It’s Thursday and time for Alex Fitch to update us with the upcoming slate of podcast and radio shows he has coming up for our aural delight over the next few days and oh my, what a brilliant mix of guests we can look forward to! Hunt Emerson, Chris Staros, Terrence Dicks and coming soon A Tale of Two Daves. There goes my free time! Over to Alex for the details (and, as usual, you can also check out details and links to these and previous shows via the Panel Borders blog, which you can also use should you miss any of these first time round, so don’t worry if you miss a broadcast, the magical web preserves it for you for later):
Strip!: Widening genres, this evening from 5pm on Resonance FM
In our penultimate collection of interviews (before we get to broadcasting panels) from this year’s Bristol International Comics Expo we have a smorgasbord of interviews with creators and curators of a variety of genres. Our new roving reporter Dickon Harris talks to legendary humour cartoonist Hunt Emerson and to Top Shelf publisher Chris Staros, while Alex Fitch investigates a love of retro horror comics with the editor of the EC Comics magazine ‘From the Tomb’. Also, in a sneak preview of the forthcoming Comics and Zines celebration in Museum Street on the 19th of July, Alex talks to organiser Jimi Gherkin about the event.
Reality Check: 40 years of Doctor Who by Terrence Dicks, online on Saturday 5th at Sci-Fi London
As we reach this year’s season finale of Doctor Who on TV, join Sci-Fi London and the BSFA as we look back at the career of one of the seminal influences on the Doctor’s stories from the 1970s onwards…
In a two part feature length podcast recorded live at a meeting of the British Science-Fiction Association, Strange Horizon’s Tim Phipps interviews classic Doctor Who producer and writer Terrence Dicks about his work on the show and elsewhere in television and publishing (a legendary figure in Who history to those of us who recall the glories of the Pertwee-Baker era – Joe). Terrence also answers questions from members of the audience such as Paul Cornell, Graham Sleight and Alex Fitch…
(cover to the Target novelisation Doctor Who and the Planet of the Daleks by Terrance Dicks, cover art by Chris Achileos; in the days before video and DVD these were the only way fans could access older stories, I’m sure I still have this very book on my shelves somewhere… Pic borrowed from Pagefillers)
Previous podcasts of interest online now -
Panel Borders: Reading Graphic Novels part one
Alex Fitch talks to members of The Streatham Library Graphic Novels Readers group about studying comics in the library environment, how art and text combine to provide narratives and promotion of literacy. Alex also attends a meeting of the group as they discuss Charles Burns’ controversial graphic novel ‘Black Hole’.
Reality Check: Joe Lidster and the Whoniverse
If you’re enjoying the season finale of Doctor Who on TV at the moment (of course they are, aren’t we all? – Joe), why not check out Alex’s chat with Joe Lidster, writer of the previous adventure to star Davros (on CD and featuring Paul McGann) and also the writer of one of the best episodes of Torchwood this year not to mention an episode of the forthcoming series of The Sarah Jane Smith Adventures.
Coming soon in a special multimedia week (!) :
Strip!: Being Dave and working with Alan*, due to air on the 10th on Resonance FM
In our final pair of interviews (before we get to broadcasting more panels) from this year’s Bristol International Comics Expo, Alex Fitch talks to a couple of justifiably revered comic book artists who worked with writer Alan Moore on two of his most famous comic book serials. Dave Gibbons drew Watchmen which is currently being turned into a multi-million dollar blockbuster and has drawn a variety of seminal comics on both sides of the Atlantic from Green Lantern to Dan Dare. David Lloyd drew the anarchic parable V for Vendetta, first published in Warrior Magazine / completed at DC comics and specialises in comic book noir from Night Raven to his recent graphic novel for the French market. Alex talks to both Daves about their careers so far, working on more personal projects such as The Originals and Kickback respectively and what they thought of the Hollywood adaptations of their most famous works…
(*Alex talked to DC / Vertigo editor Karen Berger about this title and she liked it, so blame her!)
Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Guy Maddin and the mythologizing of Winnipeg, due online by the 12th at electricsheepmagazine.co.uk
Alex Fitch talks to experimental Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin about his career and interests on the eve of the release of his new film My Winnipeg and a retrospective at the BFI Southbank. Alex and Guy talk about small town life, silent movies, Isabella Rossellini, male sexuality and Greek tragedy! Also (exclusive to the podcast) Alex talks to another (former) resident of Manitoba, Polish teacher Kinga about her Winnipeg and Canadian culture.
Thu, Jul 3, 2008
Comics and cartoons, Film, TV and radio, Podcast