2000AD and Roy of the Rovers writer Rob Williams chats with Festival Podcast

By John Freeman on April 2, 2019

On the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast (Episode 49), hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates chat to comics writer and 2019 Festival guest Rob Williams.

Rob is a comics writer whose comics works include Suicide Squad, Trinity, Martian Manhunter and Action Comics for DC, Amazing Spider-Man, Ghost Rider and Daken for Marvel, Kingsman: and The Red Diamond for Millarworld, “Judge Dredd” for 2000AD, Doctor Who for Titan Comics and Star Wars and Indiana Jones for Dark Horse.

His creator-owned titles include Unfollow and The Royals: Masters Of War for Vertigo, Ordinary for Titan Comics and Cla$$War for Com.X. He has recently written the pilot script for the forthcoming TV show Judge Dredd: Mega-City One and is writing the new series of Roy Of The Rovers graphic novels for Rebellion.

Pete Taylor also chats to Tripwire publisher Joel Meadows, who was on the show last year and is back to discuss this years Portsmouth Comic Con. Find out more about that here.

Mike Williams is having an episode off, but new signing of Tom Stewart starts on this episode, reviewing a few small press comics.

The team also review Slang Pictorial by Nick Prolix, who’s new Kckstarter is now up and running, and the beautiful Blossoms in Autumn by Zidrou and Aimee de Jongh plus Follow Me In by Katriona Chapman.

ROB WILLIAMS ONLINE

Web: www.robwilliamscomics.co.uk
Twitter: @Robwilliams71

Listen to The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast Episode 49 right here – or on the official podcast web site here

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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.