DownTheTubes was originally created to be a resource base
for people seeking comics artists and writers but has mushroomed over the
years to deliver British comics news, interviews and other features.
As of May 2013, the main site featuring comics resources, interviews and other British comic related information is offline for financial reasons. Our apologies for this - we hope to bring the resources back online as soon as posible
Contributors include myself, John
Freeman, Jeremy Briggs,
Ian Wheeler, Alex Fitch, Richard Sheaf and many others.
As a UK-based creative consultant I have had over 25 years
experience of editing and writing, for both traditional and electronic
media. My clients include publishers, web sites, mobile games content suppliers
and others.
Please note that I do not claim to have direct contact with all the creators listed on my public resource pages, though I have worked with many artists and writers over the years.
Please note that I do not claim to have direct contact with all the creators listed on my public resource pages, though I have worked with many artists and writers over the years.
Why is this site called downthetubes?
It's an archaic idea now, but I've often thought of the internet
as a series of tubes, information plying down them. It turns out I'm not
alone in this comparison; in 2006 now disgraced Alaskan senator described
the Internet "a series of tubes" in an infamous 2006 rant when
he was chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, a primary US legislative
regulatory body that governs, among other things, the Internet. Apparently,
this description of the Internet "encapsulates the generational digital
divide", which makes me an old fuddy-duddy. Oh, well. (More
about Senator Stevens' "Tubes" rants here)
downthetubes is also the name of that unpublished novel,
part of which was realized as various RPG sessions many years ago. And
now, a comic strip, by myself and Smuzz.
Art and Writing Samples Welcome
I am always interested in seeing artist and writer samples
and am happy to do my best to try and promote British independent and mainstream
comic publications.
If you are a published creator -- that includes self published
-- and would like to be included on this site please send information about
your blog or web site to johnfreeman6-downthetubes@yahoo.co.uk
If you want, PLEASE SEND ME NO MORE THAN TWO samples of your strip work (cartoon or adventure strip) or include a link to your website or blog in the e-mail. I will e-mail you if I require more images. Please also send me contact details and information on whether you work using Illustrator, Photoshop and other computer programs; or if you work traditionally with pen and ink. Please also let me know which languages you speak and your usual rates of pay per page or illustration, thank you.
Please note that due to the volume of material received I
may not be able to respond immediately to material sent. I cannot guarantee
that I will be able to provide a critique of submitted material if you
are looking for one.
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