In the start of a new series, Electric Sheep Magazine editor in chief Virginie Sélavy and assistant editor Alex Fitch preview the London Film Festival and talk to filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond, whose short film NASTY is screening as part of the Cult section. Sight and Sound production editor Isabel Stevens joins them to talk about the new Female Gaze issue of the magazine. Plus extracts from Evan Johnson’s interview with Guy Maddin, whose latest, The Fobidden Room, is showing at LFF; a sample of William Fowler’s lecture on guerrilla filmmaker Antony Balch at the Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies, and classic tracks by Hank Mizell, Shirley Ellis, Nina Simone and Piney Brown.

Still from Nasty by Prano Bailey-Bond, Sight and Sound September 2015 cover, still from The Forbidden Room by Guy Maddin

Originally broadcast as the ‘Clear Spot’, 16th September 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM

Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download.

Links: Electric Sheep Magazine website
Prano Bailey-Bond’s website
BFI pages on the London Film Festival and Sight and Sound Magazine
Listen to Alex Fitch’s 2008 interview with Guy Maddin about My Winnipeg

All music published by empreintes DIGITALes in Canada

1. Georges Forget, ‘Urban Adagio’
   From Le Dernier Présent, IMED 15133 CD (2015)
2. Åke Parmerud, ‘La Vie Mécanique’
   From Growl, IMED 15132 CD (2015)
3. Erik Nyström, ‘Catabolisms’
   From Morphogenèse, IMED 14129 CD (2014)
4. Robert Normandeau, ‘Pluies Noires’
   From Dômes, IMED 14128 CD (2014)
5. Adrian Moore, ‘Strings and Tropes’ (fade)
   From Séquences et tropes, IMED 15135 CD (2015)
6. Georges Forget, ‘Une Île’
   From Le Dernier Présent, op. cit.
7. Åke Parmerud, ‘Growl!’
   From Growl, op. cit.

In the first of a new series of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to ‘Comics Laureate’ Dave Gibbons about his career so far, from Doctor Who Weekly strips to Watchmen, Give me Liberty to Kingsman / The Secret Service. Recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, October 2014. Originally broadcast as part of the ‘Clear Spot’, 15th September 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM.

Dave Gibbons interviewed by Alex Fitch at LICAF, interior art from The Iron Legion, covers of Doctor Who #17 and Watchmen #1

For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org

Links: Interview with Dave Gibbons about becoming Comics Laureate
More info about the Lakes International Comic Art Festival
2008 video interview with Dave Gibbons

1. Roland Kirk, ‘What’s Goin’ On / Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)’
   From Blacknuss, ATLANTIC (1972)
2. Art Blakey, ‘Circus’
   From Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, IMPULSE (1961)
3. Wolfgang Dauner’s Et Cetera, ‘Tuning Spread’
   From Knirsch, MPS RECORDS (1972)
4. Freddie Hubbard, ‘The Black Angel’
   From The Black Angel, ATLANTIC (1970)
5. Soft Machine, ‘Kings And Queens’
   From Fourth, CBS (1971)
6. Thelonious Monk, ‘Pannonica’
   From Brilliant Corners, RIVERSIDE (1957)
7. Wayne Shorter, ‘Schizophrenia’
   From Schizophrenia, BLUE NOTE (1967)
8. George Duke, ‘Froop De Loop’
   From The Aura Will Prevail, MPS RECORDS (1975)
9. Jac Berrocal, ‘Atlantic’
   From Hotel Hotel, NATO (1986)
10. Yusef Lateef, ‘Sea Breeze’
    From Cry! Tender, PRESTIGE / NEW JAZZ (1960)
11. Ovary Lodge, ‘Fragment No. 6’
    From Ovary Lodge, OGUN (1976)
12. Steve Lacy / Roswell Rudd Quartet, ‘Brilliant Corners’
    From School Days, HATOLOGY (2002)
    Recorded in 1963.
13. Milt Jackson & John Coltrane, ‘The Late Late Blues’
    From Bags & Trane, ATLANTIC (1961)

• On The Ground
• On The Krummhorn Man
• On Life Without Ducks
• High Strikes
• Correct Forms of Greeting

This episode was first broadcast on the 2nd August 2012.

