Brighton’s independent comic shop Dave’s Comics has a great collectible now available with every comic purchase – personalised carrier bags featuring art by the amazing Jamie Smart!
The image features Looshkin recklessly stomping through Dave’s Comics, but, the owners plead, “please don’t try to imitate this when you visit! Or least give us a warning if you do so we can get to safety!”
Jamie Smart should need no introduction to downthetubes fans. Not only is this stalwart of The Phoenix Comic the creator of the world-dominating Bunny Vs Monkey, but, Looshkin, Max & Chaffy, and the Flember, too.
His latest book, Bunny vs Monkey: The Whopping World of Puzzles, is released next week, available from all good book and comic shops from DFB Phoenix. It’s a magnificent activity book, brimming with interactive fun – and very funny it is, too, although I’m not as good at doing the mazes as my cat claims she is…
When Bunny, Monkey and the gang discover a secret theme park lost deep in their woods, with rides just waiting to be ridden, there begins a new competition, where you, the reader, are at the heart of the adventure. Wordsearches, puzzles, mazes and, of course, laughs are on offer in this interactive and very funny book!
• Dave’s Comics is at 5 Sydney Street, Brighton BN1 4EN | Web: davescomics.co.uk | Facebook | Tel: 01273 691012 | Email: orders@davescomics.co.uk | Plus Dave’s Books, 3 Sydney Street, Brighton BN1 4EN | Tel: 01273 690223
• Jamie Smart is online at fumboo.com | BlueSky | Facebook | Instagram | X
With thanks to downthetubes contributor and South Coast roving reporter Tim Robbins
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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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