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2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction oriented comic. Image File history File links 2000AD_First_Edition. ... Image File history File links 2000AD_First_Edition. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...

Overview

2000 AD logo.

2000 AD serialises a number of separate stories each "prog" (see glossary, below) and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated February 26. IPC, later Fleetway, continued to produce the title until 1999, when it was bought by Rebellion Developments. Due in part to its weekly publication schedule, it is one of only a few comics to surpass 1,000 issues. 2000 AD Magazine logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... IPC Media is a large British publishing company, mainly producing consumer magazines. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Fleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a publishing company, mainly producing comic magazines for the U.K.. Fleetway began life as Amalgamated Press, the company owned by Alfred Harmsworth, who were based in Fleetway House. ... Rebellion Developments is a British computer games company, based in Oxford, who are most famous for the first Aliens versus Predator game. ...

It has been a successful launchpad for getting United Kingdom talent into the larger American comics market, and has also been the source of a number of film licences. Unlike earlier weekly titles, 2000 AD was based on a 6 page strip format. This gave the writers greater opportunity to develop character and meant that the artists had greater scope in designing the layout. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ...

A long-running joke is that the editor of 2000 AD is Tharg the Mighty, a green extraterrestrial from Betelgeuse who terms his readers "Earthlets". Tharg uses other unique alien expressions and even appears in his own comic strips. Readers sometimes play along with this: for example, in prog 200 a pair of readers wrote to Tharg claiming that they preferred to be called "Terrans"; the resulting controversy ended in Tharg's accepting a challenge for a duel at a galactic location. An Editor is a person who prepares textâ€”typically language, but also images and soundsâ€”for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Tharg, drawn by Kevin Walker Tharg the Mighty is a recurrent character in science fiction comic 2000 AD, one of only two characters to appear in nearly every issue of the comic (the other being Judge Dredd). ... Extraterrestrial, as an adjective, refers to something that originates, occurs, or is located outside Earth or its atmosphere. ... Betelgeuse (Alpha (Î±) Orionis) is a semiregular variable star located 427 light-years away [1]. It is the second brightest star in the constellation Orion, and the tenth brightest star in the night sky. ...

Another running joke is Tharg's supposed use of robots to draw and write the strips — some of which bear a marked resemblance to actual writers and artists. A fictional reason for Tharg to use mechanical assistance was given when the robots "went on strike" (reflecting real-life industrial action that occasionally halted IPC's comics production during the 1970s and 1980s). Tharg wrote and drew a whole issue himself, but when he ran it through the quality-control "Thrill-meter", the device melted down on extreme overload. The offending issue had to be taken away, by blindfolded security guards, to a lead-lined vault where there was no danger of anyone seeing it accidentally. ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... Strike action (or simply strike) describes collective action undertaken by groups of workers in the form of a refusal to perform work. ...

See also: British comics

British comics is the art form of comics as practiced within the United Kingdom. ...

History

The 1970s

Pre-publication

In December 1975, Kelvin Gosnell, a sub-editor at IPC Magazines, read an article in the London Evening Standard about a wave of forthcoming science fiction films, and suggested that the company might get on the bandwagon by launching a science fiction comic. IPC asked Pat Mills, a freelance writer and editor who had created Battle Picture Weekly and Action, to develop it. Mills brought fellow freelancer John Wagner on board as script adviser and the pair began to develop characters. The then-futuristic name 2000 AD was chosen as no-one involved expected the comic to last that long, but of course it did. IPC Media is a large British publishing company, mainly producing consumer magazines. ... Headlines of the Evening Standard on the day of London bombing on July 7, 2005, in Waterloo Station The Evening Standard is an English tabloid newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Pat Mills, nicknamed the godfather of British comics, is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. ... A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment is also common. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... An Editor is a person who prepares textâ€”typically language, but also images and soundsâ€”for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Battle Picture Weekly, later known as Battle Action, was a British war comic published by IPC Magazines from (issues dates) 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with Eagle. ... The cover of Action#1. ... John Wagner is a comics writer who has also written under the pseudonyms John Howard, T.B. Grover, Mike Stott, Keef Ripley, Rick Clark and Brian Skuter, among others. ...

Mills' experiences with Battle and Action in particular had taught him that readers responded to his anti-authoritarian attitudes. Wagner, who had written a Dirty Harry-inspired tough cop called One Eyed Jack for Valiant, saw that readers also responded to authority figures, and developed a character that took the concept to its logical extreme, imagining an ultra-violent lawman patrolling a future New York with the power to arrest, sentence, and if required execute criminals on the spot. Meanwhile, Mills had developed a horror strip, inspired by the novels of Dennis Wheatley, about a hanging judge called Judge Dread (after the reggae artist of the same name). The idea was abandoned as unsuitable for the new comic, but the name, with a little modification, was adopted by Wagner for his ultimate lawman. Anti-authoritarianism is opposition to authoritarianism, which is defined as concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people or the doctrine that advocates such absolutism in rule, as in autocracy, despotism, dictatorship, and totalitarianism. ... Dirty Harry is a 1971 film directed by Don Siegel. ... The cover of the Valiant annual of 1975. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Big Apple Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,214. ... Horror fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle or horrify the reader. ... Dennis Wheatley (8 January 1897-10 November 1977) was a British writer born in London. ... Hanging Judge is an unofficial term for a judge who has gained renown for his or her eagerness to hand out harsh sentences, especially death by hanging. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ... Alexander Minto Hughes (1945 - March 12, 1998), better known as Judge Dread, a British reggae and ska artist. ...

Judge Dredd, drawn by Mike McMahon for the first ever story.

The task of visualising the newly-named Judge Dredd was given to Carlos Ezquerra, a Spanish artist who had worked for Mills before on Battle on a strip called Major Eazy. Wagner gave Ezquerra an advertisement for the film Death Race 2000, showing the character Frankenstein clad in black leather on a motorbike, as a suggestion for what the character should look like. Ezquerra elaborated on this greatly, adding body-armour, zips and chains, which Wagner originally thought over the top. Wagner's initial script was rewritten by Mills and drawn up by Ezquerra, but when the art came back a rethink was necessary. The hardware and cityscapes Ezquerra had drawn were far more futuristic than the near-future setting originally intended, and Mills decided to run with it and set the strip further into the future. By this stage, however, Wagner had quit. Judge Dredd, drawn by Mike McMahon for the first ever story This work is copyrighted. ... Judge Dredd (Joe Dredd or Joseph Dredd) is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazines longest running (having been featured there since its second issue in 1977). ... Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 2, 1977 Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 85, 1978 This article is about Mike McMahon the comics artist. ... Judge Dredd (Joe Dredd or Joseph Dredd) is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazines longest running (having been featured there since its second issue in 1977). ... Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (November 1947, Zaragoza), is a Spanish comics artist who works mainly in British comics and currently lives in Andorra. ... Death Race 2000 is a cult action film directed by Paul Bartel in 1975; it is rated R. The movie takes place in a dystopian view of American society in the year 2000. ...

IPC owned the rights to Dan Dare, and Mills decided to revive the character to add immediate public recognition for the title. Paul DeSavery, who owned Dare's film rights, offered to buy the new comic and give Mills and Wagner more creative control and a greater financial stake. The deal fell through, however, and Wagner walked. Mills was reluctant to lose Judge Dredd and farmed the strip out to a variety of freelance writers, hoping to develop it further. Their scripts were given to a variety of artists as Mills tried to find a strip which would make a good introduction to the character, all of which meant that Dredd would not be ready for the first issue. The return of the original Dan Dare in 1989 Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future is a classic British science fiction comic hero, created by Frank Hampson in 1950. ...

The story chosen was one written by Peter Harris, extensively rewritten by Mills and including an idea suggested by Kelvin Gosnell, and drawn by newcomer Mike McMahon. The strip debuted in prog 2, but Ezquerra, angry that another artist had drawn the first published strip, quit and returned to work for Battle. Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 2, 1977 Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 85, 1978 This article is about Mike McMahon the comics artist. ...

The opening line-up

Cover of 2000 AD #13

Mills had created Harlem Heroes, about the future sport of aeroball, a futuristic, violent version of basketball with jet-packs. Similar future sport series had been a fixture of Action. Wanting to give the new comic a distinctive look, Mills wanted to use European artists, but the work turned in on Harlem Heroes by Trigo was disappointing. Veteran British artists Ron Turner and Barrie Mitchell were tried out, but a newcomer called Dave Gibbons won the editor over with his dynamic, American-influenced drawings and got the job. Mills wrote the first five episodes before handing the strip to Roy of the Rovers writer Tom Tully. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (590x768, 154 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (590x768, 154 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Harlem Heroes was a British comic strip that was part of the original line up of 2000AD and featured a futurstic take on a Harlem Globetrotters-type team. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... The cover of Action#1. ... Screenshot of Beneath a Steel Sky, backgrounds courtesy of Dave Gibbons. ... Roy of the Rovers was a British comic strip about the life and exploits of a fictional footballer named Roy Race, which ran in various publications from the 1950s until 2001. ... Tom Tully is a noted comic book writer. ...

