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Panel Borders: Gleaming the Silver Surfer

Panel Borders: Gleaming the Silver Surfer

Concluding our month of shows looking at British writers of superhero titles, Alex Fitch talks to comic book writer and novelist Simon Spurrier about the Marvel comics character the Silver Surfer, who he penned in a recent mini-series called ‘In Thy Name’. Alex and Simon will be discussing the character’s origins on and off the page, the genius of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s original creation and aspects of space opera and messianic eschatology in his appearances!
Recorded in front of a live audience as part of a fund raising night to support London radio station Resonance FM, themed around the subject of silver, at The Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillett Square, London

Panel from Silver Surfer: In thy name by Simon Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat

Panel from Silver Surfer: In thy name by Simon Spurrier and Tan Eng Huat

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: Listen to Alex’s previous interview with Simon
Wikipedia pages on Simon Spurrier and the Silver Surfer

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Lecture on Ethnicity in 20th Century American Comics

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s resident comic book expert Ian Rakoff will be giving a talk on Ethnicity in 20th Century American Comics from The Yellow Kid to Tarzan at Oxford University’s Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology on Friday 15th October 2010.

Ian looks at representations of race and gender in early American comic strips, taking in Little Orphan Annie, Buster Brown and Little Nemo in Slumberland.

11am, Friday 15th October
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
51/53 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 6PE
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Wavelength – 2008 October 24th

St. Paul to St. Paul’s. (St. Paul de Vence to St. Paul’s London). Wavelength signatures. Chirping birds in Menton. Automatic searching of French radio stations. Trains on Nice station before departing for London.

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Wavelength – 2008 October 10th

I just need to remember what the show was… where was I? Yes, Clive Graham didn’t turn up because he was waiting for a plumber.
Stocks crashed again, the streets were full of people crying, pulling their hair out and screaming “my savings!! my pension!!” Flames were licking around the Bank of England as thousands of disaffected employees started bonfire night early.
Double decker buses were turned over and used as barricades.
Financiers and hedge fund managers were being lined up and shot. Apart from that nothing happened.

Henri Chopin: “Les Souffles des Tempetes” and “La Digestion” from Les
Mirifliques Tundras et Compagnie (Alga Marghen 1997).

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Electric Sheep podcast: Masters of Horror

Electric Sheep podcast: Masters of Horror

To coincide with the start of a month of horror film releases in the cinema and on DVD in the run up to Halloween, Alex Fitch interviews two veterans of horror cinema, Joe Dante and Tobe Hooper. Alex and Joe talk about the director’s two latest projects, Splatter, starting on the Horror Channel (Sky / Virgin / Freesat) 24/09/10 and continues over the next two Fridays, and his new 3D film currently in UK cinemas The Hole. Also, in an interview recorded at last month’s Frightfest horror festival in London, Alex talks to Tobe Hooper, following a retrospective screening of his first two films Eggshells and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre which depict the end of the summer of love and the loss of America’s innocence in the 1970s; Eggshells received its UK premiere at Frightfest and will be released on Blu-Ray / DVD towards the end of the year.

Original poster for Eggshells by Tobe Hooper, Corey Feldman and Tara Leigh discuss their motivation with director Joe Dante on the set of Splatter

Original poster for Eggshells by Tobe Hooper, Corey Feldman and Tara Leigh discuss their motivation with director Joe Dante on the set of Splatter

More for more information and a variety of formats you can stream / download, please visit the home of this podcast at www.archive.org

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Listen to Alex’s previous interview with Joe Dante about his debut film The Movie Orgy / read a partial transcript of the interview, focussing on Splatter at www.electricsheepmagazine.com

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Laydeez do Comics September 2010

The monthly meeting for female comics creators, fans of female comic creators and female comic book fans (men allowed also!)…

Next Meeting: Monday 27 September, 6.30-9.30pm

VENUE: The Rag Factory

Guest Speakers:

Ellen Lindner (Whores of Mensa) / Patrice Aggs (The DFC) / Steve White (I Drink Coffee and Draw Press LTD) / Charlie Bowden from Pickled Ink Illustration Agency, to discuss a call for entries for The Pickled Award for graduate illustrator.

