The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

Its another Thursday and kicking piles of falling leaves and fiddling with his conkers comes Alex Fitch to tell us about his latest shows; as usual for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows check the Panel Borders site:

Strip!: Emma Vieceli, promoting new British Manga, tonight on Resonance FM at 5pm, podcast afterwards at Panel Borders

Continuing ‘women in comics’ month on the show, Alex Fitch talks to Emma Vieceli, illustrator of the Manga Shakespeare adaptations of Hamlet and Much Ado About Nothing who has also contributed to the graphic anthology “Comic Book Tattoo” which adapts the songs of Tori Amos into strip format. Alex and Emma also talk about the crossover between traditional Western comics and Manga as a new generation of small press creators in the UK experiment with both forms, a practice that is encouraged by the ‘Artists Alley’ that Emma helps organise at the twice yearly MCM Expos in the Docklands and the publishing collective ‘Sweatdrop studios’ that she’s a member of.

(cover to Self Made Hero’s popular Manga Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, art by Emma Vieceli)

Predicting the present with Cory Doctorow, tonight at 10pm on Resonance FM, also available as a podcast on 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.

Reality Check: Man vs. the Eyeborgs, online at Sci-Fi London on Wednesday 30th

Continuing our podcasts of talks and Q & As recorded live at this year’s Spring Sci-Fi London festival, Alex Fitch talks to the cast and crew of the new Science Fiction thriller Eyeborgs which sees surveillance cameras combined with miniature robots to create deadly machines that give Critters and Gremlins a run for their money! Featuring director Richard Clabaugh and star Adrian (Highlander) Paul…

Recent podcasts:

Panel Borders: In the company of women

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.