Panel Borders: Gay Super (Duper) Heroes Concluding our month long look at ‘Masculinity in American comics’, Alex Fitch talks to Brian Andersen about his self published indie comics So Super Duper, Sex and the Superhero and Unabashedly Billie… Alex and Brian chat about representations of gay characters in superhero comics, making the transition between web [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Panel Borders: Gay Super (Duper) Heroes
Published by January 28th, 2010 in Panel Borders. 0 CommentsReality Check: Fall Out – The Prisoner in other media
Published by January 28th, 2010 in Clear Spot and Reality Check. 0 CommentsReality Check: Fall Out – The Prisoner in other media Celebrating 42 years of the cult TV show The Prisoner – Alex Fitch talks to a couple of writers who have continued the adventures of Patrick McGoohan’s iconic character No.6 in other media. 1980s Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel has written a new Prisoner [...]
Panel Borders: Ian Rakoff and comics at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Published by January 28th, 2010 in Panel Borders. 1 CommentPanel Borders: Ian Rakoff and comics at the Victoria and Albert Museum Continuing our month long look at ‘Masculinity in American comics’, Alex Fitch talks to Ian Rakoff, a volunteer lecturer in sequential art at the Victoria and Albert Museum, who is primarily responsible for the museum’s acquisition of nearly 20,000 comics in their library. [...]
Panel Borders: Ian Rakoff and comics at the Victoria and Albert Museum [ 0:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadEvery so often I receive letters from readers asking for background information on particular features of Hooting Yard. My usual practice is to ignore such enquiries and stuff them into a cardboard box, and to shove the cardboard box into a dark cranny. But sometimes I feel impelled to shine a torch into the cranny, [...]
The deXter Bentley Hello GoodBye Christmas Special
Published by January 19th, 2010 in Hello GoodBye and Uncategorized. 0 CommentsThe deXter Bentley Hello GoodBye Show has been kick starting live programming each weekend on 104.4 FM since the wavelength first became home to Resonance FM back in the Spring of 2002. This 90 minute magazine style show runs from noon until 1.30pm every Saturday lunchtime. The programme is mostly cram packed with bountiful live [...]
Episode 13: Yorkshire, with apologies. A complete survival guide to Yorkshire. Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides to better bowling. Arid studio recordings are juxtaposed with location recordings [...]
Electric Sheep podcast: Susannah York and War on screen
Published by January 15th, 2010 in Clear Spot and Electric Sheep Magazine podcast. 0 CommentsElectric Sheep podcast: Susannah York and War on screen Alex Fitch interviews Oscar nominated actress Susannah York about her career, focusing on her performances in war related productions and her interest in peace activism. Alex and Susannah talk about the latter’s narration for the 1987 Channel Four TV series The Struggles for Poland, writing the [...]
Electric Sheep podcast: Susannah York and War on screen [ 29:05 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (6)Panel Borders: The art of Howard Chaykin
Published by January 15th, 2010 in Panel Borders. 0 CommentsPanel Borders: The art of Howard Chaykin Originally broadcast 14/01/10 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM Continuing our month looking at depictions of masculinity in American comics, Alex Fitch talks to veteran artist Howard Chaykin about his career from collaborating with masters of Science Fiction literature in the 1970s – such as [...]
Episode 12: Musique Concrete and Electronic Music A history of the use of the human voice in tape and other electronic composition. Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings of the human voice which have been preserved on vinyl. Historic events stand alongside esoteric guides [...]
Art Monthly Talk Show January 2010
Published by January 12th, 2010 in Art Monthly Monthly, Shows and Uncategorized. 1 CommentIn this month’s Art Monthly show host Matt Hale talks to Peter Suchin about his review of Terry Smith The Foundling at The Foundling Museum, Colin Perry’s review of Chen Chieh-jen at InIVA and Dave Beech scrutinises the face of Conservative cultural policy in the form of Roger Scruton’s new book on Beauty. www.artmonthly.co.uk Art [...]