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Panel Borders: They Shoot Comics
May 1, 2024
Ivanka Hahnenberger interviews Peter Hogan, Posy Simmonds and Luke Pearson at The Century Club
Guest presenter Ivanka Hahnenberger talks to three comics creators whose work has been adapted for film and television. Writer Peter Hogan discusses the TV version of his comic Resident Alien, cartoonist Posy Simmonds chats about the adaptations of Tamara Drew and Fred, and Luke Pearson explores the Netflix adaptation of his children comic Hilda. Recorded at Comica, curated by Paul Gravett, and held at The Century Club, London, April 2024. Recorded and edited by Alex Fitch.
Originally broadcast 1st May 2024 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London)
For more formats to stream or download, please visit archive.org (more…)
Next week’s show: They Shoot Comics
April 27, 2024
Ivanka Hahnenberger interviews Peter Hogan, Posy Simmonds and Luke Pearson at The Century Club
Guest presenter Ivanka Hahnenberger talks to three comics creators whose work has been adapted for film and television. Writer Peter Hogan discusses the TV version of his comic Resident Alien, cartoonist Posy Simmonds chats about the adaptations of Tamara Drew and Fred, and Luke Pearson explores the Netflix adaptation of his children comic Hilda. Recorded at Comica, curated by Paul Gravett, and held at The Century Club, London, April 2024. Recorded and edited by Alex Fitch.
5.30pm, Wednesday 1st May 2024, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 5th May 2024, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
More info: Comica’s facebook page
Ivanka’s company VIP Brands
Peter Hogan’s instagram page
Articles on Posy Simmonds in The Guardian
Luke Pearson’s website
Listen to Alex Fitch’s interviews with Luke Pearson, Peter Hogan and Ivanka Hahnenberger
Next week’s show: Learning from the Past and Future
March 26, 2024
Excerpts from Free Pass by Julian Hanshaw, and The Raggered Trousered Philanthropists and No Surrender by Sophie and Scarlett Rickard
Alex Fitch talks to creators whose work set in the past and future offer salient warnings about the present. Julian Hanshaw discusses his graphic novel Free Pass which tells the tale of a couple who let a robot join in their intimate relationships, while Sophie and Scarlett Rickard chat about their comic book adaptations of Edwardian protest novels The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and No Surrender. Both interviews recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton.
5.30pm, Wednesday 3rd April 2024, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 7th April 2024, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
More info: Hanshaw’s Instagram site
Interview with Julian Hanshaw in RyeZine
The Rickard Sisters’ website
Info about Julian Hanshaw, and Sophie and Scarlett Rickard on publisher SelfMadeHero’s website
The Rickard Sisters’ Instagram site
Panel Borders: Life Drawing
March 11, 2024
Examples of “Nick Draws Neighbours” by Nick Sayers, and extracts from “This Might Surprise You: A Cancer Memoir” by Hayley Gullen
Life Drawing: In a pair of interviews recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of artists whose work is drawn from life. Nick Sayers discusses his projects Nick Draws Neighbours, and Nick Draws Nationals which see the artist pencil likenesses of people met locally and on zoom to compile vignettes of life during lockdown and beyond. Also, Hayley Gullen chats about her graphic memoir in process – This Might Surprise You – which chronicles her diagnosis of, and recovery from cancer, which was shortlisted for the 2023 Caliburn Prize for Comics.
Originally broadcast 6th March 2024 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London)
For more formats to stream or download, please visit archive.org (more…)
This week’s show: Life Drawing
March 4, 2024
Examples of “Nick Draws Neighbours” by Nick Sayers, and extracts from “This Might Surprise You: A Cancer Memoir” by Hayley Gullen
In a pair of interviews recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of artists whose work is drawn from life. Nick Sayers discusses his projects Nick Draws Neighbours, and Nick Draws Nationals which see the artist pencil likenesses of people met locally and on zoom to compile vignettes of life during lockdown and beyond. Also, Hayley Gullen chats about her graphic memoir in process – This Might Surprise You – which chronicles her diagnosis of, and recovery from cancer, which was shortlisted for the 2023 Caliburn Prize for Comics.
