In the first of two belated Halloween specials, Alex Fitch talks to sequential art expert Paul Gravett about his new book The Leather Nun And Other Incredibly Strange Comics which looks at the weirder and more lurid examples of the genre, and to Australian artist Ben Templesmith about his career so far, drawing comics such as the neo-noir title "Fell", the Matrix inspired "Singularity 7" and the popular vampire serial "30 Days of Night" which was adapted as a movie last year.
Airs at 5.00pm 6 November 2008
Repeated 11.30pm 6 November 2008 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)
Streamed at www.resonancefm.com
Massively popular in France but fairly unknown in the UK are the adventures of OSS-117, a cold war secret agent who has appeared in 40 books over the last half century and half a dozen movies.
With a new (spoof) version of the Gallic James Bond about to hit our screens, Alex Fitch talks to the director Michel Hazanavicius and Bonisseur girl Bérénice Bejo of Cairo: Nest of Spies / Le Caire Nid d'espions. Although his code number and name seem strangely familiar, apparently 117 predates 007...
Repeated 11.30pm 6 November 2008 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)
Streamed at www.resonancefm.com Podcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Coming soon: Strip!: The art of Jill Thompson
In the second of two belated Hallowe'en specials and in partnership with Gosh! Comics, Alex Fitch talks to Jill Thompson
, the artist and writer of spooky graphic novellas for Repeated 11.30pm 16 November 2008 on Resonance 104.4 FM (London)
Streamed at www.resonancefm.com
Podcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
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