About this episode

The episode discusses the dystopian bio-punk comic 'Fluorescent Black' and its creators' intentions, alongside reflections on Heavy Metal magazine and personal memories of Singapore.

After being serialized in Heavy Metal magazine, this dystopian bio-punk comic was published as a beautiful book in 2010... and hardly anyone is talking about it now. We discuss the creators' intentions and hopes for the story, along with Heavy Metal 's history, and Christian's youthful memories of Singapore. Interested in the media we discussed this episode? Track it down from here: Fluorescent Black Sources https://www.zonanegativa.com/fluorescent-black-an-interview-with-m-f-wilson-and-nathan-fox/ https://variety.com/2007/film/news/imagi-plotting-fluorescent-black-1117975671/?jwsource=cl https://comicattack.net/ddwddnf/ https://livefromthedmz-blog.tumblr.com/post/18558447254/nathan-fox-interview https://vimeo.com/mfwilson https://www.comicbox.com/index.php/news-english/fluorescent-black-the-graphic-novel/ (review with full Heavy Metal press release text) https://readrant.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/review-fluorescent-black/ "A Challenge to Gene Theory, a Tougher Look at Biotech," New York Times, July 1, 2007 Waldby, C. (2009). Singapore Biopolis: Bare Life in the City-State. East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal , 3 (2–3), 367–383…

People in this episode

Hosts: Christian Sager, Charlie Bennett

Topics covered

• bio-punk
• dystopian comics
• media discussion
• Heavy Metal history
• Singapore memories

Keywords

• Fluorescent Black
• bio-punk
• Heavy Metal
• M.F. Wilson
• Nathan Fox
• Singapore
• dystopian comics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heavy Metal, New York Times, East Asian Science, Technology and Society

Books & works: Fluorescent Black

Places: Singapore

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