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BBC2, Thursday 7pm, The Culture Show has a section on 'graphic novels', featuring Posy Simmonds, Marjane Satrapi, my pal Paul Gravett, and possibly my other pal Andy Roberts too. Thought I'd highlight this for the Brits here.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 19:16 (twenty years ago)

I used to be pals with andy roberts, but we have kind of lost touch of late...

― Mark C (Markco), Tuesday, 1 February 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

Don't forget Alan Moore interviewing Brian Eno on Radio 4 prior to it.

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 09:55 (twenty years ago)

The same one, Mark? Comics fan, in a band named after a Peanuts character? Looks a little like Robert Pires?

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

Yes - that's the one. I used to do fanzines and go to Caption etc too

― Mark C (Markco), Thursday, 3 February 2005 09:58 (twenty years ago)

ah, didn't know that - I bet we have several people in common.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 3 February 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

Bugger, I missed this as I was still in the pub. Was it any good?

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Friday, 4 February 2005 09:25 (twenty years ago)

It was okay. All a bit The Comic Finally Grows Up!!!ish, but nice enough for what amounted to plugs for a couple of graphic novels.

David A

― David Simpson (David Simpson), Friday, 4 February 2005 12:57 (twenty years ago)

it omitted to note - perhaps to annoy martin - that the ahem "graphic novel" is WAY more established and routine in japan than the US (eg takes up more newsagent rack space than "normal" magazines)

its interview selection - simmonds, briggs - struck me as unhelpfully hermetic and self-contained (if simmonds had said YAY eg CEREBUS then i wd have been not just plzd but gobsmacked)

briggs complained abt being exiled in the non-adult section but his ADULT books – winds blows/tinpot general - are really REALLY not adult-in-content despite their grown-up topic: fungus the b-man is much his most realised and "serious" work (RB is the gloomiest least turn-on interview i EVER DID and i still begrudge that three-quarters of an hour, frankly) (he gets special points for the FtB PLOP-UP book, but these are deducted for not doing a wind-blows pop-up which spilled actual real atomic fall-out into yr livin room)

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 4 February 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

just to note: it wz correct that simmonds and briggs were in the strand btw, they just weren't really located as "normal-comic" (or indeed "indie") outliers

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 4 February 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

After starting the thread, I inevitably failed to watch it. Apparently my pal Andy didn't get shown after all, but I don't know if Paul Gravett was on. If anyone knows if there is a repeat sometime, let me know.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 4 February 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

Gentleman Jim = adult in content

― kit brash (kit brash), Friday, 4 February 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

Paul's bit was shown, and he said he was pleased with how it turned out. I recorded it but still haven't had a chance to take a look.

― _chrissie (chrissie1068), Monday, 7 February 2005 01:25 (twenty years ago)

it is kit but it's sorta "aimed at kids" isn't it? or anyway not NOT aimed at kids

it's repeated on the same day martin (once at 7 and once at 11.45 or something like that)

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 7 February 2005 10:43 (twenty years ago)

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