Pride Illustrated at Foyles

By John Freeman on July 2, 2009

Illustrators, cartoonists and artists gathered in London yesterday to discuss graphic literature and queer culture as part of Pride London, for an event chaired by comics expert Paul Gravett.

The line up at the event, held at Foyles book shop, included Kate Charlesworth, David Shenton, whose work is currently on show at the Glasgow Musesum of Modern Art as part of sh(OUT), Sina (The Book of Boy Trouble) Shamsavari, Rachael House, whose work features in the forthcoming US anthology Spilling Over, and Howard Hardiman . Unfortunately, Jeremy Dennis, who is producing comics with the Whores of Mensa, and was scheduled to at the event, didn’t make it.

• For more on Pride London visit: www.pridelondon.org

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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.

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