After a six-year hiatus, O Men creator Martin Eden is bringing the series back to finally complete the story.
The O Men – an epic superhero soap opera – began in 1997 and was one of the most prominent UK small press comics of its time, earning itself an Eagle Award nomination, but after 35 issues, Martin put the series on hiatus in order to publish his Spandex series.
Recently, Martin has been collecting all of the previous O Men issues across four books.
Nearly 20 years after Martin launched the title, the final eight issues of The O Men will appear monthly on Comixology from February 2016, leading up to the print version of the final O Men collection in late 2016. (Martin tells us Book Four is due for digital release in November).
The final issues promise to wrap up all of the storylines and answer all of the series’ questions – including the real reason why the team is called The ‘O’ Men… Plus, there will be strong hints about Martin’s next epic project.
Martin will be appearing at the Thought Bubble convention on November 14-15 with a special black and white O Men Ashcan issue, which contains an all-new mini O Men issue.
• For more information, please visit www.theomencomic.wordpress.com and also The O Men Facebook page. You can check updates about Martin Eden and his work on Twitter @spandexcomic
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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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