5.30pm, Wednesday 6th March 2024, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 10th March 2024, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Hayley Gullen’s pages on Twitter / X and Instagram
Order the short comic Hayley’s Guide to Chemo from Colossal Cartographies
Nick Sayers’ pages on Twitter / X and Instagram
Info about the projects Nick Draws Neighbours, and Nick Draws Nationals by Nick Sayers on Behance
Next week’s show: Euro Visions
February 3, 2024
Art from Je Ne Sais Quoi by Lucie Arnoux / Dylan Dog, Across the Spider-Verse and homage to The Seventh Seal by Gigi Cavenago
In a pair of interviews with European artists now working in English, Alex Fitch talks to Gigi Cavenago about his work on iconic characters such as Dylan Dog / Batman, and Spider-Man in Across the Spider-Verse, and to Lucie Arnoux about her autobiographical graphic novel Je Ne Sais Quoi and illustrating the comics adaptations of the Enola Holmes novels by Nancy Springer. Recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, and Cartoon County, Brighton.
5.30pm, Wednesday 7th February 2024, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 11th February 2024, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Lucie Arnoux’s website and instagram site
Review of Je Ne Sais Quoi in The Guardian
Gigi Cavenago’s youtube channel and instagram site
Info about Gigi Cavenago on Idea Academy
Next Week’s show: The First Graphic Novel Award
December 28, 2023
Excerpts from graphic novels in progress by Alex Taylor, Corban Wilkin, Cathy Brett, Gareth Cowlin, Anna Trench, Myfanwy Tristram and Mereida Fajardo, and photo of Alex Taylor, Corban Wilkin, Cathy Brett, Gareth Cowlin, Anna Trench, Myfanwy Tristram, Alex Fitch and Mereida Fajardo (on screen) at Waterstone Piccadilly
Alex Fitch hosts the presentation ceremony of the 2023 First Graphic Novel Award, featuring short interviews with shortlisted artists Cathy Brett, Gareth Cowlin, Mereida Fajardo, Alexander Taylor, Anna Trench, Myfanwy Tristram, and Corban Wilkin, presentations by Fitch and his fellow judges: Sabba Khan, Corinne Pearlman, Ayoola Solarin, Steve Marchant and Mark Wallinger, and the presentation of the award to the winner by graphic novelist Jenny Robins. Recorded at Waterstones Piccadilly, December 2023.
5.30pm, Wednesday 3rd January 2024, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 7th January 2024, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: to follow
Next Week’s show: Pricks, and Sea Sick
December 1, 2023
Cover and interior of Pricks: Purple Hate Balloon by Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan / Karrie Fransman, Zara Slattery and Myfanwy Tristram launching the CCIC initiative at LICAF
In an episode on provocation and sequential art, Alex Fitch talks to Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan, the creators of Purple Hate Balloon and Pricks, magical realist tales of toxic masculinty set in Worthing, recorded at Cartoon County. Also, in a panel discussion recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Myfanwy Tristram, Zara Slattery and Karrie Fransman, organisers of The Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC / pronounced ‘Seasick’) relate their plans, ambitions and ideas to bring new audiences to British comics.
