Pete Milligan and Brendan McCarthy were at Gosh in London last night to launch their new Dark Horse collection, Best of Milligan and McCarthy – a deluxe collection of hard-to-find gems from the taleneted duo.
Also there was Brett Ewins was there, looking tanned, characteristically dapper and well after his difficult experiences in recent times that led to a period in confinement.
He joined Pete and Brendan ‘on stage’, chipping in with memories of Strange Days, and Pete and Brendan gave Brett credit for first introducing them (at the time when they started creating comics, they were studying at different art colleges).
During the evening, Brett revealed the event was the first time he’d been outside Hanwell and Ealing (and his first time on a train) since he got out of prison late last year. He spoke very enthusiastically about a novel he’s nearly finished, which he said will be published next year by his old freiend and former 2000AD editor Alan McKenzie.
“I was hoping Brett might be there,” Tom Murphy told downthetubes, “but was really pleased to see and hear how well he seems after what must have been a nightmarish couple of years.”
Great to hear Brett was out and about and we’re looking forward to hearing about his new novel.
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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.
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