Panel Borders: Euro Noir – Igort and Jordi Bernet

Euro Noir: In this month’s show, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of veteren European artists who specialise in comics influenced by Film Noir. Alex chats to Igort about directing the film adaptation of of his classic graphic novel 5 is the Perfect Number, and how it differs from and homages the original comic. Also, […]

Pages from Torpedo and Jonah Hex by Jordi Bernet / Stills from the film adaptation of 5 is the Perfect Number by Igort and page from the original graphic novel

Euro Noir: In this month’s show, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of veteren European artists who specialise in comics influenced by Film Noir. Alex chats to Igort about directing the film adaptation of of his classic graphic novel 5 is the Perfect Number, and how it differs from and homages the original comic. Also, in a Q and A translated by Miguel A. Domínguez, Jordi Bernet dicusses drawing the 1930s gangster saga Torpedo and American Western drama Jonah Hex. Recorded at the Institut Français, London and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

Originally broadcast 3rd June 2020 on Resonance 104.4 FM / DAB (London)

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Links: Info about the screening of 5 is the Perfect Number at the Institut Français, as part of the Made in Italy festival

Info about the Q and A with Bernet at LICAF

Igort’s website

Jordi Bernet’s profile on lambiek

Watch the trailer for 5 is the Perfect Number on youtube

Review of Torpedo on Slings and Arrows

Miguel A. Domínguez’s website

Buy comics by Jordi Bernet and Igort from Amazon UK