Christmas Decorations

By John Freeman on 23 December 2006

I’ve had a quite a few e-cards this year from a variety of creators, and since printing them out rather defeats one of the objects of an e-card — to save paper — I thought I’d post some of them here instead…

Classic SF-inspired festive wishes worthy of any of SF magazine cover, courtesy of sms

This jolly image courtesy of Beri in Slovenia

A cheery Christmas scene from 2000ADs brilliant Rufus Dayglo

Wacky alien good wishes from writer-artist Jon Charles

… and a more traditional but elegantly created greeting from startrek.com and Star Trek Magazine artist David Reddick, one of my favourites.

I’ve had a few more, but Blogger seems to be acting oddly, so they’ll have to keep…

About the Author
Latest Posts

John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as 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.