Venal Muse Goes Online

By John Freeman on June 12, 2008

(Via: Richard Bruton of Fictions): Small press artist Marc Ellerby has just made Venal Muse, his mini comic from 2006, available in its entirety online.

‘I drew this in late 2006, but I think it eventually came out around February 2007,” Marc explains. “It was to tie in with an exhibition of the same name that my friend John was putting on in Brick Lane – I thought the show was great, mainly because old friends were reunited and as a force we kicked some arty arse.’

‘I really like this comic,” he adds. “It’s a bit flat in places and maybe doesn’t hit the right notes, but I still think it holds it’s own a year on. I made it into a mini comic and it’s sold out now (there might be a few copies at Dave’s Comics in Brighton…) so I present to you the first mini I ever made and sold in it’s entirety. A couple of hundred are out there in the world and I hope everyone enjoyed them. Lemme know what you think and feel free to spread this link around.

Enjoy!”

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.