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was featured in this issue, acknowledged that he had been supported by
Funtime Comics, and in his role as guest editor, noted that "this year, I have found comfort in picking up a pencil and paper, to imagine, draw and create stories through comics." In the Feature Spotlight of the Issue, Clinghan
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Presents: Tales from Pandemia. Comics inspired by the global coronavirus pandemic (Release Date: October, 2020; Cover Art: Richard Clinghan, Colours: Eddie Monotone; Editorial Committee: Funtime Comics Collective; Production Manager: Jason
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Funtime Comics Omnibus, collecting issues 27, 28, 29 was released.
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Unenlightened (Release Date: January, 2022; Cover: Simon Fletcher; Editorial Committee: Funtime Comics Collective; Production Manager: Jason Lennie)
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Funtime's home town of Christchurch, New Zealand. Contributors from all around the world sent work for the special issue and all proceeds from the sale of the comic went to the Red Cross.
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Freeman produced four issues of the regular anthology since mid-2007. In 2011 a special issue of Funtime Comics Anthology was released in response to the devastating
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Issue #27: The New Zealand Comics & Art Zine (Release Date: October, 2014; Cover: Jordan Debney; Editor: Jason Lennie)
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Issue #25: Short Sharp Shockwave (Release Date: October, 2010; Cover: Danny Sugar; Editor: Isaac Freeman)
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