Jamie Loftus on Cathy Comics

Following on from her excellent podcast on Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita - and the surrounding media inspired by his controversial novel - Jamie Loftus returned with a series on Cathy comics.

I interviewed Loftus for Deconstructing Comics on the strip, people taking Cathy Guisewite for granted and how she used the serialised comic to raise issues around feminism.

Aack Cast https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-aack-cast-by-jamie-loftus-83922273/

Penny Dreadful season 2

Thanks to Anthony Pollock over on Soda and Telepaths for inviting me back to discuss season 2 of Penny Dreadful on his podcast.

Despite my bingeing the wrong season – and I outline why John Logan’s US-set revamp of the horror series Penny Dreadful: City of Angels disappointed me – and a quick digression on Rachel Pollack’s run on Doom Patrol, Anthony and I have a wide-ranging conversation about the ideas and themes of Penny Dreadful.

Vanessa (Eva Green) and Frankenstein’s Monster (Rory Kinnear) in season 2 of Penny Dreadful. Photo – Owen McPolin.