It’s Thursday and its time for Alex Fitch to update us to the next batch of upcoming shows he’s involved with; as ever for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows check the Panel Borders site:
Strip!: In the company of women, tonight at 5pm on Resonance FM, podcast afterwards at Panel Borders
Continuing “women in comics” month on the show – we have two interviews with creators whose comics are set in worlds featuring primarily female characters. Alex Fitch talks to Pam Harrison, the Queer Press Award winning creator of “House of the Muses – the latter days of Sappho of Lesbos” while (Eagle Award winner) Tom Humberstone talks to Pia Guerra, artist of “Y: The Last Man” who won the 2008 Eisner Award and 2006 Joe Shuster Award for her work on the title.
(cover to the first issue of House of the Muses – the latter days of Sappho of Lesbos by and (c) Pam Harrison)
Recent podcasts:
Panel Borders: The art of Karen Rubins
Continuing ‘Women in comics’ month, Alex Fitch talks to artist Karen Rubins about being the Comic Book Artist in Residence at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, being visited by members of the public and their collaborating on a strip displayed in her studio. Alex and Karen also discuss the latter’s career so far from drawing goth-styled comics for the small press to creating short manga pieces in “The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga 2″ and “Manga Jiman 150″.
Reality Check: Predicting the present with Cory Doctorow, online at Sci-Fi London
Alex Fitch talks to writer Cory Doctorow about his work, focusing on his novel Little Brother and short story collection Overclocked. Alex and Cory also talk about the latter’s interest in technology and disseminating information and the kinds of science fiction that interested him as a developing writer from George Orwell to William Gibson. The podcast also includes a reading of his short story Printcrime by actress and comedienne Jessica Fostekew.
Thu, Sep 17, 2009
Books, Comics and cartoons, Film, TV and radio, Interviews, Podcast