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Alex Fitch

@panelborders.bsky.social

Broadcast journalist / freelance lecturer / podcaster / film critic / events organiser / author

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podcast: In the second of two #LGBTQIA #Pride themed shows Alex Fitch talks to Steven Appleby & The Mollusc Dimension about their #superhero / #anthropomorphic / magical realist #comics based on #trans experience www.panelborders.wordpress.com

10.07.2025 16:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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July 28 @panelborders.bsky.social will be talking to Sharon Browne-Peter of coagcomics.co.uk about using comics to spread awareness of Sickle Cell Disease and life in Nigeria
Sci-fi and superhero tropes make blood donation less intimidating
The Walrus
Ship St Brighton BN1 1AD
Doors 6.30 Q&A 7.30pm

10.07.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

While it's a problem that you can't get this track digitally, I don't think anyone in the world is going to object to having to watch Sammy Davis do this song with Bob Fosse choreography. Saw this on the big screen in 70mm at Widescreen Weekend a couple of years back. Spellbinding stuff.

02.07.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Mollusc Dimension (he/him) (@molluscdimension.bsky.social) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Queer trans ESEA multidisciplinary artist with ADHD. Aka Squid Horse Comics. My ACE-funded comic memoir โ€œThe Weird & Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horseโ€ is out now! ๐Ÿ”— https://linktr.ee/th...

โ€ชbroadcast: Alex Fitch talks to #StevenAppleby & molluscdimension.bsky.social about their magical realist #comics based on #trans experience, as the second of two #Pride themed episodes. 5pm, 104.4 Resonance FM / DAB ... more info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/27

02.07.2025 09:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Mollusc Dimension (he/him) (@molluscdimension.bsky.social) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Queer trans ESEA multidisciplinary artist with ADHD. Aka Squid Horse Comics. My ACE-funded comic memoir โ€œThe Weird & Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horseโ€ is out now! ๐Ÿ”— https://linktr.ee/th...

broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to #StevenAppleby & molluscdimension.bsky.social about their magical realist #comics based on #trans experience 5pm, Weds 2nd July 104.4 Resonance FM / DAB ... more info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/n...

27.06.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Mollusc Dimension (he/him) (@molluscdimension.bsky.social) ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ Queer trans ESEA multidisciplinary artist with ADHD. Aka Squid Horse Comics. My ACE-funded comic memoir โ€œThe Weird & Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horseโ€ is out now! ๐Ÿ”— https://linktr.ee/th...

broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to #StevenAppleby & molluscdimension.bsky.social about their magical realist #comics based on #trans experience 5pm, Weds 2nd July 104.4 Resonance FM / DAB ... more info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/n...

27.06.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2025-MAIN - SCI-FI-LONDON 2025 The 2025 science fiction film festival in London, 19-22 June at Finsbury Park Picturehouse. Come for some amazing cinema!

Looking forward to running Q&As with filmmakers on Sat & Sun eve at @scifilondon.bsky.social in Finsbury Park Picture House - always intriguing and beguiling premiers of great new SF films. Book tickets at sci-fi-london.com

18.06.2025 22:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thought Bubble and Travelling Man Team Up to Provide Another Round of Micro-Bursaries in 2025 for Early Career, Marginalised Creators โ€“ Broken Frontier Thought Bubble's micro-bursaries return with opportunities for disabled. trans/non-binary and creators of colour.

News! Thought Bubble @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and Travelling Man @travellingmanuk.bsky.social Team Up to Provide Another Round of Micro-Bursaries in 2025 for Early Career, Marginalised Creators. www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb... Great stuff!

18.06.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilyagraphic/romo-the-wolfboy-by-writer-artist-ilya

Itโ€™s the last day you can back Ilyaโ€™s ROMO the WolfBoy Kickstarter. This is a terrific YA graphic novel and ideal for any fans of Victoriana, circuses and wolf child daring do! Highly recommend you donโ€™t miss out on this brilliant first volume of (hopefully) an ongoing franchiseโ€ฆ t.co/S4QloLT6c3

18.06.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence I think maybe it's begun, the bigger fiercer backlash against the Trump Administration which is itself a violent backlash against every good thing that's happened over the past several decades โ€“ the a...

