Panel Borders (episode 150!): Lost gloves, types of women and a (comic) Book of lists

Panel Borders (episode 150!): Lost gloves, types of women and a (comic) Book of lists

Extract from The Book of Lists by Paul Rainey and an illustrated poem by Ceri May, Elsbeth van der Poel and others at the Alternative Press Fair

Extract from The Book of Lists by Paul Rainey and an illustrated poem by Ceri May, Elsbeth van der Poel and others at the Alternative Press Fair

In a pair of interviews recorded at “Collaborama!” during August’s Alternative Press week in London, ‘zine creator Dickon Harris talks to a couple of small press creators about their work: writer / artist Paul Rainey, whose comic book paperback The Book of Lists sees the cartoonist collating events from his life into thematic order and poet Ceri May who self publishes her writing at alt. press events. The podcast includes Ceri’s reading of the poems: “All the lost gloves of London”, “There are two types of women” and “When I grow up”… (Edited by Alex Fitch)

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org

Links: Paul Rainey – Official website…
where you can view 5 pages of The Book of Lists online
Review of various Rainey comics on the Propaganda review site

Ceri May – myspace page and blog
Ceri’s video about the small press
Info about the Y Tuesday monthly poetry club on myspace

Recommended events:

Orbital Comics Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of various artists’ contributions to the Solipsistic Pop comics anthology from 14-19 November 2009.

Gilbert Shelton, signing the brand new Fat Freddy’s Cat Omnibus at:
Gosh! Comics, Great Russell Street, London – Saturday 14th November, 3-5 pm
A rare chance to meet the legendary American underground creator as Knockabout comics publish an omnibus edition of one of his most famous creations…

Cameron Stewart / Karl Kerschl / Ramón Pérez at Orbital Comics
Cameron Stewart (Seaguy, Batman & Robin), Karl Kerschl (Wednesday Comics: Flash, Teen Titans: Year One) and Ramón Pérez (Resistance, NYX: No Way Home)
will be signing their wares on Thursday 19th November 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00.
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Panel Borders: Doctor Who and The Spiral Cage

Panel Borders: Doctor Who and The Spiral Cage

Excerpt from Doctor Who - The Silent Scream by Al Davison

Excerpt from Doctor Who - The Silent Scream by Al Davison


Continuing our month look long at ‘British Mavericks’ – interviews with artists whose work brings aspects of the avant-garde to mainstream comics – Alex Fitch talks to artist Al Davison about his career so far, from early graphic novels based on autobiography such as The Spiral Cage and The Minotaur’s Tale which depict Al’s struggle with his identity as an artist with spina bifida to his most recent book Hokusai: Demons which explores Japanese erotic art and bestiaries based on the artist’s dreams; and also writer Tony Lee joins Alex and Al to discuss the latter’s collaboration with the artist on the American Doctor Who comic which depicts David Tennant’s alter-ego having adventures in 1920s Hollywood. Today’s interviews were recorded last month at the British International Comics Show in Birmingham.

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org

Links: Al Davison – Official website www.astralgypsy.com
Al’s page at www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk
Interview with Al in The Coventry Telegraph

Tony Lee – Official website www.tonylee.co.uk
Interview with Tony about Doctor Who at www.comicbookresources.com
Read the first 6 pages of Doctor Who: Silver Scream online

Recommended events:

Orbital Comics Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of various artists’ contributions to the Solipsistic Pop comics anthology from 14-19 November 2009.

Gilbert Shelton, signing the brand new Fat Freddy’s Cat Omnibus at:
Gosh! Comics, Great Russell Street, London – Saturday 14th November
A rare chance to meet the legendary American underground creator as Knockabout comics publish an omnibus edition of one of his most famous creations…

Cameron Stewart / Karl Kerschl / Ramón Pérez at Orbital Comics
Cameron Stewart (Seaguy, Batman & Robin), Karl Kerschl (Wednesday Comics: Flash, Teen Titans: Year One) and Ramón Pérez (Resistance, NYX: No Way Home)
will be signing their wares on Thursday 19th November 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00.
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Voice On Record

Episode 6: Space.

In the year of the fortieth anniversary of mankind’s first lunar landing, this episode of Voice On Record presents many of the original transmissions from the expeditions leading up to this remarkable achievement. The programme features audio from John Glenn’s visions of mysterious particles surrounding his Mercury capsule to the “One Giant Leap” soundbites that are familiar to all of us. The programme also includes excerpts from Space 1999 and Battlestar Gallactica.

