Summary: Panel Borders: Taming the Elephantmen In a companion podcast to last week’s episode, Alex Fitch continues his conversation with writer Richard Starkings and artist Ian Churchill about Elephantmen, a sci-fi anthropomorphic comic about animal / human hybrid soldiers coming to terms with life in the big city after being demobbed. In a Q and A recorded at the Leeds Thought Bubble festival, Autumn 2011, Alex discusses Elephantmen issue #25 and beyond, including the comic’s use of guest artists such as Tim Sale and Marian Churchland and the programme of collecting the title into chunky graphic novels. (This is the last in the current series of Panel Borders, which will return on September 16th, 2012) Elephantmen promotional art by Ian Churchill Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Elephantmen official website Read about comics article on Elephantmen Listen to Alex’s previous month of shows on anthropomorphic comics Recommended events: Steampunk at the Science Museum As part of a Sci-Fi late event at The Science Museum, Alex Fitch explores the continuing fascination with Science Fiction set in the Victorian era, but still being written today, and how it has influenced literature, film and fashion, with links to the 19th Century technology on display in the Science Museum, with aural contributions by Kim Newman, Bryan Talbot, Phil and Kaja Foglio. Wednesday 29 August, Steampunk talk taking place twice with the ‘Lates’ opening from 18:45-22:00 Science Museum, Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2DD More info at: www.sciencemuseum.org.uk Superheroes at the Wellcome Collection As part of a series of talks and events tying in to the Superhuman exhibition currently on display at the Wellcome Collection, this talk is an all-action account of the muscle-bound figures gracing the pages of the Wellcome Library’s graphic novels, featuring rare issues. How extreme can anatomy become and still remain realistic? See how art, fantasy and the human body combine in exciting tales of heroes and villains. Speaker: Stephen Lowther, Ephemera Curator, Wellcome Library This event is FREE. Reserve your tickets 90 minutes before the start. You can pick up your free ticket for this event from the Information Point from 17.30 on the day. Tickets are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. 7pm, Thursday 30th August, Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE More info at: http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/events/superheroes.aspx
