John Harris Dunning
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Born in South Africa in 1974, John Dunning has lived in London for the last decade. He has written for The Guardian and Metro newspapers, and has contributed to magazines like Esquire, Arena, iD and Dazed & Confused, to name a few. He also acted as film editor at Sleazenation magazine. Writing comics is Dunning’s main passion. His work appeared at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts as a part of the Comica Festival in 2003, and he has published the ongoing series ‘Salem Brownstone’ with artist Nikhil Singh in award-winning UK anthology Sturgeon White Moss alongside work by Charles Burns, Daniel Johnston and Jason. 2005 saw Dunning collaborating with artist Sacha Mardou on ‘Lolajean Riddle’. Extracts of ‘Salem Brownstone’ wer
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