Panel Borders: Brighton – The Graphic Novelists

Continuing a month of shows looking at comic book creators who collaborate together, Alex Fitch talks to thirteen creators who contributed to Brighton: The Graphic Novel, a new anthology which tells vignettes from Brighton’s history over the last 300 years, published by QueenSpark Books; these include writers and illustrators Jim Holland, Maria Parra, Ottilie Hainsworth, Nye Wright, Rosanna Lowe, Jules Craig, Jonathan Stearn, Chris Hagan, Rob Simpson, Jaime Huxtable and Ian Buchanan, plus art mentor / letterer Paul Collicutt, and editor / writing coach Tim Pilcher.

Recorded in front of a live audience at Cartoon County, Brighton, Autumn 2013. Originally broadcast 11th November 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

Brighton – the graphic novel, cover by Bryan Talbot, interior art by Ottilie Hainsworth, Nye Wright and Jaime Huxtable

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Links: More info about Brighton: The Graphic Novel can be found at www.queensparkbooks.org.uk
More info about Cartoon County can be found at www.cartooncounty.com

Listen to Alex’s previous interviews with Paul Collicutt, Tim Pilcher and Nye Wright Continue reading →

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Panel Borders: Bad Planets and Misguided Islands

Starting a month of shows about comic book creators who collaborate together, Alex Fitch talks to two pairs of creators who come from outside the world of comics. In an interview recorded at the MCM Expo, London October 2013, actor turned writer Thomas Jane and illustrator Tim Bradstreet talk about their work on comics and graphic novels such as Bad Planet and The Lycan. Also, in an interview recorded at Daunt Books, Marylebone, children’s writers and illustrators Sarah McIntyre and Philip Reeve discuss swapping roles on various projects including The Phoenix comic and their latest book Oliver and the Seawigs, which is about moving, sentient islands and their headwear!
Originally broadcast Monday 4th November 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

Covers of Oliver and the Seawigs, Bad Planet volume one and The Lycan

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Links: More info about Bad Planet can be found at www.rawstudios.com
More info about Oliver and the Seawigs can be found at www.jabberworks.co.uk Continue reading →

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Panel Borders: Great British Horror Comics

This episode concludes a month of shows looking at horror comics, and includes interviews with a quartet of British creators who work in that genre. Alex Fitch talks to David Hine, author of Strange Embrace and writer of a variety of horror comics for American publishers, I.N.J. Culbard, the illustrator of Self Made Hero’s H.P.Lovecraft adaptations and Hannah Berry, whose second graphic novel Adamtine is a claustrophobic tale of terror set on a train, in a panel recorded at the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

Also, Gareth Brookes discusses his extraordinary graphic novel The Black Project, illustrated via linocut and embroidery, which tells the story of an unusual young man who makes his girlfriends out of found materials, and mixes The Silence of the Lambs with arts and crafts magazines.

Originally broadcast 28th October 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

David Hine, I.N.J. Culbard, Alex Fitch and Hannah Berry at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival / Alex Fitch interviews Gareth Brookes

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Links: More info about Gareth Brookes’ work can be found at www.appallingnonsense.co.uk and about The Black Project at www.myriadeditions.com
Hannah Berry’s website: hannahberry.co.uk
David Hine’s website: www.waitingfortrade.com
I.N.J. Culbard’s website: strangeplanetstories.blogspot.co.uk / profile at www.selfmadehero.com Continue reading →

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Panel Borders: Spirit animals – Hannah Eaton and Dan White

Continuing a month of shows on horror and fantasy comics, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of writer / artists about their work in these genres which mix tales of adolescent girls with English legends, spirit animals and weird occurrences. Hannah Eaton discusses her folkloric graphic novel Naming Monsters, recently published by Myriad Editions and a result of her entering the 2012 First Fictions Competition. Dan White talks about his self published comics Terminus and Cindy and Biscuit, the latter combining the adventures of a Little Orphan Annie type character and her dog with Lovecraftian horrors. Both interviews were recorded live at Cartoon County, Brighton, Summer 2013, with additional questions by David Lloyd, Corinne Pearlman, Glenn Fabry, Dave Stone and others.

Originally broadcast 21st October 2013 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)

Cindy and Biscuit by Dan White / Naming Monsters by Hannah Eaton

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

Links: More info about Hannah’s work at www.hannaheaton.com / www.myriadeditions.com
Alex’s previous interview with Hannah at Crawley Wordfest
Dan White’s website: milkthecat.wordpress.com featuring Cindy and Biscuit
Podcast / reviews site: mindlessones.com featuring Terminus
Cartoon County website
Listen to episode 68 of The Mindless Ones podcast, recorded immediately after the Dan White interview Continue reading →

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