5.30pm, Wednesday 6th December 2023, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 10th December , Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Info about Purple Hate Balloon and Pricks: Flat part 1 and 2 on Fraser Geesin’s website
More info about Fraser’s Silence! podcast featuring Gary Lactus and the Beast Must Die
The Comics Cultural Impact Collective website
Previous podcasts featuring Karrie Fransman, Zara Slattery and Myfanwy Tristram
Doctor Who at 60
November 23, 2023
Doctor Who at 60
Over the past 17 years, Alex Fitch has interviewed a number of creators and actors involved in the much loved British Sci-Fi show Doctor Who. For the show’s 60th anniversary, here’s a collection of links to these podcasts:
Actors
Sophie Aldred (Ace) on playing the 7th Doctor’s companion on TV, video, and in audio dramas
Colin Baker (Doctor Who) chats about playing the 6th Doctor on TV and in audio dramas
Honor Blackman (Terror of the Vervoids) – the renowned Avengers actress on playing Professor Lasky in the 6th Doctor’s penultimate serial
Lisa Bowerman (Bernice Summerfield) explores her career as the 7th Doctor’s print companion in further adventures on audio
Jon Culshaw (Dead Ringers) on impersonating the Doctor and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart in audio dramas
Paul Darrow (Timelash) on playing characters in Doctor Who and Blake’s 7, and their spin-offs
Carole Ann Ford (Susan) explores her continuing role as the Doctor’s grandaughter
John Guilor (Planet of Giants on playing the First Doctor in new scenes for BBC DVDs
Janet Fielding (Tegan Jovanka) discussing 40 years of playing the character
Louise Jameson (Leela) chats about playing Tom Baker’s companion and her career in acting and directing
Katie Manning (Jo Grant) illuminates her numerous roles in Doctor Who from playing the 3rd Doctor’s companion to irreverent Time Lady Iris Wildtyme
Jessica Martin (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy on playing werewolf girl Mags on TV and in audio plays with Sylvester McCoy
Pamela Salem (Remembrance of the Daleks on playing Rachel Jensen in the final 20th Century Dalek serial, and Miss Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again
Tim Treloar (Doctor Who) on taking over from Jon Pertwee in new adventures for the 3rd Doctor in Big Finish audio plays
David Troughton (The Curse of Peladon) on appearing in a number of episodes of Doctor Who on TV and radio
Comic Books
Mike Collins (Party Animals) on drawing numerous Doctor Who comics, including the first to show a regeneration into a new Doctor
Al Davison (Silver Scream) and Tony Lee chat about creating Doctor Who comics for the American market
Dave Gibbons (The Star Beast) – the acclaimed Watchmen artist chats about drawing Tom Baker’s adventures in Doctor Who Magazine
Pat Mills (The Star Beast) on writing the first run of comics in Doctor Who Magazine which first gave the Doctor a non-white companion
Leah Moore and John Reppion (The Whispering Gallery) on writing innovative Doctor Who comics
David Roach (The Crimson Hand) discusses being the Doctor Who comic strip’s most prolific inker alongside drawing classic strips for 2000AD
Rachel Smith (A Rose by any other name) on illustrating the 10th Doctor’s adventures
Writers
Ben Aaronovich (Remembrance of the Daleks on writing 7th Doctor serials in the late 1980s and helping to bring back Blake’s 7 for BBC Radio
Timothy X Atack (The Wreck of the World) discusses his varied audio dramas featuring the 2nd, 4th, and 8th Doctors
David K Barnes (The Dalek Occupation of Winter) chats about writing Doctor Who audio plays
Emma Beeby (Tomb Ship) discusses her new audio dramas for the 5th Doctor co-written with Gordon Rennie
Colin Brake (Escape Velocity) discusses nearly becoming the Doctor Who show runner in the 1990s
Stuart Douglas (Faction Paradox) discussing Obverse Books
Jay Eales and Selina Lock (Faction Paradox) – the Factor Fiction writing team on penning Doctor WHo spin-offs for Obverse Books
Nigel Fairs (Companion Chronicles) investigates his audio dialogues for Doctor Who companions
Dan Freeman (Death Comes to Time) on writing the first animated Doctor Who podcast
Neil Gaiman (The Doctor’s Wife) – the acclaimed Sandman writer on Doctor Who and writing Science Fiction
Matthew Jacobs (Doctor Who, 1996) chats about the Paul McGann TV movie
Paul Magrs (The Scarlett Empress) on penning Doctor Who novels and audio dramas featuring Iris Wildtyme
R.R. Molyneux (Tales of a Timelord) chats about the fan produced audio serial featuring the 20th Doctor
Alastair Reynolds (Harvest of Time – the award-winning sci-fi writer on penning an epic Doctor Who novel
Gary Russell (The Sarah Jane Adventures on writing Doctor Who spin-offs and launching the Doctor Who audio adventures at Big Finish
Show Runners and Script Editors
Jenny Colgan, Paul Cornell, Tommy Donbavand, Marc Platt, and script editor (1970-1974) Terrance Dicks on writing Doctor Who novels
Actor John Banks, producer David Richardson and director Ken Bentley about Counter Measures, which continues the story of Remembrance of the Daleks.
