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Thursday 9 June 2011

Panel Borders: Comic Therapy

Psychiatric Tales by Darryl CunninghamIn a panel discussion recorded at the 2010 Comics and Medicine conference, Institute of English Studies, University of London, Paul Gravett talks to Brian Fies, Phillipa Perry and Darryl Cunningham about their work in portraying aspects of medical care and therapy in sequential art.

Paul and the panel discuss issues of biography and autobiography on the page, the process of portraying a narrative that has a story structure as well as an element of education to it and what they learned from the experience.

(Recorded and edited by Alex Fitch)

• Panel Borders: Comic Therapy airs at 5.00pm, Thursday 02/06/11, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / podcast after broadcast at www.panelborders.wordpress.com

Buy Psychiatric Tales from amazon.co.uk

Buy Psychiatric Tales from amazon.com

(A US edition will be published in 2011)

Darryl Cunningham's Blog

Darryl Cunningham is the creator of the book Psychiatric Tales, and the web-comics, Super-Sam and John-of-the-Night  and The Streets of San Diablo. A prolific cartoonist, sculptor and photographer, Darryl's work can also be found at his Flickr page.

Interview with Darryl by Matthew Badham on his darn fine Blog

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