Illustrators sought for not-for-profit 2000AD zine Sector 13

By John Freeman on November 21, 2020

*A spectacular panel from a strip drawn by Dave Windett for a Special issue of Sector 13*

Ace 2000AD-inspired zine Sector 13, edited by downthetubes contributor Peter Duncan, has a Special issue in the works for release next year – and has put out a call for illustrators for text stories and other items.

The Special, format-busting edition of Sector 13 is planned to be released shortly in 2021, after Issue 7, and Peter has had the inspired idea of running strips that might feature in a Mega City One newspaper, some parodying some well known real world comic gems.

Character designs by Dave Windett for the 2021 Sector 13 Special

Contributors to the Special lined up so far include Simpsons Comics artist Dave Windett, all creating faux newspaper strips that might appear in a Mega City One newspaper.

“Dave did an amazing job on his strip,” Peter says.

“Breaking all our rules, we also need some ‘single image’ artists to help out along with some prose articles and more of these newspaper strip parodies,” Peter says.

• Writers or artists interested, please contact Peter via Facebook for more details

• For full details of all Sector 13 comics available visit www.boxofrainmag.co.uk/sector-13

• Find Sector 13 on Facebook

• Check out Dave Windett’s Little Lemming books

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.