Artist Keith Page commemorates Notre-Dame cathedral after devastating fire

By John Freeman on April 16, 2019

Commando and Eagle comic artist Keith Page has posted a poignant artwork featuring his crime-fighting heroine Charlotte Corday, marking the devastating fire that tore through Notre Dame cathedral in Paris yesterday.

Many of the Charlotte Corday adventures feature Paris, including “Witchcraft Street”, which features on the character’s official web site.

Keith is working on a number of new projects with writer Stephen Walsh, including a long-form graphic novel about comedian Tony Hancock and an SF-inspired Charlotte Corday tale homaging some famous comic British heroes.

• The official Fondation du Patrimoine initiated appeal for funds to restore Notre Dame after the devastating fire is here: don.fondation-patrimoine.org/SauvonsNotreDame/~mon-don?_cv=1

• Catch up with the adventure s of Charlotte Corday at www.charlotte-corday.com

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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.