Others are scripted, from Rob's plots, by Maura McHugh ( Róisín Dubh, 2010- Jennifer Wilde, 2011-) and Malachy Coney ( Noe the Savage Boy, 2012). Some, like 1940s superteam The League of Volunteers (2011-), First World War hero The Black Scorpion (2012) and 18th century swashbuckler The Crimson Blade (2012), he writes himself. Since 2010 he has been busy creating an interlocking range of adventure series set at various points in Irish history. In 2010 he wrote a preview of Formation Seven, drawn by Gary Gowran, a superhero/spy story set in America during the 1980's. 2007 saw the release of Atomic Rocket Group 66, a 1950s superhero pastiche. This memoir by Christopher Skaife, Yeoman Warder of Her Majesty’s Royal Palace and Fortress The Tower of London, details Skaife’s day-to-day life with the ravens of the Tower. In 2004 he launched his Eagle Award-nominated crime series Freakshow. He launched the publishing company Atomic Diner in 2003, publishing Gerry Hunt's In Dublin City and the anthology Naked Lunch. To earn this exalted title, an applicant must be. He studied for five years under the previous ravenmaster before assuming the job. Its not an easy job to land like Chris, youll have to be a Yeoman Warder, a position which requires a minimum. Skaife is the sixth person to hold the title of ravenmaster.

He opened the Sub City comic shop in Dublin with his brother Brian in 1994, and a second branch in Galway in 1997. Today Chris Skaife proudly holds this job.

Rob Curley is a Dublin-based comics writer, publisher and retailer.

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