Zoom Rockman mind probed for latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast!

By John Freeman on June 4, 2018

Zoom Rockman

Beano cartoonist and Lakes International Comic Art Festival patron Zoom Rockman is the guest of the organisation’s podcast this week.

Zoom is a young creator who started producing comics from a young age, He appeared in the Beano at age 12 and in Private Eye at 16.

Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates have a chat with Zoom about how he started, why at a young age he’s creating satirical comics and what the future holds. He also talks about his role as a patron of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and what he has lined up for this year.

The podcast team also goes review crazy as they all review a load of comics, including Apollo, Awesome Comic Issue Two and Little Girl Black – as well as the new Deadpool 2.

Nikki also talks about the latest on her comic, Anxiety Me (reviewed here on downthetubes) which is now available from www.NikkiDraws.pictures.

• Listen to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast Episode 29: Zoom Rockman here

Comics reviewed are Apollo, Awesome Comic No.2, Little Girl Black, Stranglehood, Copperopolis 1 – 3, Debris, Bubba Ho-Tep, Slang Pictorial, Death or Glory, Star Wars Rogue Squadron, Aliens: Dead Orbit, Southern Bastards and Big Hard Sex Criminals

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• The Lakes International Comic Art Festival returns to Kendal in the Lake District in October 2018: www.comicartfestival.com

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast: www.comicartpodcast.uk | Twitter: @comicartfestpod | Facebook: @ComicArtPodcast | Instagram: @ComicArtPodcast

Contributors to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast – Episode 28 include Pete Taylor: www.thismanthispete.com and Mike Williams – find him on Twitter @CthulhuPunk

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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.