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 rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on October 6th 2009.

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Voice On Record

Episode 5: India

In this week’s episode Ghandi, Nehru, Krishnamurti and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi provide different perspectives on the colossal subject of India, and field recordings help conjure some atmosphere. Aldous Huxley presents his fascinating insights into the Nataraj Shiva symbol and how it relates to western symbology. Familiar voices from Test Match Special contribute to this programme with words on the sport that millions of Indians are fanatical about…

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 rich with fascinating incidental sounds.

Originally broadcast on September 29th 2009.

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Ventures In Topography

Episode 1 introduces the English topographical tradition and examines the impact it has had on contemporary approaches to psychogeography.

John and Nick 50

Ventures and Adventures in Topography is presented by John Rogers and Nick Papadimitriou.

In the first episode of this new series Nick and John look at the rich tradition of early 20th century topographical walking guides to London and the South East. Each episode is a wayward topographical ramble through the pages of a different book.

Originally broadcast on Wednesday November 4th 2009.

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Wavelength – 2008 March 28th Hell Hounds

Captain Maurice Seddon Part 2: Hell Hounds. The continuing saga of Maurice and the local council who are threatening to remove his dogs. Maurice has lost 3 consecutive court cases and is now considering taking the case to Strasbourg.

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Panel Borders: The art of Brendan McCarthy

Panel Borders: The art of Brendan McCarthy

Edited broadcast 05/11/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM

Excerpts from pages 45 and 51 of the 1988 2000AD annual by Brendan McCarthy

Excerpts from pages 45 and 51 of the 1988 2000AD annual by Brendan McCarthy

Starting ‘British Mavericks’ month on the show – a series of conversations with illustrators whose work is surprisingly avant-garde for mainstream comics – we have an interview with pop art surrealist Brendan McCarthy. Appropriately for Guy Fawkes’ Night, Brendan’s work is the comic strip equivalent of fireworks, mixing lurid colours with hallucinogenic rendering that he has managed to smuggle into British periodicals such as 2000AD and Crisis and more recently has led to work in the field of film and animation design, working on TV series such as Reboot and the new film Mad Max 4: Fury Road. Today’s interview was conducted by author and librarian Pedro Galvao in front of an audience of Graphic Novel fans at Minet libraryin Camberwell as part of the Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival during the summer. (The episode was recorded and edited by Alex Fitch)

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org

Links: Brendan McCarthy ‘fansite’
Buy Brendan’s art from Koch Comic Art
Info about The Lambeth Readers and Writers Festival 2009
Info about Minet library
Info about Mad Max 4: Fury Road on wikipedia

Related events: BLACK POWERS exhibtion at Swiss Cottage Library Gallery

As part of Black History Month, Swiss Cottage Library Gallery presents an exhibition of comics by black creators and of African-American characters in comics. The collection coheres around black representations through the imagery and language of the comic book medium: representation as markers of both historical and contemporary struggles. The theme is developed through archival works from the 1930’s to the present-day and culminates with a display of the singular comic art of Patrice and John Aggs, Paul Peart-Smith, Woodrow Phoenix and Lance Tooks.

09 October – 06 November 2009
Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, 88 Avenue Rd, London, United Kingdom

and while we’re on the subject: VOTE FOR PHOENIX!

Woodrow Phoenix’ acclaimed graphic novel Rumble Strip is up for an award – The People’s Book Prize – so please go to www.peoplesbookprize.com and cast your vote!

COMICA FESTIVAL – various events at the ICA, The Mall, London and environs:

Week one:
(all events are at the ICA unless otherwise noted)

Heavy Pencil: David Lloyd
David Lloyd leads this month’s Heavy Pencil session for a V For Vendetta themed evening. November 5, 2009 – 8pm to midnight

Little Pencil: Sarah McIntyre
Sarah McIntyre (Vern & Lettuce, Morris The Mankiest Monster) joins the drawing to music workshop for children. November 6, 2009 – 4.30pm to 6pm

The Birth Of American Comics Fandom In Britain
Brian Bolland and Dave Gibbons bring to life the startling story of how fandom exploded in the Sixties. November 7, 2009 – from 2.30pm

Bryan Talbot: Grandville & The Anthropomorphic Tradition
Bryan Talbot gives his only London presentation of his illuminating illustrated lecture. November 7, 2009 – 4.30pm to 6pm

