Panel Borders: Martian Comics and Ocular Anecdotes

Panel Borders: Martian Comics and Ocular Anecdotes

Starting a month of shows about comic book creators who have used crowd funding to launch various titles, Alex Fitch talks to writer Julian Darius and artist Peter Cline about the Kickstarter campaigns for their respective anthologies Martian Comics and Ocular Anecdotes. Alex and Julian discuss the latter’s work for the academic publisher Sequart Organization and comic book imprint Martian Lit, and the cross-over audience between the two, while Peter discusses his background in print making at the London College of Communication and editing titles by other creators published by Otto Press. (Originally broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM, 4th June 2015)

Promo art for Ocular Anecdotes by Peter Cline / covers of Martian Comics issues 1-3 edited by Julian Darius

Promo art for Ocular Anecdotes by Peter Cline / covers of Martian Comics issues 1-3 edited by Julian Darius

Links: Martian comics website and kickstarter
Peter Cline’s website and kickstarter
Sequart website
Otto Press website