Merry Christmas, All! And a Happy New Year!
My thanks to Maxim Simic (artist on comics such as Escape from New York and Mitch) for this year’s Downthetubes card, art first featured on an issue of STRIP: The Adventure Comic Magazine.
We have paid him for using this as this year’s downthetubes eCard.
I’m sure Doctor Who fans among you will appreciate the reference. For those of you that have no clue, head to BBC iPlayer to watch The Three Doctors… and for those that do, head there anyway, because it’s ace Christmas viewing in the absence of a new Who special!
“Crucible” characters designed by Smuzz; “Black Ops Extreme” characters by PJ Holden
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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.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too John.