Who says newspaper strips are a thing of the past? Not comic creator and Macc-Pow Comic Art Festival organiser Marc Jackson that’s for sure… because he’s just landed a plumb job curating a page of them for a New York newspaper, Village Revue.
Starting in June, a full page of comics curated by Marc, including his own “Ha Ha Harold“, comes to the Village Revue – a free community newspaper for the East and West Village and SoHo areas of New York City. Also featuring will be the work of cartoonists Tom Scioli, Mat Greaves, Tor Freeman, James Kochalka, Luke McGarry and Mika Song, the latter from Brooklyn, Queens,
“Since 2014, I’ve been producing a monthly comic strip for my editor George Fiala at the Red Hook Star Revue, in Brooklyn,” Marc tells downthetubes. “Last year, we finally met during my first trip to New York City, and last month I returned to attend Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase and we met up again.
“Over really great Ukrainian food, George told me about his idea for a full page of comics in the Village Revue paper, he felt the area and the paper would really benefit it. He offered me the chance to curate the page, giving me a budget to do what I wanted with the paper. So, obviously, I bit his hand off! What an opportunity!
“Armed with a great set of contacts I already work with on GOOF, I pulled in some of my favourite cartoonists to work on this with me.
“George loves comics, and seeing an editor embrace that, and take a chance on both me, and the funnies in general is incredibly refreshing!” Marc continues. “It’s a real honour and thrill to be asked to do this. Newsprint is by far the best way to see your comics in print in my opinion, and we’re all really excited for our comics to appear in the paper!”
So, if you’re in New York in June, or know someone who is, why not pick up the June issue which features the first appearance of Comics Village, the world’s greatest newspaper comics!
The Village Star-Revue is a monthly paper distributed throughout the East and West Village in NYC, featuring local news, arts and other interesting things. Check it out online at villagestar-revue.com – and you can read the May issue right here online, too!
• Follow The Village Star-Revue on Facebook for links to the latest edition
Catch up with Comics Village creators at Macc-Pow!
If you want to know more about this exciting new project, you can catch-up with Marc Jackson, Tor Freeman, and Tom Scioli right here in the UK in June at Macc-Pow in Macclesfield (26th – 29th June 2025), celebrating its tenth anniversary! Don’t miss it!
MACC-POW! takes place in the heart of Macclesfield in Cheshire, bringing you the very best in comic art from around the world, supported by Macclesfield Town Council.
This year the event will be taking over three rooms in the glorious Macclesfield Town Hall, with two rooms exclusively for our fantastic market place. Rub shoulders with fellow creators, first-timers, and legends from the world of comics all under one roof. If you have never joined us before, now is your time, and if you have been involved before… it’d be amazing to see you again.
In addition to founder Mar, Tom and Tor, other guests at the event are: Lew Stringer, Sonia Leong, Ahmed Raafat, Kev Sutherland, Charlie Adlard, Michael and Keli Lark, John Allison, Emma Reynolds, David Leach, Mister Hope, Nick Moffat, Jim Medway, Laura Howell, Ellie Dixon, Mollie Ray, Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips, Rachael Smith, Mike Perkins, Roger Langridge, Jonathan And Louise Edwards – Felt Mistress, Timebomb Comics, Blakemore, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, The Graphic Novel Reading Room, Ilya, R.E. Burke, Paul Gravett, And Tom Scioli!
• Macc-Pow 2025 26th – 29th June 2025, Macclesfield, Cheshire | Latest Information: Facebook | Web: maccpow.co.uk
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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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