Panel Borders: The DFC part 2 (John and Patrice Aggs / Jim Medway)
Originally broadcast 29/05/08 as the second half of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Alex Fitch presents the second half of a special report on the new kids’comic The DFC published by Harper Collins / David Fickling Books, and recorded live at the launch party [...]

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Panel Borders: The DFC part 1 (Pullman / Abadzis / Fickling)
Originally broadcast 29/05/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Alex Fitch presents the first half of a special report on the new kids’ comic The DFC published by Harper Collins / David Fickling Books, including David Fickling, Nick Abadzis and Philip Pullman’s speeches about [...]

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Reality Check: Julian Doyle’s Chemical Wedding.
Originally podcast at www.sci-fi-london.com
In the last of our podcasts recorded at this year’s Sci-Fi London Film Festival, guest presenter Chris Patmore talks to Julian Doyle, the director of the new sci-fi / black comedy horror film Chemical Wedding. Julian and Chris talk about the challenges of adapting the script, Julian’s [...]

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Strip: Remembering Jack Kirby (the next generation)
Originally broadcast at 5pm, 15/05/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM
James DC hosts a special round-table discussion on comic-book god Jack Kirby - the legendary and prodigiously talented genius behind 60 years worth of classic comic strips; his most famous period being the Marvel Comics revolution in the 1960’s with such [...]

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Reality Check: Zombies at Sci-Fi London.
Originally podcast at www.sci-fi-london.com
In the third of our podcasts recorded live at this year’s Sci-Fi London Film Festival, we’re looking at the new American Indie zombie comedy Wasting Away. Louis Savy introduces a screening of the film and then Alex Fitch conducts a Q & A with director / producer [...]

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Dobson wrote extensively during the period when he was hunkered down in a janitorium. The key pamphlets from this time were collected in a compendium and published as a thick paperback with a garish cover design suitable for sale at airport bookstalls. It is thought to be the only instance where Dobson’s name was embossed [...]

 

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Panel Borders: Autobiographical comics
Originally broadcast 22/05/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Alex Fitch talks to a couple of small press comic book creators who work in autobiographical comics - Oli Smith and Sean Azzopardi - about their continuing success selling comics in Camden Market and beyond; about their recent diary work (Weekend Friends [...]

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Camila Batmanghelidjh (daughter of the famous Dr Batman: cure by water) is a psychotherapist and founder/director of Kids’ Company.
Born in Tehran to prosperous Iranian and Belgian parents, Batmanghelidjh went to public school and is severely dyslexic. She did her studies using a tape recorder instead of pen and paper, received a first class Honours [...]

 

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Reality Check: Humour at Sci-Fi London.
Originally podcast at www.sci-fi-london.com
In the second of our podcasts recorded live at this year’s Sci-Fi London Film Festival, we’re looking at the more humourous aspects of the festival - a new French kids film Dragon Hunters and a visit by a couple of comedians. Louis Savy introduces a screening of [...]

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Electric Sheep podcast: Modern silent movies
A new series of Electric Sheep Magazine podcasts begins with a chat between Alex Fitch and Virginie Selavy about the phenomenon of modern silent movies (or rather films without dialogue), inspired by the release of the new Argentine fantasy movie ‘La Antena’. Other films discussed include early surrealist films, the [...]

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