Artists Adrian Salmon and Mark Buckingham, and writers Scott Gray and Andrew Cartmel (also TV script editor 1987-1989) discuss the Doctor in sequential art
Panel Borders: Jewish Women in Comics
November 7, 2023
Covers of The Dreaming and Destiny comics written by Alisa Kwitney / excerpt from Die Bubbeh by Sharon Rudahl / cover of Jewish Women in Comics / Art in progress by Sarah Lightman
Jewish Women in Comics: In a special episode looking at the work of Jewish Women in Comics, Alex Fitch talks to Sarah Lightman, one of the editors of a new book with that name, and to Sharon Rudahl, a veteran comics creator known for her strips in Wimmen’s Comix, who is featured in the anthology. Also ahead of her appearance at JewCE in New York, Alisa Kwitney chats about editing DC Comics in the 1990s, writing Sandman spin-off titles, and her parallel career as a novelist.
Originally broadcast 1st November 2023 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London)
For more formats to stream or download, please visit archive.org (more…)
This week’s show: Jewish Women in Comics
October 30, 2023
Covers of The Dreaming and Destiny comics written by Alisa Kwitney / excerpt from Die Bubbeh by Sharon Rudahl / cover of Jewish Women in Comics / Art in progress by Sarah Lightman
In a special episode looking at the work of Jewish Women in Comics, Alex Fitch talks to Sarah Lightman, one of the editors of a new book with that name, and to Sharon Rudahl, a veteran comics creator known for her strips in Wimmen’s Comix, who is featured in the anthology. Also ahead of her appearance at JewCE in New York, Alisa Kwitney chats about editing DC Comics in the 1990s, writing Sandman spin-off titles, and her parallel career as a novelist.
Please note: this episode was planned, and mostly recorded, long before the horrific events of Oct 7th 2023 and subsequent days.
5.30pm, Wednesday 1st November 2023, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 5th October 2023, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
More info about: Alisa Kwitney’s website
Info about her work for DC Comics and Ahoy Comics
Publisher’s website on Jewish Women in Comics
Extract from Die Bubbeh by Sharon Rudahl, as featured in the collection
List of comics by Sharon Rudahl on comics.org
Sarah Lightman’s website
Article on the History of Jewish Comic Creators
Clear Spot: Past, Present, and Future Vectrexes
October 30, 2023
Clockwise from top left: Alpine Rescue menu screen, Share Squid software logo, stills from Alpine Rescue, Chris Romero in a Vectrex T-shirt, games by Future Vector, Ben ‘Rasmasynth’
Past, Present, and Future Vectrexes: In a Clear Spot looking at the Past, Present and Future of the Vectrex Arcade Console, Alex Fitch talks to a couple of programmers for the machine, and a collector / expert on the system. Benoit Bender from Future Vector / Rasmasynth discusses his latest collection of games – Vectral – being released for the Vectrex and his previous titles such as WireOut, Jon Day chats about his forthcoming game Alpine Rescue, and archivist Chris Romero explores his history of collecting for the platform.
Partially broadcast 27th October 2023 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London) (more…)
Next week’s show: Past, Present and Future Vectrexes
October 22, 2023
Clockwise from top left: Alpine Rescue menu screen, Share Squid software logo, stills from Alpine Rescue, Chris Romero in a Vectrex T-shirt, games by Future Vector, Ben ‘Rasmasynth’
In a Clear Spot looking at the Past, Present and Future of the Vectrex Arcade Console, Alex Fitch talks to a couple of programmers for the machine, and a collector / expert on the system. Benoit Bender from Future Vector / Rasmasynth discusses his latest collection of games – Vectral – being released for the Vectrex and his previous titles such as WireOut, Jon Day chats about his forthcoming game Alpine Rescue, and archivist Chris Romero explores his history of collecting for the platform.