Dan Dare was extensively revamped to make it more futuristic. In the new stories he had put into suspended animation and revived several centuries in the future. Several artists were tried out before Mills settled on Italian artist Massimo Belardinelli, whose imaginative, hallucinatory work was fantastic at visualising aliens, although perhaps less satisfying on the hero himself. The scripts were endlessly rewritten in an attempt to make the series work, but few Dan Dare fans remember this version of the character fondly. Belardinelli and Gibbons later switched strips, with Gibbons drawing Dare and Belardinelli drawing the Harlem Heroes sequel Inferno. When Gibbons took over Dare in Prog 28 the strip was refashioned as a 'Star Trek' style space opera. A panel from the strip Ace Trucking (Wagner/Grant/Belardinelli). ...

The other opening strips were M.A.C.H. 1, a super-powered secret agent inspired by The Six Million Dollar Man; Invasion!, about a "Volgan" (thinly disguised Russian) invasion of Britain opposed by tough London lorry driver turned guerrilla fighter Bill Savage; and Flesh, a particularly violent strip about time-travelling cowboys farming dinosaurs for their meat. M.A.C.H. 1 was a series that appeared in the first Prog of the British science fiction comic 2000 AD and ran nearly continuously to Prog 80. ... Part of The Bionic series The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the novel Cyborg from Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to 1978. ... 2000AD#126 Invasion! was a series created by Pat Mills and written by Gerry Finley-Day that appeared in the first 51 editions of the weekly comic book 2000AD. The series introduced the character of Bill Savage, a classic anti-authoritarian character of the type which Mills is best known... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... Guerrilla War redirects here. ... Flesh featured on the cover of 2000AD#3. ... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... Orders Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Theropoda Ornithischia Dinosaurs are giant reptiles that dominated the terrestrial ecosystem for most of their 165-million year existence. ...

Once the comic had been made ready to launch, Mills quit as editor and handed the reins to Kelvin Gosnell, whose idea it was in the first place. Gosnell appeared as the fall guy in the Tharg photostrips that were a feature of the comic in its early years.

The early years

Cover of 2000 AD #88

Wagner swallowed his pride and returned to write Judge Dredd, starting in prog 9. His "Robot Wars" storyline was drawn by a rotating team of artists, including McMahon, Ezquerra, Turner and Ian Gibson, and marked the point where Dredd became the most popular character in the comic, a position he has rarely relinquished. Dredd's city, which now covered most of the east coast of North America, became known as Mega-City One. Dredd had also been unmasked in issue 8 in a story drawn by Massimo Belardinelli, but the face drawn was not anywhere near that which had been hoped. The decision was made to make out that Dredd's face had been scarred and the panel had a 'censored' banner slapped on it. After this Dredd's face was never attempted to be shown again. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (608x768, 145 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (608x768, 145 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Halo Jones, drawn by Ian Gibson Ian Gibson is a British comic book artist, best known for his 1980s black and white work for 2000 AD. His sketchy, cartoonish style lends itself best to humourous strips, such as Robo-Hunter and Ace Trucking Co. ...

A new story format was introduced in prog 25- Tharg's Future Shocks, one-off twist-in-the-tail stories devised by writer Steve Moore. 2000 AD still uses this format as filler and to try out new talent. One early Future Shock was drawn by 2000 AD's then art assistant Kevin O'Neill. Cover to Alan Moores Shocking Futures. ... Steve Moore is a prolific British comics writer. ... 2000AD#387 featuring Nemesis the Warlock Kevin ONeill, born in London in 1953, is a British comics illustrator best known as the co-creator of Nemesis the Warlock and Marshal Law (with writer Pat Mills), and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (with Alan Moore). ...

Wagner introduced a new character, Robo-Hunter, in 1978. The hero, Sam Slade, was a private detective-type character specialising in robot-related cases. José Ferrer was the original artist, but the editorial team were not happy with his work and quickly replaced him with Ian Gibson, who redrew parts of Ferrer's episodes before taking over himself. Gibson's imaginative, cartoony art helped drive the series' style from hard-boiled detective to surreal comedy. As the series continued Sam was joined by an idiot kit-built robot assistant, Hoagy, and even, after a crack-down on smoking in IPC comics, a Cuban robot cigar, Stogie, designed to help him cut down on nicotine. The hero started out based on Humphrey Bogart, but after a few years he looked more like Ted Danson. Robo-Hunter was a reccurring strip in the British Comic 2000 AD, written by John Wagner and illustrated by Ian Gibson. ... A private investigator, or PI, is a person who undertakes investigations. ... ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... Four cigars of different brands (from top: H. Upmann, Montecristo, Macanudo, Romeo y Julieta) An airtight cigar storage tube and a guillotine-style cutter A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco, one end of which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into... Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants (Solanaceae), predominantly in tobacco, and in lower quantities in tomato, potato, eggplant (aubergine), and green pepper. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (25 December 1899 â€“ January 14, 1957), an American actor of legendary fame. ... Ted Danson in the TV sitcom Becker Ted Danson (born December 29, 1947) is an American actor, most notable for his television work. ...

Other ongoing strips included The Visible Man, detailing the misfortunes of Frank Hart, a man whose skin had been made transparent due to exposure to nuclear waste, and Shako, (which followed the same formula as Hook Jaw from Action but with less success) the story of a polar bear pursued by the Army because it had swallowed a secret capsule. Binomial name Ursus maritimus Phipps, 1774 The polar bear (Ursus maritimus), also known as the white bear, northern bear, or sea bear, is a large bear native to the Arctic. ...

M.A.C.H. 1 was killed off in 1978 but a spin off, M.A.C.H. Zero, continued into the 1980s. Flesh had a sequel in 1978, set on the prehistoric oceans, and Bill Savage appeared again in a prequel, Disaster 1990, in which a nuclear explosion at the north pole had melted the polar ice-cap and flooded Britain.

In 1978 2000 AD launched the annual 48 page Summer Special, including a full length M.A.C.H. Zero story drawn by O'Neill. The yearly hardcover annual had started in 1977 and would continue till 1991.

Pat Mills took over writing Dredd for a six-month "epic" called "The Cursed Earth", inspired by Roger Zelazny's Damnation Alley, which took the future lawman out of the city on a humanitarian trek across the radioactive wasteland between the Mega-Cities. McMahon drew the bulk of the stories, with occasional episodes drawn by Brian Bolland. The story saw Dredd moved to the colour centre pages for the first time while Dan Dare was given the front page. Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 - June 14, 1995) was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. ... Damnation Alley is a novel by Roger Zelazny, and a 1977 film loosely based on the novel, directed by Jack Smight. ... Bollands cover to Hellstorm: Prince Of Lies #16. ...

Cover of 2000 AD #141

IPC had launched a second science fiction comic, Starlord, which was cancelled after only 22 issues and merged into 2000 AD. Two Starlord strips strengthened 2000 AD's line-up: Strontium Dog, a mutant bounty hunter created by Wagner and Ezquerra, and Ro-Busters, a robot disaster squad created by Mills. Ro-Busters gave O'Neill the chance to spread his artistic wings and led to the popular spin-off ABC Warriors. Dan Dare was suspended while "The Cursed Earth" was finished in time for the merger. Wagner returned to Dredd following the merger to write "The Day the Law Died", another six month epic in which Mega-City One was taken over by the insane Chief Judge Cal, based on the Roman emperor Caligula. Another cancelled title, Tornado, was merged with 2000 AD a few months later, but contributed nothing memorable to the line-up. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (632x768, 128 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (632x768, 128 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Starlord was a shortlived weekly British Science-Fiction comic published by IPC and edited by Pat Mills. ... Strontium Dog is a long-running comics series featuring in the British science fiction weekly 2000 AD, starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons. ... A mutant (also known to early geneticists as a monster) is an individual, organism, or new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is a sudden structural change within the DNA of a gene or chromosome of an organism resulting in the creation of a new... A bounty hunter is an individual who seeks out fugitives (hunting) for a monetary reward (bounty), for apprehending by law, if such laws exist. ... Ro-Busters is a comic strip written by Pat Mills and drawn by Dave Gibbons, Mike McMahon and Kevin ONeill among others. ... The stars of a long running 2000 AD comic strip written by Pat Mills, The ABC Warriors were a team of seven robots that had fought in the Volgan War (which also appeared in Invasion, featuring Bill Savage and Ro-Busters, featuring Hammerstein and Ro-Jaws) and been brought together... Roman Emperor is the term historians use to refer to rulers of the Roman Empire, after the epoch conventionally named the Roman Republic. ... Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus (August 31, 12 â€“ January 24, 41), also known as Gaius Caesar or Caligula, was the third Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from 37 to 41. ... Tornado was a shortlived weekly British comic published by IPC Magazines between March 1978 and August 1979. ...