Facebook banned @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social for this essay, "Some Notes on the City of Angels and the Nature of Violence."

So, make sure to read it and share it!

"The Trump Administration is a huge surge of almost every kind of violence."

www.meditationsinanemergency.com/some-notes-o...

11.06.2025 19:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 538    ๐Ÿ” 306    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Really glad you enjoyed it! :)

14.06.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
colourful image of a skull from Norm Konyu's 2024 graphic novel A Call to Cthulu

colourful image of a skull from Norm Konyu's 2024 graphic novel A Call to Cthulu

MONDAY 30 JUNE
@normkonyu.bsky.social (mooseboy.co.uk) to chat with @panelborders.bsky.social about the #GraphicNovel Downlands (titan-comics.com/c/2120-downl...) an unsettling tale of time slippages, ghostly apparitions, and folklore set in the #SouthDowns and the prize-winning A Call to #Cthulu

13.06.2025 10:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
200 Years of British Comics? | Comics and Graphic Narratives REG Alex Fitch writes a piece of original research for this blog, asking the question: Is June 11th 2025 the 200th anniversary of British Comics? Origin ...

I've written an article on 200 Years of British Comics for the
uniofbrighton.bsky.social Comics Research blog... blogs.brighton.ac.uk/comics/2025/... with thanks to @hypnojoo.bsky.social and @annalouwalker.bsky.social for for copy editing and peer review

11.06.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Panel Borders: Veteran Gay Cartoonists Veteran Gay Cartoonists: In the first of two Pride themed episodes of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of veteran gay cartoonists about their auto/biographical books on LGBTQIA+ history. Kโ€ฆ

podcast: Alex Fitch talks to graphic novelist Kate
@auntiestuds.bsky.social Charlesworth re: her book Sensible Footwear & to @dshenton.bsky.social re: his Forty Lies; two terrific comics on #LGBTQIA history. panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/10/p...

10.06.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

ICE has only existed since 2003. A Bush-era creation, it is a militarized federal secret police that has been imbued with the Supreme Court with the unconstitutional power to ignore the fourth amendment.

Abolishing it and salting the earth where it grew is the moderate stance.

09.06.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6255    ๐Ÿ” 2134    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 40    ๐Ÿ“Œ 89
Vortex issue 196

Vortex issue 196

The latest issue of Vortex ๐ŸŒ€, which you can download at https://bgfn.sh/v196, includes features on The Thirteenth Doctor Adventures, The Fugitive Doctor and Smith and Sullivan. It's FREE!

10.06.2025 17:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Hey kids! Zines!

06.06.2025 06:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Panel Borders: Fantastical Kickstarters Fantastical Kickstarters: In this feature length episode, Alex Fitch chats to a trio of comic creators who are launching new titles on Kickstarter. Renowned comics creator Ilya discusses his new Grโ€ฆ

podcast: Alex Fitch talks to
@ilyagraphic.bsky.social, Warped & Torn Comics' Harrison Perry & @sarakenney.bsky.social re: their kickstarter campaigns for new #comics & graphic novels. panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/p...

09.06.2025 17:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Resonance (@resonancefm.bsky.social) London's community radio platform for the arts & culture. fundraiser.resonance.fm

broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to graphic novelist Kate @auntiestuds.bsky.social Charlesworth re: her book Sensible Footwear & to @dshenton.bsky.social re: his Forty Lies; two terrific comics on #LGBTQIA history. 5pm, 104.4 resonancefm.bsky.social / DAB Info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/02

04.06.2025 11:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This weekโ€™s show: Veteran Gay Cartoonists In the first of two Pride themed episodes of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of veteran gay cartoonists about their auto/biographical books on LGBTQIA+ history. Kate Charlesworth discusseโ€ฆ

broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to graphic novelist Kate @auntiestuds.bsky.social Charlesworth re: her book Sensible Footwear & to @dshenton.bsky.social re: his Forty Lies; two terrific comics on #LGBTQIA history. 5pm Wed 4th June, 104.4 resonancefm.bsky.social panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/t...

