Christmas Decorations

By John Freeman on December 23, 2006

I’ve had a quite a few e-cards this year from a variety of creators, and since printing them out rather defeats one of the objects of an e-card — to save paper — I thought I’d post some of them here instead…

Classic SF-inspired festive wishes worthy of any of SF magazine cover, courtesy of sms

This jolly image courtesy of Beri in Slovenia

A cheery Christmas scene from 2000ADs brilliant Rufus Dayglo

Wacky alien good wishes from writer-artist Jon Charles

… and a more traditional but elegantly created greeting from startrek.com and Star Trek Magazine artist David Reddick, one of my favourites.

I’ve had a few more, but Blogger seems to be acting oddly, so they’ll have to keep…

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.