2000 AD featured an adaptation of Harry Harrison's novel The Stainless Steel Rat, written by Gosnell and drawn by Ezquerra. Adaptations of two of Harrison's sequels, The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World and The Stainless Steel Rat for President, would follow later. The appearance of the main character, galactic thief "Slippery" Jim DiGriz, was based on James Coburn, evidently a favourite of Ezquerra's; Coburn was also the inspiration for Major Eazy, which Ezquerra drew in Battle, as well as Judge Koburn, a Dredd-universe reworking of the Major Eazy character, who first appeared in 2003. Gerry Finley-Day contributed The V.C.s, a future war story inspired by the Vietnam War, drawn by McMahon, Cam Kennedy, Garry Leach and John Richardson. At the 63rd World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow, August 2005 Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12, 1925 in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American science fiction author who has lived in many parts of the world including Mexico, England, Denmark and Italy. ... The Stainless Steel Rat refers to a fictional character and the series of novels involving the character. ... James Coburn in Sam Peckinpahs Cross of Iron (1977). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 230,000 South Vietnamese wounded: 300,000 US dead... Cam Kennedy is a Scottish comicbook artist. ... Miracleman#2, art by Garry Leach. ... The name John Richardson can refer to: Sir John Richardson (1787-1865), Arctic explorer and naturalist John Richardson (1796â€“1852), Canadian novelist [1] John Richardson (b. ...

An important feature of the early years of 2000 AD was the opportunities it gave to young British comic artists - by the time the title celebrated its 100th issue Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Ian Gibson, Mike McMahon and Kevin O'Neil were all established as regulars.

The 1980s

Cover of 2000 AD #161

In 1980 Judge Dredd gained a new enemy. Writer John Wagner realised that Dredd's habit of shooting just about everybody he came up against meant that it was difficult to create a recurring villain. The solution was Judge Death, an undead judge from another dimension where, since all crime was committed by the living, life itself was outlawed. The law had been thoroughly enforced on his own world, and now he had come to Mega-City One to continue his work. Judge Death first appeared in an atmospheric three-parter drawn by Brian Bolland which also introduced Judge Anderson of Psi Division, a squad of judges with psychic powers. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (616x768, 150 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (616x768, 150 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Judge Dredd (Joe Dredd or Joseph Dredd) is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazines longest running (having been featured there since its second issue in 1977). ... John Wagner is a comics writer who has also written under the pseudonyms John Howard, T.B. Grover, Mike Stott, Keef Ripley, Rick Clark and Brian Skuter, among others. ... Judge Death and his lieutenants Fear, Mortis and Fire - artwork by Brian Bolland Judge Death is a fictional character of the Judge Dredd universe recounted in the UK comic 2000 AD. He is the leader of the Dark Judges, a sinister group of undead law enforcers from the alternate dimension... Bollands cover to Hellstorm: Prince Of Lies #16. ... Judge Cassandra Anderson, created by writer John Wagner and artist Brian Bolland in 1980, is a fictional character that started as a supporting character in the comic strip Judge Dredd of 2000 AD and eventually rose in prominence and became the star of her own strip, which is entitled Anderson...

Dredd soon began another epic journey in "The Judge Child". A dying Psi Division Judge had predicted disaster for Mega-City One unless it was ruled by a boy with a birthmark shaped like an eagle, so Dredd set off into the Cursed Earth, to Texas City, and into deep space in search of the boy, Owen Chrysler, and his kidnappers, the Angel Gang. The Angels were some of the most memorable villains Wagner had yet devised, but suffered the same mortality problem that had plagued the strip so far. All of them were killed during the course of the story, but one, the Mean Machine, was later resurrected by a convenient bit of magic. "The Judge Child" was drawn by Bolland, Ron Smith and Mike McMahon in rotation, and the later episodes marked the beginning of Wagner's long-running writing partnership with Alan Grant. The pair would go on to write Strontium Dog, Robo-Hunter and many other stories for 2000 AD, as well as for Roy of the Rovers, Battle and the relaunched Eagle in Britain, and a number of comics in America. The Angel Gang is a group of villains in the Judge Dredd comic strip, published in 2000 AD magazine in the UK. They are portrayed as a futuristic version of rural criminals from the American Deep South, at least as such people are imagined by British writers. ... Mean Machine Angel is a villain in the British comic book series Judge Dredd. ... Ron Smith, born 1924, is a British comics artist best known for drawing Judge Dredd for 2000 AD in the 1970s and 80s, but whose career stretches back to Deed-a-day Danny in 1949. ... Mike McMahon can be Mike McMahon the comics illustrator Mike McMahon the American football player Mike McMahon the Ice hockey player This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Alan Grant This page is about the comic book writer. ... Roy of the Rovers was a British comic strip about the life and exploits of a fictional footballer named Roy Race, which ran in various publications from the 1950s until 2001. ... Battle Picture Weekly, later known as Battle Action, was a British war comic published by IPC Magazines from (issues dates) 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with Eagle. ... Logo of the 1950s Eagle, designed by Frank Hampson The Eagle was a British weekly comic, which ran in two main incarnations over the period of 1950 to 1994 (with accompanying annuals). ...

Pat Mills introduced Comic Rock, which was meant to be a format for short stories inspired by popular music. The first story, inspired by The Jam's Going Underground, was drawn by Kevin O'Neill and featured an insane underground travel network on a planet called "Termight", in which a freedom fighter called Nemesis battles the despotic Torquemada, chief of the Tube Police. All that was seen of Nemesis was the outside of his car, the Blitzspear. The story was a reaction to an earlier tube chase sequence Mills and O'Neill had done in Ro-Busters, which management took objection to. Pat Mills, nicknamed the godfather of British comics, is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. ... The Jam were a English rock band active in the late 1970s and early â€™80s. ... Nemesis the Warlock is a comic strip created by writer Pat Mills and artist Kevin ONeill which appeared in the pages of the weekly comic book 2000 AD. The title character, a fire-breathing demonic alien, fights against the fanatical Torquemada, Grand Master of the Terran Empire in Earth...

Cover of 2000 AD #238

The only other Comic Rock story was a follow-up called "Killer Watt", in which Nemesis and Torquemada fought on a teleport system. This led to a series, Nemesis the Warlock, in which it was revealed that Termight was Earth in the far future, Torquemada was a despotic demagogue leading a campaign of genocide against all aliens, and Nemesis was the leader of the alien resistance. Mills and O'Neill were on a roll and produced a stream of bizarre and imaginative ideas, but ultimately O'Neill was unable to continue the level of work he was putting into it on 2000 AD pay. He left to work for DC Comics in America, and was replaced on Nemesis by Bryan Talbot. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (635x768, 203 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (635x768, 203 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... In satellite communication, Teleport refers to a Earth Station Hub, or Uplink Facility. ... DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ... Bryan Talbot (born February 24, 1952) is a British comic book artist and writer. ...

2000 AD would occasionally take a gamble on non-science fiction material. For example Fiends of the Eastern Front was a World War II vampire story by Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra which was probably originally intended for Battle. Its hero was a German soldier who discovered that some of his Romanian allies were vampires. Later in the war, when Romania changed sides, he was the only one who knew their secret. Fiends of the Eastern Front was a 2000 AD comic strip, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra. ... Combatants Allies: Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France/Free France, United States, Canada, China, India, Australia, Poland, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Hungary, Burma, Slovakia Casualties Military dead: 17 million Civilian dead: 33 million Total dead: 50 million Military dead: 8... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires are mythical or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy), often having supernatural powers, heightened senses and physical abilities, and/or the ability to physically transform. ... Gerry Finley-Day was a hugely prolific British comic book writer of the 1970s and 80s, responsible for Rogue Trooper, Harry 20 on the High Rock, Invasion (following on from the first episode by Pat Mills), M.A.C.H.1, Ant Wars, The VCs and Fiends of the Eastern... Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (November 1947, Zaragoza), is a Spanish comics artist who works mainly in British comics and currently lives in Andorra. ...

