Panel Borders: The amazing adventures of Fraction and Chabon Continuing a month of shows looking at the connections between sequential art and literature, Alex Fitch talks to writers Matt Fraction and Michael Chabon about their friendship, reading experiences outside of… Read More ›
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Radio interviews featuring Denise Mina and John Higgins
Starting a month about the links between comics and literature, radio show and podcast Panel Borders presents Swedish Thrillers and dark Sci-Fi Fantasy this coming weekend. Alex Fitch looks at an example of a series of books that are being… Read More ›
Radio interviews with Warren Pleece, Denise Mina, Garen Ewing and Simon Barnard
I’m ready for my close-up: The Scarifyers As we enter Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary year, I’m ready for my close-up investigates a radio drama series tangentally connected to the franchise. The Scarifyers is a horror / black comedy series, with… Read More ›
Radio interview with Steve Bissette
Panel Borders: Creating Constantine Continuing our month of shows about the 25th anniversary of John Constantine: Hellblazer, Alex Fitch discusses the first appearances of the character with co-creator Steve Bissette. Alex and Steve discuss the artist’s tenure as penciller on… Read More ›
Radio show on 25 years of Hellblazer featuring Delano, Diggle, Lloyd and Milligan
Panel Borders – 25 years of John Constantine: Hellblazer Panel Borders returns after the Christmas break for a new series in an earlier slot on Sunday evenings. Starting a series of shows about the 25th anniversary of the occult detective… Read More ›
Radio interviews with Glyn Dillon and Joff Winterhart
Panel Borders: Brown, Nao / Bagnold Summer In the third of a trilogy of shows about depictions of lives on the comic book page, Alex Fitch talks to the authors of two of 2012’s most acclaimed graphic novels. Glyn Dillon… Read More ›
Modesty Blaise comes to Radio 4
Daphne Alexander as Modesty Blaise. Photo copyright BBC (with thanks to Reuben Wilmott) A radio adaptation of Peter O’Donnell’s Modesty Blaise story A Taste for Death novel airs on BBC Radio 4 this week. Starring Daphne Alexander – who was… Read More ›
Radio shows on Andi Ewington, Robert Rankin, Olvier Jeffers and more
Clear Spot: Graphic albums and picture books In advance of next week’s South Kensington Kids Festival which celebrates picture books and graphic novels for children, Alex Fitch talks to four creators whose work contains elements of each medium. Andi Ewington discusses his… Read More ›
Panel Borders featuring Hannah Berry and Julian Hanshaw
Panel Borders: Sussex to South Asia and stops in-between Continuing a month of shows about travel in comic books and graphic novels, Alex Fitch talks to Julian Hanshaw about his new collection of short stories, I’m Never Coming Back which… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Nick Abadzis on Hugo Tate
Panel Borders: Hugo Tate Continuing Panel Borders’ month of shows about the depiction of travel in comic books, Alex Fitch talks to the award winning cartoonist Nick Abadzis about the recent Blank Slate Books collection of his much loved strip… Read More ›