
• If you’re in the area this Sunday, you could do worse than pop along to Manchester Comic Collective’s (MCC) monthly Drink ‘n’ Draw. It kicks off at 4pm and is usually lots of fun (although I haven’t made it down for a fair few months). From the MCC blog:
‘[It’s a] casual get together of people who like to draw and also drink. Anyone is welcome… Free entry, materials and snacks provided and 10% off at the bar.’
(This monthly event is usually held at Sandbar, but you better check their official site in case the venue has changed.)
The Shoot from Tony Lee on Vimeo
• The Shoot, a short film written by comics writer Tony Lee (Doctor Who, 2000AD, The Gloom), is now online. He’d like feedback, so go watch it and then… well, feed back…
• Indie comics news site Bugpowder has just done a handy little round-up of activity on the Irish comics scene. Worth a look…
• Can someone please give Dan McDaid the cash to realise this ‘Sherlock Holmes meets the Doctor’ commision as a full strip?
• And finally, the Blank Slate Books website appears to have had a makeover. (Or maybe I didn’t notice and it all happened ages ago.)
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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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