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Creeping your way next week, the Monster Fun Halloween Bumper Issue!

By John Freeman on September 26, 2024

Hallowe’en season is almost here – and what better way to kick it off, than with the Monster Fun Halloween Bumper Issue, on sale next week.

Monster Fun Halloween Bumper Issue (Issue 24) — *Cover by Chris Garbutt*

With stories from a terrific lineup of writers and artists, including Kate Ashwin, Matt Baxter, Chris Garbutt, Ned Hartley, Roger Langridge, Ramzee and Alec Worley, among others, this 52-page issue (Issue 24), on sale in newsagents next week from Wednesday 2nd October, comes crammed with of fun.

Strips include classics from the original Monster Fun comic updated, and new characters, too, such as “Gums”, “Kid Kong’s Spooky Adventure”, “The Fright Shift”, “Sir Render: The Cowardly Knight”, “Gransta Grannies” and more.

Published by Rebellion, aimed at kids aged seven to twelve, every issue of Monster Fun is packed with stories, puzzles, and prizes, so why not join in the fun?

• Monster Fun is available in newsagents and on subscription, you can pre-order this bumper issue of Monster Fun direct from the comic’s online store here

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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.