Panel Borders: Titans and Men of Action

By John Freeman on October 3, 2017

Man of Action’s Joe Kelly

Starting a new series of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch explores the work of two much loved American comic book writers. In a discussion recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival last year, Alex talks to Joe Kelly about writing Spider-Man, Justice League and I Kill Giants, plus his involvement with the group ‘Man of Action’ who co-created animation titles such as Ben 10 and Disney’s Big Hero 6.

Alex talks with veteran scribe Marv Wolfman, discussing his 50 years of writing comics such as Teen Titans, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and Tomb of Dracula featuring Blade, the Vampire Slayer.

Coming soon, in forthcoming episodes of Panel Borders: Interviews with Gareth Brookes, Boo Cook, Thierry Groensteen, Ottilie Hainsworth, David Kunzl, Frank Quitely, Bob Molesworth, Nick Souzanis, Una, Gerard Way and many more…

• Panel Borders: Titans and Men of Action airs at 5.30pm Wednesday 4th October 2017, repeated 7.00am Tuesday 10th October 2017, Resonance 104.4 FM and DAB (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.