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Panel Borders is hosted by Alex Fitch and is a new series of the UK’s only weekly radio show about comics. Today Alex begins a month of shows looking at the ‘British Invasion’ of UK creators who have worked on American and American-style superhero titles. He talks to Chris Claremont, a veteran comics writer born in London who became one of the most prolific and popular American comic book writers of the 20th century, most famous for a 16 year sojourn writing the Uncanny X-Men from 1975 – 1991, with his last few issues selling in the region of 8 million copies each.
The interview focuses on a superhero Chris created for the UK market – Captain Britain – in 1976 and his more experimental X-Men spin off – New Mutants – which he created in 1982 and returned to writing last month.
Also, in a 60 second (!) interview recorded at the premiere of Scott Pilgrim vs. the world in London, Alex talks to British director Edgar Wright about bringing a different kind of superhero to the screen.
Panel Borders, Thursday 2 September, 5pm.