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Brighton gets set to host a Beach Tinted Zine Spectacular

By John Freeman on April 12, 2024

RTS Zines are to present a week of spectacular zine-related loveliness down at the Fishing Quarter Gallery on Brighton Beach next week.

RTS Zines Pop up zine distro, exhibition and zine library - Brighton, April 2024

RTS Zines are a small non-profit zine collective dedicated to putting the rose back into every spectacle and bringing zine makers together with zine lovers to do zine things, while laughing and ranting and doing things on stage.

Running from Tuesday 16 April – Saturday 20 April, the Gallery will be open for free every day for zine browsing, buying, swapping and socialising.

Head down and chat zines with the team, or just flick through them in silence if that’s more your thing.

The weekend culminates with a an afternoon Zine fair on Saturday 20th April at the gallery, and there will be an evening party from 7.00pm at The Black Dove in Kemptown, raising money for Thousand 4 £1000, Brighton Migrant Solidarity and The Jollof Café.

Copies of Aghh! Zine issue 01 and Issue 02 will be on sale at this pop-up.

• Pop up zine distro, exhibition and zine library, 11.00am – 6.00pm Tuesday 16th. – Saturday 20 April 2024, Fishing Quarter Gallery, 201 Kings Road Arches, Brighton, England BN1 1NB | Free Entry

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John Freeman

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.