Enthusiastic comic fans mix with equally enthused comic creators in the Comics Clock Tower at the 2015 Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Photo: John Freeman
Comic creator Luke Surl – creator of the web comic lukesurl.com, which has been running since 2008 – has set up a mailing list, ComicShowTables, that will email you every time a con in the UK opens for booking!
He’s asked every con organiser he could track down to email this list when bookings for their shows open, so hopefully subscribing to this list means you’ll never miss out on a booking window again!
This should also be useful if you’ve lost track of all the dozens of shows that occur nationwide across the UK each year. (We’re more than happy to add events to our own events list!)
Luke says messages will be moderated to avoid duplication, spam and irrelevant posts and events such as Comic Village, Thought Bubble and several smaller cons have confirmed with Luke they’ll post to the list when their bookings open.
If you organise a con and haven’t been contacted about this list, you can still use the service, the very simple instructions are on the page.
• Sign up for the mailing list here: http://comicshowtables.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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