The Globe at Hay will be picking the mind of cartoonist Dix later this month, whose dark humour is often found in his cartoon work, and will make for a fascinating desert island picks night.
Dix, vicar’s son from deepest darkest Wales, is a freelance illustrator, designer and comic book artist whose output includes regular strips for The Guardian. His work has featured in It’s Dark in London, the classic anthology edited by Oscar Zarate (SelfMadeHero), Crisis magazine, and many more publications. He is the co-founder of Purr magazine and has written and designed several children’s books.
Most recently, he collaborated with Si Spencer to create the inventive and creepy horror story Klaxon, a mould-breaking horror story, published by SelfMadeHero last year.
He says he works in a poorly lit and airless room and never goes to sleep. For him, drawing is like therapy except he never gets any better.
The Globe at Hay is appropriately situated in the remarkable town of Hay-on-Wye, a place of enormous spirit, independence and will power. It is home to~ The Institute of Art and Ideas, a charity founded to promote free thinking, creativity and debate. The venue celebrates all forms of expression; from poetry readings to fashion shows, children’s workshops to video art and from philosophical talks to music and comedy and will be host to HowTheLightsGetOn, a Festival of Philosophy and Music in June
• Friday Live: Desert Island Picks Friday 29th January, 8.00pm. The event is free, but you can talk them down. Book tickets here
Globe at Hay, Newport Street. Hay on Wye, Hereford HR3 5BG. Tel: 01497 821762 Web: www.globeathay.org
• Find out more about Dix here: http://grimreality.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/grimdix Facebook: http://Dix Grim
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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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