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Spandex in Comic Heroes
Sometime contributor to this very parish Matt Badham has a two-page spread in the latest Comic Heroes talking to Martin Eden about the brilliant Spandex. We’ve been very impressed with Spandex on the blog, not just because of how it portrays LGBT issues but because it is a cracking read too, and we’re delighted that [...]
Continue reading...Manchester’s answer to Joel Silver: An interview with Gareth Kavanagh
Sunday, January 1, 2012
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When the Forbidden Planet International blog heard that there was going to be a new stage version of Halo Jones produced at the Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester (a spot already well known to local science fiction and comics fans), they sent roving reporter Bat Cardigan to find out what it was all about! The [...]
Continue reading...The musings of Matt – This is an Occasional Column #1
Thursday, September 29, 2011
I asked the Forbidden Planet International (FPI) blog to give me a column and they said yes. I suppose this is because we have an established relationship, they want some content and I’ll be writing it for free (and it is nothing to do with those incriminating pictures we have of Matt posing with several [...]
Continue reading...Alex’s audio round-up
Thursday, August 4, 2011
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As our sudden burst of summer warmth one more turns to the more familiar British summer weather of rain and cloud, here’s little ray of virtual sunshine Alex Fitch with news of his upcoming comics and SF related shows; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous [...]
Continue reading...Arthur Wyatt talks to Matt Badham
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Good chum of the blog Matt Badham talks to Arthur Wyatt about his work, how he got into writing comics professionally and, of course, working for the Mighty Tharg – you can read more of Matt talking to Arthur in the Judge Dredd Megazine #311, on his blog Matt presents more material there wasn’t space [...]
Continue reading...More Matt Badham interviews … this time it’s (nearly) everyone involved with The Lovecraft Anthology…
Saturday, May 21, 2011
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Okay, not quite, but this week writer and friend of the FPI blog Matthew Badham had five different interviews go up online. The first, with West creators Andrew Cheverton and Tim Keable, you’ve already seen on the FPI blog, but the other four are all tied into the Megazine article written about SelfMadeHero’s very attractive looking [...]
Continue reading...How the West was won….. Matt Badham interviews Cheverton and Keable
Friday, May 20, 2011
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Matt Badham returns to the FPI blog to bring us this interview with Andrew Cheverton and Tim Keable – whose West character we’re both rather keen on. West: Justice and West: Distance featured on my best of 2010 list and I’m looking forward to getting a copy of the new one-shot anthology West: Stray Bullets. [...]
Continue reading...Matt Badham goes Commando!
Friday, April 15, 2011
No, worry not, not that type of commando, please don’t distress yourself with images of a pantsless Badham. It’s the other type of Commando, the immortal Commando Book digest series of comics from the mighty DC Thomson which have enterained generations of both boys and men for many years. And there’s a brand new one [...]
Continue reading...Pat Mills Unwrapped part 1 – the godfather of Brit comics talks with Matt Badham
Thursday, March 3, 2011
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 [...]
Continue reading...Matt B talks to Jim Campbell
Monday, January 10, 2011
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Matthew Badham has posted up an interview with artist, designer and letterer Jim Campbell on his blog; the talk covers not only the often under-appreciated art of comics lettering but also on the state of the industry, how trimming budgets can affect production, especially in the less-visible but nonetheless vital aspects of comics publishing like [...]
Continue reading...Rogue Trooper Round Table
Monday, December 13, 2010
Rogue Trooper is one of science fiction comic 2000 AD’s most iconic characters. A deserter in a future war, he roams the barren surface of Nu Earth, a chemical ruin of a planet, on a sworn mission to avenge his dead comrades from the Quartz Zone Massacre. On this mission he is accompanied by three [...]
Continue reading...Colliding Words and Pictures: An interview with Sarah McIntyre
Friday, September 24, 2010
Sarah McIntyre is, as regular readers will know, a huge favourite of your FP blog crew (not least with our cub reporter, young Molly) for her comics and her illustration work, as well as for her sparkly tiaras at comics and book events. This autumn sees the second wave of graphic novel collections from the [...]
Continue reading...Exercises in Instant Gratification: an interview with Tom Humberstone
Friday, August 13, 2010
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Tom Humberstone is a cartoonist and editor. As the man behind such comics as Art School Scum, My Fellow Americans and How To Date A Girl In 10 Days, he’s had critical plaudits aplenty. Also, in 2008, he was the winner of the Eagle award for ‘Favourite British Black and White Comic’. In this interview, [...]
Continue reading...Caption report
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Matt Badham, wandering writer and sometime conributor to the FP blog, has posted up a report on the recent Caption comics bash in Oxford, which sounds like it was (as usual) a great weekend: “I somehow managed to miss the DFC Panel, which was a shame. However, I did hear Paul Cornell‘s talk and got [...]
Continue reading...More Ways to Explode: an interview with Boo Cook
Monday, July 26, 2010
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Boo Cook has been working in comics for just about a decade, drawing strips such as A.B.C. Warriors, Judge Dredd, Asylum, Damnation Station and Judge Anderson for 2000 AD. He’s also worked in American comics as one of the many artists contributing to Richard Starking’s Elephantmen and on X-Factor for Marvel. For this chin-wag, Matthew [...]
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