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londonprintstudio offers five internships in comics for 21-25 year olds

By John Freeman on 19 July 2011

Al Davison at a londonprintstudio comic workshop

Do you enjoy telling tall tales or scribbling stories? Do you love reading graphic novels, comics or picture books? Then look no further – londonprintstudio is offering five carefully chosen 21-25 year olds the chance to:

Run comic workshops for 16-20 year olds
Receive mentoring from top professional comic artists, anthology makers, screenwriters, print makers, comic publishers and art educators
Develop your own artistic comic projects with supervision from mentors and feedback from your fellow interns
Be introduced to the London comic scene, attend events, give presentations, network and meet publishers, editors and creators in the comic industry
Take part in editing, planning and creating work for a comic anthology publication and a comic exhibition at londonprintstudio.

The course is run by professional comic creator Karrie Fransman, whose comics have appeared in The Times and The Guardian and who is currently working on her first graphic novel due to be published by Random House.

The internships run for two days (14 hours) per week for six months. Interns will receive a travel and food expenses budget for two days per week. All londonprintstudio staff and volunteers are required to have a Criminal Records Bureau Check.

The deadline for return of application form is Monday 5th September 2011, with interviews set to take place on Tuesday 13th September 2011. The intrnships will then start on Tuesday 20th September 2011

• For job description and application visit: www.londonprintstudio.org.uk/F13-intern.html

• For more information on the project visit: www.londonprintstudiocomics.blogspot.com

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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.