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New “Between The Lines” free comic magazine opens with Conan the Barbarian comics retrospective, Gigi Cavenago interview

By John Freeman on May 31, 2024

As we edge closer to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, returning 27th – 29th September 2024 to Bowness-on-Windermere, the organisation, expanding its year-round operations, has published a digital edition of the first issue of Between The Lines, a new, free magazine focusing on Festival guests and other matters comic.

Between the Lines #1 - cover by Dan Panosian (Lakes International Comic Art Festival, 2024)

Edited by John McShane, designed by Steve Kerner, the first issue includes an interview with award-winning Italian artist Gigi Cavenago, designer of this year’s main Festival poster, a look at new comics launching at the Festival from Isobel Greenberg and Mollie Raye, a guide to Conan the Barbarian in comics – and more.

The cover, by Festival guest Dan Panosian, comes courtesy of Titan Comics.

• Future issues of Between the Lines will be made available to Festival newsletter subscribers first – so be sure to sign up for it

Read Between the Lines #1 on Issuu – or download a PDF version here on the Festival website

• Sign up for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Newsletter

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. 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.