Oliver East, creator of the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival-funded project The Homesick Truant’s Cumbrian Yarn will be giving a talk and Live Draw at Hardknott on Track, the new real ale pub, Station Building, Millom, LA18 5AA this Saturday, 14th March between 1.00 – 4.00pm.
Oliver, whose books also include Trains Are Mint, published by Blank Slate Books is one of a new wave of comic creators who takes both art and comics in uncharted directions. His work is pithy, humorous and ironic, celebrating not the sublime but the everyday and transitory. He was the worthy recipient of the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival artist commission in association with The Brewery Arts Centre Kendal.
During the harsh winter of 2014, he began his most ambitious project to date, walking walked over 140 miles in ten stages from Arnside train station to Carlisle train station keeping as close as possible to the Cumbrian Coastal Train Line.
The result was The Homesick Truant’s Cumbrian Yarn, commissioned by The Lakes International Comics Art Festival and Kendal’s Brewery Arts Centre, supported using public funding by Arts Council England and published as eight comics with Comics Four and Five covering his journey to and through Millom.
In addition to this event, an exhibition of Oliver’s drawings is on show at Millom Discovery Centre until the 13th March 2015.
• The Hardknott on Track is at Millom Station Buildings, Station Road, Millom, Cumbria LA18 5AA. No telephone as yet: call the Hardknott Brewery (01229 779309) for information or visit their web site at www.hardknottontrack.com | Find them on Google Maps
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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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