Tom at Orbital kindly drops us a link to an audio recording of the recent Tom Gauld and Anders Nilsen talk, recorded for the Orbital podcast after Anders’ recent London visit, go have a listen.
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Nick Abadzis sends us news of Trip City, a new “Brooklyn-filtered literary and arts salon” which launched today. From the looks of it TC will be taking in all sorts of media – there’s a more than generous helping of comics material, but there’s also plenty of pop and literary culture aspects to it too, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 28, 2011
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As the season of the witch beckons, here’s Alex Fitch, crawling forth from his crumbling tomb with audio shudders for the Halloween season. As ever for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows check the Panel Borders site: I’m ready for my close-up: Buried land / Scorched Earth, Friday 28th October at 5pm [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 10, 2011
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As many of you will be aware a team of top science fiction folks have been slaving away on a brand new edition of the Encyclopedia of SF – some of us recall the previous print editions from several years ago (and the accompanying Fantasy Encyclopedia), massive tome which also had electronic updates following it [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 9, 2011
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Now moved to their new Sunday evening slot, here’s the weekly round up from Alex Fitch of the comics, SF and movie related shows he’s involved with for the next week or so; as ever for more details check the Panel Borders site for more info and links to podcasts of previous shows. Panel Borders: [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 29, 2011
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It’s Thursday and as our erratic weather proves even odder than usual and we suddenly have a burst of high summer while the autumnal leaves are falling (playing havoc with seasonal wardrobe decisions), here’s Alex Fitch to distract us from trying to decide if we should be playing conkers or lounging on the beach, with [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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There are a couple of fine interviews up with some top bods from the world of science fiction – one of my favourite literary podcasts, The Bat Segundo Show, has an interview with Lauren Beukes, author of Zoo City and winner of this year’s prestigious Arthur C Clarke Award: (Lauren Beukes, phot borrowed from the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 8, 2011
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Autumn is scented on the breeze as Alex Fitch takes time out from polishing up his prized conkers to fill us in on his latest shows; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows: Panel Borders: Exploring war comics, tonight at 5pm on Resonance FM, podcast [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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BoingBoing’s fine SF, comics & gaming podcast Gweek has comics historian Craig Yoe as their guest this week, check it out.
Continue reading...Thursday, August 25, 2011
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Another Thursday, the end of summer (such as it is in the UK) approaches with the oncoming bank holiday weekend, but our constant audio ray of sunshine Alex Fitch brings us more comics goodness. As ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows. Panel Borders: Gosh! It’s [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Forget our damaged, bruised city streets for a little while, settle yourself down with a soothing cuppa and listen to some of the latest shows from Alex Fitch; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows. And don’t forget the Conflict and Comics two-day conference at [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 30, 2011
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As a slightly schizophrenic Thursday offers us alternate warm, glowing summer sun then sudden downpours (it is summer, at least the rain is warm), here’s Alex Fitch offering us up some comics audio goodness to listen to in the parasol or under the umbrella, as the weather dictates. As ever for more details and links [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 9, 2011
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As another Thursday rolls around here’s Alex Fitch to update us to the latest of his comics and SF related shows coming up; as ever for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows, check the Panel Borders site: Panel Borders: Comic Therapy, tonight at 5pm on Resonance FM, podcast afterwards on Panel Borders [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 3, 2011
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(a scene from the recently publisher Mister Wonderful by and (c) Dan Clowes, published in UK by Jonathan Cape) Daniel Clowes is the guest on one of my favourite book-related podcasts, the always interesting Bat Segundo show, discussing his life, his work, the difference between the readers responses to Eightball and the New York Times, comparing [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 2, 2011
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Another Thursday and that means it is time for Alex Fitch to titilate our aural senses with news of his latest comics and SF related shows. As ever for more details check the Panel Borders site for more information and links to podcasts of previous shows. Panel Borders: Mom’s Cancer, tonight at 5pm on Resonance [...]
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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