Alex Fitch takes time out from chasing the squirrel who stole his jelly babies around autumn trees to fill us in on his next batch of audio delights and some events he’s involved in, including a spot with some of the boys from the always interesting Ecletic Micks Irish comics artists collective and folks involved in the increasingly brilliant looking Solipsistic Pop anthology; as usual for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows check the Panel Borders site:
Strip!: Eclectic Micks and stars of Solipsistic Pop, tonight at 5pm on Resonance FM, podcast after transmission on Panel Borders
Continuing ‘anthologies and collectives month’ on the show, Alex Fitch talks to four members of a group of Irish comic book artists – Stephen Mooney, PJ Holden, Will Sliney and Declan Shalvey – who work for a variety of British and American comic publishers and collectively promote their work through a blog with the title “Eclectic Micks”.
Alex also talks to the creator and editor – Tom Humberstone – and some of the contributors – Julia Scheele, Matthew Sheret and Stephen Collins – of the new anthology “Solipsistic Pop” which intends to bring the sensibilities of high-end American Indie comic anthologies to the under represented world of British small press creators. Julia and Matthew also talk about disseminating their own self published comics – “We are words and pictures” – to the public via market stalls and club nights.
Sci-Fi London Oktoberfest
The second of this year’s Sci-Fi London festivals is shorter but perfectly formed, taking place over two nights in two different locations… Friday 23rd October at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich: As part of the International Year of Astronomy celebrations, SFL have teamed up with the Royal Observatory Greenwich to create a brand new Planetarium show: SCI-FI-UNIVERSE where we look at the night sky from a sci-fi perspective. Do you know where Space 1999’s Moonbase Alpha was located? In Hitchhikers’ Zaphod and Ford came from Betelgeuse, but do you know where that is in the night sky? And what would the sky look like from Vulcan? Find out which stars and planets in science fiction films and literature are real or simply journey to a ‘galaxy far far away’ in this unique planetarium experience.
Plus: panels and talks by space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, writers Paul Cornell, Simon Guerrier and Paul McAuley, journalist and film maker Timandra Harkness and many more, as well as special screenings of STAR TREK (2009) and FOR ALL MANKIND (1989)
Saturday 24th October at the Apollo Piccadilly Cinema, Lower Regent Street:
Our legendary ‘all nighters’ return with anime – including the UK premieres of Evangelion 1.0: You are (not) alone and Mamoru Oshii’s The Sky Crawlers – Aliens vs.Predator and MST3K strands. Also, following the success of the live improv redub of Labyrinth at our Spring festival, we are proud to present live stand-up comedy curated by Alex Fitch and Jessica Fostekew, featuring Sara Pascoe (Free Agents / In the thick of it), Mould and Arrowsmith, Lou Sanders, Rob Deb, Mark Restuccia and MC James Acaster.
Women in Comics conference, Sunday 25th October, Cambridge
A one day conference at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge featuring Belgian-based artist Dominique Goblet in conversation with Paul Gravett, Helen McCarthy on women and gender roles in the work of Osamu Tezuka, and other talks by Melinda Gebbie, Sarah McIntyre and Asia Alfasi.
Resonance FM journalist Alex Fitch will be chairing the panel on autobiographical comics featuring Kate Evans, Woodrow Phoenix & Corinne Pearlman.
Recent podcasts:
Panel Borders: Swedish Manga
Continuing ‘anthologies and collectives month’ on the show, Dickon Harris presents Fredrik Strömberg and Sofia Falkenhem’s panel on Swedish Manga from the 2008 Bristol International Comics Expo, about a Manga studio (Yokaj) imported to Europe from Japan! Since this panel was recorded Yokaj studio have gone on to win the 2008 award for best Swedish comic book…
Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: New approaches to Zombie cinema
In a special early Halloween special, Alex Fitch talks to Jeffrey Coghlan, the producer of the innovative Canadian Horror film Pontypool and Marc Price, director of the excellent British living dead film Colin about their new approaches to the zombie genre on a limited budget. Pontypool is currently on limited release in the UK, while Colin is released on 23rd October.
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