Arvon Calling

By John Freeman on May 21, 2012

The next annual creative writing for graphic novels course that Bryan Talbot co-tutors in the depths of the beautiful Shropshire countryside for the Arvon Foundation is on 25 – 30th June this year.

This time around, his co-tutor is Hannah Berry (Britten and Brulightly, Adamtine), with Mary Talbot (Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes) as the guest speaker Amazingly there are spaces still available (it’s been fully booked the last two years) so, if you’d like to do it, now’s your chance!

There’s a link to the Arvon site below and also a link to Paul Gravett’s write-up of the course.

– www.arvonfoundation.org/graphic-novels-3

– www.paulgravett.com/index.php/articles/article/arvon_foundation/

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “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.