Hold onto your butts: the Chloe Noonan/Ellerbisms crossover becomes a reality in this year’s Thought Bubble anthology. Art: Marc Ellerby

The collection of new short stories, published in partnership with Image Comics, features work by some of the best in the business, including the first ever team-up of Elephantmen and Judge Dredd, with contributions from Rafael Albuquerque, Gabriel Ba, Jeffrey Brown, Clark Burscough, Adam Caldwell, Boo Cook, Rufus Dayglo, Ming Doyle, Marc Ellerby, Brandon Graham, Adi Granov, Tom Humberstone, Tamsin Isles, Fábio Moon, Ramón Pérez and Richard Starkings.

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of "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.