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Private Eye cartoonist Wilbur Dawbarn joins New British Comics line up

By John Freeman on 7 March 2011

The latest issue of New British Comics, edited by Karol Wisniewski, co-creator of the upcoming Harbor Moon graphic novel published by Arcana, will soon go on sale, featuring the work of creators such as Dan White, Paul O’Connell and Lawrence Elwick, who provides the stunning cover featuring “Charlie Parker – Handyman”.

Also in the line up are strips by Warwick Johnson Cadwell, artist on Tag Team Tastic for The Dandy, and Wonderland by top cartoonist Wilbur Dawbarn, who has had hundreds of cartoons published in such diverse titles as Private Eye, The Sun, New Statesman, The Oldie and many others. He also created the comedy adventure strip Bodkin and the Bear for The DFC.

As with past issues, New British Comics Issue 3 will be available in both English and Polish.

The full line up is as follows:

• Cindy & Biscuit Save The World (again) by Dan White

• Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense by Lawrence Elwick & Paul O’Connell

• Ink vs Paper by John Miers

• Charlie Parker “Handyman”: Animal Magnetism by Lawrence Elwick & Paul O’Connell

• Here Comes The Neighbourhood by Matthew Craig & Richard Johnson

• Better Living Through Distance by Dave Thomson

• The Quiet Burden by Craig Collins & Iain Lauire

• Luvvable Lex: Dirty ‘N’ Down by Rob Miller

• Wonderland by Wilbur Dawbarn

• Charlie Parker “Handyman”: Skyscraper Lunch by Lawrence Elwick & Paul O’Connell

• (crack) by Van Nim

• A Complex Machine by David Ziggy Greene

• Von Trapp by Warwick Johnson Cadwell (WJC)

• For more information and stockists visit: http://newbritishcomics.blogspot.com

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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.