Excerpts from Maru Kiru: The Chosen Ones by Brendan Albetski and Anfield Road by Chris Shepherd / photos of Chris Shepherd, Alex Fitch and Brendan Albetski

Legendary Warriors and Football Dreams: In this month’s show, Alex Fitch chats with a couple of graphic novelists who are reinventing classic ideas and locations. Chris Shepherd talks about his book Anfield Road which imagines a young man’s experience of growing up in Liverpool, surrounded by trapping of football fandom, while dreaming of art school, in an interview recorded at Cartoon County. Brendan Albetski discusses the many influences on his street art style reimagining of fantasy warrior women, in his kickstarted sci-fi saga Manu Kiru… Please Note; the deadline to sign up for the Maru Kiru Kickstarter is April 24th!

Shorter edit originally broadcast on Resonance FM, on 2nd April 2025

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Links: Brendan Albetski’s website
Chris Shepherd’s website
Info about Anfield Road on publisher Titan Books’ website
Pledge on the Maru Kiru kickstarter – ends 22/04/25
Read Maru Kiru on Global Comix
Review of Anfield Road in The Guardian
Interview with Chris Sheppherd on youtube ‘Forbidden Planet TV’ channel