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Second International Alternative Press Festival this weekend in London

By John Freeman on August 1, 2012

The Second International Alternative Press Festival is upon us – and here’s a run down of all the events taking place this weekend in London…

Thursday 2nd August

6pm – 9pm: Lamb’s Conduit Street Exhibitions: Private View

11 Shops, 13 Artists, one Street! Come along, see original comix art and illustration and chat with the artists.
Details here

Friday 3rd August

7pm – 9.00pm: The Comix Reader Issue 4 Launch & Exhibition: Private View

Come and celebrate the launch of the UK’s best underground comix newspaper, see original artwork from the new issue, meet the artists and pick up your copy! Details here.

Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th August
International Alternative Press Festival Main Fair
11am – 5pm Admission: £3

Two days in Holborn’s Conway Hall, a massive fair with over 100 exhibitors selling Zines, Comix and tonnes of other self published art. A separate room of workshops. A mini spoken word festival, storytelling & live drawing. See the IAPF website for more details.

Until 15th August: HUNG! at Orbital Comics

An exhibition of the work of Dave Ziggy Greene. Comic artist for Private Eye, Charlie Hebdo and Meme Pas Mal (France). Original art, posters and some work by Dave’s French colleagues. Details here.

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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.