A readers' poll revealed that future war was a popular topic, so Gerry Finley-Day was asked to come up with a new war story. He, editor Steve McManus and artists Dave Gibbons devised Rogue Trooper, a "Genetic Infantryman" engineered to be immune to chemical warfare hunting down the traitor general who had betrayed his regiment, who debuted in 1981. He was supported by bio-chips of the personalities of three dead comrades, which, slotted into his equipment, could talk to him. Gibbons left the strip early on and was replaced by Colin Wilson, Brett Ewins, and most notably Cam Kennedy. 2000 AD [ prog 228, the first appearance of Rogue Trooper. ... G.I. is the name given to the Genetic Infantry in the Rogue Trooper universe. ... Colin Wilson is a comic book artist, born in Auckland, New Zealand on the 31st of November, 1949. ... Brett Ewins is a British comic book artist best known for his work on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper in the weekly comic book 2000 AD. Ewins formed a long-term collaborative partnership with fellow artist Brendan McCarthy, working together on such strips as Bad Company. ... Cam Kennedy is a Scottish comicbook artist. ...

Another new strip in 1981, inspired by the brief CB radio craze, was Ace Trucking Co., a comedy about pointy-headed alien space trucker Ace Garp and his crew by Wagner, Grant and Belardinelli. A typical mobile citizens band radio Citizens Band radio (CB) is, in the United States, a system of short distance radio communication between individuals on a selection of 40 channels within the single 27 MHz (11 meter) band. ... Ace Trucking Co. ...

Wagner and Grant also had big plans for Judge Dredd. Mega-City One had grown too large and unwieldy, and they planned to cut it down to size. "Block Mania", in which wars broke out between rival city-blocks, turned out to be a plot orchestrated by the Russian city East-Meg One, and led directly to "The Apocalypse War", another six-month epic and a hard-hitting satire on the concept of Mutually assured destruction. East-Meg One, protected by a warp-shield, softened up Mega-City One with nuclear warheads before invading. Dredd spearheaded the resistance, leading a small team to East-Meg territory, hijacking their nuclear bunkers and blowing East-Meg One off the face of the earth. "Block Mania" saw the final contributions of Mike McMahon and Brian Bolland to the Dredd series. "The Apocalypse War" was drawn in its entirety by Carlos Ezquerra, making a triumphant return to the character he created. Mutually assured destruction (MAD) is the doctrine of military strategy in which a full scale use of nuclear weapons by one of two opposing sides would result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender. ...

A new writer, Alan Moore, had started contributing Future Shocks in 1980. He wrote more than fifty one-off strips over the next three years, while also contributing to various Marvel UK titles and the independent magazine Warrior. In 1982 he got his first series, Skizz, a re-write of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, set in Birmingham and influenced by Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff. Moore wrote Skizz without having seen E.T. The series was drawn by Jim Baikie. Alan Moore Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton, England) is a British writer most famous for his work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels, Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ... Cover to Alan Moores Shocking Futures. ... The Mighty World of Marvel #1: The very first Marvel UK title published in 1972. ... Warrior #1 (March 1982), featuring an image of Axel Pressbutton by Steve Dillon. ... Skizz was a comic book strip in 2000 AD which ran from issues 308-330. ... E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is an Academy Award-winning 1982 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg that tells the story of a young boy, Elliott, who befriends an alien being called E.T. stranded on Earth and trying to find his way home. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Alan Bleasdale (born March 23, 1946 in Liverpool, England, UK) is a British television dramatist, best known for several powerful social drama serials based around the lives of ordinary people. ... Boys from the Blackstuff is a British television drama serial of five episodes, originally transmitted from October 10 to November 7, 1982 on BBC TWO. The serial was written by Liverpudlian playwright Alan Bleasdale, and was a sequel to a television play called The Black Stuff, which he had originally... British comic strip artist Jim Baikie collaborated with Alan Moore on Skizz, then went on to both write and illustrate Skizz II and Skizz III for 2000AD. Before his 2000AD work, Baikie had been known principally for his work in TV comics of the 1970s and 80s, working...

Moore wrote another series, D.R. and Quinch, spun off from a one-off Time Twister. Drawn by Alan Davis, the strip featured a pair of alien juvenile delinquents with a penchant for mindless thermonuclear destruction. He went on to create The Ballad of Halo Jones with artist Ian Gibson, the first strip in 2000 AD to be based around a female protagonist. Halo was an everywoman in the far future, born into mass unemployment on a floating housing estate, who escaped the earth and got involved in a terrible galactic war. Three books were published, and more were planned, but Moore's demands for creator's rights and his increasing commitments to American publishers meant they never materialised. Cover of . ... Alan Davis (born 1956) is a British writer and artist of comic books. ... Halo Jones, drawn by Ian Gibson The Ballad of Halo Jones was a 1980s science fiction comic strip written by Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson, with lettering by Steve Potter (Books 1 & 2) and Richard Starkings (Book 3). ... Halo Jones, drawn by Ian Gibson Ian Gibson is a British comic book artist, best known for his 1980s black and white work for 2000 AD. His sketchy, cartoonish style lends itself best to humourous strips, such as Robo-Hunter and Ace Trucking Co. ...

A new character, Sláine, debuted in 1983, but had been in development since 1981. Created by Pat Mills and his then wife Angela Kincaid, Sláine was a barbarian fantasy strip based on Celtic mythology. Kincaid was a children's book illustrator who had never worked in comics before, and her opening episode was drawn and redrawn several times before the editors were satisfied. Other stories were written for artists Massimo Belardinelli and Mike McMahon, but these could not see print until Kincaid's episode was ready. For other characters with the same name, see SlÃ¡ine. ... Pat Mills, nicknamed the godfather of British comics, is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. ... Angela Kincaid, formerly known by her married name of Angela Mills, is a childrens book illustrator best known for the Butterfly Children series of picture books. ... // For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the religion of the Iron Age Celts. ...

Cover of 2000 AD #500

In 1985, after appearing as a supporting character in Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson finally got her own series, written by Wagner and Grant and initially drawn by Brett Ewins. New artist Glenn Fabry debuted on Sláine, but due to his notorious slowness was rotated with David Pugh. In the Judge Dredd story "Letter from a Democrat", Wagner and Grant introduced a pro-democracy movement in Mega-City One, which is after all a police state. This would provide plotlines for years to come. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (655x768, 197 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (655x768, 197 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Glenn Fabry is a British comics artist known for his detailed, realistic work in both ink and painted colour. ... A police state is a political condition where the government maintains strict control over society, particularly through suspension of civil rights and often with the use of a force of secret police. ...

In 1986 the comic reached its 500th issue. A new Sláine story, Sláine the King, began, entirely drawn by Fabry. Peter Milligan, a writer who had been contributing Future Shocks, began two series, the bleak future war story Bad Company, (based partly upon John Wagner's Darkies War strip in Battle) and a strange, psychedelic series called The Dead. Peter Milligan is an Irish writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work. ... Cover of the Bad Company: Goodbye, Krool World graphic novel by Brett Ewins/Jim McCarthy Bad Company is a story created for 2000 AD by Alan Grant and John Wagner but their initial story remained unpublished for over 16 years. ... The word psychedelic is a neologism coined from the Greek words for mind, ÏˆÏ…Ï‡Î· (psyche), and manifest, Î´Î·Î»ÎµÎ¹Î½ (delein). ...

In 1987 IPC's comics division was hived off and sold to publishing magnate Robert Maxwell as Fleetway. 2000 AD was revamped, with a larger page size and full process colour on the covers and centre pages. Kevin O'Neill returned for a short Nemesis series called "Torquemada the God". Not long after came the debut of Zenith, 2000 AD's first superhero strip, by new writer Grant Morrison and artist Steve Yeowell. The title character was a shallow pop singer with superhuman powers, caught up in the intrigues of a 1960s generation of superhumans and the machinations of some Lovecraftian elder gods. Robert Maxwell Ian Robert Maxwell MC (June 10, 1923 â€“ November 5, 1991), British media proprietor, rose from poverty to build a large publishing empire. ... Zenith, a comic book title, was created by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell first appearing in 2000 AD in 1988. ... Grant Morrison Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960) is a comic book writer and artist. ... Steve Yeowell is a British comicbook artist, well-known for his work on the long-running science fiction and fantasy weekly comic 2000AD. Having trained in 3D design (specialising in silversmithing and jewellery), Yeowell began drawing comics purely for pleasure, with no particular intention to become a professional artist. ... Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 â€“ March 15, 1937) was an American author of fantasy, horror and science fiction, noted for combining these three genres within single narratives. ...

