Elephantmen creator
Richard Starkings and artist
Boo Cook will be signing at
Travelling Man in Leeds this Saturday with advance copies of the fifth
Elephantmen hardcover,
Devilish Functions.
The collection includes ‘Man and Elephantman’ (including the sold out one shot and the highly sought after issue by Bulletproof Coffin‘s Shaky Kane) and ‘The Killing Season’ plus several extras, including art by J. Scott Campbell and the shocking ‘strip’ from last year’s Liberty Annual by Starkings and Shaky Kane.
Fans of Richard’s Elephantmen will have the chance to ask the British creator – a longtime resident in the US these days – about the Elephantmen and Strontium Dog story set to feature in Thought Bubble anthology which will be published in November.
Bleeding Cool reports the crossover story has been created with the approval of Strontium Dog creator
John Wagner and
2000AD.
Richard will also be signing with artist Doug Braithwaite at Travelling Man in Newcastle the on Saturday 28th July.
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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