Panel Borders: Comedies and tragedies
Continuing a month of shows looking at the work of female comic book creators, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of cartoonists whose work occurs at the opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. Small press cartoonist Rachael Smith discusses her first graphic novel – House Party – just released by Great Beast Comics, and her back list of humorous self published comics which deal with disenfranchised British teenagers, in an interview recorded at ELCAF (East London Comic Art Festival).
Also, American artist Maureen Burdock talks about the latest installment of her F Word Project, a series of comics about violence against women around the world; Mumbi and the long run tackles the subject of Female Genital Mutilation and the original artwork is on display at Space Station 65 gallery, Kennington until July 7th.
Cover and interior art from House Party, interior art from I am Fire by Rachael Smith / art from photos from the launch of and art from Mumbi and the Long Run and cover of Marta and the missing by Maureen Burdock
For more info and a variety of different formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org
Links: Rachael’s blog
Maureen’s website
Recommended events:
Graphic novel courses at The British Library
To accompany the current Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK exhibition at The British Library, there are a pair of short educational comics courses being run by Ariel Kahn (Roehampton University).
Becoming a Graphic Novelist
Who is in Charge? The dynamics of image and text
Thu 19 Jun 2014, 18.30-20.30
Subverting Stereotypes
Wed 25 Jun 2014, 18.30-20.30
Price: £40 / £35 concessions
Mastering the Graphic Novel
Playing with Fire: Sex, subversion and the Self
Thu 26 Jun 2014, 18.30-20.30
Pushing the Boundaries, From Pitch to Publication
Wed 2 Jul 2014, 18.30-20.30
Price: £40 / £35 concessions
More info at www.bl.uk/whatsonl
