Death’s Head II and X-Men Mini Poster by Liam Sharp
Here’s a rundown of the Top Ten posts on downthetubes over the last seven days:
• Comic Criticism: A Call for Calm – and Common Sense
Liam Sharp calls for some better manners from the comics community. You may also be interested in comic writer Fiona Avery’s follow up post, “Everyone’s Not A Critic“, offering a guide to Constructive Criticism
• ITV Studios hints at new Thunderbirds merchandise as 50th anniversary approaches
• Oor Wullie joins T-Shirt Booth charity app offering
A fantastic British charity app goes from strength to strength
• The Last Ever Alan Moore Interview?
• ITV Studios offers sneek peek of new Thunderbird 1
An old post, but strangely one that seems compelling for our readers
• RM Guera’s new Judge Dredd story – sneek peek!
A great new Dredd story in the Megazine
• “To End All Wars” – the story behind a new World War One comic anthology
The title’s co-editor Jonathan Clode outlines the origins of this exciting project
• Official Star Wars Fact File launches in January in the UK
On sale now
• Eaglemoss launches Gerry Anderson Vintage Comic Collection
We understand from readers the Magazine is on hold, but we also gather it should resume publication later this year
• Unicorn Press to publish Eagle’s “Happy Warrior” biography of Winston Churchill
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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.
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