1. Uneven Eleven, ‘Combustible Combestible’
2. Reg Bloor, ‘Carnival Of Tragedy’
3. Kayaka, ‘Pickled Tango’
4. Papal Bull, ‘Poppies, Cocks and Clipper Ships’
5. DunningWebsterUnderwood, ‘Tuskcabstems’
6. Reg Bloor, ‘Unstrumental’
7. Carlo Costa Quartet, ‘Pulverize’
8. Peter Brötzmann, ‘The Very Heart Of Things’
9. Martin Archer and Bo Meson, (Track 03)
10. Paco Rossique, ‘Blind and Deaf Landscape’
11. Kayaka, ‘Tropic Of Cancer’
12. Papal Bull, ‘Snout Leather Is Softest’
13. Paco Rossique, ‘Islander Tags (Approaching Penelope)’
14. Carlo Costa Quartet, ‘Soak’
15. Martin Archer and Bo Meson, (Track 10)
16. DunningWebsterUnderwood, ‘Grapefleckserpent’
17. Uneven Eleven, ‘Dune 11’

1, 17 from Life At Cafe Oto, BELGIUM SUB ROSA SR391 (2015)
2, 6 from Theme From An Imaginary Slasher, USA SYSTEMS NEUTRALIZERS 05 (2015)
3, 11 from Sonic Kitchen, UK ADAADAT ADA0040 (2015)
4, 12 from Argot of Incomprehension, UK SINGING KNIVES SK023 / DISCOMBOBULATE BOB006 (2015)
5, 16 from Bleed, UK ADAADAT ADA0039 (2015)
7, 14 from Sediment, USA NEITHER NOR RECORDS n/n 001 (2015)
8 from Münster Bern, SWITZERLAND CUBUS RECORDS CR 371 (2015)
9, 15 from Echoic Enchantment, UK DISCUS 52CD (2015)
10, 13 from Collages & Dispersions, UK LINEAR OBSESSIONAL RECORDINGS LOR063 (2015)

Concluding a month of shows about ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, Alex Fitch talks to artist I.N.J. Culbard about his work for 2000AD on strips such as ‘clock-punk fantasy’ serial Brass Sun and the forthcoming Brink. Ian also explains his unusual method for drawing Dan Abnett’s anthropomorphic adaptation of The War of the Worlds – Wild’s End published by Boom! – plus his recent graphic novels for SelfMadeHero: Celeste and The King in Yellow. (Last in the current series – Panel Borders will return in a new slot and format in September)
Originally broadcast 27th August 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM

Covers of Wilds End, Brass Sun and Celeste, interior art from The King in Yellow by I.N.J. Culbard

For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org

Links: More info about I.N.J. Culbard on SelfMaderHero’s website
Buy Brass Sun volume one from 2000AD online
More info about Wild’s End at Boom! Studios website
Listen to Alex’s previous interviews with Ian Culbard

Continuing a month of shows about ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, Alex Fitch talks to another writer and artist about their work in and after 2000AD. In an extract from a Q and A recorded on stage at The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Alex Fitch talks to artist Dave Gibbons about his early years, drawing such strips as a reimagined Dan Dare for a 1980s audience. Also, Alex talks to writer John Wagner about scripting Judge Dredd on and off since 1977 and other projects that have been adapted to the screen such as A History of Violence (recorded at London Super Comic Con).
Originally broadcast 20th August 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM.

