• Red Robot, 23, The Arcade, Barnsley S70 2QP | Existential Dread Comics on Facebook | Web: www.thevictorianarcade.com
Situated in The Victorian Arcade, Red Robot opened in July 2022, a collaboration from Spiral City bar, which is co-owned by comic artist Dean Ormston, and Existential Dread Comics, Barnsley’s secondhand Barnsley’s secondhand market comic stand.
The new shop will be full of amazing artwork, prints, comics, graphic novels, posters etc. – including, from pictures posted on social media by the owners, British comic annuals.
Get yourselves down for a nosey!
With thanks to Sim Leech | Photos via Existential Dread Comics
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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.