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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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Hope Falls Trade in the Pipeline
Hope Falls, the five-part miniseries that AAM/Markosia released in 2007/2008 is, hopefully, to be released as a trade paperback, depending on trade orders through comic shops. The title is an enigma. In many ways, it’s known as the ‘little train… Read More ›
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DFC Up For Sale
Sad news for British Comics: David Fickling’s wonderful weekly subscription comic experiment, The DFC, is up for sale, following a decision by The Random House Group to cease publication. If no buyer is found, the title will close on 27th… Read More ›
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BBC’s Culture Show Celebrates 30 Years Of Viz
It almost sounds like a headline that the staff of Viz made it up for their comic but BBC2’s Culture Show travelled to Gateshead for the Tuesday 3 March programme. While there, as well as taking in Yoko Ono’s exhibition… Read More ›
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176 Festival Secrets Revealed!
Those comic-creating, no-holds-barred devils at London Underground Comics are back for 2009 with an epic event at London’s fantastic 176 Art Gallery in Chalk Farm on Saturday 27th June, from 12 Midday until 7.00pm. Playing host to over 40 creators… Read More ›
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Tube Surfing, 2nd March 2009 – New TV21 Collections and more
• The Century 21 hardbacks — TV Century 21 and Lady Penelope comic collections lovingly put together by British publisher Reynolds & Hearn (see news story) featuring art by the likes of Frank Bellamy, Mike Noble and others — are… Read More ›
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Tales of the Buddha: A Wasted Gem (Among Others!)
Classical Comics and Panini artist Jon Haward has a new blog, Haward Art House, where he’s posting many a splendid piece of art from his burgeoning and impressive portfolio, including this cartoon featuring his “Tales of the Buddha” character that… Read More ›
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Space Age Exhibition on Tour
You know how these things happen when you’re surfing the ‘net. While researching some imagery for a comic strip I’m working on with Ross Dearsley, completely by fortuitous accident I came across information about a touring exhibition organised by the… Read More ›
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Crikey! scores with new Creator Interviews
The ninth issue of British comics magazine Crikey! is on sale now in all good comic shops and via its web site (www.crikeyuk.co.uk), featuring interviews with Enrique Romero on his Axa and Modesty Blaise newspaper strips, V for Vendetta and… Read More ›
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Young Gods Arrive for Seconds
The second part of Orang Utan Comics sci-fi action/adventure comic Young Gods is now available free online via the digital publishing site myebook.com. “We’ve had a great response to the release of Part One and interest in the book is… Read More ›
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Can Yuo Tell Who It is, Yet?
This is a fun little app: jigsawplanet lets you upload an image — in this case, a spread from a 1970s Doctor Who strip from Countdown — and turn it into a virtual jigsaw. You’re then timed as you try… Read More ›