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• Scary nuclear stuff

  By John Freeman on 17 May 2006

  Ooh, this is cheery: a dynamic map showing Chernobyl fallout applied to your choice of UK nuclear power stations (you can change the wind direction too). I remember when Chernobyl went up and it raining buckets in Morecambe (as usual,… Read More ›

• Beaver and Steve

  By John Freeman on 15 May 2006

  

  Ages ago, possibly even on this blog, I raved about Beaver and Steve, an online strip from the superbly talented James Turner (a fellow 20sixer, he of Erudite Baboon). Anyway, he’s only gone and had many of the strips collected… Read More ›

• The Doctor Sings

  By John Freeman on 15 May 2006

  This is a labour of love: “The Doctor Sings” will I’m sure eventually fall foul of both Tom Baker and BT, but someone has taken advantage of Tom Baker’s use as the company’s voice of text messaging (well, until recently,… Read More ›

• Going Underground

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2006

  

  This web site is occasionally visited by people seeking more information about London’s Tube, and leave disappointed, so I’m happy to report the ongoing success of a site that is actually about London Underground, written by friend, Mecca Ibrahim: http://london-underground.blogspot.com…. Read More ›

• Darfur is Dying Game Launched

  By John Freeman on 2 May 2006

  

  US MTV Networks’ mtvU college TV network has launched Darfur is Dying, a Web-based game created by students at the University of Southern California. It rapidly brings home the hopelessness of Dargur’s refugees without outside help, offering users real world… Read More ›

• New technology may be changing the human brain

  By John Freeman on 25 April 2006

  

  Thought-provoking article in The Guardian yesterday (and even more thought-provoking responses from readers) about expert warnings about the potential impact of digital communication on how people think and learn: is technology changing our brains? Could digital comics be warping out… Read More ›

• Secret Wars Re-enactment Society

  By John Freeman on 19 April 2006

  

  Priceless tomfoolery at the expense of Marvel’s now ancient 12-part mini series…

• Battler Britton Returns!

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2006

  

  Battler Britton is the next IPC character to see revival through DC Comics Wildstorm imprint, in a five-issue mini series from writer Garth Ennis, illustrated by Colin Wilson, with painted covers by Garry Leach. The first issue will go on… Read More ›

• Jeff Anderson Heads for the Riddler’s Fayre

  By John Freeman on 12 May 2005

  

  British comics artist Jeff Anderson, whose work on the critically acclaimed Lion Graphic Bible earned him and writer Mike Maddox a prestigious Angouleme award in 2000, is busy at work on a new project — a five-part graphic novel from Highland Books…. Read More ›

• Striker Goes Down

  By John Freeman on 4 May 2005

  

  (Updated 10/5/05):The UK’s weekly football comic Striker is to fold this week, on its 87th issue. Publisher Pete Nash broke the news in last week’s issue and in a letter to the title’s shareholders — many of them readers who… Read More ›

• Comics and Crumpets Column Three: British Comics characters revived – by DC

  By John Freeman on 31 January 2005

  

  This feature first appeared on the now defunct Comic World News on 31st January 2005 BRITISH COMICS CHARACTERS REVIVED – BY DC This issue, I’ve got more information on two projects reviving some classic British comics — and am pleased… Read More ›

• Barmy Comics from Barrow

  By John Freeman on 18 November 2004

  

  Comics creator Dave Hughes, who lives in Barrow, has just sent me a hilarious collection of his comic strip tales titled The Immeasurable adventures of Gorky Park. Dave’s strange, spikey cartoon work, akin to Rugrats on acid, tells the bizarre… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Eagle comic editor Derek Lord

  By downthetubes Guests on 28 September 2004

  

  Former comics editor Derek Lord died at 10.10am on Thursday 23rd September 2004, having been rushed into hospital for an emergency operation for a perforated bowel. He was 77 years old. I’d known Derek for about five years – from… Read More ›

• Is there something in the water?

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2004

  So let me see if I have this right… — In the past few weeks in Lancaster, almost every councillor (except the Greens and some Skerton reps) have voted in support of a bypass route they’ve all consistently rejected in… Read More ›

• Star Trekking…

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2004

  

  After the weirdness of getting RAF Magazine off the ground (so to speak), I’m now preparing to step back in time (for me, anyway) to edit Star Trek Magazine again. I was the launch editor on this way back in… Read More ›

• Yalikavak, Turkey 2004

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2004 • ( 2 )

  

    Just back from our first ‘proper’ holiday in five years — Turkey again but this time it was Yalikavak on the Bodrum peninsula. Been to Cavus and Cappadocia in the past. We went with Manos, enduring the torture of… Read More ›

• London Visit

  By John Freeman on 15 July 2004

  It’s hot, it’s sweaty and it’s taking over the country. What is it about the place that draws so many to it? You end up with black snot if you walk its streets. I don’t actually think it’s that more… Read More ›

• Shooting themselves in the foot

  By John Freeman on 9 June 2004

  

  A warning to all freelance writers out there planning a trip to the US — get a visa! And you might want to think about praying, too, as it’s no guarantee of entry. I had a call from BlackRat yesterday… Read More ›

• When is a transit not a transit?

  By John Freeman on 9 June 2004

  

  OK, here’s a question about shared experience. If you couldn’t actually look directly at the transit of Venus yesterday (unless you wanted your eyes boiled or something), is there a difference between standing out in your garden with a pair… Read More ›

• Marvel UK Memories

  By John Freeman on 11 May 2004

  

  In and out from writing Beyblade and Dick Turtle for ToonTastic and editing RAF Magazine for Titan Magazines, I’ve been spending some time thinking about one past job as editor at Marvel UK (aka Marvel Comics UK) back in the 1990s. This… Read More ›

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