We Do Love to be Beside the Seaside: First Blackpool Comic Con on Saturday

By John Freeman on 10 September 2015

Blackpool Comic Con’s comics guests – Ande Parks, Tim Quinn, Lee Townsend, John Royle, Lee Bradley, Tim Quinn, Dave Windett and Nick Brokenshire.

A quick reminder that Blackpool Comic Con takes place this Saturday 12th September 2015, at the northern seaside town’s world famous Winter Gardens. The event is heavy on media guests, including Doctor Who‘s Jenna Coleman (who was born in Blackpool), Game of Thrones‘ Richard Madden, Star Wars Julian Glover and Thunderbirds/Gerry Anderson voice artists such as Shane Rimmer and David Graham (who has reprised his role as Parker for the new Thunderbirds Are Go).

The world of comics is represented largely by talent based in the North West: Marvel Comics, newspaper strip and Sparky writer Tim Quinn (now carving a career as a TV presenter and promoter of the excellent Mona Lisa Twins, who are supporting Steve Harley on his current tour); and ace artists Lee Townsend, John Royle, Lee Bradley, Dave Windett and Nick Brokenshire.

From the US, the event has brought in Green Arrow artist Ande Parks, who has also written Zorro and Lone Ranger for Dynamite Entertainment.

• The Blackpool Comic Con web site is at: www.blackpoolcomiccon.com or you can buy tickets direct from Ticketline

• Follow Blackpool Comic Con on Twitter @thecomicconco and Facebook

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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.