It’s Thursday and that means its time for Alex Fitch to update us with the radio and podcast shows he’s involved with over the next few days; as every check the Panel Borders site for more information and links to podcasts of previous shows:
Strip!: The Mighty Thor by Walter Simonson, tonight on Resonance FM at 5pm, extended podcast on Panel Borders after transmission
Alex Fitch talks to artist and writer Walter Simonson, whose exceptional 4 year run on the Marvel comic “The Mighty Thor” in the early 80s remains the most appreciated version of the character since Stan Lee and Jack Kirby brought the Viking hero to Marvel comics a generation before. Alex and Walt talk about combining European mythology and space opera, esoteric character design (why does Beta Ray Bill have a face like a horse’s skull?), turning the Norse god of war into a talking frog and the joy of revisiting classic heroes.
(cover to Thor: Balder the Brave HC, coming from Marvel this summer, written and with art by Simonson, (c) Marvel)
Lucky Cat: Live action Manga, 9pm on Tuesday 17th March on Resonance FM
In this week’s episode of Resonance FM’s weekly show about Asian Culture, regular host Zoe Baxter invites Alex Fitch (Electric Sheep Magazine) and Helen McCarthy (The Animé Encyclopedia) into the studio to discuss live action manga adaptations such as 20th Century Boys and Death Note and how these compare to animé versions and adaptations of Western comic books such as Watchmen. The show includes Zoe’s regular eclectic mix of Asian music from the last half century and live tastings from the Dim Sum Lunchbox…
Online:
Reality Check: The Invisible art of acting for radio, online at Sci-Fi London
Alex Fitch talks to actor Rupert Degas about his various roles in genre radio and audio dramas such as playing David Warner’s sidekick “Rizla” in the BBC7 adaptation of Robert Rankin’s The Brightonomicon and playing the father of a cyrogenically preserved child in Kim Newman’s Cry-Babies which was recently broadcast on Radio 4. Alex and Rupert also talk about his roles in Dan Dare, Dirk Gently and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy plus his uncredited role voicing the devil in Exorcist: The Beginning…
In the cinema:
Sunday Shock Therapy: Revisiting the Superhero Apocalypse!
This Sunday (15/03/09) at “Vibe Live” above the Vibe Bar at 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL, Electric Sheep Magazine is proud to present our FREE quarterly screening event to help promote the new print issue of the magazine. To compliment and offer alternate programming to the apocalyptic superhero movie currently in UK cinemas, Electric Sheep Magazine offers diverting afternoon entertainment, which includes an offbeat superhero movie and an apocalyptic short! Evil Brain from Outer Space [Sūpā Jaiantsu - Uchū Kaijin Shutsugen]…features the final exploits of Japanese Superhero Starman in a mission to save the Earth from a marauding brainlike alien creature created by a mad scientist with the help of an alien army! 78 mins, black and white, 1964 (with thanks to Something Weird for permission to show the film)
The End is Cow…is a new short comedy film about mankind being threatened by an invasion of cephalopods cows who want to destroy us with their evil lactation! [Cast and crew will be in attendance]
30 min, colour, 2008
Doors open at 2pm with music from DJ Lucky Cat and a stall selling London Underground Comics (featuring the work of Oli Smith and Emma Price) + comics by Tom Humberstone and Mark Stafford…
What else are you going to do on a cold Sunday afternoon in East London?
The first 10 people in get a free copy of the new issue of Electric Sheep… You will also have the chance of winning a year’s subscription to the magazine!
2pm Sunday 15/03/09, VIbe Live, 91 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
Recent podcasts:
Panel Borders: Captain Britain by Alan Davis and Paul Cornell
It’s the start of ‘classic heroes’ month on Panel Borders and to kick off, Alex Fitch is talking to two of the creators of the UK’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!
Reality Check: State of the Art adaptation
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 with a cast including such luminaries as Anthony Sher and Patterson Joseph… Alex and Paul also discuss the author’s adaptations of his own work – novelising the internet cartoon Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka and conversely, dramatising his novel Doctor Who: Human Nature for TV.
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