Best Lucy Starbuck Braidley Podcasts (2024)

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with Clare McGreevy and Chris Mould 1:03:38

11d ago1:03:38

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy chats with educator Clare McGreevy and illustrator Chris Mould about an innovative comic project involving schools across Rochdale, developing reading for pleasure through comics and also supporting the creation of comics - through re-imagining the untold stories of the historic Rochdale Town Hall. Clare…

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Comic Boom - Comic in Education - with 'Star Cat' and 'I Hate Pixies' creator James Turner 45:37

25d ago45:37

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy chats with writer and comics creator, James Turner. James is a cartoonist and writer, creator, with illustrator Yasmin Sheikh. As well as Star Cat, his comic strip Clatters and Bump regularly appears in weekly comic The Phoenix. James joins me to talk about his new graphic novel Toby and the Pixies: Wors…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with author and professor Nick Sousanis 1:15:32

1M ago1:15:32

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy chats to professor and author Nick Sousanis. Nick Sousanis is an Eisner-winning comics author and an associate professor of Humanities & Liberal Studies at San Francisco State University, where he started and runs a Comics Studies program. He received his doctorate in education at Teachers College, Colum…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with author and illustrator Eliza Fricker 50:24

3M ago50:24

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy chats to author and illustrator Eliza Fricker. Eliza Fricker is an author & illustrator, and an advocate & consultant for PDA, autism and learning. She has published several books, including the Sunday Times Bestselling title “Can’t Not Won’t”, and the acclaimed autobiographical “Thumbsucker” released in…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with the Cartoon Museum's Steve Marchant 40:02

4M ago40:02

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to The Cartoon Musuem's Steve Marchant Steve Marchant is a cartoonist and comic artist who has worked for British Airways, the BBC, ITV, the British Council and other clients big and small. He has also been running cartoon and comic strip workshops in schools and libraries across the UK since 1992, now primarily f…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with World Book Day 2024 illustrator Vivian Truong and BBC Teach 37:28

4M ago37:28

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Send us a Text Message. In this Episode Lucy chats to official World Book Day illustrator 2024 and comics artist Vivian Truong. We discuss her journey into comics, life as a World Book Day illustrator and her graphic novels City of Dragons: The Awakening Storm and Cooking with Monsters. Vivian: X: @SuperRisu Instagram: @superrisu BBC Teach: www.bbc…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - Excelsior Award 2024 Special with Paul Register 46:30

4M ago46:30

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Send us a Text Message. In this special Excelsior Award Special Episode Lucy chats to Paul Register, founder of the Excelsior Award, the biggest book award for graphic novels and manga in the UK! What makes the awards so special is that from the expertly curated shortlists, children and young people vote for the winning book in each category themse…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with academic Kevin Hoffin 43:29

4M ago43:29

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to academic Kevin Hoffin. Kevin is a senior lecturer in Criminology, working at Birmingham City University. His main research interests are cultural theory and critical media literacy (particularly around crime and justice). He also looks at innovating pedagogy with comics, and is working on an Ed.D to argue for a…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with Gabi Putnoki from Graphic Novel Reading Room 43:24

5M ago43:24

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to founder of Graphic Novel Reading Room, Gabi Putnoki. GNRR is a regular event where people can read graphic novels in other people’s company in a relaxed space such as a cafe, a community centre or a library. A wide selection of graphic novels are provided to chose from, mainly long-form fiction and non-fiction.…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with comics creator and former laureate Hannah Berry 43:00

7M ago43:00

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to comics creator Hannah Berry. Hannah Berry is an award-winning comics creator, scriptwriter and campaigner. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was appointed UK Comics Laureate 2019-21. Editions of her books have been published in the USA, France, Holland, Serbia and Italy, and she has been a …

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with creator of Mexikid, Pedro Martin 52:34

8M ago52:34

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to comic writer and artist Pedro Martin. Pedro Martín is a former Hallmark artist and the creator of Asteroid Andy. He chronicles his life growing up Mexican American online in a comic series called Mexikid Stories, and in his debut graphic memoir Mexikid. You can find Pedro on Instagram: @mexikidstories Links to …

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with artist and writer Ryan Estrada 47:11

8M ago47:11

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to comic writer and artist Ryan Estrada. Ryan Estrada is an artist, author, and adventurer. His books include Banned Book Club, Occulted, and the Student Ambassador series. He has worked for Star Trek, Popeye, Flash Gordon, and Garfield. You can find Ryan on Twitter/X: @ryanestrada And on Instagram: @ryanestradado…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with graphic novel author Mary Talbot 42:43

8M ago42:43

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to graphic novel author and academic Mary Talbot. Dr Mary Talbot is the author of the graphic novel Dotter of her Father’s Eyes (Jonathan Cape 2012), illustrated by her husband, award winning comic artist Bryan Talbot. She is an internationally acclaimed scholar who has published widely on language, gender and pow…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with Beano and BBC Teach 49:45