Cover of 2000 AD #549

Wagner and Grant began a new Dredd Epic, "Oz", featuring Chopper, a popular supporting character. Chopper was a skysurfer who had been imprisoned for competing in an illegal surfing competition a few years previously. A legal "Supersurf" race was being held in Oz, the future Australia, and Chopper escaped to compete. Dredd also went to Oz, partly to deal with Chopper, but mostly to investigate the Judda, a clone army created by Mega-City One's former chief genetic engineer. The Judda were defeated, and Chopper narrowly lost the race to Jug McKenzie. Dredd was waiting at the finish line, but McKenzie distracted him and allowed Chopper to escape into the outback. This ending was apparently the cause of some dispute between Wagner and Grant, and was a contributing factor (it was The Last American, a mini series for Epic Comics which would mark the end) in ending their regular writing partnership. Wagner kept Dredd, while Grant continued Strontium Dog and Judge Anderson. However the pair would still come together for occasional collaborations. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x768, 116 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x768, 116 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... A cover for the mini-series Havok & Wolverine by Kent Williams Epic Comics was a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics started in 1982, lasting through the mid-1990s, and being briefly revived on a small scale in the mid-2000s. ...

The "Oz" storyline had some lasting implications. Kraken, a Judda cloned from the same genetic material as Dredd, was captured by Justice Department, who had plans for him. Chopper also spun off into his own series, written by Wagner and drawn by Colin MacNeill.

The ABC Warriors finally got their own series again in 1987 as a spin-off from Nemesis. This was written, as ever, by Pat Mills, and drawn by two artists in rotation, newcomer Simon Bisley and science fiction artist S.M.S.. Simon Bisley is a British comic book artist who was very popular in the 1990s for his work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and SlÃ¡ine. ... SMS, alias Simon Short, is a Hampshire-born, Lancashire-based artist known for his award-winning covers for science-fiction magazine, Interzone, and for his work for British anthology magazine 2000AD. Entering comics and illustration full time in 1987, he won a British Science Fiction Award in 1998 and a...

In 1988 Grant and artist Simon Harrison began a new Strontium Dog story, "The Final Solution". It took nearly two years to complete, and ended with the death of Johnny Alpha, who sacrificed his life to save mutants from extermination. Original artist Carlos Ezquerra didn't agree with the decision to kill the character off, and refused to draw it.

The number of colour pages was increased, allowing for one complete strip per issue to be painted. Initially the colour pages were reserved for Judge Dredd, but were later given over to a new Sláine story, "The Horned God", fully painted by Simon Bisley. The series was collected as a series of three graphic novels, then as a single volume, and has remained in print ever since.

In 1989 the colour pages were increased again, allowing for three colour stories and two black and white in every issue. One of the colour series was Rogue Trooper: the War Machine, written by Dave Gibbons and painted by Will Simpson. The original Rogue Trooper series had run out of steam after the Traitor General had been dealt with, so Gibbons revamped the concept, creating a different genetic infantryman, Friday, in a different war. As a standalone story it was superb, but 2000 AD unwisely decided to continue it with other creators, resulting in a string of poorly received stories. Will Simpson is a comic book artist who has illustrated comics for such industry heavyweights as DC Comics and Marvel. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Rogue Trooper. ...

One of the black and white stories , The Dead Man, was a low-key beginning for a major event. In the Cursed Earth, villagers come across a man, burnt from head to toe, with no memory of who he is or what happened to him. As he tries to piece his memories back together, he is being hunted by the evil beings who left him in that state. A creepy, atmospheric horror-western, it was drawn by John Ridgway and written by "Keef Ripley", a pseudonym for John Wagner. By the end of the series the Dead Man had discovered his identity. He was Judge Dredd. John Ridgway is a British comics artist. ...

The 1990s

Cover of 2000 AD #665

As The Dead Man ended, a new Judge Dredd story, "Tale of the Dead Man", explained how Dredd had ended up in that position. Dredd was getting older and the democratic movement was causing him to doubt his role, so Justice Department had groomed Kraken, the former Judda cloned from his bloodline, to replace him. Kraken was now ready for his final assessment, and Dredd himself was chosen to assess him. Although Kraken performed faultlessly, Dredd thought he perceived a hint of his former allegiance to the Judda in him, and failed him. He then resigned as a judge and took the "Long Walk" into the Cursed Earth. There he met the Sisters of Death, and only barely survived the encounter. This could mean only one thing: Judge Death was back. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x768, 118 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x768, 118 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s...

This set up the latest six month epic, "Necropolis". After Dredd had left, Justice Department had put Kraken through one final test, and given him Dredd's badge. But the Sisters of Death, spirit beings from Judge Death's dimension, were able to use Kraken's inner conflict to take control of him and use him to bring Judge Death and the other Dark Judges back from the limbo dimension Dredd had exiled them to. The Sisters possessed all the city's judges and began to enforce Death's twisted law. Out in the Cursed Earth, Dredd had recovered his memory and returned to defeat the Dark Judges. He then tried to lance the democratic boil by holding a referendum on whether the Judges should continue to govern the city. The judges won, by a small margin on a derisory turnout, and Dredd was satisfied.

2000 AD gained an influx of talent from other comics. Garth Ennis and John Smith had come to prominence writing for Crisis, a 2000 AD spin-off for older readers, while artists Jamie Hewlett and Philip Bond were the stars of Deadline, an independent comics and popular culture magazine founded by Steve Dillon and Brett Ewins. Smith created Indigo Prime, a multi-dimensional organisation that polices reality, whose most memorable story was "Killing Time", a time travel story featuring Jack the Ripper. Garth Ennis and Philip Bond contributed Time Flies, a time-travel comedy, and Hewlett was paired with writer Peter Milligan for the surreal Hewligan's Haircut. Writer John Tomlinson and artist Simon Jacob created Armoured Gideon, an action-comedy series about a giant killer robot charged with keeping demons from invading earth. Garth Ennis Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the DC/Vertigo series Preacher, co-created with artist Steve Dillon. ... John Smith is a British comics writer best known for his work on 2000 AD and Crisis. ... Crisis was a British comic published from 1988 to 1991 as an experiment by Fleetway Publications to see if intelligent, mature, politically and socially aware comics were saleable in the United Kingdom. ... Jamie Hewlett is joint creator of Tank Girl and a member of Gorillaz. ... Philip Bond is a British comic book artist, who first came to prominence in the late 1980s via a self-published fanzine, Atomtan, created with Alan Martin, Jamie Hewlett, Luke Whitney and Jane Oliver. ... Deadline was a British magazine published between 1988 and 1995. ... Steve Dillon is a British comic book artist. ... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... Jack the Ripper is the pseudonym given to an unidentified serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area of London, England in the second half of 1888. ... Garth Ennis Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the DC/Vertigo series Preacher, co-created with artist Steve Dillon. ... Peter Milligan is an Irish writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work. ... John Tomlinson is a British comic book writer known for his work on various 2000 AD strips. ...

The Judge Dredd Megazine, a monthly title set in the world of Dredd, was launched in October 1990. With John Wagner focusing his attentions there, Garth Ennis became the regular writer of Dredd in the weekly. Judge Dredd Megazine is a British magazine featuring comic strips set in the world of Judge Dredd, launched in October 1990. ...

American writer Michael Fleischer, who had written The Spectre and Jonah Hex in the 1970s, was recruited to write the continuing adventures of the new Rogue Trooper, along with several other strips, none of which went down very well. Another new writer who failed to set 2000 AD on fire was Mark Millar, whose revival of Robo-Hunter was particularly unpopular. Millar has since gone on to become a successful writer of American superhero comics such as The Authority and The Ultimates. The Spectre is a fictional cosmic entity and superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. ... Jonah Hex is a comic book western hero created by John Albano and Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. ... Mark Millar (born December 24, 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer born in Coatbridge. ... Superman and Batman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... The Authority is a superhero comic book. ... The Ultimates are a group of fictional characters, a government-sponsored team of superheroes in the Ultimate Marvel Universe, appearing primarily in their self-titled comic book limited series Ultimates and Ultimates 2, published by Marvel Comics, written by Mark Millar and drawn by Bryan Hitch. ...