Rogue Trooper and Dan Dare drawn by Dave Gibbons, A History of Violence, Judge Dredd and The Bogie Man written by John Wagner

For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org

Links: Watchmen wikia page on Dave Gibbons
Info about the forthcoming reprint of Dan Dare as featured in 2000AD
Comics DataBase page on John Wagner
Info about the Judge Dredd Mega Collection from Hachette
2000AD online website
Article on The Lakes International Comic Art Festival and website
Info on London Super Comic Con

Continuing a month of shows about ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, Alex Fitch talks to writer Tom Eglington about writing strips for 2000AD including Judge Dredd and “Tharg’s 3rillers”, plus the serial he originated, Outlier, a space-set revenge saga continuing the periodical’s tradition of weird looking protagonists!
Alex and Tom also discuss the latter’s forays in children’s books such as The Spellbound Hotel, making cut-out paper craft, and his entry into Myriad Editions’ First Fictions competition, Amber Sands. Recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton, June 2015. (Recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton, June 2015 / Originally broadcast 13th August 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM)

Paper craft by Tom Eglington, art from Outlier, covers of 2000AD and The Spellbound Hotel

For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org

Links: Tom Eglington’s instagram site
Fantastic Fiction page on Eglington
2000AD website
Cartoon County website
Interview with Tom on The Streets Today website

Starting a month of shows about ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, Alex Fitch talks to a writer and an artist about their work in and after 2000AD. Colin Wilson discusses getting his first work on the periodical and drawing Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper strips in the early 1980s, while, in an interview recorded at Bristol Comic Expo 2014, writer Jim Alexander and artist Pete Woods discuss titles published by Alexander’s imprint ‘Planet Jimbot’, including Amazing and Fantastic Tales, and Food Chain. Originally broadcast 6th August 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM.

Cover and interior art from 2000AD by Colin Wilson / Cover of Amazing and Fantastic Tales, and interior art from Food Chain by Jim Alexander and Pete Woods

For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org

Links: Jim Alexander’s blog
Pete Woods’ website
Planet JimBot shop
Colin Wilson’s website and profile at 2000ad.org
Listen to Alex Fitch’s interview with Colin Wilson about working on Young Blueberry

Concluding a month of shows about Australasian comic book creators, Alex Fitch talks to an Australian writer living in London and a New Zealander artist living in Australia who found fame in Europe… Evie Wyld discusses her collaboration with artist Joe Sumner on her first graphic novel Everything is Teeth, which depicts her childhood fear of sharks in New South Wales, and how it compares to other predators depicted in her novel All the Birds, Singing.

Also, Colin Wilson explores his early comics – Strips and The Adventures of Captain Sunshine – published in New Zealand and explains how he found work in the Northern Hemisphere on European Graphic Albums featuring Lieutenant Blueberry, and American comics such as Star Wars and The Losers. Originally broadcast 30th July 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM.

Cover of Strips and interior art from Captain Sunshine and Blueberry by Colin Wilson / Cover and interior art from Everything is Teeth and cover of All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld

For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org

Links: Evie Wyld’s website
Colin Wilson’s website
Review of All the Birds, Singing in The Boston Globe
Info about ‘Review Bookshop’, Peckham
Article on Captain Sunshine on From Earth’s End blog
Info about The Young Blueberry by Jean Giraud, Colin Wilson and others on wikipedia

