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Speech Balloons talks to Garen Ewing

16. March 2011

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Paul Birch at the Birmingham Mail’s Speech Balloons column talks to one of our very favourite creators (and jolly nice chap), Garen Ewing about his wonderful Rainbow Orchid: “Paul: Do you feel you’ve learned from the experience of doing the series, grown as a creator and a person? Garen: Yes, there’s no doubt about that. [...]

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Alex’s audio roundup

10. March 2011

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Another Thursday comes around and while we are slowly digesting the enormous stack of sweet pancakes we had for Shrove Tuesday here’s the healthy, low-sugar, organic alternative of Alex Fitch’s audio goodness, the shows with the less fattening centres. As ever for more details and podcasts of previous shows, check the Panel Borders site: Panel [...]

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Pat Mills Unwrapped part 2

4. March 2011

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Following on from the first part of Matt Badham‘s talk with the great Pat Mills (see here for part one), we present the second and concluding part of the interview, in which Pat discusses the ‘dark age’ of 2000 AD editorship, writing comics for the British and the French markets and the differences between them, [...]

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Pat Mills Unwrapped part 1 – the godfather of Brit comics talks with Matt Badham

3. March 2011

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Pat Mills is one of the leading lights of the British comics industry. A former editor turned freelance writer, he’s been responsible for some of the most memorable characters ever seen in English language comics. His creations include Nemesis the Warlock, Marshal Law, the ABC Warriors, Sláine and Defoe. But he’s also a presence in [...]

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Matt Smith speaks

1. March 2011

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OK Magazine talked to Matt Smith at the launch of the new Doctor Who Experience (link via Doctor Who Experience’s twitter feed):

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Alex’s audio roundup

24. February 2011

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Thursday once more and that means Alex Fitch will come wafting over the airwaves to us with his comics and SF related shows. And this week is a bit special as it marks the fifth year of Alex broadcasting with Resonance FM, bringing us news of comics, science fiction and movies, so happy broadcast birthday, [...]

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Romita speaks!

17. February 2011

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Good chum of the blog Chris Marshall, host of the weekly Collected Comics Library, has a gem for us – in 2008 he stepped in to record an interview with the great John Romita Jr for Tom Spurgeon‘s The Romita Legacy book and has been given permission to post it online. It isn’t often we [...]

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Don’t Panic talks Gonzo

9. February 2011

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Yusuf Laher at Don’t Panic talks to the writer and artist behind one of my personal Best of the Year picks, Will Bingley and Anthony Hope-Smith’s Gonzo: a Graphic Biography of Hunter S Thompson: “Yusuf: So is the story literally a non-fictional illustrated biography? Will:: It’s not a straight non-fictional biography. It’s told from his [...]

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Jeph Loeb speaks

9. February 2011

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I Am Stylin’s KP spoke to writer Jeph Loeb at the Long Beach Comic Con, taking in his writing for films, television and, of course, comics:

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Alex’s audio roundup

3. February 2011

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It’s Thursday and as the winter wind blows across the land Alex Fitch wafts gently into our ears with details of his latest upcoming shows, including, after a month of looking at masculinity in comics, now having a month of looking at female comic creators. As ever for more details and links to podcasts of [...]

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Matt Wagner speaks

31. January 2011

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Ulysses E Campbell continues to post up a gold mine of short video interviews with comics folks from the Fantastic Forums, including this one with the brilliant Matt Wagner: Matt Wagner Interview from Ulysses E Campbell on Vimeo.

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Neal Adams interviewed

27. January 2011

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Even more video interview goodness via Ulysses E Campbell, this time it’s the legendary Neal Adams chatting to the Fantastic Forums folk: Neal Adams Interview from Ulysses E Campbell on Vimeo.

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Mike Carey talks

26. January 2011

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Ulysses E Campbell continues to post more interesting short video interviews with a variety of comics industry folks. This time the Fantastic Forum interview is with the excellent Mike Carey, who is always a fascinating writer, be it in comics or in his engrossing series of prose novels: Mike Carey Interview from Ulysses E Campbell [...]

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JH Williams talks

25. January 2011

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London’s fine Orbital Comics has posted up the first part of a video interview with the excellent J.H. Williams III, recorded during a signing session in the store. And look, is that man with the microphone a certain Alex Fitch who we enjoy listening to on radio/podcasts on a weekly basis? J.H.Williams III Interview – [...]

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Jim Shooter interviewed

24. January 2011

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Ulysses E Campbell has posted up a pile of video interviews with various comics figures, including this one from the Fantastic Forums interview with legendary creator and editor Jim Shooter: Jim Shooter Interview from Ulysses E Campbell on Vimeo.

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