Anarchic comic creator Marc Jackson‘s new comic strip ‘KA-PUNCH!’ is to launch in the January issue of Comic Heroes magazine.

The first appearance runs to two full pages and the following issues will feature single pages strips.

“The story will continue from issue to issue,” Marc tells us, “but because Comic Heroes only comes out quarterly, they will be nicely contained too, for the casual reader.

Character art for Marc Jackson’s “Ka-Punch” for Comic Heroes.

“It’s a goofy new super-hero comic about a young boy called Wally Waffle,” he reveals, “who gets three wishes from the mysterious Gene the Space genie and all manner of hi-jinks ensue after he makes his choices!

“I pitched it to editor Will Salmon a few months ago, as a cross between Adam West’s Batman and Adventure Time and he was really into it. The rest is comic book history!”

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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. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek 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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