‘Welcoming’ is a good description of the second Lakes International Comic Art Festival held over the weekend of 17-19 October 2014 in Kendal in the Lake District. After the inaugural festival last year had proven popular, this year everything seemed… Read More ›
John Freeman
In Review: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival – The First Timer’s View
(Updated with photos: 21 Oct 2014) I didn’t manage to get to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival when it started up last year so it was on my ‘to do’ list for this year. I was born in Cumbria and… Read More ›
Pre-orders open for Supermarionation Box Set featuring new TV Century 21 comic
Pre-buy orders have opened for Network’s special, limited edition Supermarionation box set featuring an all-new special edition of the popular 1960s comic TV Century 21 today (1st August). As we previously reported, called simply Supermarionation will be on sale from 20th October,following the premier… Read More ›
Coming Soon… WarWorldz!
A new comics project from John Freeman, David Hailwood, Alan Burrows and others, created by John Freeman, David Hailwood, Alan Burrows and others. WarWorldz, Death Duty © 2014 John Freeman
Digital anthology PULSE – second issue on sale now
The second issue of the new British digital comics anthology PULSE – on sale exclusively through the ROK Comics Ultra app for iPad – is available now. Published by ROK Comics in partnership with Markosia Enterprises the action-adventure title, which costs just 69p per issue initially features Team M.O.B.I.L.E. (written… Read More ›
Titan teams with Lakes Festival for new comics Talent Search
Titan Comics has just announced it is teaming-up with the Lakes International Comics Art Festival to launch a competition for unpublished comics creations. The competition goes live today (Thursday 1st May) and is an exciting opportunity for fledgling comic creators to submit completed… Read More ›
Happy Birthday, Overkill!
Overkill was a Marvel UK anthology published during the 1990s which ran for 52 issues, deliberately designed as a Marvel equivalent to 2000AD. Initially edited by myself, it was also edited by Alan Cowsill. The magazine was part of Editorial Director… Read More ›
50 Years of Doctor Who comics to be celebrated at Lakes Festival in October
Grab your sonic screwdriver and set the time-space co-ordinates on your TARDIS for Kendal, 17th October 2014! The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced a number of events to celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who in comics, the world’s longest-running science fiction TV-inspired… Read More ›
World War One – Comic Creator Connections: John Freeman
John Freeman edited some of the Charley’s War collections for Titan Books and is also one of the editors of this Charley’s War web site. He’s worked in British comics for nearly 30 years, first at Marvel UK then as… Read More ›
Crucible Comic #1 available for Kindle, work in progress on #2
We’re pleased to announce that the first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of our Crucible comic is now also available for Kindle and in PDF format from Scribd. Work is progressing steadily on Issue 2, with Jim Campbell at… Read More ›