Lawless, a 48 page comic released at the brilliant convention in Bristol last weekend, is now available from The77 Publishing webshop, all profits are going to Prostate Cancer UK.
Regular downthetubes readers will recall we lost Judge Dredd Megazine artist Dave Taylor to this horrible disease last year, so supporting this charity is more than apt.
Globally, about 366,000 men die from prostate cancer each year. In the UK, Prostate Cancer UK note more than 64,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year, and more than 12,000 men die from it every year.
Lawless features work by Steven Austin, Steve Bull, Boo Cook, Mike Collins, Dan Cornwell, Mike Dorey, Jeremy Dunn, Hunt Emerson, Filippo, Patrick Goddard, Sam Hart, Ade Hughes, Clint Langley, Ben Macleod, Colin MacNeil, Mike McMahon, Mike Perkins, Andrew Richmond, Andrw Sawyers, Liam Sharp, Matylda Mccormack-Sharp, Darren Stephens, Ian Stopforth, Lew Stringer, Mike Walters, Peter Western, Brendon Wright, and S.P:Zero (Keith Hopewell)
Grab a copy now, and support the much appreciated work of Prostate Cancer UK.
Honouring Dave Taylor
The Lawless Team decided that all funds raised from Lawless Comic Con 2026 would be donated to the Dave Taylor Family Uni Fund, to support his daughter, Hanna, going to university this year.
Raising money from the Lawless A4 full Comic, the Tombola, The Draw Off Raffle and artist Andrew Sawyers auction of his Elvira art, attendees at raised a staggering £2000 for the Fund.
“You guys were, as always, hugely generous with your donations,” said Lawless organiser Su Hadrell in a Facebook post. “It’s an honour to be able to use our combined forces for good and to make a direct difference to the life of someone just starting out on their journey.”
“Dave would have been absolutely overwhelmed and moved by your generosity and thoughtfulness, as are Hannah and I,” commented Dave’s partner, Pauline Ivany. “I can’t express how much it means to us so a huge thank you from us both.”
• Grab Lawless now from The77 store
• Support Prostate Cancer UK direct
• In Memoriam: Comic Artist Dave Taylor
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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.
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