Join Vince Hunt, Tony Esmond and Dan butcher and the Awesome Comics Podcast‘s first ever special guest, writer Tom Ward (co-creator of Merrick: The Sensational Elephantman), to find out more about his critically acclaimed series. The team also talk about controversial… Read More ›
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Thunderbirds 1965 Project Rockets toward Success, reaching £42,000 base goal in 24 hours
Within just 24 hours, the Kickstarter campaign for Thunderbirds 1965 – a Kickstarter project with the aim of creating three new Classic Thunderbirds episodes using 1960s audio recordings – has reached 56% of its base goal – £42,000. As we reporteed earlier this week, this September… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Writing as the Other
Continuing a month of shows about comics that are about or from Australasia on this week’s only over-air British comics radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist turned novelist Ed Hillyer about his debut novel, The Clay Dreaming, released in 2010 – his… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast, promoting the best of small press and indie comics, launched
It’s here! The first episode of the Awesome Comics Podcast dedicated small press and indie comics has arrived. Featuring Intro/Outro music courtesy of the brilliant Chad Fifer, join Vince Hunt (The Red Mask From Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard) and Tony Esmond… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast launches this weekend, promoting British small press comics
Comics are awesome. It’s that simple. Nowhere is this more apparent than amongst the books, convention tables and creators within the small press and independent comics community in the UK. And what do you do when you find something thats… Read More ›
B7 Media’s “Martian Chronicles” wins International Radio Award
B7 Media’s dramatisation of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles for BBC Radio 4, has won Silver in the prestigious 2015 New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards, in the Best Drama Special category. The Awards, honouring the World’s Best Radio… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Kickstarting the Riven Seal
Continuing a month of shows about comic book creators who have used online fundraising to launch various titles, Alex Fitch talks to Amanda Gomes and Julie Wright about their webcomic Riven Seal – Ars Ianua, which is hopefully being collected as a… Read More ›
Panel Borders: My So-Called Secret Identity
Continuing a month of shows about comic book creators who have used crowd funding to launch various titles on Britain’s only regularly radio broadcast comics show, Alex Fitch, with the help of guest presenter Nicola Streeten, discusses the crowd-funding campaign for the… Read More ›
Clear Spot: Ten Years of New Doctor Who spin-offs
In an hour long show looking at new Doctor Who novels, comics and animated serials since the programme returned to television in 2005, Alex Fitch talks to novelist Alastair Reynolds about his book The Harvest of Time and to writers / editors Jay… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Martian Comics and Ocular Anecdotes
Starting a month of shows about comic book creators who have used crowd funding to launch various titles on Panel Borders, Britain’s only regularly broadcast radio show about comics, Alex Fitch talks to writer and Sequart’s founder, Dr. Julian Darius and… Read More ›
Panel Borders: TorsoBear, Cogs & Claws
Continuing a month of shows about creators whose work sits in the middle ground between ‘mainstream’ and independent comics on Britain’s only over the air regular show about comics, Alex Fitch talks to creator Brett Uren about his graphic novel series TorsoBear, a… Read More ›
Latest Doctor Who Panel to Panel podcast is a Review Special
A new episode of the Doctor Who comics podcast Panel to Panel is up, and taking a break from his fantastic series of creator interviews, it’s time for Jeremy Bement to catch up on reviews. In this episode he review Titan… Read More ›
This week’s Panel Borders: “The Umbral Fuse” featuring writer Antony Johnston
Continuing a month of shows about creators whose work sits in the middle ground between ‘mainstream’ and independent comics, Alex Fitch talks to writer Antony Johnston about his career so far. Fitch and Johnston discuss the latter’s comics published by… Read More ›
Panel Borders: The Death of the Artist
Starting a month of shows about comics and graphic novels which occupy the middle ground between ‘mainstream’ titles and independent publishing on Britain’s only regularly broadcast comics radio show, guest presenter Tim Pilcher talks to artist Karrie Fransman today, about her latest… Read More ›
Second Terrahawks Audio Series in the works from Big Finish
Anderson Entertainment has announced a second new audio series of Terrahawks, Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr’s 1983 cult TV series, with a deal to produce a further eight brand new episodes with production company and publisher Big Finish Productions Ltd,… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Panel to Panel Interviews Andrew James, Clayton Hickman
Episode 27 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel – a fantastic podcast from US comics fan Jeremy Bement devoted to the world of Doctor Who comics – has just been released online for your listening pleasure. “In my opinion this is one of the best… Read More ›
Spicy Tea and Sympathy! New Brenda and Effie Mysteries episode coming soon
Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax, Dinnerladies) stars in Episode Three of The Brenda and Effie Mysteries, audio stories based on the characters created by author Paul Magrs, available soon from Bafflegab Productions, who also produce The Scarifyers. Brenda and… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Neal Adams’ Relevant Comics
Continuing a month of radio shows about creators whose passion for comics leads them to do more than just create strips for the medium, Alex Fitch talks to legendary creator Neal Adams this week on Panel Borders, one of the… Read More ›
11 O’Clock Comics Podcast Goes Transatlantic!
The latest episode of the US comics 11 O’Clock Comics Podcast (Episode 360) features the hugely-talented UK-based comics artist Marc Laming and ace DownTheTubes contributor Antony Esmond. They join the regular team of Vince B, David Price and Jason Wood in a special… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Richard McGuire, Here
Continuing a month of shows about architecture and landscape in comics, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Richard McGuire about his epic 300-page graphic novel Here, published by Hamish Hamilton / Pantheon Books. Here is told entirely in double… Read More ›