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Zarjaz! The 2000AD Advent Calendar is On Its Way – Contributions Wanted!

By John Freeman on November 17, 2015

An episode from Santy Claws by Lee Robson and Bolt-01

Ooh, it’s November… and David Broughton has dropped us a line to remind us it’s time to sign up for the annual 2000AD Messageboard Advent Calendar!

Every year, these have been absolutely magical fun at the expense of 2000AD‘s heroes and villains, providing a real treat every day for fans in the run up to Christmas, so sign up now to show your interest…

Calvin and Hobbes-inspired silliness from 2000AD fan Stu101 for last year’s calendar.

Here’s how it works. Folks sign up and promise to produce something on a given day as a little prezzie to the board. It can be a picture, a song, a short story, little film, photos, anything you like. There can, and hopefully will, be multiple people submitting per day.

PJ Holden’s contribution to last year’s calendar.

Like last year, everyone is invited to submit stuff on Christmas Eve and the organisers will try and get a few pro’s to do something too. Head over to this thread to sign up!

• You can see last years’ 2000AD Messageboard Advent Calendar here (although, sadly, many of the images are missing)
• 2013 here: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=39692.0
• 2012: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,37527.0.html
• 2011: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=34797.0
• 2010: http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php?topic=31127.0

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.