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Create the Break, a British professional development course for emerging comic artists, announced

By John Freeman on 10 April 2018

Well, there’s no end of great comic-related news today. After months of planning behind the scenes, the launch of ‘Create the Break’ has been announced – a professional development course for emerging comic artists based in the West Midlands.

Marvel artist John McCrea will be running the course with awesome artists Laura Howelll, Dave Gibbons, Asia Alfasi, Dave Gray, Keith Burns, Jordie Bellaire, Mark Farmer, Bryan and Mary Talbot and 2000AD editor Matt Smith.

The course is fully subsidised through the Arts Council – so what on earth are you waiting for?

• Apply now at: www.comiccreativecatalyst.co.uk

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John Freeman

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.