Panel Borders: Takayo Akiyama in various media
Concluding a month of show about creators whose passion for comics sees them create sequential art in different genres and for different media, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist and illustrator Takayo Akiyama about her multi-media illustration work, which includes web comics, animation, magazines and textile design featuring characters such as Awesome and Possum and Y-Front Mouse. Alex and Takayo discuss the size and materials of the latter’s original artwork, mixing live action and animation in her music videos and take questions from the Cartoon County audience. (Recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton, Spring 2015 / Originally broadcast Thursday 30th April, on Resonance 104.4 FM)
Images from Y-Front Mouse, Awesome and Possum and Solipsistic Pop no. 4 by Takayo Akiyama
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Links: Takayo’s website
Watch Y-Front Mouse on youtube
Article on Takayo’s map illustrations
Awesome and Possum website
Listen to Akiyama’s previous appearance on Panel Borders, translating Alex’s interview with Tomohiko Matsumoto
Cartoon County website
