At this month's Cartoon County, Alex Fitch talks to Ben Cullis, a.k.a Benksy, the editor of retro comics anthology The 77, and to Steve MacManus, a former editor of 2000AD and contributor to The 77.



The 77 is a love letter to classic British comics from the 1970s and 80s. It has been a platform for new comics creators to work on short stories and serialised narratives, as well as a venue for veterans of the industry such as Glenn Fabry and Lew Stringer to provide variant covers for the kickstarter editions. There have been seven issues of The 77 so far, plus a 136 page annual, and also a couple of sister titles - Blazer and Pandora - with more to come!

Steve edits and writes for Blazer. He was the editor of 2000AD between 1979 & 1986, and also worked on a number of other venerable British comics in the 1970s and 80s including Battle, Action, Valiant and Starlord. Shok!, the strip Steve created with Kevin O'Neill in the 1981 Judge Dredd annual, was adapted as the feature film Hardware in 1990.
Ben has been engaged with comics for three decades and previously worked with the animation company Bolex Brothers, so both of them have a lot to talk to us about...

More info at https://the77comic.wordpress.com and https://the77comic.bigcartel.com

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