2000 AD went all-colour about this time (prog 723, dated 23 March 1991), in response to a short-lived new colour weekly, Toxic!, launched by Pat Mills and many of the core 2000 AD team of creators. Toxic! only lasted 31 issues but many of the creators who had worked on the comic eventually found their way to work for 2000 AD. Button Man, a contemporary thriller by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson, was originally intended for Toxic! but ended up in 2000 AD. March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Toxic! was a British weekly comic published in 1991 by Apocalypse Ltd. ... Arthur Ransons photorealistic drawing style has been gracing British comics since the early 1970s. ...

Cover of 2000 AD #780

A new ABC Warriors series, written by Mills and Tony Skinner and painted by Kevin Walker, began in 1991, in which Deadlock took over the warriors with his "Khaos" philosophy. The series is beautifully painted and often very funny, but some readers disliked the new direction and the regular humiliation of Hammerstein. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x768, 126 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x768, 126 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... The stars of a long running 2000 AD comic strip written by Pat Mills, The ABC Warriors were a team of seven robots that had fought in the Volgan War (which also appeared in Invasion, featuring Bill Savage and Ro-Busters, featuring Hammerstein and Ro-Jaws) and been brought together...

Robert Maxwell died in late 1991, and Fleetway was merged with London Editions, a Danish-owned company which owned rights to Disney characters, to become Fleetway Editions. The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...

In 1992, 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine ran their first crossover story, "Judgement Day", in which zombies overran Mega-City One. Written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Carlos Ezquerra, Peter Doherty, Dean Ormston and Chris Halls, the story teamed Judge Dredd with Johnny Alpha through the medium of time travel. John Smith and artist Paul Marshall created Firekind, a slow-paced story about dragons and alien societies, which was accidentally published out of order. A participant in a zombie flash mob event in Calgary. ... Peter Doherty on a stamp released by Australia Post Dr. Peter C. Doherty (born October 15, 1940) is an Australian researcher in the field of medicine. ... Dean Ormston is a british born comic book artist. ... Chris Cunningham is a British music video film director and video artist. ...

Cover of 2000 AD #869

The "Summer Offensive" was an eight-week experiment in 1993, when the comic was handed over to writers Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and John Smith, to a mixed reception. Morrison wrote an unmemorable Dredd story, "Inferno", and a drug-influenced comedy adventure, Really and Truly. Smith contributed Slaughterbowl, in which convicted criminals on dinosaurs are pitted against each other in a deadly sport, with the survivor being granted his freedom. Millar wrote Maniac 5, an action-packed series about a remote controlled war-robot. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x768, 117 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (566x768, 117 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Grant Morrison Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960) is a comic book writer and artist. ...

By far the most controversial story of this run, though, was Big Dave, a satire of British tabloid attitudes starring "Manchester's hardest man". In Big Dave's world, the German national football team really are Nazis, single mothers really do get a fortune in state handouts, Diana, Princess of Wales and Sarah, Duchess of York are portrayed as gold-digging tarts making fools of the Royal family, and Saddam Hussein, who rides an ostrich, is in league with aliens who want to turn earthlings into "poofs". Written by Morrison and Millar and drawn by Steve Parkhouse, Big Dave divided readers like nothing else the comic had ever published. An example of a typicalBig Dave story, art by Steve Parkhouse. ... A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ... Manchester is a city in the United Kingdom, considered by most to be the countrys second city [1][2]. It is a centre of the arts, the media, higher education and big business. ... First international Switzerland 5 - 3 Germany (Basel, Switzerland; 5 April 1908) Largest win Germany 16 - 0 Russia (Stockholm, Sweden; 1 July 1912) Worst defeat England 9 - 0 Germany (Oxford, England; 16 March 1909) World Cup Appearances 16 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 1954, 1974, 1990 European Championship Appearances 9... The Nazi party used a right-facing swastika as their symbol and the red and black colors were said to represent Blut und Boden (blood and soil). ... Diana Spencer redirects here. ... Sarah, Duchess of York (Sarah Margaret Mountbatten-Windsor, nÃ©e Ferguson) born 15 October 1959, is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York. ... Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony Close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom are known by the appellation The Royal Family. ... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, (Arabic: ), (born April 28, 1937 ), was the President of Iraq from 1979 until the United States-led invasion of Iraq reached Baghdad on April 9, 2003. ... Steve Parkhouse is a writer/artist/letterer who has been working in comics since 1969 when he worked on Marvel Comics Nick Fury character. ...

A second crossover between 2000 AD and the Megazine, "Wilderlands", began in 1994. Written by Wagner and drawn by Ezquerra, Mick Austin and Trevor Hairsine, it followed on from "Mechanismo", a series of stories in the Megazine in which Justice Department, opposed by Dredd, tried to introduce robot judges. Dredd falsified evidence to get the robots scrapped, and was arrested, but the spaceship flying him to the prison colony on Titan was sabotaged and crashed on the newly discovered planet of Hestia. Dredd took charge of the survivors and discovered the Mechanismo robot judges and their creators were behind the crash in an attempt to depose the Chief Judge. Trevor Hairsine is a British comics artist. ... Atmospheric characteristics Pressure 146. ...

With Wagner writing, Judge Dredd was again the flagship strip. A long-running storyline, "The Pit", was an ensemble-based police procedural which had Dredd take a desk job as chief of a particularly crime-ridden sector of the city. But 2000 AD's quality had dropped throughout the early 1990s, with a corresponding drop in readership. The long awaited Judge Dredd movie was released in 1995, but was poorly received and failed to provide any boost to circulation. The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which tries to demonstrate accurately the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. ...

Former Megazine editor David Bishop became editor of the weekly in late 1995 and gradually began to slow the decline. Unsuccessful series were dropped, and a number of new series were tried out, some more successful than others. Writer Dan Abnett introduced Sinister Dexter in 1996, a strip about two hitmen influenced by the film Pulp Fiction, which became a regular feature. In 1997, writer Robbie Morrison and artist Simon Fraser, who had worked with Bishop on the Megazine, created Nikolai Dante, a swashbuckling series set in future Russia starring a thief and ladies' man who discovers he's the illegitimate scion of an aristocratic dynasty. There were also gimmicks, like the "sex issue", sold in a clear plastic wrapper, The Space Girls, a series attempting to cash in on the popularity of the Spice Girls, B.L.A.I.R. 1, a parody of Tony Blair based on M.A.C.H. 1, and an adaptation of the Danny Boyle film A Life Less Ordinary. David Bishop is the New Zealand born editor of British comics the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD. Generally agreed to have been the man who began to reverse the steep decline in sales suffered by both titles in the early 1990s, Bishop has been responsible for discovering many... Dan Abnett is a British writer, mainly of comic books and role-playing games. ... Sinister Dexter is a strip in British comic book 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Robbie Morrison is a British comics writer most known for his work in 2000 AD and as the co-creator of popular character Nikolai Dante. ... Simon Fraser has been the name of several prominent North Americans. ... Nikolai Dante is the eponymous hero of a comics series published in the weekly British science fiction anthology 2000 AD. Created by writer Robbie Morrison and artist Simon Fraser, Dante first appeared in 1997. ... The Spice Girls were an all female pop group who formed in 1994 in London, England. ... Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield. ... Danny Boyle (right) with Alex Garland Danny Boyle (born October 20, 1956) is a film director and film producer born in Manchester, England to Irish Catholic emigrant parents. ... Movie Poster A Life Loss Ordinary (1997) was directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting), and written by Boyle and John Hodge. ...

Cover of the 'Prog 2000' one-off special.

A new Dredd epic, "Doomsday", appeared in 1999 and again ran in both 2000 AD and the Megazine. Wagner had been laying the foundations for this story for several years, introducing the main villain, semi-robotic gang lord Nero Narcos, and supporting characters like Judge Jura Edgar of the Public Surveillance Unit, and Galen DeMarco, a former judge who had quit after falling in love with Dredd and become a private eye. "Doomsday" began with the return of Orlok, the East-Meg agent responsible for Block Mania, who abducted Dredd and Judge Anderson to put them on trial for the destruction of East-Meg One. In Dredd's absence, Nero Narcos staged a takeover of Mega-City One using robots he had been secretly putting in place for some time. Dredd and Anderson managed to escape their captors, and with the assistance of Brit-Cit were able to retake the city. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (549x768, 143 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (549x768, 143 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s...

1999 also saw the return of an old favourite, Nemesis the Warlock. After a break of ten years, writer Pat Mills decided to bring the story to an end with "The Final Conflict". The series was drawn by Henry Flint in a style that recalled Kevin O'Neill's early work on the series, as well as Simon Bisley's ABC Warriors work. Artist on British sci-fi comic 2000AD, Flint has established a cult following for his hyper-detailed and wildly inventive work on series such as Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, Shakara and Aliens. ...

