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- Website 1:
- http://www.downthetubes.net
- Website 2:
- http://www.rokcomics.com
- Website 3:
- http://www.exastris.co.uk
- Real name:
- John Freeman
- Where do you live?
- Lancaster, England
- What comics do you create?
- Ex Astris (with artist Mike Nicoll), the Really Heavy Greatcoat, Brain Dead the Cat and others.
- Which comic creators do you admire?
- Alan Moore, Chris Reynolds, Gary Spencer Millidge, Alan Grant, John Wagner
- Which comics do you read?
- Northlanders, the DFC, Beano, Jeff Hawke's Cosmos and a slew of stuff sent to me for review on dwonthetubes.net
- About Me:
I'm a comics and features writer who has worked in comics and magazine publishing in the UK for over 20 years. My day job is Managing Editor of ROK Comics, which enables comics creators to create or adapt their strips for mobile phones, which can be delivered worldwide through WAP subscription and single downloads -- potentially reaching a much bigger audience than that for web-based comics. In addition to comics delivered via the main ROK Comics web site and WAP service, we have partner services in China (where some strips are being translated into Chinese), Pakistan and South Africa, with more in the pipeline.
I've written strips for various companies such as Marvel, Fleetway, Lucky Bag and commercial companies seeking to use comics as a promotional device. I've also edited various magazines including the official Babylon 5, Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars Magazines.
My British comics news and features web site, downthetubes.net, web site features news about British comics and a somics writing guide.
John Freeman: Who?
I'm a comics and features writer who has worked in comics and magazine publishing in the UK for over 20 years. My British comics news and features web site, downthetubes.net, web site features news about British comics and a comics writing guide.
I'm working part time for ROK Comics on their Indian comics platform and other mobile comic related projects and as an editor for some of Titan Books print British comics collections, as well as a few other projects for other companies.
ROK Comics enables comics creators to create or adapt their strips for mobile phones, which can be delivered worldwide through WAP subscription and single downloads -- potentially reaching a much bigger audience than that for web-based comics. Unfortunately the parent company was hit hard by the credit crunch and development there has been scaled back, until very recently (August 2009).
I've written comic strips for various companies such as Marvel, Fleetway, Lucky Bag and commercial companies seeking to use comics as a promotional device. Currently I'm writing a science fiction strip, Ex Astris, for the British SF comics magazine Spaceship Away.
I've also edited various magazines including the official Babylon 5, Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars Magazines.
John Freeman's Blog
SciFi Art Wanted
Posted on August 4, 2009 at 5:57am —
Promoting Comics: Your Thoughts Welcome
Primarily, at the moment the page with edited info here: http://downthetubes.ning.com/notes/Comic_Review_Sites
... is a list of links to s… Continue
Posted on June 1, 2009 at 4:12pm —
Manchester Newspapers: Stop the Cuts
Management at the Manchester Evening News group, which is owned by the Guardian, want to make nearly 80 journalists redundant - roughly a third of its editorial staff - and close all the offices of its Greater Manchester weekly news… Continue
Posted on March 18, 2009 at 2:03pm — 7 Comments
ROK Comics Now on iPhone
British webcomics and mobile comics publisher and distributor ROK Comics has launched ROK Comics as an application on the Apple iPhone.
The ROK Comics application, the first of a planned series of applications currently in de
… ContinuePosted on October 27, 2008 at 12:50pm —
More Mobile Comics News
Mobile comic creator and Singapore-based marketing and brand development company Omnitoons has announced that they are co-developing “Manga-styled” mobile comics that will be based on Paramount Pictures’ films, in partnership with Paramount Digital Entertainment.
The new mobile comics will be the first time that Paramount Digital Entertainment will release a series of mobile comics based on movies from its librar… Continue
Posted on August 30, 2008 at 7:30am —
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