Here’s Alex Fitch with his regular round-up of the upcoming and recent shows he’s involved in; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more information and links to podcasts of previous shows:
Panel Borders: Writing Misfits, Sunday 25th November at 8pm on Resonance FM, podcast aftewards on Panel Borders
Concluding a month of shows about writing superhero stories, Panel Borders moves its attention from the page to the small screen as Alex Fitch talks to Howard Overman about Misfits, E4′s award winning drama about teenagers with superpowers doing community service. Alex and Howard talk about the genesis of the show, writing episodes that engage with other genres such as time travel and ‘zombie noir’ and the travails of writing characters out and introducing new ones.
Recent shows:
Graphic albums and picture books
In advance of next week’s South Kensington Kids Festival which celebrates picture books and graphic novels for children, Alex Fitch talks to four creators whose work contains elements of each medium. Andi Ewington discusses his novella “45” which divides the text and illustrations of superhero comics onto separate pages and the spin-off comic Blue Spear, co-written by Com.x publisher Eddie Deighton; while, in an interview recorded at the London Film and Comic Con, novelist Robert Rankin talks about his first graphic novel Empires which moves his celebrated monochrome cover illustrations onto every page of a new steam-punk sequel to The War of the Worlds.
Also, children’s illustrators Oliver Jeffers and Axel Scheffler talk about their recent picture books This Moose belongs to me and Superworm. Jeffers looks back at his parallel career as a fine artist, on display in the collection Neither here nor there, and Scheffler discusses partnership with writer Julia Donaldson on memorable books such as The Gruffalo and The Highway Rat. (Originally broadcast 15/11/12 on Resonance FM)
In a Q and A recorded at last Autumn’s MCM Expo, Alex Fitch talks to comic book writer Gail Simone about her career so far, from breaking into the industry via her influential blog ‘Women in Refrigerators’ and early strips for Bongo Comics to her recent runs on Birds of Prey and Secret Six. Gail discusses the changes to Batgirl in the DC New 52 range of comics, her acclaimed superhero retirement story Welcome to Tranquillity and her co-authorship of Firestorm with writer Ethan van Sciver.
Sun, Nov 25, 2012
Comics and cartoons, Film, TV and radio, Interviews, Podcast