Episode 6/6. In this, the final survey, Nick Hamilton reflects on decades of walking the streets of London and describes how he reached the point of no return. In an attempt to exorcise his demons he goes walking, talking and drinking with the artist, poet and magician Robin Bale. Together the pair encounter a trio [...]
Archive for June, 2009
It was a big fort, with delightful crenellations, and many flags, and it had the shiniest portcullis outside of Navarre. This was Fort Hoity, sister fort of Fort Toity, and an extremely interesting fort in its own right. For underneath Fort Hoity ran the Puckington Tunnels, those tunnels you may have come across in your [...]
Panel Borders: The art of Rutu Modan part two
Published by June 27th, 2009 in Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: The art of Rutu Modan part two Originally broadcast 25/06/09 in an edited version as part of an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM Concluding cross cultural comics month on the show: In an interview conducted live at the Jewish Community Centre in North London, Roehampton University Illustration lecturer Ariel Kahn interviews [...]
In his later years, Blodgett amassed a collection of inky puck stampings, kept in an album bound in the starch-stiffened fleece of a lamb. The fleece was spotted with unexplained bloodstains which Blodgett made no attempt to remove. He could have used a patent bloodstain eradication spray goo as manufactured by Don Federico’s Royal And [...]
Panel Borders: The art of Rutu Modan part one
Published by June 19th, 2009 in Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: The art of Rutu Modan part one Continuing cross cultural comics month on the show: In an interview conducted live at the Jewish Community Centre in North London, Roehampton University Illustration lecturer Ariel Kahn interviews award-winning graphic novelist Rutu Modan about her work from the acclaimed Exit Wounds to her new collection Jamilti [...]
Reality Check: Phoenix Gamers Alex Fitch talks to Hugh and Matt, members of The Phoenix Games Club, a group who meet at least once every week at the Black Lion pub in Plaistow to play board games, strategy games and RPGs together. The Phoenix Club is one of many up and down the country who [...]
Panel Borders: The art of Shaun Tan
Published by June 19th, 2009 in Panel Borders and Shows. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: The art of Shaun Tan Continuing cross cultural comics month on the show: Alex Fitch talks to Australian artist Shaun Tan about his work, including his award winning graphic novel The Arrival which tells tales of immigrants arriving in fantastical worlds and was loosely based on his Malaysian family’s history and his new [...]
This man is not on holiday. He is a war hero who has had his young daughter taken away from him and put into care. He had been serving in Gulf War I and II and decorated with a silver star and 5 purple hearts. He cut his thumb off with a chainsaw just before [...]
Episode 5/6. In this weeks penultimate episode Nick Hamilton takes to the streets of Hackney again to ask the natives What and Where is Hackney? We go in search of the Spirit of Broadway Market with Xavier Zapata, and we hear Kray Twin associate Tony Lambrianou’s recollections of a murder. In addition to all of [...]
Panel Borders: Manhwa Galleries, Mixed media Graduates and Manga Girls
Published by June 10th, 2009 in Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: Manhwa Galleries, Mixed media Graduates and Manga Girls Broadcast 04/06/09 in an edited version as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM Starting cross cultural comics month on the show: Dickon Harris introduces the 100 years of Manhwa exhibition at the London Korean Cultural Centre and talks to Alex Wilmore and Lauren [...]
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