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Co-presenter / producer of "Panel Borders", Thursdays 5pm Resonance 104.4 FM. Film reviewer for www.electricsheepmagazine.com Podcaster for www.sci-fi-london.com

Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 1 – Woodrow Phoenix and Garen Ewing

Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 1 – Woodrow Phoenix and Garen Ewing
Originally broadcast 06/08/09 as part of the 8pm Clear Spot on Resonance 104.4 FM

Panels from The Rainbow Orchid by Garen Ewing and Rumble Strip by Woodrow Phoenix

The first of two special episodes of Panel Borders looking at the history and practice of ‘The Atom Style’, which is currently the focus of an exhibtion at The Atomium in Brussels. Alex Fitch talks to artists Woodrow Phoenix and Garen Ewing about their work, exemplified in their recent graphic novels Rumble Strip and The Rainbow Orchid volume one, respectively. (part 1 of 2)

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org / Listen to the companion episode in which Alex talks to Paul Gravett, curator of The Atom Style exhibtion at The Atomium

Links: Read an extract from Rumble Strip by Woodrow Phoenix in Creative Review
Rainbow Orchid pages at garenewing.co.uk
Info about the Atom Style exhibition at brusselscomics.com
Article on the Atom Style at www.paulgravett.com
Wikipedia pages on Paul Gravett, Woodrow Phoenix and Garen Ewing

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Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 2 – Paul Gravett, curating at The Atomium

Cover of Escape magazine issue 2 by Rian Hughes, edited by Paul Gravett

The second of two special episodes of Panel Borders looking at the history and practice of ‘The Atom Style’, which is currently the focus of an exhibtion at The Atomium in Brussels. Alex Fitch talks to comics historian and curator of the Atom Style exhibtion, Paul Gravett about the history of that aesthetic movement and its links with Clair Ligne / Clear Line comics made famous by Herge’s Adventures of Tintin. Paul championed the style and movement in his 1980s magazine Escape and Alex and Paul talk about the British artists he helped discover and the European artists he felt were being neglected by the public, then and now. (part 2 of 2)

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org / Listen to the companion episode, in which Alex talks to artists Garen Ewing and Woodrow Phoenix

Links: Info about the Atom Style exhibition at brusselscomics.com
Article on the Atom Style at www.paulgravett.com
Wikipedia pages on Paul Gravett, Rian Hughes and Hergé
Info about the Javier Mariscal exhibtion at The Design Museum in London
David O’Connell’s clair ligne webcomic Tozo

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Reality Check: Supermarionation special

Gerry Anderson interview originally broadcast 16/07/09 /
Francis Matthews interview originally broadcast 13/08/09 as episodes of I’m ready for my close-up on Resonance 104.4 FM

: Francis Matthews, Captain Scarlet and Gerry Anderson

In a special episode looking at two of the people most closely associated with classic Supermarionation TV shows, Alex Fitch and Robin Warren talk to Francis Matthews about providing the voice of Captain Scarlet and playing cult detective Paul Temple on TV. Alex also talks to Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson about some of his more obscure titles from Fireball XL5 to Lavender Castle…

For more info, please visit the home of this podcast at Sci-Fi London

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Links: Gerry Anderson‘s fan club
Wikipedia pages on Gerry Anderson, Francis Matthews, Paul Temple and Captain Scarlet
Buy the Paul Temple box set from Acorn Media
Buy Fireball XL5 and Space:1999 from Network DVD

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Panel Borders: Horrible Histories

Excerpt from Horrible Histories by Terry Deary and Martin Brown, image copyright Scholastic / Imperial War Museum

Starting children’s comics month on Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to writer Terry Deary and Australian cartoonist Martin Brown about their hugely successful range of children’s books, Horrible Histories, which have formed the inspiration for an exhibition called Terrible Trenches that’s just opened at the Imperial War Museum, London.

