Permanent Press by comic creator Luke Healy is now available for pre-order from Avery Hill Publishing and the book will debut at the Dublin Comic Arts Festival in April.
Luke is depressed, afflicted by a severe case of metaphoritis and deadlines that don’t really exist.
Afraid of being forgotten by the comics community and unable to find motivation in anything besides jealousy, he sets out to create an award-winning comic that will remedy all of his problems.
Exploring themes of art and existence through worlds of worlds and numbers, Luke Healy’s new graphic novel includes the Ignatz and Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize nominated story, “The Unofficial Cuckoo’s Nest Study Companion.”
This is the second graphic novel from London-based Luke, a graduate of Dublin City University, where he studied journalism, and The Center for Cartoon Studies where he earned an MFA in Cartooning. His comics have been published by VICE, The Nib, Medium, A24, Nobrow, Irene, Maple Key and Seven Days.
He also works professionally as a colourist and colour flatter and have contributed to: Something New by Lucy Knisley, Dinosaur Empire and Earth Before Us: Book 2 by Abby Howard, and Bad Mask and Solar System by Jon Chad.
Many downthetubes readers will recall the praise for his first graphic novel, published by NoBrow, How to Survive in the North, not least from our very own Tony Esmond, who described it as “breathtakingly powerful” – a journey of love and loss, skilfully weaving together the true life historical expeditions of Ada Blackjack and Robert Bartlett in 1912 and 1916 with a contemporary fictional story
DCAF is a quarterly show celebrating small press comics. To the organisers of DCAF, small press means creator-owned, independent comics, including everything from self-published, photocopied zines to professionally printed graphic novels such as Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Avery Hill Publishing is the sponsor for the April 2018 show.
• Permanent Press by Luke Healy is now available for pre-order from the Avery Hill Publishing web shop – and comes with an awesome bookplate – for just £10.99
• Luke Healy is online at blog.lukewhealy.com
• It’s also available from amazon.co.uk (sans bookplate) here (using this link helps support downthetubes) and How to Survive in the North is available here
• Read Tony Esmond’s review of How to Survive in the North
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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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