Episode 6 of the new UK small press centric Awesome Comics Podcast is coming your way today. Hosted by Vince Hunt (creator of Red Mask From Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard) Butcher and our very own reviewer chap Tony Esmond, this episode… Read More ›
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This week’s Panel Borders: 2000AD alumni Colin Wilson and Jim Alexander interviewed
Starting a month of shows about ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, Alex Fitch talks to a writer and an artist about their work in and after 2000AD. Colin Wilson discusses getting his first work on the periodical and drawing Judge Dredd… Read More ›
Creating Comics the Awesome Way: Generating a Buzz for your Comic
Episode five of the new UK Small Press Awesome Comics Podcast has just been released. In this segment, the hosts Vince Hunt (The Red Mask from Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard) and Tony Esmond (downthetubes contributor and reviewer) are reviewing a stack of small… Read More ›
WebFind: The Quark Invasion of Earth
Doctor Who and Rivers of London artist Lee Sullivan came across The Quark Invasion of Earth, a wonderful homage to 1960s Doctor Who, and I thought I’d gave it a shout out here. The film is the work of author Andrew Orton, creator… Read More ›
First official Roald Dahl story-inspired app launched: Twit or Miss
Children’s writer Roald Dahl‘s disgustingly memorable The Twits are the first of his characters to star in a new app – and their habits are just as yucky as ever. Today sees the launch of Roald Dahl’s Twit or Miss,… Read More ›
Incoming: Episode 4 of The Awesome Comics Podcast, featuring artist Christian Wildgoose
Episode four of the new UK small press Awesome Comics Podcast will be coming at you this Monday. The hosts Vince Hunt (The Red Mask from Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard) and downthetubes contributor Tony Esmond will be chatting to artist… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Bruce Mutard – from The Bunker to The Sacrifice
Continuing a month of shows about Australasian comics, Alex Fitch talks to Melbourne cartoonist Bruce Mutard about his career so far, from his first graphic novel The Bunker to experimental comics such as Alice in Nomansland, and working on a sequel to his… Read More ›
In Review: Panel Borders: Crowd-Funded Comics
A train journey to the Lakes afforded me the chance to listen to this terrific episode of the Resonance FM ’Panel Borders‘ podcast about the positives and negatives of crowd funding your comic projects. This show concluded a month… Read More ›
The Awesome Comics Podcast – Episode 3 with Marc Laming
Flying into your eardrums this upcoming week it’s time for the third episode of The Awesome Comics Podcast. This Monday, joining Vince Hunt (The Red Mask From Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard Comic) and Tony Esmond (the grumpy one and contributor… Read More ›
Mind Probes At The Ready! Presenters Revealed for Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The presenters selected to wield the mind probes at year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival (Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October 2015) have been announced, and include some top names in the world of British comics journalism and academia, including… Read More ›
Thunderbirds 1965 is Go, now aims for ‘Prequel’ Production!
The Thunderbirds 1965 Kickstarter to create new episodes of “Classic Thunderbirds” has reached its £75,000 base target in less than five days – and now the race is on to achieve a ‘stretch goal’ that will enable production of a Thunderbirds ‘prequel’…. Read More ›
Awesome Comic Podcast probes Tom Ward, co-creator of Merrick the Sensational Elephantman
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 ›
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 ›
Thunderbirds 1965 Project To Create “Classic Thunderbirds Episodes”
This September marks 50 years since Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s ground-breaking Thunderbirds series blasted onto TV screens in the UK. To celebrate this special anniversary, the iconic puppets will be making a spectacular return in three brand new episodes in… 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 ›