Its Thursday and as the premature spring-like weather in Britain suddenly turns to winter here’s Alex to offer us good reasons to stay inside where its warm and listen to the radio or podcasts (with a bit of a mini Paul Cornell theme this week, which I heartily approve of); as usual for more details ad links to archived podcasts of previous shows check the Panel Borders site.
Strip!: Captain Britain by Alan Davis and Paul Cornell, tonight at 5pm on Resonance FM with an extended podcast on Panel Borders after transmission
It’s the start of ‘classic heroes’ month on Strip! and to kick off, Alex Fitch is talking to two of the creators of Britain’s very own superhero – Captain Britain. Alex talks to Alan Davis, the artist and writer of the strip in the earlier 80s, who together with help from writers Alan Moore and Jamie Delano rescued the character from oblivion with esoteric storylines, a great supporting cast and a terrific new costume. Alex also talks to author Paul Cornell about his recent revamp of the character in the new comic “Captain Britain and MI13″ which sees the Captain get a 21st Century make-over while encountering such nefarious characters as Count Dracula and Gordon Brown!
(cover to the first volume of Paul Cornell’s Captain Britain and MI13 : Secret Invasion, which was released last week; art by Bryan Hitch, (c) Marvel)
Micro Clear Spot: State of the Art adaptation, tonight at 7.30pm on Resonance FM, extended podcast on Sci-Fi London
Alex Fitch talks to writer Paul Cornell about dramatising Iain M Banks’ novella “The state of the Art” for the afternoon play on Radio 4 on Thursday 5th March with a cast including such luminaries as Anthony Sher and Patterson Joseph…
In the cinema:
Hectic Peelers presents: Cronos, Roxy Bar & Screen London, Monday 9th March at 7.30pm (free)
For the next Electric Sheep/Resonance FM film screening, we are very proud to present Guillermo del Toro’s first feature Cronos (1993), a sumptuously filmed, atmospheric vampire tale, which, just like Pan’s Labyrinth, has at its heart a little girl faced with horrors of a real and supernatural kind. An imaginative re-invention of the vampire myth, it is also a moving love story as well as an oblique take on the USA’s predatory relationship to Mexico. Courtesy of Optimum Releasing.
Recent podcasts:
Panel Borders: The work of David Baillie
Continuing Indie comics month on Panel Borders: Alex Fitch talks to writer and artist David Baillie about his experiences in the comics industry. David has been self publishing comics since the beginning of the 2000s and has recently produced his first graphic novel – Tongue of the dead – a pastiche and welcome update of 1970s and 80s Sword and Sorcery comics such as Conan the Barbarian. David also has worked as a comics commentator for various publications, is working on a 3D site specific graphic novel with Daniel Merlin Goodbrey displayed on the walls of a children’s hospital in France and has just seen his first “Future Shock” published in the venerable British periodical 2000AD.
(Panel Borders: The art of Philip Spence will be online before this time next week)
In print:
The all new spring issue of Electric Sheep focuses on Tainted Love to celebrate the release of the sweet and bloody pre-teen vampire romance Let the Right One In, with articles on incestuous cinematic siblings, François Ozon’s tales of tortuous relationships, destructive passion in Nic Roeg’s Bad Timing, Julio Medem’s ambiguous lovers and nihilistic tenderness from Kôji Wakamatsu. Includes illustrations by Oli Smith, Emma Price and Tom Humberstone and a new comic strip by Mark Stafford. The March digital edition of Electric Sheep Magazine is online now and includes a review of Watchmen by Alex Fitch
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