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Author Mike Knowles

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Mike Knowles

I’ve been a published writer for over 30-years working mainly in comics, (DC Thompson and the former Fleetway/IPC Publications). I’ve also worked in TV and radio, spent three years as a gag writer. On top of which I’ve worked in animation where I wrote a Channel 4 TV series, The Bunburies. Afterwards this earthshaking series no one seems to remember, I did some freelance work in animation for the late Bob Godfrey and later worked for an Indian animation studio in Mumbai. I also contributed a number of gonzo style articles to Galaxy Publications who publish those eponymous “top-of-the-shelf” magazines. Magazines responsible for stunted growth and hairy hands. However my foray into gonzo journalism was conducted without the late Hunter S. Thompson's voracious appetite for mind bending substances. (Well, let’s just say I didn’t take as many as he did).

On the Advantages of Creating a Simple Comic Book Character

Mike Knowles
July 30, 2015
Columns, Comics Bulletin Soapbox
It can be done. The question is, should it be done? Some writers may balk at the idea. Not me. When it comes to writing I’ve always been tempted to fly in the face of conventional wisdom.  And one of...

I May Be Finicky, But the “Dark Knight” Is Just Not Dark Enough For Me!

Mike Knowles
June 30, 2015
Columns, Comics Bulletin Soapbox
Don’t get me wrong, Batman is my Number One favourite. The problem is I’m a writer and I’m constantly coming up with alternative story lines. Having worked on an idea I’d then start seeing different...

Iron Man: What’s in a Name?

Mike Knowles
June 17, 2015
Columns, Comics Bulletin Soapbox
Back in the ‘90s I’d gotten hold of some Iron Man comics. These were the ones that had the “Demon in a Bottle” storyline. And the sight of Tony Stark ending up as a Skid Row bum both intrigued and...
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