Never Iron Anything Podcast heads to Rupert Bear’s Nutwood

By John Freeman on June 11, 2024

The latest Never Iron Anything podcast sees Tony Esmond and Alan Henderson discuss the forgotten stylings of Rupert Bear and his land of Nutwood.

They also examine the art of Alfred E. Bestall and the character’s creators, writer Herbert Tourtel and illustrator Mary Tourtel.

Rupert Bear first appeared in the Daily Express newspaper on 8th November 1920 and is much loved worldwide, with a dedicated Official Rupert Bear Society, The Followers of Rupert Bear.

Also, listen out for the scandal that rocked the British Court system and a certain ear-worm of a song by a Beatle! Not to be missed.

Tony, a past contributor to downthetubes, is also a founding contributor to the Awesome Comic Podcast, who have just interviewed Storm King Comics writer, Producer and CEO Sandi King (John Carpenter’s Asylum).

Sandi, who’s working with UK artist Dave Kennedy, joins the gang to talk about how the SK publishing journey started, working with collaborators from all over the world, comic book editing and their exciting new books coming out this year!

Plus there’s tons of indie comics to check out, info to learn, events and crowfunders to check out and of course plenty of laughs too!

• Subscribe to the Never Iron Anything Podcast here

• Subscribe to the Awesome Comics Podcast here

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• You can catch up with Alan Henderson’s art and comics here

• The Followers of Rupert Bear

• Storm King Comics

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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.