Unmasking Corruption with Comics in Liverpool

By John Freeman on March 10, 2010

Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption comes to Liverpool this month, with an exhibition of political comic work to coincide with the release of their new comic book anthology.

The free exhibition, at the Contemporary Urban Centre in Greenland Street, will take a retrospective look at how comics have been employed throughout history to debate and highlight political issues, and will include content from previously unseen archives as well as highlights from the limited edition Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption Comic.

The book itself, which aims to engage and challenge the issues of social injustice in a bid to politicize a new generation of activists through the medium of popular comic culture, features original work from leading comic artists, satirists and creative figures from around the world including Dave McKean, Peter Kuper, Lee O’Connor, Pat Mills, V V Brown, Dan Goldman, Aleksandar Zograf, Bryan Talbot, Asia Alfasi, Dylan Horrocks and Marcus Bleasdale.

The Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption Comic Book is available while stocks last.

CTRL.ALT.SHIFT UNMASKS CORRUPTION

15th March – 28th March 2010 – Tues-Sat: 11am-6pm, Sun 11am-4pm
Contemporary Urban Centre, 41 – 51 Greenland Street, Liverpool L1 0BS
Box Office: +44 (0)151 708 3529 Tel: +44 (0)151 708 3510

Event Info: www.contemporaryurbancentre.org/events/event.php?event=97

Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption Comic Info: www.ctrlaltshift.co.uk/product/comic-book

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.