John M. Burns art heading to auction in aid of charity, SENSE

By John Freeman on November 1, 2023

The team behind the recent Comic Expo Bristol will soon be running a charity auction on eBay, and it sounds like it will include some great items.

Among them will be seven artworks by 2000AD artist John M. Burns, to be auctioned with all proceeds going to national charity SENSE, whose work helps thousands of people who are deafblind or who have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfil their potential.

John’s art will be auctioned separately over the coming weeks so be sure to keep an eye out on the John M. Burns Facebook Group for the links.

John recently announced his retirement from the comics business.

With thanks to Colin Brown for this news item

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.