Turn Your School Magazine into a Comic Book

By John Freeman on May 30, 2008

Former Marvel Comics UK editor Tim Quinn will be holding storytelling and comic book creation sessions at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax on Saturday 5 July 2008 from 9.00 am through the day, as part of the line-up for the Calderdale Festival for Young People run by the July Project, sponsored by the Halifax. All ages welcome.

Quinn, a veteran comic book scriptwriter, editor, publisher and cartoonist for titles as varied as The Dandy, The Beano, Buster, Whoopee, Spider-Man, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, Bunty, My Guy and Doctor Who Magazine, will instruct each class on both script and art techniques. Over the past two years he has been working with schools and students across the UK to produce school magazines of a professional standard.

For details contact: kathryn@squarechapel.co.uk

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.