Excerprts from Dragman by Steven Appleby and The Weird and Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horse by The Mollusc Dimension

Innovative Trans Cartoonists: In the second of two Pride themed episodes of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of innovative trans cartoonists about their magical realist books inspired by autobiography. Artist and musician The Mollusc Dimension discusses his short story collection The Weird and Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horse which sees the creator take on a variety of mollusc inspired identities to explore vignettes from the past, in an interview recorded at Cartoon County, Brighton. Steven Appleby discusses the creation of Dragman, a full length graphic novel by the acclaimed Guardian cartoonist, which mixes personal experiences of transphobia and awakening with an irreverent superhero narrative, in a Q and A recorded at Space Station 65 in London.

Shorter edit originally broadcast on Resonance FM, on Weds 2nd July 2025

For more download formats, and to stream the podcast, please visit archive.org

Links: Steven Appleby’s website and Instagram

Publisher’s page on Dragman

Info about Steven’s current exhibition I’ve Had Enough of Secrets at Bury Museum

The Mollusc Dimension book page / Instagram

Listenh to the Squid Horse theme tune on Bandcamp / Spotify / Apple Music