9M ago49:45

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to Alex Harris from BBC Teach and Mike Stirling from Beano Studios. Today - we have another duo - of a different kind. I’ll be joined by Alex Harris Executive Producer, BBC Teach, part of the BBC’s Children’s and Education department and home to thousands of free curriculum-mapped classroom videos. BBC Teach hosts…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education with Inflatables writers Beth Garrod and Jess Hitchman 41:43

9M ago41:43

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy chats with creators of The Inflatables, Beth Garrod and Jess Hitchman. Beth Garrod is the author of the Super Awkward series. After growing up in Worcester, UK, she has worked around the world, including the USA, India, South Africa, and Canada producing everything from mental health campaigns, to music …

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with Agent Moose creators, writer Mo O'Hara and illustrator Jess Bradley 45:47

9M ago45:47

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy chats with creators of the Agent Moose series - Mo O'Hara and Jess Bradley. Jess is an illustrator, comic artist and writer living in Torquay, Devon with her husband and son. Jess draws and writes for The Phoenix Comic and has appeared in over 300 issues. She also writes weekly for The Beano … In 2021 sh…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - exploring children's comics writing with academic Helen Jones 52:28

9M ago52:28

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy chats to lecturer in primary education and PhD student Helen Jones. We discuss the power that can be found in giving children opportunity to write comics for pleasure - and what we can find out about their views on the world around them through exploring what they write. Helen draw on her action research…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with Writer, Illustrator and Educator Sayra Begum 43:09

9M ago43:09

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Send us a Text Message. This episode is part of a collaboration with Lakes International Comics Arts Festival. Lucy chats to writer, illustrator and educator Sayra Begum Sayra Begum is an illustrator, writer and educator based in Nottingham. She teaches Illustration at Falmouth University and Comics at De Montfort University. Begum released her deb…

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education- Comics and Climate Change with illustrator Emma Reynolds 47:56

10M ago47:56

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Send us a Text Message. This episode is part of a collaboration with Lakes International Comics Arts Festival. Lucy chats to writer and illustrator Emma Reynolds Emma Reynolds is an illustrator and author based in Manchester, UK. Her latest book Drawn to Change The World: 16 Youth Climate Activists, 16 Artists, is a middle grade graphic novel with …

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with writer and illustrator Victoria Jamieson 42:30

1y ago42:30

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy chats to writer and illustrator Victoria Jamieson. Victoria is an writer and illustrator from Pensylavia UK - most well known in the UK for her graphic novels roller girl and when stars are scattered. In this interview we talk about her journey to becoming a graphic novelist, her sources of in spiration …

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - with cartoonist Marc Jackson 41:23

1y ago41:23

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy chats to cartoonist Marc Jackson. Marc lives and works in Macclesfield with my wife Jane and children Nancy and Florence. He created comics and characters for the BEANO, Aces Weekly, Hey kids comics, the Brooklyn red hook star revue, Freaky magazine, SCARFFF comics newspaper, and the Phoenix. In 2017 he …

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Comic Boom - Comics in Education - Using comics in art education with Hester Harrington 42:51

1y ago42:51

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Send us a Text Message. This week Lucy chats to art educator Hester Harrington about her approach to using comics in the art classroom. Hester Harrington, Art Educator and Co-Producer for Little LICAF - is part of the LICAF team responsible for comic content for youngsters, family and educators as part of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival …

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Comic boom - The Comics in Education Podcast feat. author and illustrator Dave Shelton 39:20

1y ago39:20

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Send us a Text Message. This week Lucy chats to the brilliant Dave Shelton - author and illustrator - to discuss how his life-long love of comics has influenced his work His slapstick comedy noir comic strip Good Dog, Bad Dog has appeared in The DFC comic, The Phoenix, and the Guardian, and is collected in two books by David Fickling Books. His deb…

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Comic Boom - Using comics for higher level thinking in the classroom with Shveta Miller 54:04

1y ago54:04

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode Lucy is joined by American educator Shveta Miller. Shveta Miller is a national literacy leader and serves on the Governor’s Council for Educator Advancement in Oregon as a professional learning facilitator. A former high school Language Arts teacher and author of Hacking Graphic Novels: 8 Ways to Teach Higher…

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Comic Boom - S2 Ep.4 Exploring Manga with Lucy Forrester 40:44

1y ago40:44

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Send us a Text Message. A double Lucy episode! This week Lucy chats to specialist Manga librarian from Peters the bookseller, Lucy Forrester. Lucy Forrester has been a children's librarian since 2006, and a comics fan since she can remember. Working for Peters Booksellers, she has made comics and manga her specialist field, and has taken part in co…

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Comic Boom - S2 Ep.3 Afro Manga Club with Natalie Scarlett 28:13

1y ago28:13

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Send us a Text Message. This week Lucy talks to Natalie Scarlett about Afro Manga Club - a joint project run by The National Literacy Trust and Black Heritage Support Service for young people in Birmingham AND we hear from the young people themselves as the podcast hits the road and visits the club in session (huge thanks to roving reporter and Nat…

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Comic Boom - S2 Ep. 2 with illustrator Sara Alfageeh 47:24

