Comic Book Babylon event in Brighton

By John Freeman on February 26, 2014

Author Tim Pilcher will be hosting an event to romote his book Comic Book Babylon in May, as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival.

Comic Book Babylon is the candid and amusing odyssey of one comic fan’s quest to get his dream job and becoming the first British member of the DC editorial staff. Join the author Tim, who worked for Vertigo UK, as he takes you through the debauchery and excess of publishing life in the 90s and encounters with Jonathan Ross, The Spice Girls, Blur, Adam Ant, Grant Morrison, Jamie Hewlett, Paul Gambaccini and many more.

• More info here. Brighton Fringe Box Office: 01273 917272

• Comic Book Babylon by Tim Pilcher is currently on sale from OK Comics, Leeds, Orbital Comics, Gosh! and The Cartoon Museum in London; and Dave’s Comics in Brighton. If you contact Tim via the book’s Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/ComicBookBabylonKickstarter – he’ll tell you how you can order a copy direct from him

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.