Fictional Frontiers: Recent Episodes
Sohaib Awan
A frontier is defined as “an outer limit in a field of endeavor, especially one in which the opportunities for development have not been exploited”. For centuries, storytellers have served as both entertainers and illuminators…utilizing the communicative means of the day to reach the hearts and minds of their respective communities. Today, these mediums are varied and ever-changing. They give true artists the opportunity to share what is within their hearts and minds.
Film, television, comic books, animation, novels, and video games…storytelling presentation and distribution are so varied that these “fictional frontiers” are now synonymous with popular culture. Mainstream audiences worldwide want to learn more about these efforts and more about the creative talent behind them. Hence, the initial reason for launching Fictional Frontiers.
Launched June 8, 2008, Fictional Frontiers is a half-hour journey through the comic/novel, film, and television universes. Chatting with industry leaders, host Sohaib Awan (a voting member of the Broadcast Television Journalists Association) delves into the nuances and backstories of today's seminal projects in pop culture entertainment.
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James Beradinelli - Founder of ReelViews (www.reelviews.net)
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Aamna Qureshi - Author of The Lady or the Lion
- Cynthia Levinson - Co-writer/creator of Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel
- Janella Angeles - Author of Where Dreams Descend (the first in the Kingdom of Cards duology)
- Everett Downing and Bruce W. Smith - Co-Directors of the Academy Award-winning Hair Love
- Will Matthews, Jeffrey Addiss and Javier Grillo-Marxuach - Executive Producers of Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
- David F. Walker - creator of The Life of Frederick Douglass: A Graphic Narrative of a Slave's Journey from Bondage to Freedom
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Matt Johnson - visual effects supervisor on Mary Poppins Returns
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Leife Shallcross - author of The Beast’s Heart
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Hao Wu - director of People’s Republic of Desire
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Jason Howard - artist on Image Comic’s Cemetery Beach
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Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie - creators of the Limetown podcast
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Cote Smith- author of the Limetown prequel novel