What’s the next best thing to going to a Comic Con? Letting the show come to you – which is exactly what comic creator Marc Jackson is doing with Macc-Pow@Home – a series of chats with a diverse line-up of creators spanning talent from America, Europe and the UK, including award-winning comic creator Tor Freeman, ace artist and writer Lew Stringer, Lucy Sullivan and many others.

Available to watch on YouTube now on the Marc Makes Comics YouTube Channel is and interview with colourist Jim Boswell, and today, Thursday 28th May will see a new chat with American comic book artist and writer Tom Scioli, author of Jack Kirby:The Epic Life of the King of Comics and other titles.

Comic book colourist Jim Boswell currently work for Rebellion, on both 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine, and for IDW on projects such as ROM: Dire Wraiths. He also worked on the graphic novel Rok The God by John Wagner and Dan Cornwell. You can follow him on Twitter @imboswellart

Coming up on Macc-Pow at Home are Tom Scioli (28th May); American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician James Kochalka (3rd June); Spanish comic creator Genie Espinoza (8th June); Lew Stringer, creator of Combat Colin and much more (11th June); artist, author and animator Lucy Sullivan (15th June); Janna Morishima, founder of Kids Comics Unite, a free-to-join thriving community for kids and YA graphic novelists and industry professionals (18th June); Chicago-based comic artist Andrea Bell (22nd June); award-winning cartoonist Steenz ( (25th June); Tor Freeman, winner of the Cape/ Comic/ Observer graphic short story prize in 2017 (29th June); and Jen de Oliveira and Mika Song (2nd July), creators of Sunday Haha, a free weekly comics newsletter for kids.

This special virtual event via the Marc Makes Comics YouTube Channel is supported by Macclesfield Town Council.

Macc-Pow returns in physical form to Macclesfield next June!

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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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