STRIP Magazine sampler prepped for Bristol Comic Expo

By John Freeman on April 27, 2011

Here’s the cover of STRIP MAGAZINE Issue Zero – which will be given away free to Bristol International Comic Expo visitors next month.

The sampler is the first print promotion for the monthly STRIP Magazine from Print Media Productions, announced last year, which will launch later in 2011.

The title is just part of Print Media Productions publishing plans which also include a number of graphic albums. The Iron Moon by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page has already been published and Mirabilis: Year of Wonders – Winter Book 1 by David Morris and Leo Hartas will be on sale at the Expo.

Issue Zero features background on key strips in the new comic magazine such as Black Ops Extreme by John Freeman and PJ Holden, Warpaint by Phil Hester and John McCrea, Age of Heroes by James Hudnall and John Ridgway, Savant by Jim Alexander and Ferrer and Carlos Vila.

The sampler comes wrapped in a cover by Smuzz, perhaps best known to comics fans for his work on 2000AD‘s ‘ABC Warriors’. The image is taken from his new comic, ‘Crucible’, which will feature in STRIP Magazine.

The Sampler also includes details of a special competition in the Sampler which will offer comic creators the chance to have their work in the title when it launches later in 2011.

Print copies of Issue Zero will not be available until the Expo, with e-copies available shortly afterwards.

A special PMP panel will take place on Sunday at the Expo.

• Print Media Productions: www.printmediaproductions.com

• Bristol International Comic Expo – 14th – 15th May 2011. More info: www.fantasyevents.org/bristolcomicexpo

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.