Christian Ward’s ‘Dead Cats’ exhibition at London’s Orbital Comics

By John Freeman on August 18, 2013

(via Paul Gravett): London’s Orbital Comics Gallery near Leicester Square, London has just opened their latest exhibition of original comics art: ‘Dead Cats’ by Christian Ward.

Spinning out of the much-lauded Infinite Vacation mini-series from Image comics (co-created by Christian and Nick Spencer), Dead Cats features both art from Infinite Vacation, and new pieces exploring the possibilities of parallel universes and quantum mechanics.

Christian recently worked with Matt Fraction on a DHP short called “The Time Ben Fell In Love”, and has been confirmed as co-creator, with Fraction again, on next year’s ODY-C. Coming from Image Comics, this will be a gender-swapped sci-fi take on Homer’s Odyssey.

• Dead Cats runs until 2nd September 2nd

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.