The Secret is Out!

Comic creators John Freeman and Mike Nicoll are pleased to announce that their all-new comic strip Secrets of Ceres debuts in the latest issue of British science fiction comic Spaceship Away.

Written by comic writer and editor Freeman and drawn as 3D computer art by Perth-based Nicoll, Secrets of Ceres delivers an action-packed SF adventure set in a future world of shady corporations, killer robots and stars Sarah Blake as a space-faring female private investigator who supplements her bounty hunting with a webcam-style broadcast of her adventures... when she can get a connection!

Secrets of Ceres is part of the creators' Ex Astris saga where stories have now appeared in print in both Spaceship Away and Bulletproof Comics, as a web comic on the internet and in a mobile comic format via www.rokcomics.com.

"Ex Astris reflects my love of the kind of SF space adventures I grew up reading," explains John Freeman, who lives in Lancaster England, currently edits ROK Comics, and has previously been an editor of Doctor Who Magazine and a director of the Lancaster Literature Festival. "I was a sucker for the work of Asimov, EE Doc Smith, Robert Heinlein and others, the kind of SF I'd say Charles Stross and others are continuing to this day."

Spaceship Away is a Dan Dare-inspired SF magazine featuring new adventures of the original 1950s comics space hero alongside a mix of new and other classic comics featuring the art of such creative talents as Don Harley, Keith Page, John Ridgway, Ron Turner and Keith Watson.

Spaceship Away editor Rod Barzilay sees the issue as a "jumping on point" for new readers, with Ian McLumpha's Space Girls and Eric Chilton's Journey into Space (drawn by Tacconi) just two more strips in the jam-packed line up, complemented by a range of features on the making of the original Dan Dare stories.

The three times a year, full colour glossy magazine started out as a way to get a newly created 1950s "old Eagle" style Dan Dare strip story (Drawn by Keith Watson and Don Harley) in print, and now has a loyal and growing following worldwide, delivering high quality SF strips to an eager audience who love the kind of classic space adventure now being rekindled by TV shows such as Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica.

Further information:

• Spaceship Away is available from all good comic shops and via mail order from www.spaceshipaway.org.uk

• For more information about Ex Astris visit: www.exastris.co.uk