Electric Sheep Magazine podcast: Brian Yuzna and the horror of Society Electric Sheep Magazine assistant editor Alex Fitch talks to film maker Brian Yuzna about his work, from his memorable debut as producer of Stuart Gordon’s Re-animator, his underrated satire of 1980s American preppy culture Society and later career making sequels to such franchises as Return of the Living Dead and Silent Night, Deadly Night. Recorded at the University of Brighton, Spring 2013, in conjunction with Cine-Excess Festival. Four films by Brian Yuzna Cine-Excess VII is taking place at Birmingham MAC from 15th-17th November with guests including French filmmaker Catherine Breillat (Romance / Anatomy of Hell) and Italian auteur Francesco Barilli (The Perfume of the Lady in Black / Pensione paura) Visit www.archive.org, for more info and formats you can stream / download. Links: Brian Yuzna biography on Re-animator website Cine Excess website Listen to Alex’s interview with Re-animator director Stuart Gordon Listen to Electric Sheep Magazine editor Virginie Selavy’s interview with Cine-Excess organiser Xavier Mendik Recommended Events: Comica Festival 2013 This year’s London Comica Festival is in its last week and events include: Poles ApART: New Polish Comics & Graphic Novels Twelve of the most important current comics creators from Poland in their first UK show. Where: Windows Gallery, Central Saint Martins, N1C 4AA When: October 31 to November 16, 2013 Hyper-Pop Workshop Step into the shoes of Pop artists like Roy Lichtenstein & make your own comic-book stories… Where: Garden Room, Barbican Centre, Silk St, EC2Y 8DS When: November 16, 2013 10am-5.30pm Reframe: Perspectives on Europe through Comics Comics by nine artists from Algeria, Turkey & UK explore our contemporary attitudes to Europe. Where: Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, EC1R 3GA When: October 23 to November 22, 2013 More info at www.comicafestival.com Gosh! Comics signings and events The Image Triple Signing with Brandon Graham, Fiona Staples, and Eric Stephenson Together with Thought Bubble, we proudly present a BEHEMOTH of a signing – featuring three of Image Comics’ biggest and brightest. Join us on the Friday, the 22nd of November, and meet Brandon Graham (Prophet, King City), Fiona Staples (Saga), and Eric Stephenson (Nowhere Men). Friday November 22nd, from 5pm to 7pm Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá Signing For our second event in conjunction with November’s Leeds Thought Bubble Festival, we bring you the remarkably talented Brazilian comic-creator-twin-duo, Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá! You’ll know them from their lovely artwork on The Umbrella Academy (written by Gerard Way) and the Casanova series (written by Matt Fraction), and most importantly from their collaborative effort, Daytripper, a beautiful book about death and family which is a consistent bestseller. Wednesday November 27th, from 5pm to 7pm Jeffrey Brown in conversation with Marc Ellerby A legend of autobiographical comics, Jeffrey started out by self-publishing his first book, Clumsy (James Kochalka’s favourite graphic novel), which grabbed an enormous amount of attention from both cartoonists and comics fans, not to mention the attention of future publisher Chris Staros at Top Shelf. After Clumsy, he produced a whole series of heartfelt chronicles about his life and relationships, with the occasional absurdist superhero parody thrown in… Here to talk to the man himself is Marc Ellerby, one of the most well-known names on the UK indie comics scene. November 28th from 7.30pm until 9.00pm Windowpane 2 and Breakdown Press Launch Party Breakdown Press is a new London-based comics publisher dedicated to printing the work of original and exciting contemporary cartoonists. Having released Windowpane by Joe Kessler at last year’s Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival to great critical acclaim, Breakdown will be returning to the newly reinstated Comic Arts Brooklyn as well as Thought Bubble festival with Windowpane 2 and a raft of other exciting new releases. Friday, 29 November 2013 from 7pm to 9pm Gosh! Comics, 1 Berwick Street, London, W1F 0DR