Alan Grant (left) and Jon Haward. Photo via Jon Haward

(Updated 26th March): Artist Jon Haward (above, left, with Alan Grant) – whose credits include 2000AD, Eagle, adapting Shakespeare, co-creator of “Tales of the Buddha” and much more – needs our help. 

A hugely talented and much-admired comics creator who’s more than happy to take on new work, do workshops, be part of a convention line-up, he urgently needs some assistance to get him past some immediate financial issues that have hit him hard and need addressing as soon as possible. 

I’ve known Jon for many years. He’s a hugely talented artist with an incredible back catalogue of work (some samples below), who would be more than happy to work on new projects – but just needs a hand getting over some financial difficulties.

I’ve set up this JustGiving page to raise £1000 on his behalf which I hope you can support or share. If you can donate anything to help him over a hurdle that’s none of his making, please give him your support so he can get back to doing what he does best – drawing comics. Thank you.

UPDATE 26/3/16: The comics community and others have rallied to Jon’s support, donating both privately and publicly to help him. Together, we raised over £2000 in the first 24 hours of this campaign, and there have been offers of help in other, practical ways. Donations are still welcome but all of Jon’s many friends have done a wonderful thing. Thank you.

• Please help Jon: donate here on JustGiving (or simply share the page – it all helps)

• Check out Jon’s blog | Jon Haward Fan Page on Facebook | Follow Jon on Twitter @ARTOFJONHAWARD

Judge Dredd art by Jon Haward for a charity print for this year’s Invasion Colchester event . Only 30 colour prints (coloured by Nigel Dobbyn) will made and Jon’s art will be auctioned for the event.

The cover of Spectacular Spider-man #93 by Jon Haward

Cover art for Macbeth by Jon Haward

A dramatic panel from Jon – Hulk versus Thor!

John Freeman

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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