Summary: Reality Check: Manhwa and metamorphosis Two events taking place this weekend are ideal places for fans of fantasy and science fiction to visit – SCI-FI-LONDON: EAST and Manhwa: Korean Story and Painting – each in venues not known for exploring those genres. Alex Fitch talks to director Chris Swanton about his adaptation of Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, screening Sunday 11th November at Stratford Picturehouse and to comic book creator Min-Woo Hyung regarding the art he’s exhibiting at the Korean Creative Content Agency, 1-3 The Strand. Alex and Chris discuss why the director chose a hard to translate novel by Kafka as his directorial debut, following a career as an editor on such projects as the BBC’s Ghostwatch, and Min-Woo talks about his career as a Manhwa creator from his debut Chronicle of a Hot-blooded Judo King to his latest project Ghostface and his most famous series Priest, which was adapted as a Sci-Fi blockbuster in 2011. Poster for Priest 3D, art from Priest and Ghostface by Min-Woo Hyung, poster for Metamorphosis, cover of Ghostwatch (Expanded podcast of an episode of I’m ready for my close-up, broadcast 09/11/12 on Resonance 104.4 FM) For more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com More info about SCI-FI-LONDON: EAST (9th-11th November) at www.scfilondon.com and Manhwa: Korean Story and Painting (1st-21st November) at www.manhwa101.com Links: Min-Woo Hyung’s pages on lambiek and Comic Book Database Wikipedia pages on Priest manhwa and movie Chris Swanton’s filmography on IMDb Wikipedia pages on The Metamorphosis film adaptation and novel Metamorphosis official film website Recommended events: SCI-FI-LONDON: EAST SCI-FI-LONDON movies its yearly satellite event (formerly Oktoberfest) a month later and a few miles East, as the Stratford Picturehouse hosts this post-apocolympic event… Premières include a new feature adaptation of Franz Kafka’s Metamorphosis starring Maureen Lipman and Cory McAbee’s latest SF musical comedy Crazy and Thief. There’s another chance for anyone who missed Brandon Cronenberg’s debut film Antiviral at the London Film festival to catch up with the this excellent body-horror thriller and the usual MST3K and Anime all-nighters. 9th-11th November 2012, Stratford Picturehouse, Theatre Square, Salway Road, Stratford, London E15 1BX More info at www.scifilondon.com Comica Festival 2012 week one Grandville Bête Noire Premiere: Bryan and Mary Talbot The Badger is back in the third of the phenomenal Grandville series of anthropomorphic steampunk romance thrillers! Where: Foyles, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EB When: November 9, 2012 6.30-7.30pm Launch Party: The Strumpet and Ink+Paper Celebrate the release of these sparkling new issues with the publishers & contributors. Where: Orbital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2 When: November 9, 2012 7-9.30pm Alois Nebel: Opening Gala Screening & Live Music Party Jaromír 99 introduces a premiere screening of the animated movie & performs the original score. Where: Riverside Studios Gallery, Crisp Rd, Hammersmith, W6 9R When: November 9, 2012 8.15 Film 9.45 Party Comica Comiket Fall 2012 Independent Comics Fair Discover the very best in comics & enjoy the Drawing Parade of superstar artists, all for free! Where: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4QH When: November 10, 2012 11am to 7pm Line Hoven: Scraperboard Workshop Learn to make your own scraperboard illustrations from the acclaimed German graphic novelist. Where: Goethe-Institut, 50 Princes Gate, London SW7 2PH When: November 11, 2012 11am to 5pm More info about all events at www.comicafestival.com The Ballad of Halo Jones in Leeds Lass O’Gowrie Productions and Scytheplays are incredibly excited to announce that their much-lauded adaptation of writer Alan Moore and artist Ian Gibson’s comic bo[...]
