Panel Borders: The art of Brendan McCarthy
Edited broadcast 05/11/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Excerpts from pages 45 and 51 of the 1988 2000AD annual by Brendan McCarthy
Starting ‘British Mavericks’ month on the show – a series of conversations with illustrators whose work is surprisingly avant-garde for mainstream comics – we have an interview with pop art surrealist Brendan McCarthy. Appropriately for Guy Fawkes’ Night, Brendan’s work is the comic strip equivalent of fireworks, mixing lurid colours with hallucinogenic rendering that he has managed to smuggle into British periodicals such as 2000AD and Crisis and more recently has led to work in the field of film and animation design, working on TV series such as Reboot and the new film Mad Max 4: Fury Road. Today’s interview was conducted by author and librarian Pedro Galvao in front of an audience of Graphic Novel fans at Minet libraryin Camberwell as part of the Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival during the summer. (The episode was recorded and edited by Alex Fitch)
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: Brendan McCarthy ‘fansite’
Buy Brendan’s art from Koch Comic Art
Info about The Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival 2009
Info about Minet library
Info about Mad Max 4: Fury Road on wikipedia
Related events: BLACK POWERS exhibtion at Swiss Cottage Library Gallery
As part of Black History Month, Swiss Cottage Library Gallery presents an exhibition of comics by black creators and of African-American characters in comics. The collection coheres around black representations through the imagery and language of the comic book medium: representation as markers of both historical and contemporary struggles. The theme is developed through archival works from the 1930’s to the present-day and culminates with a display of the singular comic art of Patrice and John Aggs, Paul Peart-Smith, Woodrow Phoenix and Lance Tooks.
09 October – 06 November 2009
Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, 88 Avenue Rd, London, United Kingdom
and while we’re on the subject: VOTE FOR PHOENIX!
Woodrow Phoenix’ acclaimed graphic novel Rumble Strip is up for an award – The People’s Book Prize – so please go to www.peoplesbookprize.com and cast your vote!
COMICA FESTIVAL – various events at the ICA, The Mall, London and environs:
Week one:
(all events are at the ICA unless otherwise noted)
Heavy Pencil: David Lloyd
David Lloyd leads this month’s Heavy Pencil session for a V For Vendetta themed evening. November 5, 2009 – 8pm to midnight
Little Pencil: Sarah McIntyre
Sarah McIntyre (Vern & Lettuce, Morris The Mankiest Monster) joins the drawing to music workshop for children. November 6, 2009 – 4.30pm to 6pm
The Birth Of American Comics Fandom In Britain
Brian Bolland and Dave Gibbons bring to life the startling story of how fandom exploded in the Sixties. November 7, 2009 – from 2.30pm
Bryan Talbot: Grandville & The Anthropomorphic Tradition
Bryan Talbot gives his only London presentation of his illuminating illustrated lecture. November 7, 2009 – 4.30pm to 6pm
Eddie Campbell: The Years Have Pants
Eddie Campbell discusses his latest book, Alec: The Years Have Pants. November 7, 2009 – 7pm to 9pm
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