Happy to say I’ve been interviewed by Andy Oliver for Broken Frontier about my comics work including newspaper strips, mini comics, Lucy the Octopus and Rosie and Jacinda.
Look out for revelations about upcoming projects where I’m working alongside Inko, Sally-Anne Hickman, Francesca Dare, Tim Hassan, Jade Sarson, Chie Kutsuwada, Van Nim and Zarina Liew…
A couple of recent podcasts I was interviewed for…
Alex Fitch for the comics podcast, Panel Borders.
Initially broadcast on Resonance 104.4 FM.
Alex talks to me, Zarina Liew, Nich Angel and Naniiebem about WASP.
First broadcast 3/3/2013.
South London Hardcore presenters, Steven Walsh and Jack McInroy talk to me about growing up in South London, my comic work and WASP.
The WASP chat starts at around 44.24.
First podcast 19/2/2013.
I had fun, nervously babbling and being factually inaccurate to to the very nice Steve Walsh and Jack Mcinroy who make talking look easy o the South London Hardcore Podcast.
We chat about growing up in Dulwich and Herne Hill, my work on licensed characters and my own creations, plus WASP (Webcomic Artists Swap Project)!
Have a listen to me on their podcast then check out some of their other South London inspired shows. There’s a wealth of greatness in their collection…
http://www.southlondonhardcore.com/2013/02/episode-60-richy-k-chandler.html
Steve Walsh and Jack Mcinroy of South London Hardcore, Lucy the Octopus style.
Today I had the pleasure of interviewing one of my biggest comic creator inspirations, the hugely talented and as it turns out, great fun to interview, Simone Lia.
Aside from creating some fantastic work in newspapers and magazines, setting up a small press comic publisher Cabanon Press with Tom Gauld, writing and drawing four children’s books (Billy Bean’s Dream is on a constant loop at my son’s bedtime right now) and churning out weekly strips for children’s comics The DFC and The Phoenix, Simone is probably best known for graphic novel Fluffy about an extremely cute bunny and the build up of crises that his human parent has to deal with.
In Simone’s new graphic novel Please God, Find Me a Husband!, she tackles the theme of looking for a new partner while relying on her spirituality for guidance. She also introduces a new protagonist… herself, sometimes depicted very much like Penelope Cruz for reasons you’ll have to read the comic to find out!
With Simone Lia on the Southbank
The interview is due to be broadcast at 8pm on Sunday 15 April on Resonance (104.4 FM in London and available online everywhere), as part of Alex Fitch’s Panel Borders (the UK’s only weekly broadcast radio show about comics).
You can also listen to the interview online whenever you like here…
http://archive.org/details/PanelBordersDepictingThePersonal
Despite my rambling questions and less than slick interview technique, Simone gives some great insite into the creative process of the graphic novel and what’s behind the story.
It was my most excellent pleasure to be a guest on Iyare Igiehon‘s Direct Edition show! We shot the breeze about my work and the week’s new comic releases including the excellent S.W.O.R.D Issue 4 (by Kieron Gillen and Stephen Sanders). Let’s hope I don’t look too much like a mumbling idiot!
