Turn Your School Magazine into a Comic Book

By John Freeman on May 30, 2008

Former Marvel Comics UK editor Tim Quinn will be holding storytelling and comic book creation sessions at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax on Saturday 5 July 2008 from 9.00 am through the day, as part of the line-up for the Calderdale Festival for Young People run by the July Project, sponsored by the Halifax. All ages welcome.

Quinn, a veteran comic book scriptwriter, editor, publisher and cartoonist for titles as varied as The Dandy, The Beano, Buster, Whoopee, Spider-Man, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, Bunty, My Guy and Doctor Who Magazine, will instruct each class on both script and art techniques. Over the past two years he has been working with schools and students across the UK to produce school magazines of a professional standard.

For details contact: kathryn@squarechapel.co.uk

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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.