After a couple of years away from podcasting, comic archivists Phillip Vaughan and Doctor Chris Murray have launched a new, semi-regular show, Comics Pub Crawl.
The pair of them can be enjoyed talking all things comics, in the pub, along with guests who will be joining this august duo from time to time.
In the first episode, Chris Murray, Chair of Comics Studies at the University of Dundee, talks about a classic Vertigo strip, New Toys, by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (reprinted in Graphic Ink: The DC Comics Art of Frank Quitely).
Phillip Vaughan, who’s Senior Lecturer at Abertay University, is joined by special guests Dave Gibbons and Tim Pilcher, to talk about Dave’s new book, Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography from Dark Horse 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.
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