8pm (BST), Friday 27th October 2023, repeat broadcast 10am (GMT), Monday 30th October, Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com (more…)
Panel Borders: Transformers and Translators
October 11, 2023
Transformers, Venom and The Ultimates art by Bryan Hittch / Ivanka Hahnenberger at Bologna comics fair / covers of graphic novels translated by Ivanka
Transformers And Translators: In the first of this year’s autumn series of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to Bryan Hitch, a comics artist renowned for his work on Transformers and super-hero titles, and to Ivanka Hahnenberger who has translated numerous award-winning European graphic novels into English, and works in promoting the medium at various events. Recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, and Cartoon County, Brighton.
Originally broadcast 6th September 2023 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London)
For more formats to stream or download, please visit archive.org (more…)
Next week’s show: Creepy Comics
September 27, 2023
Pages and cover from What Awaits Them by Liam Cobb, and Cindy and Biscuit: We Love Trouble by Dan White
As we approach Hallowe’en, this month’s Panel Borders looks at Creepy Comics. Alex Fitch chats to Liam Cobb about the anthology of his short surrealist comics What Awaits Them published by Breakdown Press, which includes tales of isolation, murder and madness and, in a Q and recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton, Dan White talks about the new American Oni Press collection of his popular British YA title Cindy and Biscuit, in which a girl and her dog fight monsters, while navigating a world of nagging parents and schoolyard scrapes.
5.30pm, Wednesday 4th October 2023, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 8th October 2023, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: More info about What Awaits Them from publisher Breakdown Press
Liam Cobb’s website
Order Cindy and Biscuit: We Love Trouble from Gosh Comics
Dan White’s website
Next week’s show: Transformers and Translators
August 31, 2023
Transformers, Venom and The Ultimates art by Bryan Hittch / Ivanka Hahnenberger at Bologna comics fair / covers of graphic novels translated by Ivanka
In the first of this year’s autumn series of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to Bryan Hitch, a comics artist renowned for his work on Transformers and super-hero titles, and to Ivanka Hahnenberger who has translated numerous award-winning European graphic novels into English, and works in promoting the medium at various events. Recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, and Cartoon County, Brighton.
The next Lakes International Comic Art Festival takes place between 29th September and 1st October in Bowness-on-Windermere.
5.30pm, Wednesday 6th September 2023, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 10th September 2023, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Reviews of books translated by Ivanka Hahnenberger
Info about Hahnenberger’s company V.I.P. Brands who promote comics and graphic novels
Bryan Hitch’s profile on Marvel and DC Comics websites
Hitch’s instagram site
Panel Borders: Comic Histories
August 24, 2023
Alice Loxton presentation at The Cartoon Museum / cartoons by Cruikshank, Gillray and Rowlandson / early comic by Caran d’Ache / Benoît Peeters’ presentation at Comics Up Close (photos taken by Alex Fitch)
Comic Histories: the Panel Borders Summer Special – in a couple of public talks, a pair of academics discuss the early history of comics. Alice Loxton investigates the saga of 18th Century satirical prints, as made by Gillray, Cruikshank and Rowlandson in a talk recorded at The Cartoon Museum in conjuction with the launch of her book Uproar! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London; and in a presentation from Comics Up Close at Manchester Museum, Benoît Peeters explores famous examples of comics in the 19th and 20th Centuries from Rodolphe Toffler and Caran d’Ache, to Alex Raymond and Hergé. Introduced by Alex Fitch.
Originally broadcast 3rd May 2023 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London)
For more formats to stream or download, please visit archive.org
Links: Listen to Alex Fitch’s interview with Alice Loxton about Uproar!
