Next month is the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing (20th July 1969). We’re already planning some special posts to mark this occasion…
My Comics Projects
Ex Astris Continues in Spaceship Away
Bill Storie (aka Mike Nicoll) and I have just completed work on the second episode of “Secrets of Ceres”, the Ex Astris prequel strip running in science fiction comic magazine Spaceship Away, which goes to the printers soon. There were… Read More ›
Ex Astris on Clickwheel
The Ex Astris strips first featured on ROK Comics are now appearing on Rebellion’s iPod and iPhone service Clickwheel. Ex Astris is a multi-strand CGI-created strip written by John Freeman and drawn by Bill Storie (aka Mike Nicoll). The strip… Read More ›
Shades of Yesteryear! Looking Back at British Comic Fanzines
Over on social community Facebook, former 1980s fanzine editor Russell Willis, who now lives in Japan, has posted a huge number of covers to some fondly-remembered British fanzines of the period, including this example of SCAN, edited by me,… Read More ›
Ex Astris heads to Spaceship Away
A bit of self-promotion: artist Bill Stories (aka Mike Nicoll) is at work on a ten page Ex Astris strip of mine, “Homecoming” which will appear in black and white in UK Indie title Bulletproof #2, which is edited by… Read More ›
Doctor Who Fun in the 1990s…
I recently came across this spoof Doctor Who Magazine cover in my archive, which once graced my office wall at Arundel House, Marvel UK when I was editor of the title in the 1990s. Do you think it will sell… Read More ›
Happy Christmas from the Really Heavy Greatcoat
This Really Heavy Greatcoat strip pays tribute to Bob Dylan’s classic “Subterranean Homesick Blues” – script and art by Nick Miller
Ex Astris Episode 11
• Bill’s now working on a mini-comic which takes up the story where this leaves our Earth-bound explorers. More information on this project here This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
Ex Astris Episode 10
This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
Ex Astris: Episode 8
This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
Ex Astris Episode 7 – Ambush
This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
Ex Astris Episode 6
This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
Ex Astris Episode 5
This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
Ex Astris Episode 4
This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
Ex Astris Episode 3
This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
Ex Astris Episode 2
This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
Ex Astris Episode 1
This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform
The Return of Captain Babylon!
An obscurity revived!
Star Trekking…
After the weirdness of getting RAF Magazine off the ground (so to speak), I’m now preparing to step back in time (for me, anyway) to edit Star Trek Magazine again. I was the launch editor on this way back in… Read More ›
London Visit
It’s hot, it’s sweaty and it’s taking over the country. What is it about the place that draws so many to it? You end up with black snot if you walk its streets. I don’t actually think it’s that more… Read More ›