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org

Links: Wikipedia pages on Terry Deary, Martin Brown and Horrible Histories
Info about Horrible Histories at scholastic.co.uk
Info about the Terrible Trenches exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London

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Reality Check: Circling the Stargate

Rachel Luttrell and James Swallow

As one era of the cult SF show Stargate comes to a close on TV with the broadcast of the final episode of Stargate: Atlantis and before the next begins with the advent of Stargate: Universe featuring Robert Carlisle, we’re looking at the past of the franchise on DVD and CD. Guest interviewer Liz George talks to actress Rachel Luttrell about her experiences on Stargate: Atlantis and Alex Fitch talks to author James Swallow about his Stargate: SG1 and Atlantis talking books. (The final box set of Stargate: Atlantis – season 5 – is available to buy from August 10th 2009 in all good DVD shops…)

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Panel Borders: The art of Kevin O’Neill

Originally broadcast 30/07/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM

Alex Fitch talks to Kevin O'Neill at Sci-Fi London below a couple of pages from Metalzoic

Concluding Sci-Fi comics month on Strip!, Alex Fitch talks to artist Kevin O’Neill about his work with writer Pat Mills from his early days working on Nemesis the Warlock and A.B.C. Warriors in 2000AD to the hero hunting cop Marshal Law for various publishers. Alex and Kevin also talk about the film adaptations of his work from Hardware (based on the short story Shok!) to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, loosely based on the comic he co-created with Alan Moore. Recorded live in front of an audience at Sci-Fi London.

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org

Links: Wikipedia pages on Kevin, Hardware, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Nemesis the Warlock and Marshal Law
Interview with Kevin in The Times
Listen to Alex’s interviews with Kevin’s comic collaborators Alan Moore and Pat Mills including his discussion with both of them about the late humour cartoonist Ken Reid
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Kevin O’Neill at the Illustration Cupboard

14 July – 08 August 2009

The Illustration Cupboard is pleased to present the first British exhibition of the world-famous graphic-novel artist Kevin O’Neill.

Monday – Friday 10am to 6pm / Saturday 12pm – 5pm / www.illustrationcupboard.com

and: Alternative Press Festival 2009

Wednesday 29th July – Sunday 2nd August 2009

A festival of events over five days celebrating the small press, self publishing and being creative in the print media.

Spoken Word night out! / Friday 31st July / 7pm – Late

Free / The Griffin / 93 Leonard Street / London / EC2A 4RD

Collaborama! / Saturday 1st August / 11am – Late

Free / The Miller / 96 Snowsfields road / London Bridge / SE1 3SS / www.themiller.co.uk

Alternative Press Fair / Sunday 2nd August / 11am- 7pm

Free / St Aloysius Social Club / 20 Phoenix road / London / NW1 1TA

More info about all events at comicsandzines.wordpress.com and www.alternativepress.org.uk

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Panel Borders: Doctor Who comics by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons

Panel Borders: Doctor Who comics then

Originally broadcast 23/07/09 in an edited version as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM

Excerpt from Doctor Who - The Dogs of Doom by Mills / Wagner and Gibbons

Alex Fitch talks to two of the creators of Marvel UK’s seminal Who comic strip printed in Doctor Who Weekly. Pat Mills co-wrote the first 43 instalments of the weekly Doctor Who strip with fellow 2000AD cohort John Wagner, bring to the page such outlandish tales as The Iron Legion and The Star Beast about a Robot Roman army and a psychotic cute alien who befriends children. Dave Gibbons drew 56 of the first 60 instalments of the Marvel comic, making him the most iconic artist to be associated with Tom Baker’s Doctor in comic strip format and drew the first episode of Peter Davison’s run, as his swan song. Alex talks to Pat and Dave about their work on the comic and also about Pat’s forays into Who on the radio, writing scripts for Colin Baker and Paul McGann.

