Panel Borders: What’s normal anyway?

Concluding a month about LGBT comics, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Morgan Boecher about his humorous webcomic What’s normal anyway? which depicts the travails of a transgender male. Morgan discusses the autobiographical elements of his comic, his history as an artist and future plans for the narrative. (Last in the current series) Originally broadcast 29th July 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

Excerpt from What’s normal anyway? by Morgan Boecher

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Links: What’s normal anyway? website
Invest in the What’s normal anyway? kickstarter campaign
Blog posts by Morgan Boecher on www.paradigmshiftnyc.com
Interview with Morgan at www.bilerico.com

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Myriad Books on the Beach: Graphic Novel Show and Tell

Join Alex Fitch of Resonance FM with Myriad graphic authors for a show and tell of their favourite graphic novel beach reads.

As part of ‘Myriad Books on the Beach’ series for Brighton’s Big Screen, Alex Fitch will be joined by Kate Evans (The Food of Love), Nye Wright (Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park) and Hannah Eaton (Naming Monsters).

Brighton’s Big Screen is the country’s only open-air, free, beachfront cinema, situated next to Brighton Pier and the Wheel. Back for a second year, Brighton’s Big Screen will showcase sporting events including the World Athletics Championships and both recent box office hits and movie classics. In association with the Big Screen, Myriad are running a series of events throughout the summer: ‘Myriad Books on the Beach’.

Wednesday 7th August, 2013, 3.30 – 5pm

Location: East of Brighton Pier (near the Brighton Wheel), Marine Parade, BN2 1TB

For more information about the screen and a full list of events and screenings, visit the Brighton’s Big Screen website.
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Panel Borders: Educating with autobiography – Comic Nurse and Erika Moen

Continuing a month of shows about lesbian and gay comics, Alex Fitch talks to MK Czerwiec and Erika Moen about their work. MK discusses her alter-ego Comic Nurse and narratives about nursing in her sequential art which include elements of autobiography and how this has led to curating zines and illustration work about her home city of Chicago. Erika talks about her webcomic Dar! which gave her a space to discuss her relationships and sexuality on the net, plus her collaborations with Jeff Parker on Bucko, published by Dark Horse, and Matthew Nolan on sex education strips. Originally broadcast Monday 22nd July on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

Excerpts from Comic Nurse by M.K. Czerwiec and Dar! by Erika Moen

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Panel Borders: Small press gay comics and zines

Continuing a month of shows about gay and lesbian comics, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonists David Shenton and Sina Sparrow about their work. Shenton discusses his plans for new cartoon work and his current exhibition “Those Foolish Things”, on display at Space Station Sixty-Five gallery in Kennington, South London; and Sparrow talks about his zine Art Fag and contributing to the forthcoming anthology QU33R. Originally broadcast 15th July 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

Photo of David Shenton: Those Foolish things exhibition at Space Station Sixty Five / Various comics by Sina Sparrow

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Links: David Shenton’s website
Sina Sparrow’s website
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Panel Borders: Homogeneity in Gay educational comics

Continuing a month of shows about gay and lesbian comics, Panel Borders presents a lecture by post doctoral researcher Doctor Jordana Greenblatt on the similarity in content of gay comics about safe practices and HIV, concentrating on Safer Sex Comix (by Alexander and Gregg, publ. 1987 by Gay Men’s Health Crisis of New York) and Alex et la vie d’apres (by Thierry Robberecht and Fabrice Neaud, publ. 2008 by Ex Aequo), recorded at “Ethics under cover – the 4th international Conference on Comics and Medicine”, Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Jordana discusses the similarity of sexual expression found in graphic narratives published 20 years apart – one designed as an educational pamphlet and the other a modern graphic novella based on the experiences of young gay men in Belgium – and talks to Alex Fitch about how the talk fits into her ongoing research and interests. Originally broadcast Monday 8th July 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

Panels from Safer Sex Comix and Alex et la vie d’apres

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More info about Jordana Greenblatt
Article on the demise of Safer Sex Comix
Article on Tony Kushner in Vanity Fair, including images from Safer Sex Comix
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Panel Borders: Bulldogs and an itinerant Shirtlifter

Starting a month of shows about Lesbian and Gay comics and graphic novels, Alex Fitch talks to a British illustrator and a couple of Canadian cartoonists about their work in the field. Steve MacIsaac discusses his Xeric Award-winning comic Shirtlifter which collects autobiographical tales of his experience of moving from Canada to Japan and back to North America, with shorter fictional stories of modern gay life by himself and other creators including Ilya and Justin Hall. Also, artists Chas Hunter (from Toronto) and Si Arden (from Plymouth) discuss their collaboration on the art for a new digital wordless erotic comic called Bulldogs written by Dale Lazarov. Originally broadcast 1st July 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM

Cover and interior art from Shirtlifter by Steve MacIsaac / Cover and interior art from Bulldogs, illustrated by Chas Hunter and Si Arden

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Links: Steve MacIsaac’s website
Download Bulldogs from Ribbon
Chas Hunter’s website

Listen to Alex’s 2008 interview with Dale Lazarov
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Panel Borders: Drawing Stitches

Concluding a month of shows about depictions of illness and medicine in comics, Panel Borders is proud to present an interview with David Small, discussing his memoir Stitches, a graphic novel which depicts his battle with throat cancer as an adolescent. David discusses the creation of the book, the difficulties of presenting memoir as a comic and his previous experiences as a political cartoonist. Originally broadcast Monday 24th June, 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

Exceprt from Stitches by David Small

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