Space comics galore – from Glasgow!

By John Freeman on 29 June 2013

Glasgow’s Sparkle Horse was the venue for the launch of not one but two space-themed comics recently – The Amateur Astronomer’s Journal by Neil Slorance and Bunny behind the Moon by Gill Hatcher.

Bunny Behind the Moon by Glasgow-based Gill Hatcher, comics creator and editor of Team Girl Comic, is a children’s comic-storybook hybrid. Wonder is a little schoolbunny with unusually long ears.

One day these ears start to receive strange messages – someone appealing for help. Could it really be a bunny astronaut lost in space?

The Amateur Astronomer’s Journal by Glasgow-based comics artist and illustrator Neil Slorance details the adventures and discoveries of an amateur astronomer. The story merges astronomy and science with a human touch.

Both small press titles are available from the creators’ respective web sites.

Links:

Website: www.gillhatcher.com
Shop: www.comicsy.co.uk/gillhatcher

Website: www.neilslorance.com
Shop: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/artbyneilslorance

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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.