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org

Listen to last week’s show, featuring Leah Moore, John Reppion and Rich Morris talking about their recent Doctor Who comics

Links: Wikipedia pages on Pat Mills, Dave Gibbons and Doctor Who Magazine
Info on the Doctor Who audio plays The Scapegoat, Dead London and The Space Whale at www.bigfinish.com
Info about Dave’s Watchmen graffiti project on the South Bank
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Goblin at the Supersonic festival

If you’re a fan of Italian Horror films why not come to the Supersonic Festival in Birmingham this weekend, where Alex Fitch is interviewing the Italian Rock band Goblin live on stage at 6.15 pm on Sunday 26th July. More info here…
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Electric Sheep podcast: The current state of Gay cinema part 2 (Monika Treut / Paul Morrison)

Monika Treut interview originally broadcast 08/05/09 as an episode of I’m ready for my close-up www.resonancefm.com

Federico García Lorca played by Javier Beltrán and Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali in Little Ashes

In the second of two podcasts looking at the current state of gay cinema, Virginie Sélavy interviews experimental film maker Monika Treut about her work including the new film Ghosted which had its UK premiere at this year’s London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Also, guest interviewer Chris Patmore, from Film and Festivals magazine talks to director Paul Morrison about his film Little Ashes, featuring Twilight star Robert Pattinson as Salvador Dali, which looks at the relationship between Dali and the poet Federico García Lorca, as played by Javier Beltrán (Part 2 of 2)

For more info about the variety of formats you can download this podcast in / stream, please visit www.archive.org

Links: Read Alex Fitch’s article about gay cinema at www.electricsheepmagazine.com
IMDb pages on Little Ashes and Ghosted
Info about the UK premiere of Ghosted and the LLGFF on tour at www.bfi.org.uk
Listen to the previous Electric Sheep Podcast which features Virginie’s interview with Kenneth Anger

For info on the latest issue of Electric Sheep magazine, please click here

To experience a recording of the Electric Sheep Podcast live, why not come to the Supersonic Festival in Birmingham this weekend, where ESM assistant editor Alex Fitch is interviewing the Italian Rock band Goblin live on stage at 6.15 pm on Sunday 26th July. More info here…

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Reality Check: Torchwood Novelists

Classified government information about Torchwood according to Children of Earth (c) BBC 2009

In a panel discussion recorded live at a meeting of the British Fantasy Society, late 1980s Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel talks to a quartet of Torchwood novelists – Mark Morris, Sarah Pinborough, Guy Adams and Joe Lidster – about bringing the show to the printed page and expanding the adventures of Jack, Ianto and Gwen to the length of a hardback novel.
(Recorded and edited by Alex Fitch)

For more info, please visit the home of this podcast at Sci-Fi London

Links: Official BBC Torchwood website
Wikipedia pages on Torchwood novels, Andrew Cartmel, Guy Adams’ novel ‘The House that Jack built’ , Joe Lidster, Mark Morris and Sarah Pinborough
The British Fantasy Society website
Alex Fitch’s interview with Joe Lidster about his writing career so far

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Panel Borders: Doctor Who comics now…

Originally broadcast 16/07/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM

Excerpt from The Ten Doctors by Rich Morris

Alex Fitch talks to the creators of a couple of recent innovative Doctor Who comics about bringing a new angle to the popular franchise. Leah Moore and John Reppion wrote the recent one off comic "The Whispering Gallery" which sees the Doctor and Martha exploring a terrifying museum on an alien planet. Also, Alex talks to Richard Morris, creator of the popular and unauthorised web comic, "The Ten Doctors" – an epic serialised graphic novel which celebrates almost every aspect you can think of from 46 years of the Timelord's adventures.

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org

Links: Rich Morris‘ webcomics – The Ten Doctors, Doctor Who: Forever Janette, House of Paulus, 24 fps and Yet another fantasy gamer comic

Leah Moore and John Reppion‘s website including info on Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery

Related interviews: Alex talks to John and Leah about Sherlock Holmes and Dracula comics
…to Gary Russell about Doctor Who comics
…to The Whispering Gallery artist Ben Templesmith about his work

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Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 1 – Woodrow Phoenix and Garen Ewing

Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 2 – Paul Gravett, curating at The Atomium

Reality Check: Supermarionation special

Panel Borders: Horrible Histories

Reality Check: Circling the Stargate

Panel Borders: The art of Kevin O’Neill

Panel Borders: Doctor Who comics by Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons

Electric Sheep podcast: The current state of Gay cinema part 2 (Monika Treut / Paul Morrison)

Reality Check: Torchwood Novelists

Panel Borders: Doctor Who comics now…