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Celebrating the Ninth Art: a Conversation with Lisa Wood of Thought Bubble

18. November 2009

Over the last few months the Forbidden Planet International blog, Down the Tubes and Fictions have been cross-posting Q&As by Matt Badham with the organisers of various British comic conventions. Our aim is to give the conventions themselves some well-deserved publicity and also to, hopefully, spark a wider debate about what’s good and bad about [...]

“Bodies for gold!” – we talk bodysnatching to Martin Conaghan & Will Pickering

13. November 2009

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FPI: Today I’m joined by Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering, the team behind Insomnia’s recently published graphic novel Burke and Hare, which draws upon one of history’s most famous cases of the infamous ‘Resurrection Men’ (or bodysnatchers) in Enlightenment era Edinburgh. Hi, guys and thanks for joining us – could you begin by introducing yourselves [...]

Alex’s audio round-up

12. November 2009

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As Doctor Who fans prepare for this weekend’s new episode here’s Alex Fitch, fresh from foraging for jelly babies, to update us to the latest shows he’s involved in, including, appropriately enough, a Doctor Who angle; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to previous shows: Strip! – Doctor Who and [...]

Alex’s audio round-up

5. November 2009

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Taking time out from setting bonfires of MPs expense claim forms this November 5th, here’s Alex Fitch in a V For Vendetta mask to update us to the latest programmes he’s involved with over the new few days; as ever for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows check the Panel Borders site: Strip!: [...]

Forget the monkey, we talk to the Organ Grinder

5. November 2009

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Regular contributor to the blog, the Megazine and many others spots, Matt ‘madman’ Badham has been confusing the Twitterverse recently with multiple references to needing more artists and some project, ominously entitled ‘Grinder’. Intrigued and not a little alarmed at the title (visions of giant robotic meat grinder stomping across the land devouring humanity; I [...]

Comics are Everywhere: a Conversation with Paul Gravett

30. October 2009

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Over the last few weeks and months, the Forbidden Planet International blog, Down the Tubes and Fictions have been cross-posting Q&As by Matt Badham with the organisers of various British comic conventions. Our aim is to give the conventions themselves some well-deserved publicity and also to, hopefully, spark a wider debate about what’s good and [...]

Alex’s audio round-up

29. October 2009

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It’s Thursday, it’s almost Halloween and here’s Alex Fitch taking time out from looking for a 1980s American motorcycle cop’s bike to complete his CHiPs costume for the big night to let us know about the programmes he’s involved with over the next week or so; as usual for more details and links to podcasts [...]

Paul Cornell discusses the Black Widow

28. October 2009

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Science Fiction, comics and screen writer and all-round good egg Paul Cornell talks briefly to top UK SF mag SFX about the upcoming Black Widow: Deadly Origin mini-series from Marvel (issue #1 is due next week), which to me looks like one of the more interesting takes on Nat since Marvel let Paul’s fellow Brit [...]

Carey and Gross on Tom Waters’ podcast

27. October 2009

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Mike Carey and Peter Gross discuss their highly acclaimed new series for DC, The Unwritten, on Tom Waters’ Big Words I Know By Heart podcast. Unwritten is coming out from DC at the moment in monthly form while the first collected edition, Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity, is due to be published in January [...]

Alan Moore talks Dodgem Logic

20. October 2009

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Mustard mag has an interview up with Albion’s great bearded wizard Alan Moore, discussing his upcoming new underground publication Dodgem Logic which we mentioned the other week (and which I am delighted to say we’re selling via our webstore): “I first used the name Dodgem Logic on a fanzine that I attempted to do back in [...]

Paul Cornell interviewed

19. October 2009

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Comics scribe and novelist Paul Cornell is interviewed by fellow comics and SF&F writer Keith R.A. DeCandido on the Chronic Rift podcast; the link to play the show is on the right of the CR site’s post. (thanks to Matt B for the heads-up). In related news Paul can also be found on the Marvel [...]

You’ll Go Home Wanting To Make Comics: a Conversation with Patrick Findlay

16. October 2009

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Over the previous and the coming weeks and months, the Forbidden Planet International blog, Down the Tubes and Fictions are going to be cross-posting Q&As by Matt Badham with the organisers of various British comic conventions. Our aim is to give the conventions themselves some well-deserved publicity and also to, hopefully, spark a wider debate [...]

Yoshihiro Tatsumi interviewed

15. October 2009

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Chris Randle managed to get time to chat with Yoshihiro Tatsumi, creator of the acclaimed D&Q titles Push Man, Good-bye, Abandon the Old in Tokyo and the recent A Drifting Life, at this year’s TCAF (via Chris at Comics 212): “CR: You mentioned Tezuka, and there’s a few times in the book where he’s depicted as [...]

Bigging up the Scene: a Conversation with Jimi Gherkin

9. October 2009

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Over recent and upcoming weeks and months, the Forbidden Planet International blog, Down the Tubes and Fictions are going to be cross-posting Q&As by Matt Badham with the organisers of various British comic conventions. Our aim is to give the conventions themselves some well-deserved publicity and also to, hopefully, spark a wider debate about what’s [...]

Peter F Hamilton talks

7. October 2009

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One of the UK’s best exponents of huge-scale space opera science fiction, Peter F Hamilton, answers questions sent in by readers as the paperback edition of the second of his massive Void trilogy series, The Temporal Void, hits the shelves. In typical Peter style it is an enormous book and yet still skips by at [...]

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Celebrating the Ninth Art: a Conversation with Lisa Wood of Thought Bubble

“Bodies for gold!” – we talk bodysnatching to Martin Conaghan & Will Pickering

Alex’s audio round-up

Alex’s audio round-up

Forget the monkey, we talk to the Organ Grinder

Comics are Everywhere: a Conversation with Paul Gravett

Alex’s audio round-up

Paul Cornell discusses the Black Widow

Carey and Gross on Tom Waters’ podcast

Alan Moore talks Dodgem Logic

Paul Cornell interviewed

You’ll Go Home Wanting To Make Comics: a Conversation with Patrick Findlay

Yoshihiro Tatsumi interviewed

Bigging up the Scene: a Conversation with Jimi Gherkin

Peter F Hamilton talks

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