Yes, its Thursday afternoon already and here’s aural gymnast Alex Fitch with a round-up of the podcasts and broadcasts he’s involved with for the next week, ranging from the work of Steve Ditko to the X-Files; as ever if you miss the original air dates check the Panel Borders blog for details and podcast links:
Strip!: The Strange(r) world of Steve Ditko, this evening on Resonance FM at 5pm.
James DeCarteret hosts a 1 hour special round-table discussion about the recent Steve Ditko book “Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko” that has just been released by Fantagraphics. James is in discussion with comic book artists Brendan Mcarthy and Steve Marchant in the studio and author of the book, Blake Bell over the phone.
Ditko is best known as the co-creator, with Stan Lee, of Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, and other classic Marvel and DC characters. But, in the context of Steve Ditko’s 50-year career in comics, his creative involvement with Spider-Man is merely the tip of the iceberg. Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is a coffee table art book tracing Ditko’s life and career, his unparalleled stylistic innovations, and his strict adherence to his philosophical principles, with lush displays of obscure and popular art from the thousands of pages of comics he’s drawn over the last 55 years.
I’m ready for my close-up: The Truth is (still) out there, tonight on Resonance FM at 10.30pm, repeated tomorrow at 5pm
Alex Fitch talks to the creators of two new science-fiction dramas that deal with issues of body augmentation, morality, religion and new technology.
Alex talks to writer / director Chris Carter and producer Frank Spotnitz about their new film The X-Files: I want to believe, which reunites iconic 90s TV characters Mulder and Scully on the big screen. The interview was recorded by Oli Smith. We also have an interview with Rachel Welch, the writer of the new play Involution, which is set in the near future and deals with human rights and themes of identity in a world where genome mapping dictates people’s lifestyles as well as featuring shadowy government agents and robot sex companions. An exclusive extended podcast of this will go online on August 1st at Sci-Fi London.
Previous podcasts of interest online now -
Panel Borders: The art of Dan Lester, Originally broadcast 24/07/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Dan Lester about his humour comics such as Monkeys might puke and use of satire and reoccurring characters in gag strips. Dan is also writing a new murder mystery comic that’s being drawn by Oliver Lambden, so Alex & Dan talk about the similarities between humour and crime fiction and solving the problems of both on the page.
Panel Borders: Typography and Teaching comics illustration, originally broadcast 24/07/08 as part of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM
Alex Fitch is talking to Dan Berry, a lecturer from North Wales School of art and design about the new Illustration for Graphic Novels course he’s going to be teaching from this autumn, about introducing a new generation to the craft of making comics and also about Dan’s interest in typography and how it’s one of the most under appreciated aspects of comic books.
Coming soon:
Strip!: The state of Gay Comics (2008)
Recorded live at this year’s Bristol International Comics Expo, Alex Fitch hosts a panel of creators and experts on Gay comics. Accompanying Alex on the panel are comics expert Paul Gravett, manga artist Yishan Li and graphic novelist / Guardian strip illustrator David Shenton (Get Her!, The Shentons). Audience members asking questions include Oli Smith (London Underground Comics), Richy Chandler (Tempo Lush) and Bevis Musson (Dead Queen Detectives)
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