Panel Borders: The art of Mark Buckingham
Originally broadcast 20/12/07 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM

In the last Panel Borders of the year, Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott are looking at the depiction of beloved children’s characters in comics, talking to Mark Buckingham about reinventing classic fairy tales in Fables and the challenge of bringing something new to the character in his two year run on Spider-man.
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Panel Borders: The work of Simon Spurrier
Originally broadcast as part of Strip! on 13/12/07

An interview that Duncan Nott and Alex Fitch conducted at the Birmingham International Comics Show with British novelist and comics writer – Simon Spurrier – about his work from acclaimed strips in 2000AD and Judge Dredd megazine such as Lobster Random and The Simping Detective to his recent forays into the American market with Gutsville and The Silver Surfer.
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Panel Borders: The art of Charlie Adlard
Originally broadcast as part of Strip! on 06/12/07

Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott talk to artist Charlie Adlard in a conversation recorded at the Birmingham International Comics Show. Charlie has found recent acclaim with the zombie comic The Walking Dead as well as for illustrating Judge Dredd and meeting the challenges of drawing Mulder and Scully in the comic book adaptation of the X-Files.
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Panel Borders: The art of Sean Phillips and Duncan Fegredo
Originally broadcast as part of Strip! on 29/11/07

Alex Fitch talks to artists Duncan Fegredo and Sean Phillips in a conversation recorded at the Birmingham International Comics Show. Duncan and Sean have recently collaborated on an art book in which they start and finish each other’s drawings, which spills over into their conversation style! Duncan’s work includes Jay and Silent Bob – Chasing Dogma, Enigma and Hellboy – Darkness Falls. Sean has worked on Hellblazer, WildCATS, Marvel Zombies and both artists worked on the offbeat superhero comic Kid Eternity.
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Panel Borders: The art of Jim Mahfood
Originally broadcast as part of Strip! on 22/11/07

A couple of days before Jim Mahfood and Bill Shag have their fine art collaborations displayed in Dreamspace Gallery in London, Alex talks to Jim about his comic book career so far, the cross-over between fine art and comics and his own artistic influences. Alex also has a brief chat with Dreamspace coordinator Chloe Brooks about the gallery.
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