Links section revamp

By John Freeman on August 13, 2006

There might not seem to be much going on at downthetubes — but you’d be wrong. It’s all “under the bonnet” stuff though — tidying up images folders, a revised links section which hopefully makes more sense to visitors.

The image folder changes were brought on by increasing “bandwidth theft” problems that I hope I’ve solved with a few technical tweaks to stop direct links to images on my site. I don’t like doing this — but it was starting to cost me money.

On the writing front, there’s a cartoon project that looks as though it may finally see a wider audience after three years of writing it, with Nick Miller on the art chores. Fingers crossed…

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.