1y ago47:24

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats with Sara Alfageeh, co-creator of the fantastic YA graphic novel Squire. They discuss her creative process, her collaborative process with co-creator Nadia Shammas and the impact and importance of representation. Sara Alfageeh is a Jordanian-American illustrator and creative director in San Francisco. She is passi…

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Comic Boom - S2 Ep.1 with Richard Ruddick 45:46

1y ago45:46

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to primary school teacher and graphic novel enthusiast, Richard Ruddick. We discuss his approach to including comics and graphic novels in the curriculum and encouraging access to them for reading for pleasure. Richard Ruddick is a year six teacher from Norfolk who is passionate about using graphic novels to devel…

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Comic Boom - Excelsior Award BONUS EPISODE with Paul Register 49:33

1+ y ago49:33

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Send us a Text Message. In this special BONUS EPISODE Lucy chats to Paul Register, founder of the Excelsior Award, the biggest book award for graphic novels and manga in the UK! What makes the awards so special is that from the expertly curated shotlists, children and young people vote for the winning book in each category themselves - a great tool…

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Comic Boom - Episode 10 - with Commissioning Editor at David Fickling Books, Anthony Hinton 45:52

1+ y ago45:52

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to Commisioning Editor at David Fickling Books, Anthony Hinton. We discuss the recent boom in popularity of british graphic novels - including the success of Jamie Smart and Neill Cameron. Anthony is part of the team at The Phoenix Comic, where he edits the comic books produced through the DFB/Phoenix partnership,…

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Comic Boom - Episode 9 - with creator of Bumble and Snug, Mark Bradley 42:34

1+ y ago42:34

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Send us a Text Message. Lucy chats to comic artist and creator of the Bumble and Snug series of graphic novels, Mark Bradley. Mark Bradley is a comic artist and writer, and creator of the Bumble & Snug graphic novel series. He grew up reading stories about ghosts and monsters, and promptly decided that he preferred them to humans The first of book …

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Comic Boom - Episode 8 - exploring the visual language of comics with Neil Cohn 47:48

1+ y ago47:48

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode I am joined by Neil Cohn, Neil Cohn is an American cognitive scientist best known for his pioneering research on the overlap in cognition between graphic communication and language. He is the author of 2 graphic novels, over 80 academic papers, and 3 academic books, including The Visual Language of Comics (20…

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Comic Boom - Episode 7 - Superheroes in the classroom with teacher and writer Mark A Smith 33:23

1+ y ago33:23

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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode Lucy speaks to primary school teacher and writer of Slug Boy Saves the World, Mark A Smith. We discuss Mark's love of all things Marvel and how that passion for comics has influenced his teaching, his writing...and his life in general! Mark A. Smith was born in Dundee, where he works as a primary schoo…

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Comic Boom - Episode 6 - with creator of Speak Up, Rebecca Burgess 28:04

1+ y ago28:04

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Send us a Text Message. In this week's episode Lucy speaks to the hugely talented comic artist, Rebecca Burgess - mostly focusing on her latest middle grade graphic novel, Speak Up. Rebecca Burgess is a comic artist and illustrator working in the UK, creating award winning published and small press work. Along with drawing comics for their day job,…

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Comic Boom - Episode 5 - Muslim representation in comics with Meher Shiblee 32:41

1+ y ago32:41

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode I chat with PhD student Meher Shiblee. Meher is a second year, full time, PhD student at LCC, UAL. Her research topic is titled; Considering 21st Century Muslim Superheroines and Issues of Representation: Comics, Creators and Readers in Context. In addition to her studies, she has worked as a Graduate Teachin…

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Comic Boom - Episode 4 - Engagement, Range and School Comic Con with Lucas Maxwell 40:44

1+ y ago40:44

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode I chat with writer and school librarian Lucas Maxwell. Lucas Maxwell has been reading comics since he was very young and living in Nova Scotia, Canada. Now, he gets to promote comics and other great books to kids in the high school library that he's managed in South London, UK for the past nine years. He's al…

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Comic Boom - Episode 3 dip into comics history with Dr Hattie Earle 38:51

1+ y ago38:51

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Send us a Text Message. Dr Harriet Earle (Hattie) is a senior lecturer in English at Sheffield Hallam University and research fellow at the Centre for War, Atrocity, and Genocide at the University of Nipissing. She is the author of Comics, Trauma, and the New Art of War (2017) and Comics: An Introduction (2020) – and she writes mostly on war and vi…

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Comic Boom - Episode 2 with cartoonist Neill Cameron 38:37

1+ y ago38:37

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode I chat with award winning comics creator, Neill Cameron. Neill Cameron is a cartoonist and writer, creator of the comic books Mega Robo Bros, Since 2011 his work has appeared in the weekly children’s comic The Phoenix. In 2016 Mega Robo Bros and Tamsin and the Deep were both shortlisted for the British Comics…

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Comic Boom - Episode 1 - Comics in the School Library with Gemma Sosnowsky 33:53

1+ y ago33:53

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode I chat with Gemma Sosnowsky about all things comics in the school library. Gemma is an experienced school librarian and member of the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival board, as well as judge on the Excelsior Award and, in this episode, shares lots of practical advice on how to maximise the use of comic…

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