Info about Uproar! on Icon Books’ website
Links to Alice Loxton’s video content on tiktok and instagram via her website
Info about Les Cités Obscures by Benoît Peteers and François Schuiten
Benoît Peeters’ profile on Lambiek (more…)
Next Week’s Show: Comic Histories
August 3, 2023
Alice Loxton presentation at The Cartoon Museum / cartoons by Cruikshank, Gillray and Rowlandson / early comic by Caran d’Ache / Benoît Peeters’ presentation at Comics Up Close
Panel Borders 90 min Summer Special: in a couple of public talks, a pair of academics discuss the early history of comics. Alice Loxton investigates the saga of 18th Century satirical prints, as made by Gillray, Cruikshank and Rowlandson in a talk recorded at The Cartoon Museum in conjuction with the launch of her book Uproar! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London; and in a presentation from Comics Up Close at Manchester Museum, Benoît Peeters explores famous examples of comics in the 19th and 20th Centuries from Rodolphe Toffler and Caran d’Ache, to Alex Raymond and Hergé. Introduced by Alex Fitch.
5.30pm, Wednesday 9th August 2023, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 13th August 2023, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Listen to Alex Fitch’s interview with Alice Loxton about her book Uproar!
Info about Uproar! on Icon Books’ website
Links to Alice Loxton’s video content on tiktok and instagram via her website
Info about Les Cités Obscures by Benoît Peteers and François Schuiten
Benoît Peeters’ profile on Lambiek
Podcats relevant to comics mentioned by Benoît Peeters include: Ally Sloper and The Yellow Kid
Chris Ware discussing Building Stories and other titles (more…)
Panel Borders: Historical Comics
August 1, 2023
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Promotional image for Uproar! by Alice Loxton / cover of Brexit, Betrayal, Booze and Babies by Teresa Robertson, and excerpt from The Comical Eye’s British Monarchy by Robertson and Leo Schulz
Historical Comics: In a programme looking at comics from and about history, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of female creators about their work. Alice Loxton discusses her book Uproar! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London which delves into the lives of early cartoon satirists – Thomas Rowlandson, Isaac Cruikshank and James Gillray – in an interview recorded at The Cartoon Museum. And, in a Q and A recorded at Cartoon County, Teresa Robertson chats about her autobiographical comics, and illustrating the educational pamphlet The Comical Eye’s British Monarchy from Alfred the Great to Charles III written by Leo Schulz and tells the history of the royality in Britain, published by Self Made Hero.
Originally broadcast 5th July 2023 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London)
For more formats to stream or download, please visit archive.org
Links: Info about Uproar! on Icon Books’ website
Links to Alice Loxton’s video content on tiktok and instagram via her website
Teresa Robertson’s website and shop
Info about The Comical Eye’s British Monarchy (more…)
This week’s show: Historical Comics
July 3, 2023
Promotional image for Uproar! by Alice Loxton / cover of Brexit, Betrayal, Booze and Babies by Teresa Robertson, and excerpt from The Comical Eye’s British Monarchy by Robertson and Leo Schulz
In a programme looking at comics from and about history, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of female creators about their work. Alice Loxton discusses her book Uproar! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London which delves into the lives of early cartoon satirists – Thomas Rowlandson, Isaac Cruikshank and James Gillray – in an interview recorded at The Cartoon Museum. And, in a Q and A recorded at Cartoon County, Teresa Robertson chats about her autobiographical comics, and illustrating the educational pamphlet The Comical Eye’s British Monarchy from Alfred the Great to Charles III written by Leo Schulz and tells the history of the royality in Britain, published by Self Made Hero.
5.30pm, Wednesday 5th July 2023, repeat broadcast 11am, Sunday 9th July 2023, Resonance 104.4 FM + DAB (London) / broadcast streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Resonance Replay stream on mixcloud.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: Info about Uproar! on Icon Books’ website
Links to Alice Loxton’s video content on tiktok and instagram via her website
Teresa Robertson’s website and shop
Info about The Comical Eye’s British Monarchy from Alfred the Great to Charles III on Self Made Hero’s website
Panel Borders and other podcasts 
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