If you’re in the Chipping Norton area on the 21st April, then get along to the Chipping Norton Literary Festival.
Andrew Wildman, co-creator of the recently-published weird western Frontier and artist on the new IDW Transformers title will be giving a presentation about his own creator-owned project HORIZON, explaining the process of how he is creating the story and exactly what it is about.
He will also be talking about the new Transformers book and the secret narrative behind it.
Published by Print Media Productions, Frontier: Dealing with Demons, is an all-ages ‘Weird Western’ by Jason Cobley and Andrew Wildman. There’s more information here about that book.
The Festival line-up also includes a session from the team behind the Alien Invaders books, plus workshops on How to Break into Freelance Writing, How to get published and Writing short stories; and a number of author appearances, ncluding an audience with Inspector Morse creator Colin Dexter.
• Andrew Wildman: Creating a Graphic Novel – 10.00am, Saturday 21st April 2012 £7.50 The Chequers Inn, Chipping Norton • Click here to book online • Box Office: 01608 642350.

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.
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