Gosh! Comics gets set to host Safari Festival Pre-Party

By John Freeman on August 18, 2015 • ( 1 )

This weekend sees the return of Safari Festival, courtesy of the fine folks at Breakdown Press. It’s a showcase from some of the most interesting and innovative comics work out there at the moment and we’ve got an event on Friday night to throw the spotlight on a couple in particular.

Safari Festival is exhibiting artists that have been selected for their highly original approaches to making comics and to celebrate Gosh! are having a Safari Festival Pre Party on the 21st August 2015 from 7-9.00 pm.

Breakdown Press and co-hosts The Treasure Fleet (a Berlin-based collective of four independent comic publishers, Édition Biografiktion, My Own Press, Salmiak and Ulama) and kuš (an international comics anthology from Latvia), will be at Gosh! for a double book launch! The event will see the launch of Another Blue World by Jonathan Chandler from Breakdown Press and kuš! #22 Fashion (including Safari exhibitors Marie Jacotey, Joseph P. Kelly, Laura Callaghan and Sharmila Banerjee) from kuš.

• Have a look here on the Gosh! Comics web site for more details

• Gosh! Comics is at 1 Berwick Street, London W1F 0DR | Open Daily 10.30am – 7.00pm | Web: www.goshlondon.com

• For more about the Safari Festival visit: www.breakdownpress.com/safarifestival/

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.