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• 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 ›

• Creating Connections

  By John Freeman on 28 April 2004

  

  Strange how the world works. I find 20six via DotJournalism, then find BlackRat‘s blog (the guy writing some fascinating stuff about Iraq after a trip there). I link to that on my blog and he reads about me editing RAF… Read More ›

• A Busy Week: Dick Turtle, RAF Magazine and More

  By John Freeman on 24 April 2004

  

  It’s a weird life. This week has been a mix of hassling freelancers for copy and me being hassled for copy — one of those deadline crunch weeks. Beyblade Comic was Monday, Dick Turtle for Lucky Bag Comic was Wednesday,… Read More ›

• Catching Up with Old Friends

  By John Freeman on 22 April 2004

  Dropped in Lancaster’s John O’Gaunt on Market Street for lunch. They do something called a “late breakfast”. How late can a late breakfast be? Whatever. One of Lancaster’s few remaining decent pubs — it’s not tied to any brewery and… Read More ›

• Space Dogs Exhibition in Lancaster

  By John Freeman on 22 April 2004

  

  There’s a bizarre exhibition at the Storey Institute Lancaster at present — giant inflatable dogs created by the Space Cadets. As you sit there these giant white amorphous blobs are suddenly pumped full of air to become giant dogs. You… Read More ›

• RAF Magazine and other things

  By John Freeman on 16 April 2004

  

  Today has been a busy day. I’m working on a new RAF Magazine for Titan which feels strange because a) I’m not a member of the RAF and b) given my past membership of various ‘leftie’ organisations and opposition to… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comic Artist and Writer Art Wetherell

  By John Freeman on 2 January 2004

  

  We’re sorry to report that talented artist and writer Art Wetherell died on Christmas Day 2003, of a perforated stomach ulcer. He had many friends in the UK comic fraternity, and beyond, and will be much missed. Art’s credits include… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Don Lawrence

  By John Freeman on 2 January 2004

  

  Just days after receiving word of an appeal for original The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire art comes the sad announcement of the death of its creator, Don Lawrence. His official web site reports the talented comics artist… Read More ›

• Convention Report: Raptus, Norway, 2003

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2003

  

  Here’s a quick report on my trip to Raptus 2003 in Bergen, Norway. This feature is an overview of the Norwegian comics scene itself rather than a report on the Festival itself which was great fun and included UK comics… Read More ›

• Paramount Heads for Rama?

  By John Freeman on 26 November 2002

  

  Paramount Pictures will decide whether or not to make Morgan Freeman’s long-percolating Rendezvous With Rama, a proposed film adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s 1973 SF novel, Variety (subscription required) has reported. Freeman and producing partner Lori McCreary, through their Revelations Entertainment… Read More ›

• Ripper still Go?

  By John Freeman on 26 November 2002

  

  Anthony Stewart Head, who plays Giles on UPN’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, told SCI FI Wire that plans are still in the works for a British spinoff series based on his character, despite reports that the show was on hold…. Read More ›

• Not Just A Bunch of Pretty Faces!

  By John Freeman on 25 November 2002

  

    Comicraft founders Richard Starkings and John ‘JG’ Roshell have announced the forthcoming publication of a full colour, 64-page book which provides an insight into the processes and inspirations behind the curtain of the award winning studio. If you’re not… Read More ›

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