02.06.2025 16:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Pick a side โ€“ hate or Pride June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride a...

June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride:

action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...

29.05.2025 08:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

aaaaaand if you want to listed back to @sarakenney.bsky.social's chat about ACID BOX, her graphic novel tripping through time, space and club culture with @panelborders.bsky.social, hereโ€™s the link; www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/pa...

#comics

14.05.2025 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ROMO the WolfBoy by writer/artist ILYA All Ages action-adventure spooky character comedy. Yesโ€ฆ All!

Hello. I don't want for this feed to become constant marketing but right now I have no choice.

My Kickstarter for ROMO the Wolfboy is launched. It's Do or Die time!

Full colour hardcover graphic novel, 256 pages (print, or digital PDF). Please PLEDGE me up! X

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ily...

20.05.2025 10:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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May 4, 2025 โ€“ Panel Borders and other podcasts 1 post published by Alex Fitch on May 4, 2025

repeat broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to @ilyagraphic.bsky.social , Warped & Torn Comics' Harrison Perry & @sarakenney.bsky.social re: their kickstarter campaigns for new #comics & graphic novels. 11am, 104.4 @resonancefm.bsky.social / info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/

11.05.2025 09:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This weekโ€™s show: Fantastical Kickstarters In this monthโ€™s show, Alex Fitch chats to a trio of comic creators who are launching new titles on Kickstarter. Renowned comics creator Ilya discusses his new Graphic Novel Romo the Wolfboy, โ€ฆ

broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to @ilyagraphic.bsky.social, Warped & Torn Comics' Harrison Perry & @sarakenney.bsky.social re: their @kickstarter.com campaigns for new #comics & graphic novels. 5.30pm, Weds 7th May, 104.4 @resonancefm.bsky.social / info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/t...

06.05.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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This weekโ€™s show: Fantastical Kickstarters In this monthโ€™s show, Alex Fitch chats to a trio of comic creators who are launching new titles on Kickstarter. Renowned comics creator Ilya discusses his new Graphic Novel Romo the Wolfboy, โ€ฆ

broadcast: Alex Fitch talks to @ilyagraphic.bsky.social, Warped & Torn Comics' Harrison Perry & @sarakenney.bsky.social re: their @kickstarter.com campaigns for new #comics & graphic novels. 5.30pm, Weds 7th May, 104.4 @resonancefm.bsky.social / info: panelborders.wordpress.com/2025/05/04/t...

06.05.2025 11:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thank you! :)

06.05.2025 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Graphic Brighton: Refugee Comics - Brighton Fringe An evening looking at comics, graphic novels and animation featuring refugee stories created by a quartet of writers and artists - Sallis Benney Theatre, University of Brighton - Sat 3rd 2025

#free #comics event @uniofbrighton.bsky.social - 5pm, Sat May 3rd, @posnegorg.bsky.social's @karriefransman.bsky.social + @daniellocke.bsky.social, & graphic novelists Florian Grosset + Majid Adin talk Refugee Comics & Animation. Doors 4.45pm, free tix via www.brightonfringe.org/events/graph...

02.05.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Graphic Brighton: Refugee Comics - Brighton Fringe An evening looking at comics, graphic novels and animation featuring refugee stories created by a quartet of writers and artists - Sallis Benney Theatre, University of Brighton - Sat 3rd 2025

#free #comics event @uniofbrighton.bsky.social - 5pm, Sat May 3rd, @posnegorg.bsky.social's @karriefransman.bsky.social + @daniellocke.bsky.social, & graphic novelists Florian Grosset + Majid Adin talk Refugee Comics & Animation. Doors 4.45pm, free tix via www.brightonfringe.org/events/graph...

02.05.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#free #comics event @uniofbrighton.bsky.social - 5pm, Sat May 3rd, hear @posnegorg.bsky.social's @karriefransman.bsky.social + @daniellocke.bsky.social, & graphic novelists Florian Grosset + Majid Adin talk Refugee Comics and Animation. Doors 4.45pm, BN2 0JY book free tix via timyurl.com/gb25tix

01.05.2025 10:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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