Where to draw the line -- book presentation of Carnal Cinema: the Forbidden Interviews
At the start of the millennium Shetland-based comic writer Andrew Lowes wrote a series of cutting satirical interviews with familiar but imagined cinema celebrities for the online magazine Netribution. These were brought to life by French cartoonist Éric Dubois, with a breathtaking set of 28 illustrations many of which have never been published. For the first time these are brought together in a beautiful and hilarious book that should be dear to anyone who loves movies.
College of Arts School of Modern Languages and Cultures Stirling Maxwell Centre
Date: Thursday 19 March 2026
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Venue: 8 Professor’s Square, 354 (Cosgrove Room)
Category: Public lectures
Speaker: Andrew Lowes (author), Éric Dubois (illustrator); Kate Taylor (respondent)
Document: Carnal Cinema poster
Where to draw the line
Presentation of Carnal Cinema: the Forbidden Interviews (London and Glasgow: Netribution and Glasgow Emblem Studies, 2025).
With Andrew Lowes (author) and Éric Dubois (illustrator).
Responder: Kate Taylor (National Film and Television School)
At the start of the millennium Shetland-based comic writer Andrew Lowes wrote a series of cutting satirical interviews with familiar but imagined cinema celebrities for the online magazine Netribution. These were brought to life by French cartoonist Éric Dubois, with a breathtaking set of 28 illustrations many of which have never been published. For the first time these are brought together in a beautiful and hilarious book that should be dear to anyone who loves movies.
From William Goldbloom and Richard E Fulsome to Third Stormtrooper on the Left and Stanley Kubrick’s production diaries from his school nativity – the fake interviews and articles pulled no punches.
