Independent British comic creators Shane Chebsey and Chris McAuley have begun teasing their all-new Dinosaurs Vs Cowboys comic project, on its way to us from Scratch Comics Publications soon.
The latest art is by 2000AD artist Jimmy Broxton, who has been working with Shane on various projects for a while, and it’s a great tease for Scratch Comics first comic of 2024. The project will be launching soon on Indiegogo crowdfunding platform, and there’s a fast-growing Facebook group up and running to document development.
“Jimmy kindly contributed this artwork (in progress) to the project and we could not be happier,” Shane enthuses.
“You do not want to miss this,” he continues. “The artists involved are quite simply some of the best comic artists around, in my humble opinion.”
Sometimes controversial comic artist, illustrator and storyteller Jimmy Broxton’s many credits span work for Rebellion, for both 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Lucasfilm, Dark Horse Comics, Amazon, Jet City (drawing a six-issue adaptation of Hugh Howey‘s WOOL, written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray), Cryptazoic, IDW, Paper Films and more.
His work on Rebellion’s reboot of “The Thirteenth Floor”, written by Guy Adams, inspired by a a strip first published in the short-lived Scream! back in the 1980s, are included in a recently –published collection from Rebellion. You may also have seen his work on “Laser Lennox in the Lair of the Sinister”, a recent “Tharg’s Future Shock” for 2000AD Prog 2339, written by Elizabeth Sandifer, lettered by Simon Bowland, still available as a back issue from the 2000AD webshop.
• Dinosaurs vs Cowboys will be launching the book very soon on IndieGogo – sign up to be alerted here
• Dinosaurs vs Cowboys Facebook Group
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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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