Flintworks Joins Lancaster Comics Day

By John Freeman on April 18, 2016

Art © Flintworks

Lancaster-based comic creator Flintworks – whose work includes the eponymous Flintworks and Aquabats, on sale via BigCartel – has published this comment on library closures featuring a couple of well-known comic characters.

Flintworks will have a table at Lancaster Comics Day. Follow Flintworks on Twitter @flintworks or on Instagram.

The guest line up for the event, which includes Andy Diggle, Alex Paknadel, Sean Phillips, Tim Quinn, Lew Stringer and more, has now been finalised and the programme for the day can be found on www.lancastercomicsday.uk.

“Small and imperfectly formed”, organised by the Friends of Lancaster Library, Lancaster Comics Day works in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and is sponsored by First Age Comics Lancaster.

• Lancaster Comics Day 11.00am – 6.00pm Sunday 5th June 2016, Lancaster Library, Market Square, Lancaster. Web: lancastercomicsday.uk | Facebook | Twitter @LancasterComics

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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.