Phoenix Comic now on sale in selected Waterstones

By John Freeman on June 10, 2015

The Phoenix Comic – the brilliant children’s comic published by David Fickling Comics – has extended its distribution a step further and is now on sale in selected Waterstones bookshops.

The Phoenix is a weekly story comic for children, packed full of thrilling, original content that’s built to entertain, including deep serial-stories to savour, one-off adventures to be swallowed whole, funnies to feed the sense of humour and loads more including puzzles, competitions, excerpts from the best new children’s books and non-fiction that might even raise the dead.

All the comic’s content is completely original and includes regular contributions from world-class authors and illustrators. With a host of very different art styles and a range of storytelling methods each contributor offers something unique and genuinely brilliant to the comic. Check out some of the current contributors right here now.

Launched in January 2012, the title used a subscription model to develop its audience, but is also on sale in selected Waitrose supermarkets and a number of independent bookshops (listed here on the Phoenix web site)

You can also get the Phoenix ipad app which was developed by Panel Nine, who also bring you many great comics via their SEQUENTIAL app.

• If you have any suggestions, or know a book shop near you that would like to stock The Phoenix, get in touch with us at help@thephoenixcomic.co.uk.

Waterstones stocking the Phoenix

Waterstones West End – 128 Princes Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4AD
Waterstones Gower Street – 82 Gower Street, London, WC1E 6EQ
Waterstones Putney – 6/6a Exchange Centre, Putney, Putney Exchange, London SW15 1TW
Waterstones Nottingham – 1-5 Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham NG1 2GR
Waterstones Cambridge – 22 Sidney Street, Cambridge CB2 3HG
Waterstones Piccadilly – 203 – 206 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HD
Waterstones Braehead – Unit 47, Braehead Shopping Centre, King’s Inch Road, Renfrew, Glasgow G51 4BP
Waterstones Finchley Road – O2 Centre, 255 Finchley Road, London NW3 6LU
Waterstones Plymouth – 65 New George Street, Plymouth PL1 1RJ
Waterstones Truro – 11 Boscawen Street, Truro, Cornwall TR1 2QU
Waterstones Kings Road – King’s Road, London SW3 3NR
Waterstones Kensington – 193 Kensington High Street, London W8 6SH
Waterstones London Wall – 54-55 London Wall, London EC2M 5RA
Waterstones Canary Wharf Jubilee – 45 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London E14 5NY
Waterstones Chiswick – 220-226 Chiswick High Road, Chiswick W4 1PD
Waterstones Islington – 11 Islington Green, London N1 2XH
Waterstones Notting Hill – 39-41 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JQ
Waterstones Leamington Spa – 1 Priorsgate, Warwick Street, Royal Leamington Spa, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 4QG
Waterstones Oxford – William Baker House, Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3AF
Waterstones Solihull – 67-71 High Street, Solihull B91 3SW
Waterstones High Wycombe – Eden Shopping Centre, 11 Newlands Meadow, High Wycombe HP11 2BZ
Waterstones Stratford Upon Avon – 8-9 High Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford:upon:Avon CV37 6AU

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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.