The fourth ‘episode’ of Richard Farell and Vincent Law’s Gerry Anderson fanzine is now out. Amongst the articles and reviews of the Gerry Anderson series Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, UFO and Space:1999, are articles on the comic strips associated with the Anderson universe.

Frank, Don, Dan and the Traceys covers the Anderson related work of the two Dan Dare artists Frank Bellamy and Don Harley, while Starcruiser: Stripped For Action covers the torturous history of the Starcruiser design concept which ran for two years as a comic strip in Look-In and eventually became an Airfix kit.

Andersonic Four consists of 40 A5 pages with a colour cover. It is £2.00 including UK postage and is available via paypal payment to strakerATmerseymail.com or by cheque or postal order to R.Farrell, 11 Stevenson Drive, Spital, Wirral, CH63 9AH.

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.

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