Panel Borders: Action The Story of a Violent Comic
b'Panel Borders: Action \\u2013 The Story of a Violent Comic\\nGuest presenter Professor Martin Barker (University of Aberystwyth) investigates the story of Britain\\u2019s notorious Action comic, which was launched on Valentine\\u2019s Day and banned by Halloween in 1976. Professor Barker explores the rise and fall of the comic, what elements of the strips were censored and censured, and how the legacy of Action was continued in \\u201cThe Galaxy\\u2019s Greatest Comic\\u201d \\u2013 2000AD. Also, in a panel discussion entitled: \\u201cPoor, angry white kids\\u201d, Barker discusses Action with its writer Pat Mills and 2000AD artist Jim McCarthy. Edited, and recorded at Graphic Brighton / Cine-Excess 2015 by Alex Fitch.\\n(Panel Borders continues on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 8pm, repeated the following day at 9am. Originally broadcast as a Clear Spot on Resonance 104.4 FM, 8th March 2016)\\nThe most notorious cover of Action, and the issue never printed / Barker, Mills and McCarthy at Graphic Brighton and Cine-Excess (photo by Lisa Mills) / cover of The Story of a Violent Comic by Martin Barker\\nFor more info and a variety of formats to stream or download this podcast, please visit archive.org \\nLinks: Wikipedia page on Action\\nPat Mills\\u2019 blog\\nJim McCarthy\\u2019s website\\nAlex\\u2019s discussion with McCarthy, Milligan and Ewins about 2000AD and interviews with Pat Mills\\nMartin Barker and Roger Sabin\\u2019s discussion of Doonesbury at the Imperial War Museum\\nGraphic Brighton website\\nCine-Excess website'