In next week’s Panel Borders broadcast on ResonanceFM, “Fantasy and Horror Locations” offers a great mix of interviews with three comic creators, two UK based.
First, Alex Fitch talks to John Dudley and Scott Gray about their Kickstarted title Big Shoulders, which, as we previously reported, mixes music and magic, dragons and immortal storytellers in contemporary and historic Chicago.
John was inspired to write the series, now seeking crowdfunding support, after moving to Chicago, back in 2007. Scott Gray is best known for his lengthy run on the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip, largely as a writer, but even that eclectic series didn’t prepare him for Big Shoulders.
Plus, Lucy Sullivan discusses her folk horror comics including Black Hammer: Madame Dragonfly and Shelter: Early Doors, with a look at the latter’s London based location inspired by her childhood growing up in a pub!
Early Doors is an award-winning folk-horror story, available direct from Lucy, set in London in the late 1960s/Early 70s. A world where the supernatural rubs shoulders with the mundane. Where whisper networks and the old ways control local governance and only that will see you through…
• Panel Borders – Fantasy and Horror Locations airs at 5.30pm, Wednesday 3rd July 2024, repeat broadcast 11.00am, Sunday 7th July 2024, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / extended podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Big Shoulders
• Big Shoulders is now running on Kickstarter and the campaign page can be found here
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• Lucy Sullivan is online at lucysullivanuk.com
• Early Doors is available direct from Lucy here
• Lucy details the creation of Black Hammer – Madame Butterfly here on Substack
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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.
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