Who Artist Interviewed

By John Freeman on July 14, 2007

Doctor Who and Dan Dare illustrator Andrew Skilleter is the focus of a 15-page, full colour, highly illustrated, wide ranging interview covering highlights of his career, in the August edition of Book & Magazine Collector, a glossy pocket size monthly magazine, on sale now.

Copies are available from most good sized W H Smiths (and some other newsagents), usually under a section like special interests/ collecting.

As downthetubes reported last month on the main site, Andrew recently released a new print celebrating the work of Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson.

• Visit the Book & Magazine Collector website : www.bookandmagazinecollector.com

• Andrew’s official we site, www.andrewskilleter.com is under construction and he tells us he hopes to have it online for August.

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.