Crowdfunding Spotlight: Dick Turpin, Your Time is Up!

By John Freeman on March 1, 2020

The End seems to be nigh for that scoundrel of the highways Dick Turpin, who looks to be facing a fear-filled death in Dick Turpin and The Vengeful Shade, a new comic from Time Bomb Comics.

Successfully and deservedly hitting its Kickstarter target, this latest Dick Turpin adventure is delivered with aplomb by Steve Tanner and Roland Bird (Row Bird), ably assisted by Brett Burbridge and Bolt-01 – a complete tale of highwayman horror set in the 18th Century.

The latest adventure is offered on Kickstarter with all sorts of bonus extras publisher Time Bomb has made an integral part of its pre-order campaigns on all its titles, including exclusive prints.

Edited by Paul H Birch, this graphic novella firmly establishes that a new chapter in the thrilling adventures of the legendary highwayman in comics form is here.

“Act now” Paul urges enthusiastically, “before it’s too late and you can never forgive yourself!”

• Get hold of your special bonus-gifted copy of Dick Turpin and the Vengeful Shade now – before it’s too late!

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.