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Alternative Press Fair exhbitions and events announced

By John Freeman on March 7, 2011

The International Alternative Press Fair has announced several exhibitions relating to its two-day event in London at the end of May (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th).

Creators interested in being part of the actual Fair at the Conway Hall, Holborn, London, should booking table space now, deadline 4th AprilThe Fair will offer zines, comix, poetry, radical literature, printmaking and anything else self-published!

There will also be workshops (screenprinting, life-drawing, DIY fashion, etc.), talks, and an upstairs zine library run by www.zineswap.com.

The Fair is just part of a bigger festival of events:

• Festival Opening Party at the Miller Pub in London Bridge: Friday 27th May 2011

Featuring a performance by Resonance Radio Orchestra, an ensemble of musicians and actors from Resonance 104.4FM (http://resonancefm.com), London’s independent arts radio station. Collaborating with live illustration by artists from home and overseas.

The cover of Stripburger Issue 54

• Stripburger Exhibition: Saturday 28th May to Monday 13th June 2011
Small Press Supporters Orbital Comics, near Leicester Square
(www.orbitalcomics.com/smallpress/index.php)

Europe’s best alternative comic www.stripburger.org/y_rele.htm. Artists, workshops, talks and more TBC.

• Exhibition, New Gallery, Camberwell Alternative Press Takeover Week: Monday 30th May to Sunday 5th June 2011
Including a film night, storytelling, poetry and zine sleep-over! With a live printing event at the end of the week. Artists TBC

• Exhibition, Sassoon Gallery, Camberwell – Narrative Mural on Railway Arch gallery: Monday 30th May to Sunday 5th June

Artists TBC. There will be a Small Zine Fair to end the week

• For more details or to get involved visit: http://alternativepress.org.uk/

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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.