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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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Temple APA Issue 2 Online
A team of indie British creators, banded together for some time now as the Temple APA, has just released a second issue of comics with the same name, available free in both low and hi-res PDF format. The collection, which… Read More ›
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In Review: Thomas Wogan is Dead
Back in 2004 British indie creator Dave Hughes, who hails from Barrow but in now based in Lancaster, self-published his first comic story, The Immeasurable Adventures of Gorky Park (see news story). Reaction was positive but sales were not what… Read More ›
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The (Comic) Art of War
Last year, Matthew Badham interviewed Christian Dunn, ex-editor of Warhammer Monthly, for an article about the comic published in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Although he used several quotes from Christian in the finished article, there was still a lot of… Read More ›
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In Memoriam: Patrick McGoohan
downthetubes is sorry to report the passing of legendary American actor, writer and director Patrick McGoohan, star of the 1960s secret agent series’ Danger Man, playing John Drake, and. later, The Prisoner, starring as the rebellious Number Six — a… Read More ›
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Commando Webbing: 14 January 2009
Putting the lie to the idea that Commando only covers World War II and only has one-off stories issue 4163, currently on sale, tells of Jimmy Ramsey resurrecting his Special Raiding Force to go into battle in Korea in Raiders… Read More ›
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EU Comics Competition
A competition offering the chance to win some 6000 euros launched by the European Commission last year, designed to promote European citizenship, is still up and running. All young arts students are invited to take part by drawing a one-page… Read More ›
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DFC Previews Site Launched
The DFC starts 2009 with a bang, with all-new Mirabilis, Frontier (see news story, below), Lazarus Lemming, and Mezolith, plus all of your other favourites! The susbscription-only comic continues to expand its online presence with a brand new DFC Previews… Read More ›
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New Take on the Wild West in Frontier
Frontier, the new comic strip by Jason Cobley and Andrew Wildman is now up and running in weekly subscription-only comic The DFC. The second instalment sees heroes Mitch and Daisy dealing with the Weird and Wonderful… well, check out the… Read More ›
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"Sober Dog" Comes To An End
Top comics creator Nick Abadzis‘ strip The Trial of the Sober Dog, which started its run back in June last year (see news story), finished its run in the British daily newspaper The Times yesterday. If you missed it, the… Read More ›
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John Barrowman collaborates on new Torchwood strip
Titan Magazines has confirmed that Doctor Who and Torchwood actor John “Captain Jack” Barrowman will be co-writing an episode of an upcoming Torchwood Magazine comic strip. Issue 14 of the Magazine, on sale 19 February in the UK, will feature… Read More ›