Tag Archive | "John Freeman"

Strip Magazine

Friday, November 4, 2011

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Strip Magazine, Print Media At long last, after much anticipation the first issue of the John Freeman-edited Strip Magazine has hit the shelves this week, a brand new comic in the grand British anthology tradition, boasting serials from PJ Holden and John Freeman, Stephen Walsh and Keith Page, Mike Penick and Dean Deckard, Phil Hester [...]

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Alex’s audio round up

Sunday, October 9, 2011

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Now moved to their new Sunday evening slot, here’s the weekly round up from Alex Fitch of the comics, SF and movie related shows he’s involved with for the next week or so; as ever for more details check the Panel Borders site for more info and links to podcasts of previous shows. Panel Borders: [...]

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UK Comics…. analysing the numbers and the reasons why….

Sunday, September 18, 2011

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(Pic borrowed from Lew Stringer’s excellent Blimey! blog) The news came in in the last few weeks of the rather depressing state of the circulation figures for newsstand comics. The real shocker being the plummet of The Dandy, with reported sales dropping from 15,000 a week to nearer 7,500 in just a year. The Beano and Toxic [...]

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Strip Magazine now confirmed for October 2011

Saturday, June 4, 2011

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Latest news from John Freeman about Strip magazine – now definitely set for release in October 2011. There have been a few problems getting Strip Magazine Issue Zero out – not the least of which was a French FEDEX strike affecting plans to bring it out at Bristol Expo in May. Issue Zero should now be [...]

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Best of the Year: John Freeman

Thursday, December 23, 2010

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Today’s guest Best of the Year selection comes from a very well known face in the Brit comics community – writer, editor (working on several new projects as we speak), blogger and, on odd weekends, tenth-level Ecky-Thump Master, it’s John Freeman: FPI: Can you pick three comics/webcomics/graphic novels which you especially enjoyed over the last [...]

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Alex’s audio round-up

Thursday, September 16, 2010

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It’s Thursday and that means it’s time for Alex Fitch to tell us about some of the comics and SF related radio and podcasts he’s involved with; as always check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows: Panel Borders: Making Marvel in the UK Part 2, tonight at [...]

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Alex’s audio round-up

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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Another Thursday rolls around and that means we have Alex Fitch fluttering in towards us like an autumn leaf to let us know about the comics/SF shows he’s involved with over the next few days; as ever check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows: Panel Borders: Making [...]

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Strip Magazine – coming to a newsagent or comic shop later in the year

Friday, July 2, 2010

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Over at Down The Tubes, John Freeman has a story on a brand new magazine coming to the UK. And John should know, since he’s the title’s UK editor! Bosnian based publisher PrintMedia have announced their intent to publish a new UK version of their existing Strip Magazin. According to the report, the title has a [...]

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A giant leap

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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Over on the Down The Tubes forum my fellow space geek John Freeman has been encouraging artists to send in work to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of human beings first walking on the Moon, as risky and dangerous a piece of exploration as any carried out in human history but which provided us with the [...]

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