Alex Fitch interviews writer, producer and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman about the big screen version of his illustrated novel Stardust as well as other adaptations of his work such as Anansi Boys and Neverwhere.
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Panel Borders: The work of Leah Moore and John Reppion part 3
The final part of Alex & Duncan’s interview with Leah Moore and John Reppion in which they talk about writing Witchblade: Shades of Grey, Leah’s Christmas Stamps story and the kind of comics they’d like to do in the future.
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Panel Borders: The work of Leah Moore and John Reppion part 2
The second part of Alex & Duncan’s interview with Leah Moore and John Reppion in which they talk about writing Wildgirl, moving to Dynamite Entertainment and John Reppion’s Zombie Army. Unfortunately this interview was recorded using Skype on a noisy computer and is not the best quality, so we recommend you listen to it using speakers rather than headphones…
Panel Borders: The work of Leah Moore and John Reppion part 1
The first part of Alex & Duncan’s interview with Leah Moore and John Reppion in which they talk about writing variously for the Fortean Times and Albion and the thorny issue of obtaining back issues of their work. Unfortunately this interview was recorded using Skype on a noisy computer and is not the best quality, so we recommend you listen to it using speakers rather than headphones…
Panel Borders: The art of Andrzej Klimowski part 2 (Putting silent movies on the page)
Alex Fitch concludes his interview with artist, novelist and lecturer at The Royal College of Art, Andrzej Klimowski about his graphic novels ‘The Depository’, ‘The Secret’ and ‘Horace Dorlan’ plus his work on the ‘Introducing…’ / ‘…for beginners’ books. Alex and Andrzej talk about the latter’s artistic influences focussing in particular on his interest in silent movies.
Originally broadcast on Resonance FM on Thursday 4th October as part of Strip! (mp3 format, 15.1mb). Panel Borders is Alex’s contribution to Strip! and will vary from week to week as a multiple of 15 mins within the hour…
To listen to the first half of the interview, please click here.
Panel Borders: The art of W. Heath Robinson and the work of The Cartoon Museum
Alex Fitch interviews Anita O’Brien, curator at The Cartoon Museum in London about their current exhibition on W. Heath Robinson and the ongoing work of the gallery…
Originally broadcast as a clear spot at 4.30pm, 24/09/07 on Resonance FM
(mp3 format, 13.9mb)
Please note: The exhibition – Heath Robinson’s Helpful Solutions – ends on October 7th and the museum is closed on Mondays.
Panel Borders: The art of Andrzej Klimowski part 1 (Putting the novel into graphics)
Alex Fitch interviews artist, novelist and lecturer at The Royal College of Art, Andrzej Klimowski about his graphic novels ‘The Depository’, ‘The Secret’ and ‘Horace Dorlan’ plus his work on the ‘Introducing…’ / ‘…for beginners’ books. Alex and Andrzej talk about the latter’s literary and artistic influences as well as the evolution of his artistic style.
Panel Borders: Putting the graphics into novels
Alex Fitch talks to David Brawn from Harper Collins about their range of graphic novels which include comic book adaptations of the works of J.R.R.Tolkein, Agatha Christie & C.S.Lewis as well as original fantasy and horror titles such as Abadazad and The Nightmare Factory.
Panel Borders: Hine and Irving’s Silent War(s) part 2
Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott conclude their interview with artist Frazer Irving and writer / artist David Hine, looking at politics in comics, writing Spawn, artistic influences on pencillers and inkers, plus their recent collaboration on Marvel’s Silent War.
Panel Borders: Hine and Irving’s Silent War(s) part 1
Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott interview artist Frazer Irving and writer / artist David Hine about their work in comics from early strips in 2000AD to their recent collaboration on Marvel’s Silent War.