Just 1 Page | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Adrian Brown |
Publication date | 2001–2006 |
No. of issues | 4 |
Creative team | |
Written by | Mike Carey, Alex de Campi, Warren Ellis, Steve Gerber, Peter Hogan, Eddie Robson |
Artist(s) | Charlie Adlard, David Baillie, Adrian Bamforth, Leo Baxendale, Mike Collins, Howard Cruse, Al Davison, Richard Elson, Hunt Emerson, Duncan Fegredo, Simon Furman, Peter Gross, Mike Hawthorne, David Hitchcock, P. J. Holden, Dylan Horrocks, Frazer Irving, D'Israeli, Jock, Rich Johnston, Euan Kerr, Roger Langridge, Jamie McKelvie, Gary Spencer Millidge, Lise Myhre, Gary Northfield, Warren Pleece, Steve Pugh, Lew Stringer, Andi Watson, Chris Weston, Rob Williams, Phil Winslade, Brian Wood, Steve Yeowell |
Editor(s) | Adrian Brown |
Just 1 Page(J1P) was charity comic linked to the United Kingdom's Comic Festival and Comic Expo comic book conventions in Bristol, SW England. Single-page contributions were donated by a range of professional and amateur artists and writers, including many notable UK creators. Just 1 Page, produced by Adrian "Ade" Brown, published four issues, each one on a specific theme, in the period 2001–2006.
The first Just 1 Page comic, published in 2001, raised about £500 for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Comic Relief. Just 1 Page 2 (2003) raised £800 for the Trinity Hospice in Clapham. Just 1 Page 3 (2005) raised £600 for Childline.
Notable contributions were:
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