoonists who work in biography and autobiography. Andrzej Klimowski and Danusia Schejbal discuss their memoir about life in 1970s communist Warsaw – Behind the Curtain – and Sydney Padua explores her fictionalised account of the birth of computing […]

Panel Borders: The Spirit of Will Eisner

Concluding a month of shows about ‘Masters of American Comics’, Alex Fitch talks to a quartet of comics experts and historians about the 75th anniversary of Will Eisner’s seminal crime comic The Spirit. Richard Reynolds (Senior Lecturer, Central Saint Martins), Ian Rakoff (Lecturer, Victoria and Albert Museum), Guy Lawley (contributor: 1001 Comics You Must Read […]

Panel Borders: Art and Anarchy in the British Library

Panel Borders: Art and Anarchy in the British Library Continuing a month of episodes looking at the connections between comics and literature, Alex Fitch talks to Adrian Edwards, co-curator of the exhibition Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK which is on display at the British Library until August 19th, in a Q and […]

Panel Borders: European Female Voices

Panel Borders: European Female Voices Starting a month of shows looking at the work of female comic creators, Alex Fitch talks to German scratch board artist Line Hoven, and Belgian cartoonist Judith Vanistendael about their family drama graphic novels Love looks away published by Blank Slate Books and When David lost his voice, published by […]

Panel Borders: Comics Unmasked

Panel Borders: Comics Unmasked Starting a month of shows about comics and controversy, Alex Fitch talks to three of the creators of a new exhibition at the British Library – Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK – which looks at the cultural and social connections between the last hundred years and more of […]

Panel Borders: Will Eisner week

Panel Borders: Will Eisner week Starting a month of shows about comics and graphic novels which depict ordinary life on the page, Alex Fitch talks to a quartet of comics experts and historians about Will Eisner’s autobiographical comics to coincide with International Will Eisner Week, which celebrates the author’s work. Richard Reynolds (Senior Lecturer, Central […]