1. Noxagt, ‘Titanic’
   From Collection 1, NORWAY DRID MACHINE RECORDS DMR15 LP (2014)
2. Masters, ‘New Mountains Rising’
   From Acid Witch Mountain, UK ADAADAT ADA0032 2 x LP (2014)
3. The Young Mothers, ‘Wells, the original’
   From A Mother’s Work Is Never Done, USA TEKTITE RECORDS CO-OPERATIVE TR03CD (2014)
4. Zea, ‘People Shrink, People Grow’
   From The Swimming City, NETHERLANDS MAKKUM RECORDS MR 10 CD (2014)
5. dsic, ‘IV’
   From Infinite Dream, UK LF RECORDS LF 038 CDR (2014)
6. Kemialliset Ystävät, ‘Nijura’
   From Alas Rattoisaa Virtaa, GERMANY DEKORDER 075 LP (2014)
7. Shivers, ‘Otomo’
   From Shivers, NORWAY MIASMAH MIACD028 CD (2014)
8. SEC_, ‘Interruption’
   From Outflow, ITALY DEN RECORDS dEN017 / ISRAEL HEART & CROSSBONE HCB052 CD (2013)
9. Bryan Jacobs, ‘TsTs’
   From Dis Un Il Im Ir, USA CARRIER RECORDS CARRIER 023 CD
10. Arnold Dreyblatt, ‘Bowing’
    From Choice, GERMANY CHOOSE RECORDS NO NUMBER LP (2013)
11. Le Ton Mité, ‘Les Bons Temps (Acapella)’
    From Version d’un ouvrage traduit, ITALY MUSIC A LA COQUE COQ-07 CD (2014)
12. DJ Topgear, ‘Semi Articular Optoid Malfunction’
    From PSS4, UK ADAADAT ADA0029 CD (2014)
13. The Jist, ‘The Jist’
    From The Jist, NORWAY VA FONGOOL AFCD009 / VAFLP006 (2014)
14. Lucky Bone, extract from Borderline (in four parts), USA EH?78 CDR
15. Candor Chasma, ‘al-Qahirah (1871)
    From The Key, ITALY OLD EUROPA CAFE OECD194 CD (2013)
16. Noxagt, ‘A Colleague Came To Your House And Punched You. Your Room Became Very Messy.’
    From Brutage, NORWAY DRID MACHINE RECORDS DMR5 LP (2014)

1. Polígono Hindú Astra, ‘Terra Incognita’
   From 001100010, SPAIN VERLAG SYSTEMS RECORDS 01 LP (2015)
2. Terminal Lovers, ‘Lacuna’
   From Flight Out, USA BIOLOGICAL RECORDS BR-06 CD (2015)
3. Wolfarth / Wintsch / Weber, ‘Doubtable Distinctiveness’
   From Thieves Left That Behind, SWITZERLAND VETO-EXCHANGE 012 CD (2015)
4. Jocelyn Robert, (Track 4)
   From Piano Seul, CANADA MERLES h151 CD (2015)
5. Voices From The Lake, ‘Richiami e Oscillazioni’
   From Live at MAXXI, AUSTRIA EDITIONS MEGO EMEGO 209 CD (2015)
6. Finland, ‘Dust Drive’
   From Rainy Omen, NORWAY HUBRO HUBROCD2557 CD (2015)
7. Zenerik Yenesis, ‘Confusion’
   From Zenerik Yenesis, NEGATIVE POSITIVE LP (2015)
8. Andreas O. Hirsch, ‘Kemeri 5 am’
   From Summe 1, AUSTRIA MAKIPHON 002 LP (2015)
9. Earth Tongues, ‘Depths’
   From Rune, USA NEITHER NOR RECORDS n/n 003 CD (2015)
10. Karoline Leblanc, ‘Moon Tinge’
    From The Aethernauts / Dust Model for an Imperceptible Time, CANADA ATRITO-AFEITO 005 CD (2015)
11. Anne F. Jacques, (Track 1)
    From Sable Ou Sel, CANADA ATRITO-AFEITO 004 CD (2015)

Continuing a month of shows about Australasian comics, Alex Fitch talks to Melbourne cartoonist Bruce Mutard about his career so far, from his first graphic novel The Bunker to experimental comics such as Alice in Nomansland, and working on a sequel to his World War II graphic novel The Sacrifice. Mutard also discusses titles published by his fledgling imprint Fabilaux, the varied influences on his style from ligne claire to Crumb, and his experience of doing an MA course in comics. Originally broadcast 23rd July 2015 on Resonance 104.4 FM.

Interior art and cover from The Sacrifice, interior art from Alice in Nomansland and The Bunker by Bruce Mutard, cover and interior strip from Art is a Lie by Carol Wood and Susan Butcher

For more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org

Links: Bruce Mutard’s website
Info about the crowd funding campaign for Art is a Lie by Carol Wood and Susan Butcher published by Mutard
Publisher’s website page on The Sacrifice