Panel Borders: The art of Jill Thompson Concluding children’s comics month on Panel Borders, the belated podcast of Alex Fitch’s interview with Jill Thompson sees Alex and Jill talk about her career so far from drawing popular DC comics such as Wonder Woman and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman to creating her own children’s books Scary Godmother [...]
Archive for August, 2009
A Resonance FM ClearSpot show presented by Neil Denny of Little Atoms and Fari Bradley of Six Pillars to Persia. The recent Iranian elections were mired in controversy and accusations of corruption. Early in August around 100 so called “opposition leaders” appeared in a Tehran courtroom, in what has been described as a Stalinist show [...]
Panel Borders: Octopi, dogs and bears, oh my!
Published by August 22nd, 2009 in Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: Octopi, dogs and bears, oh my! Originally broadcast 13/08/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM Continuing children’s comics month on Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to artists Henri Goldsmann and Richy K. Chandler about their work. Henri is the author of a new picture book – Harold (a dog’s best [...]
Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 1 – Woodrow Phoenix and Garen Ewing
Published by August 21st, 2009 in Clear Spot and Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: The Atom Style part 1 – Woodrow Phoenix and Garen Ewing Originally broadcast 06/08/09 as part of the 8pm Clear Spot on Resonance 104.4 FM The first of two special episodes of Panel Borders looking at the history and practice of ‘The Atom Style’, which is currently the focus of an exhibtion at [...]
Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 1 - Woodrow Phoenix and Garen Ewing [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (5)Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 2 – Paul Gravett, curating at The Atomium
Published by August 21st, 2009 in Clear Spot and Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: The Atom Style part 2 – Paul Gravett, curating at The Atomium The second of two special episodes of Panel Borders looking at the history and practice of ‘The Atom Style’, which is currently the focus of an exhibtion at The Atomium in Brussels. Alex Fitch talks to comics historian and curator of [...]
Panel Borders: The Atom Style part 2 - Paul Gravett, curating at The Atomium [ 30:42 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6)Reality Check: Supermarionation special
Published by August 21st, 2009 in I'm Ready for my Closeup and Reality Check. 0 CommentsReality Check: Supermarionation special Gerry Anderson interview originally broadcast 16/07/09 / Francis Matthews interview originally broadcast 13/08/09 as episodes of I’m ready for my close-up on Resonance 104.4 FM Francis Matthews, Captain Scarlet and Gerry Anderson In a special episode looking at two of the people most closely associated with classic Supermarionation TV shows, Alex [...]
Marvin Suicide : 194 – I like the neon. It’s calming.
Published by August 18th, 2009 in Marvin Suicide. 0 CommentsBetter late than never, as that there saying goes. This episode celebrates another Catgut album. Hooray for Catgut. The album is called Loop Nostalgia and can be downloaded from www.littlecatgut.com.
Episode 3 of 10: Frank Key. Frank Key shuffles through a series of tunnels beneath West Dulwich to lament the forgotten histories of The Puckington Tunnels and Pointy Town sewers. Tunnel Vision is a new series recorded entirely in London’s sewer system. Producer/presenter Bruno Rinvolucri duped a collection of writers, musicians, activists and academics into [...]
Ian Bone discusses the history of violent protest in London. Joining Ian in the studio are the author Clive Bloom and Andy Meinke from Freedom Press. This programme exists in parallel to London’s Burning, a series of talks and events concerned with London’s social history, literary London, the occult, deep topography, psychogeography, radicalism and much [...]
Episode 2 of 10: Jane Trowell. Jane Trowell is a member of artist and environmentalist collective Platform. She discusses “green” sanitation systems. Tunnel Vision is recorded entirely in London’s sewer system. Producer/presenter Bruno Rinvolucri duped a collection of writers, musicians, activists and academics into wading knee deep through swollen rivers of effluvia along the miles [...]