Panel Borders: The work of Peter Doherty
Originally broadcast 22/01/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Art from Grendel Tales by Peter Doherty
In the third of last month’s shows about four generations of British cartoonists, Alex Fitch is talking to an artist who started work in the early 90s on Judge Dredd megazine, illustrating the acclaimed serial Young Death – Boyhood of a superfiend, has worked on a variety of titles in America such as Batman / Superman, The Dreaming and Grendel Tales, before returning to the world of Dredd again more recently. Peter Doherty has worked as a penciller, a fully rendered artist and as a colourist on off beat titles such as Shaolin Cowboy and Grant Morrison’s absurdist Sea Guy. This interview was recorded last November at the Leeds sequential art festival, Thought Bubble…
To download or stream the show in a variety of different formats, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org
Links: Buy Peter’s original artwork from The Book Palace
Interview with Peter at 2000ADreview.co.uk
Wikipedia pages on Peter Doherty, Grendel Tales, Young Death, The Dreaming and Shaolin Cowboy
Comics / Sci-Fi news:
Should you find yourself in Central London, there’s the re-located comic shop Orbital which Marc Ellerby waxed lyrical about in last week’s show, who have moved to 8 Great Newport Street, WC2H 7JF (previously the Photographer’s Gallery).
Orbital appropriately now also have an exhibition space, which opens with a selection of new art pages by Tom Humberstone from the latest issue of his Eagle award winning title: How to date a girl in ten days…
More info at www.orbitalcomics.com
