Panel Borders: Anorexia and Geriatrics Continuing a month of shows about the depiction of medicine and illness in comics, Alex Fitch talks to two female cartoonists whose work movingly covers this subject. Artist Katie Green discusses her forthcoming graphic novel Lighter than my shadow, which chronicles her adolescent struggle with anorexia, and her ‘zine The [...]
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Panel Borders: Parasites, stem cells and microbes!
Published by June 10th, 2013 in Panel Borders and Reality Check. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: Parasites, stem cells and microbes! Continuing our series of shows looking at depictions of illness and medicine in sequential art, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Edward Ross and Sci-Fi novelist Ken MacLeod about their comic Hope Beyond Hype, an educational title about “stem cell therapies from lab bench to hospital bedside”, funded by [...]
Panel Borders: Parasites, stem cells and microbes! [ 35:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (731)Panel Borders: Naming Minotaurs In the first of a series of shows looking at depictions of illness and medicine in comics, Alex Fitch talks to the creators of two recent graphic novels that deal with these themes. In a panel discussion recorded at Crawley WordFest, Alex talks to Nye Wright and Hannah Eaton about their [...]
Panel Borders: Image Duplicators In the last of a series of shows about the relationship between fine art and comics, Alex Fitch talks to three artists about their recreations of fine art in comic book pages and vice versa. Simon Russell discusses his small press comics Roy and That’s not my Merkin!, Dutch artist Typex [...]
Panel Borders: Exhibiting comics (2013) As part of Panel Borders’ month of shows about fine art and comics, we have our yearly look at how art from comic books is displayed in the gallery space. At OCCUPY MY TIME GALLERY, Deptford, Alex Fitch talks to gallery owner / curator Sue Cohen, and artist Sarah Lightman, [...]
Panel Borders: Barbara Nessim – a (comics) artful life
Published by May 13th, 2013 in Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: Barbara Nessim – a (comics) artful life Continuing a month of shows about the connections between fine art and comic books, Alex Fitch talks to acclaimed artist and illustrator Barbara Nessim about her work and the many connections it has with sequential art, as its influence and subject. A selection of Nessim’s work [...]
Panel Borders: Barbara Nessim - a (comics) artful life [ 42:33 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2383)Panel Borders: Fine Art / Comics Starting a month of shows looking at the connections between ‘fine art’ and comic books, Panel Borders is proud to broadcast a pair of presentations by Richard Reynolds FRSA and graphic designer Rian Hughes given at 2013 Spring Comiket, Central Saint Martins School of Art. Reynolds looks at the [...]
Book List: Celebrating Ephemera
Published by May 1st, 2013 in Book list, Clear Spot, Panel Borders and Reality Check. 0 CommentsStarting a new series of the bimonthly show on books, Alex Fitch talks to three authors whose work celebrates ephemera and pop culture detritus. ‘Graphic Novelist’ Graham Rawle discusses his latest novel The Card, which follows the journey of a man who believes he is being employed by the secret service to protect Princess Diana, [...]
Panel Borders: Shallowater, Your Days Are Numbered
Published by April 29th, 2013 in Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: Shallowater, Your Days Are Numbered Concluding a month of shows looking at small press and independent comics, we have a pair of interviews recorded in venues where such titles are stocked. Alex Fitch talks to Jenny-Linn Cole (in the gallery of Orbital Comics), about her graphic novel Shallowater, an epic tale of music, [...]
Panel Borders: Shallowater, Your Days Are Numbered [ 32:41 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2528)Panel Borders: From small press to mainstream
Published by April 23rd, 2013 in Panel Borders and Reality Check. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: From small press to mainstream In a panel discussion recorded at SCI-FI-LONDON, the London International festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film, guest presenter Matt Badham talks to comic creators David Hine, Al Davison, Tom Humberstone and Tony Lee about starting their careers in independent comics, how that influenced their style and choices [...]
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