Recommended Read: Mome Vol 19. Summer 2010, the latest edition of Fantagraphics’ twice yearly anthology…

The Rag Factory
16-18 Heneage Street, London E1 5LJ

www.ragfactory.org.uk
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Voice On Record: Episode 20 (Hamlet)

“Hamlet” with musique concrete and sound patterns composed and recorded by Desmond Leslie.
Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on January 26th 2010

http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php

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Panel Borders: AC / DC (Paul Cornell and David Hine)

Panel Borders: AC / DC

Continuing our month of shows looking at British writers of superhero titles, Alex Fitch talks to the current writers of two of the longest running American comics – Action Comics (which normally features Superman) and Detective Comics (which generally features Batman), Paul Cornell and David Hine.
Alex talks to Paul about his sojourn on the book which will detail a year long quest by Lex Luthor to gain superpowers and about his forthcoming titles Knight and Squire – a British set spin off of Batman – and Soldier One, a Science-Fiction title for Boom! comics, based on an idea by Stan Lee, and to David about exploring light and darkness in Gotham City, the joy of writing the psychopaths in Arkham Asylum and his surrealistic pop art Image comic The Bulletproof Coffin.

Action Comics #690 and 691 by Paul Cornell and Pete Woods, Detective Comics #864 and 867 by David Hine, Jeremy Haun and Scott McDaniel

Action Comics #690 and 691 by Paul Cornell and Pete Woods, Detective Comics #864 and 867 by David Hine, Jeremy Haun and Scott McDaniel

Originally broadcast 23rd September 2010 on Resonance 104.4 FM

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

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Pickled Ink’s search for a comics artist

Art illustration agency Pickled Ink has launched a new award in a bid to find an artist to draw a new graphic novel by Super Gran creator and writer Jenny McDade.

Working with Jenny, the creator/writer of the TV series Super Gran, who cut her teeth writing strips for the British girls comic Tammy, and comic book author and editor Pat Mills, the agency is searching for an outstanding character-led artist to illustrate Jenny’s first graphic novel script, Party Girls. The winner will be awarded £1000 and a contract of representation at Pickled Ink, whose current artists include Hanako Clulow, Hattie Newman, Hannah Bagshaw and many others.

In brief, they’re asking for: character design of two lead characters; and a 20 frame sample sequence and a front cover design. The winning artist must be an existing or recent graduate from the last 12 months only, able to draw modern fashion, facial expression, great storytelling, and be generally ‘2011’.

The deadline for entries is Monday 8th November 2010, more info at www.pickledink.com where you can download a PDF of the full rules and conditions

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Wavelength – 2008 September 26th MM

Recordings by Sandra Cross over one year (2006) as part of her ongoing project “What did you eat today?” The recordings were made on the train between Leicester and London, featuring announcements about the MM’s Bar (Midland Mainline refreshments bar).

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Pan Fried Planet – Ecocide and the Law

In a micro edition of the ongoing environmental series Deep Fried Planet, Patricia Thomas, Polly Higgins and James Thornton discuss the need to recgonise Ecocide as a crime against humanity, environmental law and how to persevere in the midst of compassion fatigue.

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Reality Check: Charlie Higson, Enemy of The Dead

Reality Check: Charlie Higson, Enemy of The Dead

To coincide with the release of his new zombie novel for young adults, The Dead, Alex Fitch talks to comedian turned novelist, Charlie Higson about his survival horror novels set in London, whose locations take in such notable locations as Buckingham Palace, The Tower of London, the Imperial War Museum and Waitrose! Alex and Charlie discuss what led him to write the first book in the series, The Enemy and how that led to a prequel, his disappointment at the cancellation of Randall and Hopkirk (deceased) on TV, the difference in writing novels such as King of the Ants for adults and writing about zombies for younger readers plus his fascination in giving nightmares to children…

Originally broadcast 17th September 2010 as part of a ‘Clear Spot’ on Resonance 104.4 FM

Extracts of the covers from The Enemy and The Dead by Charlie Higson

Extracts of the covers from The Enemy and The Dead by Charlie Higson

For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com

Links: Wikipedia page on Charlie Higson
Charlie Higson’s website / The Enemy website
Listen to Alex’s interview with director Stuart Gordon, who adapted Charlie’s novel King of the Ants for the screen

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Orbital BECKY CLOONAN EXHIBITION EXTENDED TO SEP. 30th

Due to the big success of Becky Cloonan‘s show at the Orbital Gallery, we have extended the exhibition dates until the end of this month.
The show features original artwork from Demo, Pixu, the upcoming series Wolves and East Coast Rising, as well as limited screenprints, postcard sets and a hand-painted guitar.
The Orbital Gallery is open on our usual shop hours, from 10:30 to 19:00 Monday to Saturday and 11:30 to 17:00 on Sundays.

Orbital comics, 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA
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Voice On Record: Episode 19 (Ireland – part 3)

This episode is the third to focus on Ireland. This week, miscellaneous recordings of that notorious Irish exile James Joyce. Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on  January 19th 2010

http://sbkw.net/voiceonrecord.php

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