Crowdfunding Spotlight: Dick Turpin, Your Time is Up!

By John Freeman on March 1, 2020

The End seems to be nigh for that scoundrel of the highways Dick Turpin, who looks to be facing a fear-filled death in Dick Turpin and The Vengeful Shade, a new comic from Time Bomb Comics.

Successfully and deservedly hitting its Kickstarter target, this latest Dick Turpin adventure is delivered with aplomb by Steve Tanner and Roland Bird (Row Bird), ably assisted by Brett Burbridge and Bolt-01 – a complete tale of highwayman horror set in the 18th Century.

The latest adventure is offered on Kickstarter with all sorts of bonus extras publisher Time Bomb has made an integral part of its pre-order campaigns on all its titles, including exclusive prints.

Edited by Paul H Birch, this graphic novella firmly establishes that a new chapter in the thrilling adventures of the legendary highwayman in comics form is here.

“Act now” Paul urges enthusiastically, “before it’s too late and you can never forgive yourself!”

• Get hold of your special bonus-gifted copy of Dick Turpin and the Vengeful Shade now – before it’s too late!

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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.