Eddie Campbell: The Years Have Pants
Eddie Campbell discusses his latest book, Alec: The Years Have Pants. November 7, 2009 – 7pm to 9pm
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Reality Check: Time travelling Hobbits and other Cryptic paradoxes

Reality Check: Time travelling Hobbits and other Cryptic paradoxes

Alex Fitch, director Chris Bouchard plus some of The Hunt for Gollum cast and crew

Alex Fitch, director Chris Bouchard plus some of The Hunt for Gollum cast and crew

In a pair of Q and As recorded in front of a live cinema audience at this year’s Sci-Fi London Film Festival, Alex Fitch talks to the directors of two new low budget films: The Hunt for Gollum and Cryptic. Joining Alex and director Chris Bouchard on stage, members of the cast and crew of The Hunt for Gollum talk about making an extended short film that stands up to the quality of the official Lord of the Rings movies, in an adaptation of material by J.R.R. Tolkein that was a labour of love for all involved, even when recreating Middle Earth in Epping Forest on limited resources. Alex also talks to producer / co-director Danny Kuchuck about his film Cryptic which mixes teen therapy with tropes of murder mysteries, revenge thrillers and time paradoxes to create an intriguing Sci-Fi drama .

For more info, please visit the home of this podcast at Sci-Fi London

Links: IMDb pages on The Hunt for Gollum and Cryptic
Official websites for The Hunt for Gollum and Cryptic

In association with: Sci-Fi London logo

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Hooting Yard: Dobson’s Card Index

The astonishing thing about the “little placards” displayed by Father Sogol, the Professor of Mountaineering in Daumal’s novel, is how similar they are to the immense card index maintained by Dobson, upon which he relied when writing his out of print pamphlets. Dobson would have approved, too, the Professor’s method of displaying the cards – at least, sometimes. One of the pamphleteer’s more irritating characteristics was his inability to settle on the keeping of his cards. At times, like Sogol, he pinned them up on every available surface. Then a frenzy would take him and he would tear them all down and shove them into one of his innumerable cardboard boxes. Marigold Chew reports that Dobson spent hours upon hours arranging the cards when they were in their boxes, ordering and reordering them according to various abstruse cataloguing systems. No sooner was he done than he would once again tip them out of their boxes and pin them up on walls and screens and pinboards and what have you. And of course, all the time he was adding new cards to the collection.

This episode was recorded on the 16th April 2009. A complete transcript of this episode can be found on Frank Key’s Hooting Yard website. Accompanying Hooting Yard On The Air, the three publications Gravitas, Punctilio, Rectitude & Pippy Bags, Unspeakable Desolation Pouring Down From The Stars and Befuddled By Cormorants are available for purchase.

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Panel Borders: Inside the Fleece Station

Panel Borders: Inside the Fleece Station

Edited broadcast 29/10/09 as part of an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM

Signs to The Fleece Station designed by Sarah McIntyre, Gary Northfield and Viviane Schwartz

Signs to The Fleece Station designed by Sarah McIntyre, Gary Northfield and Viviane Schwartz

Concluding ‘anthologies and collectives month’ on the show, in an interview recorded on location at the Old Police Station The Fleece Station in Deptford, Alex Fitch talks to artists Sarah McIntyre and Viviane Schwartz about their work including books such as Morris the Mankiest Monster and There are Cats in this book plus the benefits of sharing a studio that has a web and public presence.

For more info about this podcast and a variety of formats you can stream or download, please visit the home of this episode at www.archive.org

Links: The Fleece Station blog
Sarah’s website and blog
Viviane’s website
The DFC website / “Save the DFC” blog
Super Comics Adventure Squad blog

Related events: BLACK POWERS exhibition at Swiss Cottage Library Gallery

As part of Black History Month, Swiss Cottage Library Gallery presents an exhibition of comics by black creators and of African-American characters in comics. The collection coheres around black representations through the imagery and language of the comic book medium: representation as markers of both historical and contemporary struggles. The theme is developed through archival works from the 1930’s to the present-day and culminates with a display of the singular comic art of Patrice and John Aggs, Paul Peart-Smith, Woodrow Phoenix and Lance Tooks.

09 October – 06 November 2009
Swiss Cottage Library Gallery, 88 Avenue Rd, London, United Kingdom
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