The legends and myth of Ireland are rich with fantastic tales, and every child in Ireland learns about them and indeed studies them as part of the regular curriculum. Therefore, presenting one of these stories that excites the reader, a reader like me who not only knows the story of The Cattle Raid of Cooley, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 16, 2013
John Longhi talks to the one and only Robert Crumb at Last Gasp’s San Francisco warehouse (via BoingBoing):
Continue reading...Thursday, May 9, 2013
I’ve never been fortunate enough to make it over to Toronto for TCAF yet, but I’ve heard nothing but good things about it, not just from general reports but also first hand from some of our writer and artist friends in the Brit comics community who make the long trip over to Canada and love [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 9, 2013
In the latest Tell Me Something I Don’t Know podcast from BoingBoing, Jim Rugg, Ed Piskor and Jasen Lex talk to the one and only Jeff Smith, creator of one of the most (if not the most successful) independent comic series of all time, the wonderful Bone:
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Matt Badham (via Bear Alley) points us to a good interview with one of the stalwarts of indpendent British comics publishing, Gary Spencer Millidge, on the Imagination is Spicy blog – always worth a read when Gary is interviewed, here talking about both comics and the process for his non fiction prose work too: “IIS: [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Over on the always excellent BoingBoing, Mark Frauenfelder talks to novelist and comics scribe Duane Swierczynski on Gweek about both his prose and graphic storytelling (I’ve really been enjoying his take on Judge Dredd for the new US series from IDW), upcoming work and past inspirations:
Continue reading...Friday, May 3, 2013
Presenting our brand-new video series in which I make a personal hobby public by completely invading the inner sanctums of cartoonists and comic creators around the UK (and perhaps sometimes even the world). First into the fray is the fearless Karrie Fransman, who kindly spoke to us about her graphic novel The House That Groaned, her background [...]
Continue reading...Friday, April 26, 2013
In another video found browsing the Stan Lee’s World of Heroes YouTube channel (there are piles there to have a look through), here’s one with legendary artist Joe Sinnott talking about his early collaborations with Stan the Man:
Continue reading...Thursday, April 25, 2013
It’s time for Alex Fitch to give us his regular update on his upcoming shows; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more information and to access a rich archive of podcasts of previous shows. I’m ready for my close-up: the True Love of Arthur Sleep, Friday 26th April at 5pm on Resonance FM, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, April 25, 2013
In another video uploaded by the Stan Lee’s World of Heroes channel on YouTube there a short chat with writer, producer and educator Michael Uslan on how he persuaded academia to accept an accredited course on studying comics: Which is a sort-of sequel to an earlier chat with Uslan the channel uploaded, in which he [...]
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