Strip!: Horrible Histories, this evening at 5pm on Resonance FM, podcast after transmission on Panel Borders

Starting children’s comics fortnight on Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to writer Terry Deary and cartoonist Martin Brown about their hugely successful range of children’s books, Horrible Histories, which have formed the inspiration for an exhibition that’s just opened at the Imperial War Museum, London.

Clear Spot: In search of the Atom Style, tonight at 8pm on Resonance FM, podcast afterwards on Panel Borders

Continuing children’s comics fortnight on Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to artists Woodrow Phoenix and Garen Ewing about their work and the influence of the Atom Style / ligne claire tradition on their comics, which was most famously exemplified in the art of Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin. Also (TBC), Alex talks to comics historian Paul Gravett about his exhibition on the movement which is currently showing at The Atomium in Brussels until 20th September.

Coming soon…

Strip!: Octopi, dogs and bears, oh my!, due on air on Resonance FM on Thursday 13th at 5pm

Concluding children’s comics fortnight on Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to artists Henri Goldsmann and Richy K. Chandler about their work. Henri is the author of a new picture book – “Harold (a dog’s best friend)” – and has a successful career as a caricaturist, having dabbled in graphic novels such as “Secret Agent Spanky Sheep” on the side. Richy has produced ten terrific mini comics such as “Lucy the Octopus” and “Govinda the Meditating Rabbit” over the last couple of years which are now available in a cute bear shaped box set…
(This is the last in the current series of Strip! and the show will return in September)

Previous podcasts…

Panel Borders: The art of Kevin O’Neill

Concluding Sci-Fi comics month on Strip!, Alex Fitch talks to artist Kevin O’Neill about his work with writer Pat Mills from his early days working on Nemesis the Warlock and A.B.C. Warriors in 2000AD to the hero hunting cop Marshal Law for various publishers. Alex and Kevin also talk about the film adaptations of his work from Hardware (based on the short story Shok!) to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, loosely based on the comic he co-created with Alan Moore. Recorded live in front of an audience at Sci-Fi London.

Reality Check: The current state of Stargate, online at SciFi London

As one era of Stargate on TV comes to close and before the next begins, we’re looking at the past of the franchise on DVD and CD. Guest interviewer Liz George talks to actress Rachel Luttrell about her experiences on Stargate: Atlantis and Alex Fitch talks to author James Swallow about his Stargate: SG1 & Atlantis talking books. And on a Stargate note, don’t forget to enter our excellent Stargate Atlantis competition where you could win a season 5 box set, a poster signed by Rachel Luttrell and a prop weapon from the show.

(some of the cast from Stargate Atlantis’ fifth season)

We’ve got a terrific prize for one very lucky Stargate fan – yes, we have a whole season 5 box set waiting for one lucky winner, but oh, there’s more. We’ve got something money doesn’t buy – we’ve got one of the prop weapons from the series (how collectable is that?) and an SGA poster signed by the lovely Rachel ‘Teyla Emmagan’ Luttrell herself. Head on over to our website now and get your entry in before midnight on Sunday 23rd of August to be in with a chance of winning this fabulous Stargate Atlantis bonanza.