With a week to go until the release of the new Transformers movie, Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott interview the writer (Simon Furman) and one of the most acclaimed artists (Geoff Senior) of the seminal British Transformers comic from the 1980s which helped cement a love of the robots in disguise for our generation as much as the cartoons and toys the franchise was based on.

In other comics news: The Observer has launched a competition to find new comics artists and writers so if you think you can create a short story using pictures, word balloons and captions that fits on a single page of A4, visit Random House’s Graphic Novels website for more details…
Almost transmitted on Resonance FM on Monday 23rd July 2007 (mp3 format, 13.8mb)
Links – Wikipedia entries on: Transformers comics, cartoon, Simon Furman and Geoff Senior
Simon’s blog
Geoff’s website
Titan Publishing’s new UK Transformers comic by Simon & Geoff
Dynamite Entertainment’s new Terminator 2 comic by Simon
Underground Online‘s guide to Transformers
Monzo and Jhiaxus’ guide to obscure Transformers comics

In the second episode of Panel Borders in its regular slot, guest presenter Paul Cornell (Doctor Who) concludes his interview with the prolific and popular American comics writer Peter David about continuing Stephen King’s epic saga The Dark Tower in comic book format and the ever present challenge of continuity…
Original broadcast: 16th July ’07 on 104.4 FM (mp3 format, 13.8mb)

Wikipedia entries on:
Peter David, Paul Cornell and The Dark Tower
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Continuing his discussion from Monday’s episode of Panel Borders, author Paul Cornell interviews sci-fi writer Peter David about his Star Trek novels and episodes of Babylon 5. Peter’s Next Generation novel Imzadi was an inspiration for Paul’s Doctor Who novel Human Nature (recently adapted for TV) and so the two authors discuss themes of love and loss in science-fiction and the joys of working for a sympathetic show runner…
Today’s show is edited by Alex Fitch with digital noise reduction by Steve Clark… Original broadcast: 12th July ’07 on 104.4 FM (mp3 format, 29.7 mb)

Links: Peter and Paul’s blogs
Wikipedia pages on Paul Cornell, Peter David and Babylon 5
For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com

In the first episode of Panel Borders in its regular slot, guest presenter Paul Cornell (Doctor Who) interviews the prolific and popular American comic book writer Peter David about his work on Marvel comics such as The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man and Captain Marvel! [In the Timely / timeless tradition of comic book cross-overs, the next part of this interview in which Peter and Paul talk about writing for and novelizing TV shows, will be broadcast on Thursday as an episode of I’m ready for my close-up]
Original broadcast: 9th July ’07 on 104.4 FM (mp3 format, 13.5mb)

Wikipedia entries on:
Peter David, Paul Cornell
The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk,
Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man
For more info and a selection of different file formats you can download or stream, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.com