RAF Magazine and other things

By John Freeman on 16 April 2004

Today has been a busy day. I’m working on a new RAF Magazine for Titan which feels strange because a) I’m not a member of the RAF and b) given my past membership of various ‘leftie’ organisations and opposition to war in Iraq I have to wonder if because no-one approving the title seems to care about things like that, what does this say about anyone with a different view to the Establishment’s in the UK?

Never mind. Grin and bear it, hmm? Just leave enough time to add a few more Really Heavy Greatcoat cartoons to downthetubes while earning some pence. Got to do some things that you enjoy…

Outside the office there’s a woman calling for her cats. She’s called them Mulder and Scully. Mulder is always missing. She should have known better…

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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.