A small selection of art by 2000AD artist and Technofreak is creator John Charles is currently on display and for sale in at GU ART in his home town of Guildford. The exhibition runs through the whole of March 2025.
John Charles is a professional comic book artist and colourist. He’s been a graphic designer for Trident Comics, drawn/digitally painted covers and illustrated some Future Shocks for 2000AD, provided cover art for Antarctic Press and IDW in the United States, and coloured Spectacular Spider-Man and a variety of other strips for Panini UK’s Marvel Heroes comic. He also co-wrote a three-part story for them, co-starring Spider-Man and the X-Men.
GU ART is an Artists-run Gallery showing a very diverse collection of original works of art. There will always be an artist in the gallery to engage with, they are all based in Surrey and have exhibited nationally and internationally.
• GU ART is in White Lion Walk, Guildford. The gallery opens Friday to Sunday, 11.00am – 4.00pm | Web: guart.co.uk | Facebook | Instagram
• John Charles is online at johncharles.art
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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.
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