Tripwire at 25! UK genre mag celebrates comics, film, TV! VIDEO INTERVIEW

Today’s Guest: Joel Meadows, editor, Tripwire: The Genre Magazine

 

 

Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Joel Meadows by clicking on the video player above! 

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Tripwire: The Genre Magazine, Mr. Media Interviews
Tripwire: The Genre Magazine celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2017.

Zines dedicated to comic books, science fiction, and genre TV shows and films come and go pretty quickly around the world.

They all start with a singular dedication – perhaps obsession – but most vanish in the face of long hours, hard work, little or no compensation and an equal amount of recognition.

JOEL MEADOWS podcast excerpt: “Before ‘Tripwire,’ I would read a magazine called ‘Speakeasy.’ I’m not sure if it made it to the States, but it was a very snarky British comics magazine. They used to have a column from Grant Morrison. It was sort of a template for us.”

Tripwire: The Genre Magazine, 2008 issue, Mr. Media Interviews
Cover of Tripwire: The Genre Magazine, 2008 issue

And then there is Tripwire: The Genre Magazine, the UK’s enduring cornocopia of interviews, reviews, analysis and previews of everything from Marvel and DC comics to James Bond, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Dredd and much, much more.

Tripwire is celebrating its 25th anniversary in print and online in 2017, a phenomenal accomplishment by any media survival standard.

And remaining at its helm for the entire quarter-century is its editor and founder Joel Meadows, whom I’m honored to call a personal friend for almost four years. This is his second appearance on the show.

JOEL MEADOWS podcast excerpt: “For decades, ‘Doctor Who’ wasn’t popular in the States. Then you had this reboot with Christopher Eccleston and suddenly everything clicked. Why hasn’t ‘Dredd’? That’s a fair question; I don’t know! ‘2000 AD just had its 40th anniversary, but ‘Dredd’ still feels like a cult thing where ‘Doctor Who’ is insanely huge in the U.S.”

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