This week’s searches on downthetubes.net included…

By John Freeman on 7 February 2007

In order of most searched terms:

– 1 “web site” (why would so many people search a web site for “web site”)
– 2 “Hilary Duff” (This is a comics site, people. Is Hilary Duff doing comics? I don’t think so)
– 3 “petta” (were they looking for PETA or jazz singer Sherry Petta?)
– 4 “Alan Moore” (I haven’t got him)
– 5 “Captain Britain” (Doesn’t Alan Davis have shares?)
– 6 “Carrie” (I haven’t got her, either, though I’m guessing they mean the adult comic character)
– 7 “comic art” (Yes, I have lots of that. Enjoy!)
– 8 “Garth” (write to the Daily Mirror and demand they bring him back!)
– 9 “how to build a fighting robot” (OK, I did some stuff on Titan’s Robot Wars magazine…)
– 10 “Knockout“ (Fab comic!)

Strangely, the one thing that has been most search for on my site for ages – a ringtone based on the theme music to “On White Horses” doesn’t figure, which is just typical since I’ve added some direct links on my search page.

Sheesh! There’s no second guessing some people.

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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.