Former Comics Laureate Hannah Berry chats to renowned cartoonist Alison Bechel in the next Panel Borders radio show, about her latest book The Secret to Superhuman Strength, as well as her classics Dykes to Watch Out For and Fun Home, in a Q and A recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.
Award-winning comic creator Alison Bechdel on stage with Hannah Berry at LICAF 2022. Photo: Chris Payne
Plus, Alex Fitch talks to artists Jaime Huxtable and Zara Slattery about their titles for younger readers, including G Bear and Jammo, and Don’t Call Me a Tomboy respectively, in a panel discussion recorded at Graphic Brighton.
• Panel Borders: Youth and Wellbeing airs at 5.30pm, Wednesday 1st February 2023, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 5th February 2022, Resonance 104.4 FM / more info at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
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.