ComicSpace up and (fully) running

By John Freeman on February 5, 2007

The new online comics community ComicSpace, described as “MySpace for comics creators and fans” is now fully up and running and if you’re so inclined, there are now some fantastic samples from many British artists on the site, including Bill Greenhead and Andy Oldfield’s Judge Smeg; Garen Ewing’s Rainbow Orchid; James Turner’s Beaver and Steve ; Neill Cameron’s simply gorgeous Thumpculture; and much, much more besides.

This is a great place to see plenty of lively, enthusiastic comic creators doing what they do best and the best part if, you can even narrow your search down to creators who might live in your own town or county. Which I suppose might be a little scary for the creators involved if you start turning up on their dorrstep demanding autographs. Check it out.

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.