The third issue of the A5 horror zine from the makers of The General Witchfinders Podcast has arrived.
With a cover from the brilliant Felt Mistress, General Witchfinders ‘Zine Issue 3 offers 76 pages of fresh nightmares, uncanny folklore, and eerie nostalgia from the long running podcast, launched “during the Great Covid Plague of the 2020s, when we, Ross, Jon and James, three old friends, kids of the 1980s and teens of the 1990s … decided to record our chats about the strange and spooky world of British horror.”
“The show is our excuse to get together and talk about Hammer and Amicus, Nigel Kneale, M.R. James, The Wicker Man, Ghostwatch, and the many odd corners of British film and television that probably warped us as kids,” we’re told. “Each episode drifts between proper discussion, half-remembered trivia, and whatever else pops into our heads.
“Someone once wrote about us, ‘There are some great Hammer and Amicus historical deep-dive podcasts out there, and if those shows are The Pentangle, then this show is The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.’ We’ll take that.”
This issue of the General Witchfinders ‘Zine comes packed: frozen horrors, suburban dread, and demonic distortion. There are haunted gardens, skeletal visitations, and a nostalgic tour through the dark corners of 1980s and 1990s children’s TV, too.
You’ll also find interviews with indie horror creators, retro pixel nightmares to photographers and artists reimagining the uncanny through lens and thread. A love letter to the strange, the spectral, and the slightly silly, all from the team behind your favourite British horror podcast…
• The General Witchfinders ‘Zine and other dark delights are available here from their official shop
• Full of the General Witchfinder Podcast here
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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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