On the Christmas 2019 episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, co-hosts Ian Loxam and Nicole Bates catch up on their trawl through of a stack of comics, as well as giving their favourite comics of the year.
Meanwhile, Tom Stewart continues this theme and has a review of the year – and there’s another feature length chat with Pete Taylor and Mike Williams, who look at their Top Three Christmas comics, ending with their favourite comic of the year.
Comics discussed this episode include The Book of Forks by Rob Davis, Kingdom by John McKnought, Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire, Blossoms in Autumn by Zidrou and Aimee de Jongh, Plan A/ Plan B by John Tucker, Haru Part One by Joe Latham, Cree by Una, Project Hoax by Samuel G London and Dan Butcher, The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Mackesy, It’s There! by Ridyadh Rateme, 32 Kills by Andy W. Clift, Mike Garley, Nathan Ashworth, Mike Stock and Darick Robertson, The Seven Sagas of Silverbeard by Pete Taylor and Mark Hughes and The Tomb of the White Horse by Ian Mondrick, Benjamin Filby, Lesley Atlansky and Zakk Saam.
Listen right here! Merry Christmas!
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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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