The decade ended with a special 100-page issue called "Prog 2000". Behind a cover by Brian Bolland, Nemesis wrapped up for good in a final episode drawn by Kevin O'Neill. War broke out in Nikolai Dante, and writer Gordon Rennie and artist Mark Harrison introduced future war story Glimmer Rats. Another old favourite, Strontium Dog, was revived by Wagner and Ezquerra, telling new stories of Johnny Alpha set before his death, with the conceit that previous stories had been "folklore" and the new stories were "what really happened", allowing Wagner to revise continuity. The story was in fact an adaptation of a treatment Wagner had written for a TV pilot that was never made. Gordon Rennie is a former music journalist turned comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy. ... Artist on British comicbook 2000AD. Credits include: Judge Dredd, written by John Wagner Glimmer Rats, written by Gordon Rennie Durham Red, written by Dan Abnett Harrisons fully painted style is notable for its use of strong, dark colours and computer effects. ...

The 2000s

In the year of its title and beyond, 2000 AD bounced back under the ownership of Rebellion, with editors Andy Diggle, Matt Smith and Alan Barnes at the helm. Rebellion continues to develop stories based on classic characters such as Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd, and has also introduced a roster of new series including Shakara, The Red Seas and Caballistics, Inc.. It has also published a tie-in to the film Shaun of the Dead in a story written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. The comic continues to uncover new British talents, including Boo Cook, Dom Reardon and Al Ewing. It has also benefited from an improved dollar-pound exchange rate that has meant the comic can now afford to re-employ some of the talent thought lost to America. Rebellion Developments is a British computer games company, based in Oxford, who are most famous for the first Aliens versus Predator game. ... Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of 2000 AD. His most recent works include The Losers, Swamp Thing, Adam Strange and Silent Dragon. ... â€˜â€™â€™Matt Smithâ€™â€™â€™ is the editor of long-running British science fiction weekly anthology comicbook 2000AD. Starting out as the assistant to Andy Diggle, Smith was appointed as the 8th incarnation of Tharg the Mighty (a humorous term used to refer to the comicâ€™s editor) in January 2002. ... Alan Barnes is a writer and editor, particularly noted for work in the field of cult film and television. ... 2000 AD [ prog 228, the first appearance of Rogue Trooper. ... Judge Dredd (Joe Dredd or Joseph Dredd) is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazines longest running (having been featured there since its second issue in 1977). ... Cover of Under the Banner of King Death showing Captain Jack Dancer and his crew The Red Seas is series for 2000AD which mixes pirates with anomalous phenomena like zombie pirates (very similar to those in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl although the strip pre... Caballistics, Inc is a horror/fantasy comicbook series, set in the present day, that has been running in the weekly British anthology comic 2000AD since December 2002. ... Shaun of the Dead is a zombie-themed romantic comedy, or rom zom com as it dubs itself, released in 2004 (9 April in the United Kingdom, 24 September in the United States). ... Simon Pegg as the title role in Shaun of the Dead Simon John Pegg (born February 14, 1970) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and film and television actor. ... Edgar Wright (born 18 April 1974) is a British film and television director. ... Boo Cook is a British comicbook artist, whos work mainly features in the comic 2000AD. His chunky, detailed style, with debts to both Richard Corben and graffiti art, has graced such staples as the ABC Warriors and Judge Dredd, as well as new series Asylum (written by Rob Williams) and... Artist on British comic 2000AD. Illustrator of Gordon Rennie-scripted horror tale Caballistics. ... Al Ewing is a writer for British comic 2000AD, creator of The Ultimate Future Shock and periodic contributor to the comics Terror Tales and Future Shorts series, variations on their classic Future Shocks format. ...

Continuity

Prior to the publication of 2000 AD, British comics, unlike their American counterparts, had tended not to do crossover stories. Instead, each was usually standalone. However, 2000 AD quickly introduced the concept that many (though not all) of the stories took place in the same shared universe. Examples include (in a very rough chronological order): A Shared universe is a literary technique in which several different authors share settings and characters which appear in their respective works of fiction, often referring to events taking place in the other writers stories. ...

Flesh, the time-travel story set in the Cretaceous Era, features dinosaurs that appear themselves or are related to dinosaurs that appear in Judge Dredd and ABC Warriors (Old One Eye, Satanus, Son of Satanus).
Disaster 1990 stars Bill Savage, who in Invasion 1999 takes part in a resistance movement against the Volgan invasion of Britain.
The robotic ABC Warriors were originally created to fight in the Volgan War. One warrior, Hammerstein, refers in a flashback in a Ro-busters story to the foundations being laid for Mega-City One - home of Judge Dredd.
The Harlem Heroes and Inferno character, Giant, is the grandfather of Judge Giant from Judge Dredd.
In seperate stories Strontium Dog's Johnny Alpha and Rogue Trooper travel across dimensions and meet Judge Dredd.
The ABC Warriors are eventually reformed and recruited by Nemesis to battle Torquemada.

The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period, about 146 million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary period (65. ...

Glossary

Cover of 2000 AD#1450

2000 AD, like some other children's comics of the period, used invented words and phrases to tie in with the theme of the publication (in this case, to appear more futuristic or alien). Some of these words were the result of simple typing mistakes in the offices at IPC, while some are derived from other sources. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (650x849, 152 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (650x849, 152 KB) Summary scan Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s...

Prog: short for programme — a term used by the comic in place of "issue" or "edition"
Thrill-power: measurement of the quality inherent in 2000 AD.
Borag Thungg: Betelgeusian greeting.
Squaxx dek Thargo (shortened to Squaxx): friend of Tharg (any reader of 2000 AD, consumer of thrill-power).
Earthlets: term that Tharg used to refer to humans (whether they read 2000 AD or not).
Earthlettes: similar to Earthlets, but applied to females only. This caused a furore on the letters page and eventually was deprecated in favour of the now gender-neutral term "earthlets", though now "Terrans" seems to be in vogue.
Florix Grabundae: "Many thanks."
Splundig vur thrigg: farewell, common sign-off.
Kril Tro Thargo: honour bestowed on those who have performed services to thrill-power (typically by converting non-readers to the cause, or by buying and shipping copies of comics to readers who can't buy them for some reason, say because they're in a far-flung country that doesn't sell 2000 AD).
Zarjaz: Similar to "Fantastic" or other praise.

Related publications

Starlord was a weekly title (originally intended to be monthly) launched in 1978 following much the same format as 2000 AD and included Strontium Dog and Ro-Busters which introduced characters that would alter reappear in ABC Warriors. The two titles were merged later the same year and published as "2000AD and Starlord"

Tornado was a weekly title launched in 1979. There was less emphasis on Science Fiction series and when it was merged with 2000 AD a year later only one story Blackhawk made the transfer, though other stories Wolfie Smith and Captain Klep later made appearances in 2000 AD, largely due to IPC editorial policies against 'wasting' stories that had already been paid for.

Cover of issue 25 of the Quality Comics reprint title 2000 AD Showcase.

For a while the publication was "2000AD and Tornado" Starlord was a shortlived weekly British Science-Fiction comic published by IPC and edited by Pat Mills. ... Strontium Dog is a long-running comics series featuring in the British science fiction weekly 2000 AD, starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons. ... Ro-Busters is a comic strip written by Pat Mills and drawn by Dave Gibbons, Mike McMahon and Kevin ONeill among others. ... The stars of a long running 2000 AD comic strip written by Pat Mills, The ABC Warriors were a team of seven robots that had fought in the Volgan War (which also appeared in Invasion, featuring Bill Savage and Ro-Busters, featuring Hammerstein and Ro-Jaws) and been brought together... Tornado was a shortlived weekly British comic published by IPC Magazines between March 1978 and August 1979. ... Blackhawk was a Tornado comic strip created by Gerry Finley-Day that was the only one to come over to 2000 AD after the two merged. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 2000_ad_showcase_25. ... Image File history File linksMetadata 2000_ad_showcase_25. ...

Dice Man was an early attempt at creating a role-playing comic featuring regular 2000 AD characters such as Rogue Trooper and Slaine, as well as original characters. The magazine was not a success and only lasted five issues.

Crisis was a sister publication that didn't follow the format of 2000 AD, but did share many editorial staff and creative teams. Early issues featured two SF-themed stories aimed at a slightly older age group than 2000 AD and soon became a magnet for British creators who wanted to create comics for the adult market.

Revolver joined Crisis though it only lasted for seven issues. Dan Dare was in the original lineup, and this transferred to Crisis when Revolver finished.

A Best of 2000 AD title was published in the mid-1980s which featured reprint material from early issues of 2000 AD.

