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Exhibiting comics (2013)

Listen to a pair of interviews recorded at OCCUPY MY TIME GALLERY, Deptford, where Alex Fitch talks to gallery owner / curator Sue Cohen, and artist Sarah Lightman, about the latter’s exhibition “The Book of Sarah”, which previews her forthcoming graphic novel from Myriad Editions. Also, at Phoenix Brighton, fine art lecturer Sue Gollifer, curator Karin Mori, exhibition designer Ben Thomson, and artist Iain Paxon (Hamilton Yarns) talk about the gallery’s exhibition of artists’ books “Press and R...

May 20, 2013

Alison Bechdel

Listen to an episode of the Laydeez do comics podcast, recorded at Comica Festival 2012 – graphic novelist Alison Bechdel reads from her new book Are you my mother? and answers questions from the audience about her debut Fun Home, and long running comic strip Dykes to watch out for. (Recorded at Foyles Bookshop, introduced by Nicola Streeten and edited by Alex Fitch) Running time: 40:23 / recorded 12/11/12 Extract from Are you my mother? by Alison Bechdel For more info about this podcast and a v...

Jan 01, 2013

Sussex to South Asia and stops in-between

Listen to a presentation by Hannah Berry about her second graphic novel, Adamtime, which tells the tale of a group of people trapped on a mysterious, sedentary train in the middle of the night, the paths that lead them there and their attempts to escape, recorded at Laydeez do comics. Also, in an interview recorded at the De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, Alex Fitch talks to Julian Hanshaw about his new collection of short stories, I’m Never Coming Back which includes his award winning entry ...

Oct 22, 2012

Who is Ana Mendieta?

Listen to a Q and A recorded at Whitechapel Gallery, in which Laydeez do comics curators Sarah Lightman and Nicola Streeten discuss their work with Christine Redfern, writer of the graphic novel ‘Who is Ana Medieta?’, currently the subject of an exhibition at Space Station Sixty Five, Kennington. Introduced by Space Station Sixty Five directors Jo David and Rachael House. (Recorded by Whitechapel Gallery, edited by Alex Fitch) Running time: 56:19 / recorded 22/09/12 Photos: Jo David and Rachael ...

Oct 03, 2012

Promoting comics

Listen to two talks recorded at Laydeez do comics, the first in a new season of Laydeez do podcasts, Charles Hatfield talks about comics academia and Jay Eales and Selina Lock discuss publishing The Girly Comic . Hatfield is the author of ‘Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature’ and ‘Hand of Fire: The Comics Art of Jack Kirby’ and discusses introducing comics to English literature students. Jay and Selina also talk about helming the Caption small press festival in Oxford for a number of year...

Sep 07, 2012

Comic Nurse / Tangles

Listen to a recording of November 2011’s Laydeez do comics meeting, in which M.K. Czerwiec and Sarah Leavitt talk about their work, mixing autobiography and medical comics. M.K. discusses the strips produced by her alter-ego, Comic Nurse and Sarah talks about documenting her mother’s alzheimers disease in Tangles. (Recorded and edited by Alex Fitch, Q and A session moderated by Nicola Streeten and Sarah Lightman) Running time: 56:16 / Recorded: 21/11/11 Panels from a Comic Nurse strip by M.K. Cz...

May 29, 2012

Depicting the personal

Listen to a pair of interviews about artists who examine their personal life and feelings as a subject for their art. Cartoonist Richy K. Chandler talks to Simone Lia about her new graphic novel, Please God, find me a husband!, which explores Simone’s faith and search for a partner. Critic and writer Columba Quigley talks to fine artist Josephine King about her paintings which combine self portrait with text and references to Renaissance narrative art. Originally broadcast 15/04/12 on Resonance ...

Apr 29, 2012

Depictions of the female form

Listen to two talks recorded at Laydeez do comics, Dr. Ann Miller, lecturer and joint editor of European Comic Art journal talks about stereotypical representations of women in bandes dessinées , particularly by Pénélope Bagieu, creator of ‘chic-lit’ comic Joséphine ; and Karrie Fransman talks about her new comic The House that groaned , an incisive graphic novel about body dysmorphia and desire in a Victorian tenement house. (Recorded, introduced and edited by Alex Fitch) Running time: 1: 28: 0...

Mar 14, 2012

The problem with autobiography

Listen to a panel discussion recorded at the First Fiction festival, Sussex University, January 2012. Author Sue Eckstein discusses the problems inherent in creating autobiographies with graphic novelists Nicola Streeten and Anuerin Wright and how creators can subvert and overcome these. Nicola’s book Billy, me and you and Aneurin’s Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park couldn’t be more different in their approaches, with the former combining cartoons, diary drawings and scrapbook monta...

Mar 09, 2012

Dotter of her fathers eyes

Listen to a recording of Nicola Streeten interviewing Bryan and Mary Talbot about their forthcoming graphic novel, Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes , which contrasts two coming of age narratives: Lucia, daughter of James Joyce, and author Mary Talbot, daughter of the Joycean scholar James S Atherton. (Recorded and edited by Alex Fitch, recorded live in front of an audience at the University of Sussex as part of the First Fictions Festival). Running time: 58:35 / Recorded 21/01/12 Image from Dotter of...

Jan 22, 2012

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