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Jordan Crane video interview

27. May 2010

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Royal Jelly’s latest video interview is with Jordan Crane; interesting, although personally I had to tab to a different screen several times and just listen to the audio as the constantly rotating camera becomes a little tiresome to the eyes: Jordan Crane interviewed by Royal Jelly from John Orlow on Vimeo.

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SciFi Pulse talks to Doctor Who’s Arthur Darvill

24. May 2010

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Still on a rush from the return of the Silurians to Doctor Who at the weekend? Then check out the latest Sci-Fi Pulse podcast, where the gang have an interview with the Amy Pond’s bridegrooom-to-be, Rory Williams, aka actor Arthur Darvill, who talks about joining his adventurous girl onboard the TARDIS. (Arthur with Karen as [...]

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TCAF on video

21. May 2010

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Tdot Comics has posted up their first video interview from the recent TCAF (since they’ve numbered it #1 I’m guessing this means we should keep an eye out for further uploads): TCAF Interview #1 – Vicky Nerino from TdotComics on Vimeo.

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Psychiatric Tales – Darryl Cunningham on the couch with Matthew Badham

18. May 2010

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Matthew Badham talked to Darryl Cunningham just before the publication of Psychiatric Tales in the UK (from Blank Slate; a US edition is due next year by Bloomsbury) for CBR. He’s just re-posted it on his own blog and with Psychiatric Tales now on our shelves (come in and have a look, it’s highly recommended [...]

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Matt Badham talks to Jason Cobley

18. May 2010

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Matt Badham‘s posted up a mini-interview with Jason Cobley, discussing the changing nature of the British small press comics scene: “Matthew: Why did you get into small press comics? Jason: Well, as a kid it was to get my ideas into print. When I resurfaced in the early 1990s with my own Bulldog Adventure Magazine [...]

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Pat Mills on Panel Borders

17. May 2010

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I missed this at the end of last week on its Resonance FM slot but it is now available on the Panel Borders podcast, Alex Fitch talking to Brit comics legend Pat Mills about his European work: “Continuing our month long look at ‘cross-cultural comics’, Alex Fitch talks to veteren British comic book writer Pat [...]

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Karen Rubins at Cartoon County

11. May 2010

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Karen Rubins, fresh from her residency at the prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum, was a guest at a recent Cartoon County meeting (held in the Cricketer’s Pub in Brighton each month). Questions were put to her by David Lloyd, Dez Skinn and others and the Mindless Ones have it all on audio. (a page from [...]

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Avoid the Future talks to Joe Daly

10. May 2010

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Avoid the Future has a good interview with South African cartoonist Joe Daly as Fantagraphics publishs his new graphic novel, Dungeon Quest, discussing DQ and others from his unusual and interesting ouevre, like Scrublands and the Red Monkey Double Happiness Book (all books worth checking out if you are looking for something new and a [...]

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George Romero interview from the Edinburgh Film Fest

8. May 2010

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In the run up to this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival (which these days is towards the end of June rather than the traditional middle of the Edinburgh Festival in August) the EIFF site has been cranking up, dropping tidbits about this year’s festival and also airing some highlights from previous years, including this short video [...]

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Joshua Cotter explores why Indy comics might be considered depressing

6. May 2010

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There is a long piece up on a Comic Book Resources with comic creator Joshua Cotter where he talks about his bipolar disorder and puts forward that why Indie comics might be depressing, is that many of the creators are themselves depressed. It’s a very honest but very interesting interview covering not just his illness [...]

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Guy Dessicy, The Last Witness. Part 3 : The Belgian Comic Strip Centre. And Pink Floyd.

30. April 2010

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In the first part of our interview with Guy Dessicy we were told of how he met Tintin creator Hergé, how he became part of what would become the famed Studios Hergé and how he was involved in the foundation of Tintin Magazine.  In the second part, Dessecy told of the creation of Publiart, of [...]

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Alex’s Thursday audio roundup

29. April 2010

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As the Bank Holiday weekend looms and Sci-Fi London gets fully underway here’s Alex Fitch to update us to some of the shows he is involved with; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and to listen to podcasts of previous programmes: Strip! – The art of The Losers, tonight at 5pm [...]

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Guy Dessicy, The Last Witness. Part 2 : Publiart, Belvision and Vandersteen.

29. April 2010

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In the first part of our interview with Guy Dessicy we were told of how he met Tintin creator Hergé, how he became part of what would become the famed Studios Hergé and how he was involved in the foundation of Tintin Magazine.  In this second part, Dessicy tells of the creation of Publiart, of [...]

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Guy Dessicy, the last witness : Hergé, Leblanc and Abdallah

28. April 2010

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74 years ago he got to know Hergé, the beginning of a lifelong friendship which would last up to the deathbed of the Brussels artist. That meeting was also the beginning of an impressive career in the shadow of virtually all major Belgian comic artists of the twentieth century. With the help of Hec Leemans, [...]

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Ask Pat Mills

15. April 2010

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No, we’re not going to be running a new Agony Uncle column where you send in your personal problems to Uncle Pat for advice, it’s much more exciting than that! Roving interviewer Matt Madman Badham is going to be talking to the very fine Mister Pat Mills for the blog in the near future and [...]

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