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My Comics Projects
Comic Artists Open Call: Samples Requested for new British imprint
COMIC ARTISTS WANTED FOR NEW IMPRINT – OPEN CALL This is an open call for comic strip samples for upcoming paid projects in 2021/ 2022. I’m working with British company B7 Media and other partners on the launch a new… Read More ›
Shockwave Riders launches from Dan Dare artist Keith Page
Earth is under attack! But from who?
New Charlotte Corday strips by Keith Page published
New digital comics from Keith Page, available to read for free
Presenting… The Really Heavy Greatcoat’s “New National Anthem”
Just when you thought you’d never see the Really Heavy Greatcoat again…
Past Comic Pitches: Reviving “The Daleks” from TV Century 21
From my script archives – an outline for a continuation of the strip known today as “The Dalek Chronicles”
Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep, the newspaper strip that might have been
The record for “longest gestation period for a piece of Doctor Who project” may seem to rest with the attempts at producing a movie, but others may catch up with it. A plan I had to launch a Doctor Who… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Dan Dare Audio Adventures
B7 Media has just launched a crowdfunder for a new season of Dan Dare Audio Adventures, completing a trilogy to story arcs that reinvented the classic Eagle comic character for the 21st Century and coinciding with the space hero’s 70th anniversary this year.
Still on sale – the Cor!! & Buster Humour Special – review round up
The Cor! & Buster Humour Special is still on sale in WHSmith and selected newsagents for another couple of weeks, so if you’re looking for a brilliant all-ages treat for your kids, why not pop out and buy it now?… Read More ›
Missing in Action: Heroquest at Marvel UK, and the RPG magazine that never happened
Back in my Marvel UK days, I edited a one-off Heroquest magazine at Marvel UK – a one shot special licensed from Games Workshop that has some notable creators involved and, as downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf notes over on his… Read More ›