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b'Reality Check: Manhwa and metamorphosis\\nTwo events taking place this weekend are ideal places for fans of fantasy and science fiction to visit \\u2013 SCI-FI-LONDON: EAST and Manhwa: Korean Story and Painting \\u2013 each in venues not known for exploring those genres. Alex Fitch talks to director Chris Swanton about his adaptation of Franz Kafka\\u2019s The Metamorphosis, screening Sunday 11th November at Stratford Picturehouse and to comic book creator Min-Woo Hyung regarding the art he\\u2019s exhibiting at the Korean Creative Content Agency, 1-3 The Strand. Alex and Chris discuss why the director chose a hard to translate novel by Kafka as his directorial debut, following a career as an editor on such projects as the BBC\\u2019s Ghostwatch, and Min-Woo talks about his career as a Manhwa creator from his debut Chronicle of a Hot-blooded Judo King to his latest project Ghostface and his most famous series Priest, which was adapted as a Sci-Fi blockbuster in 2011.\\nPoster for Priest 3D, art from Priest and Ghostface by Min-Woo Hyung, poster for Metamorphosis, cover of Ghostwatch\\n(Expanded podcast of an episode of I\\u2019m ready for my close-up, broadcast 09/11/12 on Resonance 104.4 FM) \\nFor more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com \\nMore info about SCI-FI-LONDON: EAST (9th-11th November) at www.scfilondon.com and Manhwa: Korean Story and Painting (1st-21st November) at www.manhwa101.com\\nLinks: Min-Woo Hyung\\u2019s pages on lambiek and Comic Book Database\\nWikipedia pages on Priest manhwa and movie\\nChris Swanton\\u2019s filmography on IMDb\\nWikipedia pages on The Metamorphosis film adaptation and novel\\nMetamorphosis official film website\\nRecommended events:\\nSCI-FI-LONDON: EAST\\nSCI-FI-LONDON movies its yearly satellite event (formerly Oktoberfest) a month later and a few miles East, as the Stratford Picturehouse hosts this post-apocolympic event\\u2026 Premi\\xe8res include a new feature adaptation of Franz Kafka\\u2019s Metamorphosis starring Maureen Lipman and Cory McAbee\\u2019s latest SF musical comedy Crazy and Thief. There\\u2019s another chance for anyone who missed Brandon Cronenberg\\u2019s debut film Antiviral at the London Film festival to catch up with the this excellent body-horror thriller and the usual MST3K and Anime all-nighters.\\n9th-11th November 2012, Stratford Picturehouse, Theatre Square, Salway Road, Stratford, London E15 1BX\\nMore info at www.scifilondon.com\\n\\nComica Festival 2012 week one\\nGrandville B\\xeate Noire Premiere: Bryan and Mary Talbot\\nThe Badger is back in the third of the phenomenal Grandville series of anthropomorphic steampunk romance thrillers!\\nWhere: Foyles, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EB\\nWhen: November 9, 2012 6.30-7.30pm\\nLaunch Party: The Strumpet and Ink+Paper\\nCelebrate the release of these sparkling new issues with the publishers & contributors.\\nWhere: Orbital Comics, 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2\\nWhen: November 9, 2012 7-9.30pm\\nAlois Nebel: Opening Gala Screening & Live Music Party\\nJarom\\xedr 99 introduces a premiere screening of the animated movie & performs the original score.\\nWhere: Riverside Studios Gallery, Crisp Rd, Hammersmith, W6 9R\\nWhen: November 9, 2012 8.15 Film 9.45 Party\\nComica Comiket Fall 2012 Independent Comics Fair\\nDiscover the very best in comics & enjoy the Drawing Parade of superstar artists, all for free!\\nWhere: Bishopsgate Institute, 230 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4QH\\nWhen: November 10, 2012 11am to 7pm\\nLine Hoven: Scraperboard Workshop\\nLearn to make your own scraperboard illustrations from the acclaimed German graphic novelist.\\nWhere: Goethe-Institut, 50 Princes Gate, London SW7 2PH\\nWhen: November 11, 2012 11am to 5pm\\nMore info about all events at www.comicafestival.com\\nThe Ballad of Halo Jones in Leeds\\nLass O\\u2019Gowrie Productions and Scytheplays are incredibly excited to announce that their much-lauded adaptation of writer Alan Moore and artist Ian Gibson\\u2019s comic bo[...]'