The Sock Puppet Theatre, scourge* of many a British comics event is counting down the Christmas with The Socks’ Advent Calendar, a wee musical treat! Eat your heart out Aled & Terry. And Bing and David…
Comic creator tells us you can see the Socks performing/murdering songs such as Rolf Harris’ Two Little Boys live every night in Edinburgh; they’re currently performing every night in the Spiegeltent in Princes St Gardens. Book tickets now at: www.gildedballoon.co.uk/wwonderland/shows.php
* Oh OK, they’re not really a scourge. You can see more of their videos at myspace.com/scottishfalsetto
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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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