Laydeez do podcasts – Judith Vanistendael: Dance by the light of the moon

Laydeez do podcasts – Judith Vanistendael: Dance by the light of the moon A Q and A recorded at Bar Music Hall in East London as part of Comica Festival, 2010, Paul Gravett talks to Flemish cartoonist Judith Vanistendael about her semi-autobiographical graphic novel Dance by the light of the moon, published in the UK […]

Panel Borders: Neil Gaiman – Worlds of Wonder

Panel Borders: Neil Gaiman – Worlds of Wonder Continuing our month of shows about genre, it’s a science fiction double feature as Alex Fitch chats to author Neil Gaiman about examples of SF in his work such as Doctor Who, American Gods, Babylon 5 and Sandman: Endless Nights. Plus, in an extract from a talk […]

Panel Borders: David B’s Black Paths

Panel Borders: David B’s Black Paths Concluding our month of shows on war comics and our four years of broadcasts on Thursday evenings, Alex Fitch talks to French graphic novelist David B about his new book Black Paths, which depicts a little known footnote to the First World War, as the defeated Austro-Hungarian Empire loses […]

Panel Borders: War (comic), what is it good for?

Panel Borders: War (comic), what is it good for? In an episode of Panel Borders previously broadcast as a live ‘Clear Spot’, Alex Fitch talks to Paul Gravett, Ariel Kahn, Eileen Cassavetti, Francesca Cassavetti, and David Blandy about about the importance of war comics in culture and bringing the experience of war and conflict to […]

Panel Borders: Kieron Gillen – Gameplay and fantasy comics

Panel Borders: Kieron Gillen – Gameplay and fantasy comics Concluding our month of shows looking at the crossover between comics and games, Alex Fitch talks to writer Kieron Gillen about how his history as a video and computer game journalist influenced his comic writing career. Alex and Kieron talk about the latter’s experience writing for […]

Panel Borders: Comic Therapy

Panel Borders: Comic Therapy In a panel discussion recorded at the 2010 Comics and Medicine conference, Institute of English Studies, University of London, Paul Gravett talks to Brian Fies, Phillipa Perry and Darryl Cunningham about their work in portraying aspects of medical care and therapy in sequential art. Paul and the panel discuss issues of […]

Panel Borders: The art of Karrie Fransman

Panel Borders: The art of Karrie Fransman Continuing our month of shows looking at newspaper comics, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Karrie Fransman about her work which has been serialised in The Guardian and The Times. Karrie started her comics career making self published autobiographical titles and these transferred to the G2 in 2008 as […]

Panel Borders: The art of Glen Baxter

Panel Borders: The art of Glen Baxter Starting a months of shows about Newspaper Comics, Alex Fitch talks to artist and writer Glen Baxter about his work from entering the world of self publishing in the 1970s to building an international audience via gallery shows in the 1980s and his first graphic novel – The […]

Laydeez do podcasts: Trina Robbins Q and A

Laydeez do podcasts: Trina Robbins Q and A Complimenting our inaugural podcast, we have an additional companion recording of the Q and A that veteran Underground Comix creator and historian Trina Robbins gave at Laydeez do Comics in September 2010 with questions by Woodrow Phoenix and Paul Gravett among others. Introduced by Sarah Lightman, recorded […]

Panel Borders: Women of Caption

Panel Borders: Women of Caption Concluding Women in Comics month on Panel Borders, Alex Fitch presents three interviews conducted at the small press comics convention Caption held in Oxford last Summer. Selina Lock and Jeremy Day discuss the history of the convention, how it has changed over the years and the various events they’ve been […]