Panel Borders: Multimedia Comics

In the third of our series on comic book collaborators, Alex Fitch talks to two pairs of creators who have created cross platform comics that exist as both as sequential art and moving pictures. Film-maker Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) and Tommy Lee Edwards (Turf) discuss their interactive motion comic The Random adventures of Brandon Generator designed to promote Internet Explorer 9, and Dave Lander and Stathis Tsemberlidis discuss Decadence #9 plus their spin off short films Immortality and MOA-192B…

Brandon Generator by Edgar Wright and Tommy Lee Edwards / cover of Decadance #9 / stills from Immortality by Dave Lander and MOA-192B by Stathis Tsemberlidis

Originally broadcast 22/07/12 on Resonance 104.4 FM

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Panel Borders: Cabanon Press

In the second of a series of shows about comic book creators who have collaborated together, Alex Fitch talks to celebrated British cartoonists Tom Gauld and Simone Lia in a conversation recorded at this year’s Spring Comiket at Bishopsgate Institute, London. Tom and Simone talk about their collaborative comics First and Second (republished together as Both by Bloomsbury) and publishing books together under the title Cabanon Press.

Art by Simone Lia and Tom Gauld

Originally broadcast 15/07/12 on Resonance 104.4 FM

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Links: Tom Gauld’s website
Simone Lia’s website
Info about Comica festival

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Panel Borders: Scott Snyder / Jock – The Black Mirror

In the first of a series of shows about comic book creators who collaborate together, Alex Fitch talks to writer Scott Snyder and artist Jock about their 2010 / 2011 collaboration on Detective Comics, collected as the graphic novel Batman: The Black Mirror. Although Snyder’s current run on Batman is also winning critical acclaim, his first story showed his great affinity with the Dark Knight right from the start; The Black Mirror, also featured back-up tales illustrated by Francesco Francavella, which combine with the ‘features’ by Jock to tell a memorable tale of Jim Gordon’s estranged son James Junior returning home with murderous intent, while a former Robin, Dick Grayson, is protecting Gotham City as the Caped Crusader .(Recorded at Kapow! comics convention, London 2012)

Extract from Batman: The Black Mirror by Scott Snyder and Jock

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Panel Borders: Brockley (co)Max

In the last of our series of shows about comic book communities around the UK, Alex Fitch talks to Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-Men), Sarah Gordon (The Peckham House for Invalids), Howard Hardiman (The Lengths), Simone Lia (Please God, find me a husband!), Gary Northfield (Derek the Sheep), Woodrow Phoenix (Nelson) and Julia Scheele (69 love songs, illustrated) about living and working in Brockley, South East London. Recorded live at the Brockley Max festival, June 2012.

Originally broadcast 24/06/12 on Resonance 104.4 FM
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Sarah Gordon, Howard Hardiman, Simone Lia, Gary Northfield, Julia Scheele, Kieron Gillen, Woodrow Phoenix and Alex Fitch at Brockley Max

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Panel Borders: Manchester Strips

Continuing our month of shows about comic communities around the UK, Alex Fitch travels to Manchester to talk to four local creators. Adam Cadwell (Blood Blokes), John Allison (Bad Machinery), Joe List (Freak Leap) and Chris Doherty (Video Nasties) talk about self publishing, the influence of other media on their work, using the internet to promote their comics, plus the experience of living and working in the North West of England.
Originally broadcast 10/06/12 on Resonance 104.4 FM

Images and comics by Joe List, Chris Doherty, Adam Cadwell and John Allison

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Links: Manchester Comix Collective website
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Panel Borders: Brighton Comix

Continuing our month of shows about comic book communities around the UK, Alex Fitch visits a meeting of Cartoon County in Brighton and chats to David Lloyd, Daniel Locke, Joe Decie, Steve Carroll, Nye Wright and Tim Pilcher about their work and how the experience of living and working on the South East Coast has influenced their comics. Recorded June 2011, at The Cricketers Pub, Brighton.
Originally broadcast 10/06/12 on Resonance 104.4 FM

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Links: Cartoon County website
David Lloyd / Daniel Locke / Joe Decie / Nye Wright websites
Read Riddler’s Fayre and Strip comic by Steve Carroll / Tim Pilcher’s blog
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