SICBA Award-nominated “Amongst The Stars” Sampler Released

By John Freeman on 23 June 2015

Following on from the success of GoodCopBadCop at last summer’s True Believers/ Eagles awards, another Planet Jimbot title, Amongst the Stars has made the Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance (SICBA) shortlist for Best Graphic Novel 2015.

The full list of nominate titles is here on downthetubes.

The 64-page trade is written by Jim Alexander (Metal Hurlant, Star Trek Manga) and drawn by Mike Perkins (Stephen King’s The Stand, Astonishing X-Men, Deathlok).

The winners will be announced in Glasgow on the 4th July 2015.

“To celebrate, Planet Jimbot put together a wee PDF sampler of the book,” says Jim, “which features five pages of the story.

“This is absolutely free to everybody, so please feel free to publish/ share/ comment on as you wish.”,

The book is also on sale at the Planet Jimbot online shop for a special SICBA price of £5.50 plus P&P.

• For the Amongst the Stars PDF sampler, click here

• Read Antony Esmond’s review of Amongst the Stars

• Amongst the Stars is available at the Planet Jimbot shop

• For details of how to vote check out the official SICBA site: www.sicba.org.uk

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John Freeman

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.