UK publishers The77 Publications are celebrating another successful Kickstarter for the tenth issue of their anthology The77, the campaign closing 10th April. Be quick if you want to grab some exclusive tie-in rewards, which include signed scripts and sketches, original art by Ian Stopforth and Andrew Sawyers – and copies of Ian Gibson’s Lifeboat, and the indie publisher’s entire back catalogue, at great prices!
The success follows a busy 2023 for the publisher, which saw the released of twelve books, including Ian Gibson’s Lifeboat, John Wagner, Alan Grant and Robin Smith’s Bogie Man: The Incomplete Casefiles, Warfighter by Laurence Alison, two issues of This Comic is Haunted, The77 No.9 and The77 Annual No.2, BLAZER! 3, and reprints of The77 No.1 and 2, the Lawless Convention comic and Shift Presents: The77.
Check out the Kickstarter here for more tasters of No. 10. It’s looking like a positive stormer of an issue!
Don’t just take our word for it, though… The77 comic was recently awarded “UK Independent Comic 2024” by Comic Scene and continues the run which started in the first lockdown of spring 2020.
Growing with confidence with every issue, The77 Issue 10, which will be available to buy from the publisher’s official site in May, price £7.99, is another bumper 52-page issue.
The strip lineup includes “V” by Steve Bull and Ade Hughes (the latter the issue’s variant cover artist); “Silver Jubilee” by Dave Heeley and Andrew Richmond; “Red by Night, Black by Day” by Jo Heeley and cover artist Rupert Lewis-Jones; “Sgt Shouty of the Moon Force” by Lew Stringer; “Department of Antiquities” by Steve Bull and Ian Stopforth; “Black Dog Lane” by Kit Bodhi and Ben Macleod; “The Trackless Depths” by Dave Bedfprd and Gary Burley; and “Smile” by Mike Walters.
• There’s still time to back The77 #10, kickstarting until 14th April 2024 right here
• Previous issues of The77 and other titles (Ian Gibson’s Lifeboat, This Comic is Haunted, Steve MacManus’ BLAZER! and Pandora are all available from The77comic.net
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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