Marc Jackson auctions Aces Weekly art for charity

By John Freeman on December 16, 2014

Aces Weekly contribuor Marc Jackson is auctioning a page for a new comic of his that will feature in the online anthology comic from March 2015 for charity.

The auction is to raise money for East Cheshire Hospice (a local Macclesfield, Cheshire hospice) on behalf of his friend Sarah Shackleton Lamptey who, sadly, lost her six-year battle with cancer just last week.

Marc tells me the bidding, via this Facebook page is up to £100 and closes at 5.00pm on Tuesday 23rd December.

Bids can be made on the page or by direct message.

“Sarah was lively, fun and full of personality, so I thought using my comics to raise money was the perfect fit,” he says.

Marc created the comic book character Man From Space, the star of a graphic novel published by Markosia Enterprises earlier this year, and Lenny the Lettuce, who has featured in The Beano.

Man From Space features in his local newspaper, Macclesfield Today, and he also has a comic strip in the Brooklyn NYC paper Red Hook Star Revue. He also run cartoon workshops in and around the Macclesfield area.

• Bid on the artwork here on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/394469154036096

• Marc’s official web site is at www.marcmakescomics.co.uk and you can also find him on Facebook at facebook.com/marcmakescomics and read his hilarious tweets on Twitter @marcmakescomics

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.