Marvelman Challenge!

By John Freeman on 18 March 2012

As it’s recently been noted on several blogs and forums that the Dez Skinn-created Warrior was first published 30 years ago (including Lew Stringer’s terrific blog, see: http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/30-year-flashback-warrior-no1.html), I thought I’d throw down a challenge to readers and members of the downthetubes forum – draw Marvelman!

It could be a simple dramatic (or humorous) pose, or an imaginary page – it’s all just for fun.

Simply post your entries to the forum (note: you’ll need to join the forum first if you aren’t already a member*) and I’ll ‘feature’ the entries in a new gallery on the forum (Commando artist Keith Page was first to send me an entry, but I’ve included a couple of historical Marvelman images there, too).

The entry I like the most will win the artist some British comic goodie from my bizarre collection of British comic stuff.

Deadline for entries is 3rd April 2012.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with!

• View the Marvelman 2012 Challenge Gallery

Marvelman copyright – er, well, let’s not go there, shall we? if you don’t want to join the forum, just email me your entry to the DTT editorial address on the DTT blog.

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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.