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An illustrated interview about Iran

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

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Isaac Littlejohn Eddy interviews Hooman Majd, author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: theParadox of Modern Iran, which isn’t directly related to our normal comics field of coverage, except, rather interestingly, he’s included some rather neat comics-style illustrations to go along with the audio segments, which makes the whole thing seem more friendly and accessible, [...]

ICV2 talks to Berke Breathed

Thursday, September 17, 2009

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ICV2 has a short chat with Berkley Breathed ahead of the first volume of IDW’s very welcome Bloom County Complete Library, which is due next month (we asked Bill the Cat for a comment, he simply replied “Ack! Ack! Thhhpptttt!” – make of that what you will): “ICV2: Some of the strips that will be [...]

Somewhere over the Rainbow (Orchid) – Garen Ewing talks to Pádraig

Thursday, September 17, 2009

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Regular readers will know that we’ve been following Garen Ewing‘s delightful Rainbow Orchid series with great pleasure for some years, in limited print versions and online and we’ve kept up with Garen as it progressed, so it seemed right that now Egmont have published the first Rainbow Orchid book (I’m tempted to use the European [...]

Shane Chebsey on Geek Syndicate

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Barry at the excellent Geek Syndicate podcast reminds us that the guys have a 45-minute chat with British International Comics Show organiser Shane Chebsey, where Shane “reveals what events people can expect at this years show as well as a look back at lessons learned from previous years. There is a look behind the scenes [...]

For the Love of Comics: a conversation with Mike Allwood

Friday, August 14, 2009

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

Tony’s Terrible Tea-time Torture Show: an interview with Tony Lee

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

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Tony Lee has been a writer for over twenty years and has worked in pretty much every medium, but in recent years has chosen to concentrate mainly on comics. In this interview, he talks mostly about his work for 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, as well as his experience of scripting Doctor Who [...]

We are Family: A conversation with Vicky Stonebridge

Friday, July 31, 2009

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

Dave Gibbons on the Beeb

Thursday, July 30, 2009

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The mighty Dave Gibbons will be guesting on the George Lamb show on BBC 6Music this morning at some point during its run from 10am to 1pm; as usual with the Beeb radio programmes, if you miss it you can use the Listen Again feature to catch it for seven days after transmission. (Dave Gibbons, [...]

Grant Morrison interview at the Onion AV Club

Saturday, July 25, 2009

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Another perrenially good interviewee, Grant Morrison always seems to have something worth talking about. And this interview at the Onion is no exception. “My greatest accomplishment so far is to keep selling enough that I never want for the labor that sustains my Presbyterian soul. It surprises me constantly that my sometimes-unorthodox approach has such [...]

Alex’s audio roundup

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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As another week wooshes by bringing us to Thursday (already??) its time for Alex to update us with some of the shows he’s involved with, including a second look at Doctor Who in comics form, this time the classic Who strips. As usual for more details and links to archived podcasts of previous shows check [...]

Den of Geek talks to Dave Gibbons

Thursday, July 23, 2009

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Over on Den of Geek Michael Leader talks to the Dave Gibbons about the Watchmen movie as it comes out on DVD and how the addition of the Black Freighter and the ability to stop and re-watch scenes on disc adds to the sense of the film (I must confess I’m not convinced on that [...]

Geek Syndicate interviews Duncan Jones

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

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The Geek Syndicate boys interview writer/director Duncan Jones (the artist formerly known as Zowie Bowie) about his debut feature, the British indy science fiction movie Moon, starring Sam Rockwell and the voice of Kevin Spacey. I was lucky enough to catch the film a few weeks back at the Edinburgh Film Festival (reviewed here) and [...]

Neil Gaiman talks Batman on NPR

Thursday, July 16, 2009

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“A new graphic novel from DC Comics is “part coda, love letter and summation of Batman’s raison d’etre,” says writer Neil Gaiman. Gaiman’s take on the Batman mystique — Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? — was published in two parts as the final editions of the long-running Batman and Detective Comics series.” “Now it’s [...]

Comics Reporter interviews Peter Bagge

Sunday, July 12, 2009

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Tom Spurgeon’s Sunday interviews are usually worth taking a look at, but this week it’s a special occasion – this week it’s Peter Bagge. Bagge’s Everybody is Stupid Except For Me looks absolutely lovely. In his usual twisted, cynical and angry way..

Alex’s audio roundup

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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Another Thursday rolls around which means its time for Alex Fitch, fresh from his cameo in the BBC’s new Pscyhoville no less, to update us to the latest programmes he’s involved with; as usual for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows check the Panel Borders site: Strip! – Small press Sci-Fi and [...]

Tag Archive | "interview"

An illustrated interview about Iran

ICV2 talks to Berke Breathed

Somewhere over the Rainbow (Orchid) – Garen Ewing talks to Pádraig

Shane Chebsey on Geek Syndicate

For the Love of Comics: a conversation with Mike Allwood

Tony’s Terrible Tea-time Torture Show: an interview with Tony Lee

We are Family: A conversation with Vicky Stonebridge

Dave Gibbons on the Beeb

Grant Morrison interview at the Onion AV Club

Alex’s audio roundup

Den of Geek talks to Dave Gibbons

Geek Syndicate interviews Duncan Jones

Neil Gaiman talks Batman on NPR

Comics Reporter interviews Peter Bagge

Alex’s audio roundup

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