ComicScene are celebrating 50 years of the long-running weekly war comic, Battle, with the release of a new comic, Ragtime Soldier, written by Pat Mills.
The successor to “Charley’s War”, the 48-page comic will be written by Pat, with art by Gary Welsh and Phillip Vaughan. It includes and continues the story that started on the Great War Dundee comic.
You can enlist to the pre launch page on Kickstarter now here. The Kickstarter will include exclusive collectable items when it goes live.
• Pat Mills on Millsverse: Ragtime Soldier: A Successor to Charley’s War – At Last!
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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.
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