Fifth Temple Spotlights Comics Talent

By John Freeman on October 7, 2009

The Temple Issue 5 is now complete and available to download for free from the British comic creators group’s forum.

Compiled by John Kirkham, at 80 megs and over 160 pages it’s the biggest issue yet, with class contributions inside from British talents such as Stuart Giddings, Simon Mackie, Adam Grose, Tony Suleri, Steve Tanner, Dave Evans, Malcolm Kirk and Paul Eldridge.

Intended to be a platform for new talent, the issue also features a huge feature on rising publisher Insomnia Publications.

• Download Temple APA Issue 5 free here

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.