Early bird tickets are now available for the fourth Cartoon Museum Conference in London, taking place on Sunday 24th February 2025.

Aimed at comic creators, learn how to survive and thrive as a comic artist and creator. Learn from industry experts and specialists all under one roof for one day only.

Speakers include: editor Corinne Pearlman and comic creator David Shenton; the Society of Authors (members gain 20% off membership with conference attendance); London-based comic artist Shane Melisse; cartoonists Clive Goddard and Guy Venables, who will be talking about creating The Great British Colouring Book; and Emma Firth and Ross Cathcart, who will takkl about the working with cartoonists in the commercial world.

• Cartoon Museum Conference 2025  9.30pm – 6.00pm Sunday 24th February 2025 | The Cartoon Museum, 63 Wells Street, London, W1A 3AE |  The Cartoon Museum is online at cartoonmuseum.org | Book tickets here

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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.

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