The last Thursday before Christmas falls upon us and Alex is here to update us on the various shows and podcasts he’s involved with; as ever for more links and details check the (newly revamped) Panel Borders site:
Strip: Images of Masculinity in gay comics, tonight at 5pm on Resonance FM
Concluding gay comics month on Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to Amy Colburn and Dale Lazarov, the creators of “Manly”, a homoerotic comic sold in Art bookshops and to Bevis Musson the British Indie creator of Oddcases and Queen of Diamonds.
As with last week’s show the two interviews will be podcast seperately as half hour episodes of “Panel Borders” after broadcast at on Panel Borders.
Strip! at Christmas
Resonance FM will be broadcasting repeats from Monday 22nd December to Sunday January 4th, 2009, so there’ll be no Strip! broadcast on Christmas Day as I’m sure you’d all rather be watching the Queen’s Speech. However, Strip! will be er… stripped throughout the following week with a daily repeat of the best episodes of the last three months from Monday 29th December – Friday 2nd Jan at 2.30pm daily:
Strip!: Charles Burns’ Fear(s) of the Dark. Guest presenter Virginie Sélavy talks to the renowned American comic book artist and writer Charles Burns about Black Holeand the French portmanteau film Fear(s) of the dark… Originally broadcast September 25th 2008, repeat: 2.30pm Monday 29th December 2008
Strip!: Alan Moore’s ‘From Hell’ and Psycho Geography
Alex Fitch talks to writer and magician Alan Moore about collaborating with artist Eddie Campbell on his masterpiece From Hell and the two comic book adaptations of his performances Snakes and Ladders and The Birth Caul. Originally broadcast October 23rd 2008, repeat: 2.30pm Tuesday 30th December 2008
Strip: Eddie Campbell – the life and many deaths of the artist
Alex Fitch talks to artist / writer Eddie Campbell about his books The Fate of the Artist, The Black Diamond Detective Agency and The Amazing, Remarkable Monsieur Leotard.
Originally broadcast October 30th 2008, repeat: 2.30pm Wednesday 31st December 2008
Strip!: The art of Jill Thompson
Alex Fitch talks to Jill Thompson about her spooky graphic novellas for all ages: Magic Trixie and Scary Godmother and about drawing DC comics such as Sandman and Wonder Woman…
Originally broadcast November 13th 2008, repeat: 2.30pm Thursday 1st January 2009
Strip!: The work of Art Spiegelman
Guest presenter Grant Rogers talks to Pulitzer prize winning author Art Spiegelman about his seminal work Maus and the 30th anniversary republication of Breakdowns, his sophomoric collection of underground strips… Originally broadcast November 27th 2008, repeat: 2.30pm Friday 2nd January 2009. The next new episode will follow at the usual time and day on January 8th 2009 and Alex Fitch will be talking to acclaimed children’s illustrator and comic book artist Raymond Briggs about his career…
Recent podcasts…:Panel Borders: Tommy Roddy and Pride High
Continuing gay comics month on Panel Borders; in the first of two shows about the Queer Press Grant, Alex Fitch talks to one of the winners of last year’s grant – Tommy Roddy about his comic “Pride High” which is a hipper version of the “X-Men” that allows the gay characters of a super hero school take centre stage, while dealing with issues of oppression and mortal enemies;partially broadcast Thursday 11th December on Resonance 104.4 FM.
Panel Borders: Justin Hall and Glamazonia
Continuing gay comics month on Panel Borders: in the second of two shows about the Queer Press Grant, Alex Fitch talks to the other winner of last year’s grant – Justin Hall about his comic “Glamazonia: The Uncanny Super Tranny”, which tells the tale of a transgender super-heroine fighting mythical creatures, serial killers and old fashioned super hero origin stories;partially broadcast Thursday 11th December on Resonance 104.4 FM.
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