A yearly hardcover annual was published from 1977 to 1990 (though the cover dates on the annuals were always the following year) as well as an annual Sci-Fi special published during the summer months.

A series of American comic format reprints started in 1983 by Eagle Comics with the first issue of an ongoing monthly Judge Dredd title. Eagle Comics also reprinted other 2000 AD material in other titles. The license to reprint 2000 AD material in the US was later taken over by Quality Comics. These reprints ended in 1989.

Current sister publications to 2000 AD include the monthly Judge Dredd Megazine, focusing on expanding the world of Judge Dredd, and the bimonthly 2000 AD Extreme Edition focusing on reprints.

In role-playing, participants adopt characters, or parts, that have personalities, motivations, and backgrounds different from their own. ... Crisis was a British comic published from 1988 to 1991 as an experiment by Fleetway Publications to see if intelligent, mature, politically and socially aware comics were saleable in the United Kingdom. ... Revolver, Cover: Issue 2, August 1990, Illustrating Rogan Gosh, 2000 AD Production, Revolver Â© Fleetway Publications 1990 - Scan. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Quality Communications is the company formed by Dez Skinn in 1982 to publish Warrior, an anthology comic book title. ... Judge Dredd Megazine is a British magazine featuring comic strips set in the world of Judge Dredd, launched in October 1990. ...

Computer game adaptations

Rebellion, the owners of 2000AD, are a computer games company, responsible for Alien vs Predator, Sniper Elite, World War Zero, Delta Force: Urban Warfare, Rainbow Six: Lone Wolf and Tiger Woods' PGA Tour Gold, among others. They have released games based on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper for Playstation 2 and PC. Aliens versus Predator is a series of video games released for computers. ... Cover of Sniper Elite Sniper Elite is a 1st/3rd person shooter developed by UK based video game developer Rebellion Developments. ... Rogue Trooper computer games have proved popular over the years. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: ãƒ—ãƒ¬ã‚¤ã‚¹ãƒ†ãƒ¼ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3 (which is not to be released until November 2006). ...

Popular characters

D.R and Quinch, art by Alan Davis.

Popular characters from the comic include: Image File history File links Drandquinch. ... Image File history File links Drandquinch. ... Alan Davis (born 1956) is a British writer and artist of comic books. ...

The stars of a long running 2000 AD comic strip written by Pat Mills, The ABC Warriors were a team of seven robots that had fought in the Volgan War (which also appeared in Invasion, featuring Bill Savage and Ro-Busters, featuring Hammerstein and Ro-Jaws) and been brought together... Ace Trucking Co. ... The return of the original Dan Dare in 1989 Dan Dare - Pilot of the Future is a classic British science fiction comic hero, created by Frank Hampson in 1950. ... Cover of . ... Durham Red was originally created in 1987 as a female sidekick and lover for Johnny Alpha in the long-running British comicbook series Strontium Dog. ... Halo Jones, drawn by Ian Gibson The Ballad of Halo Jones was a 1980s science fiction comic strip written by Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson, with lettering by Steve Potter (Books 1 & 2) and Richard Starkings (Book 3). ... Judge Dredd (Joe Dredd or Joseph Dredd) is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazines longest running (having been featured there since its second issue in 1977). ... Nemesis the Warlock is a comic strip created by writer Pat Mills and artist Kevin ONeill which appeared in the pages of the weekly comic book 2000 AD. The title character, a fire-breathing demonic alien, fights against the fanatical Torquemada, Grand Master of the Terran Empire in Earth... Robo-Hunter was a reccurring strip in the British Comic 2000 AD, written by John Wagner and illustrated by Ian Gibson. ... 2000 AD [ prog 228, the first appearance of Rogue Trooper. ... Sinister Dexter is a strip in British comic book 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate. ... For other characters with the same name, see SlÃ¡ine. ... Strontium Dog is a long-running comics series featuring in the British science fiction weekly 2000 AD, starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons. ...

Famous creators

Cover of the first 2000 AD Summer Special from 1977, which later became the Sci-Fi Special.

Well known creators who have worked for 2000 AD include: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (634x830, 157 KB) Summary san Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (634x830, 157 KB) Summary san Licensing This image is of the cover of a single issue of a comic book, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic book or the artist(s...

Many of these have since moved on to work for American publishers such as DC Comics (especially the Vertigo and Wildstorm imprints) and Marvel Comics. Dan Abnett is a British writer, mainly of comic books and role-playing games. ... A panel from the strip Ace Trucking (Wagner/Grant/Belardinelli). ... Simon Bisley is a British comic book artist who was very popular in the 1990s for his work on ABC Warriors, Lobo and SlÃ¡ine. ... Bollands cover to Hellstorm: Prince Of Lies #16. ... Alan Davis (born 1956) is a British writer and artist of comic books. ... Ian Edginton is the co-creator (with DIsraeli) of Scarlet Traces and the War of the Worlds comic. ... Garth Ennis Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the DC/Vertigo series Preacher, co-created with artist Steve Dillon. ... Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (November 1947, Zaragoza), is a Spanish comics artist who works mainly in British comics and currently lives in Andorra. ... Gerry Finley-Day was a hugely prolific British comic book writer of the 1970s and 80s, responsible for Rogue Trooper, Harry 20 on the High Rock, Invasion (following on from the first episode by Pat Mills), M.A.C.H.1, Ant Wars, The VCs and Fiends of the Eastern... Artist on British sci-fi comic 2000AD, Flint has established a cult following for his hyper-detailed and wildly inventive work on series such as Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, Shakara and Aliens. ... Tom Frame is undoubtedly the premier letterer of British comics. ... Screenshot of Beneath a Steel Sky, backgrounds courtesy of Dave Gibbons. ... Halo Jones, drawn by Ian Gibson Ian Gibson is a British comic book artist, best known for his 1980s black and white work for 2000 AD. His sketchy, cartoonish style lends itself best to humourous strips, such as Robo-Hunter and Ace Trucking Co. ... Alan Grant This page is about the comic book writer. ... Trevor Hairsine is a British comics artist. ... Jamie Hewlett is joint creator of Tank Girl and a member of Gorillaz. ... Primarily a horror artist, Frazer Irving first sprang to prominence with the series Necronauts, written by Gordon Rennie and appearing in 2000AD. He has also enjoyed success with Storming Heaven, a psychedelic tale based around Timothy Leary and Charles Manson (written by Rennie), and Jack Point (the Simping Detective) and... Jock is the pseudonym of British comics artist Mark Simpson, most known for his work with Andy Diggle in 2000 AD and on The Losers. ... Cam Kennedy is a Scottish comicbook artist. ... Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 2, 1977 Judge Dredd by Mike McMahon, 2000 AD prog 85, 1978 This article is about Mike McMahon the comics artist. ... Peter Milligan is an Irish writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work. ... Pat Mills, nicknamed the godfather of British comics, is a comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. ... Alan Moore Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton, England) is a British writer most famous for his work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels, Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. ... Grant Morrison Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960) is a comic book writer and artist. ... 2000AD#387 featuring Nemesis the Warlock Kevin ONeill, born in London in 1953, is a British comics illustrator best known as the co-creator of Nemesis the Warlock and Marshal Law (with writer Pat Mills), and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (with Alan Moore). ... Arthur Ransons photorealistic drawing style has been gracing British comics since the early 1970s. ... Gordon Rennie is a former music journalist turned comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy. ... John Smith is a British comics writer best known for his work on 2000 AD and Crisis. ... Simon Spurrier is a British comics writer. ... Bryan Talbot (born February 24, 1952) is a British comic book artist and writer. ... John Wagner is a comics writer who has also written under the pseudonyms John Howard, T.B. Grover, Mike Stott, Keef Ripley, Rick Clark and Brian Skuter, among others. ... Illustration of a young James Bond by Kev Walker Kevin (Kev) Walker is a British comics artist and illustrator, based in Leeds, who works mainly on 2000 AD and Warhammer comics and the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. ... Chris Western is a British comicbook artist who has worked bith in the US and UK comics industries. ... DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ... Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ... WildStorm WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ...

For more creators, see: Category:2000 AD creators.

Awards

Best comic (2004), Diamond Comics Awards

Fanzines

2000 AD has an extremely lively and thriving fanbase, which has produced a number of independent fanzines. In 1998 W.R. Logan, frustrated at the lack of activity from the comic's publishers both in promoting the title and also in making best use of new talents, decided to create an independent title using 2000 AD copyrighted characters and situations. This was titled Class of '79, marking the coming of age of the generation that had bought 2000 AD on its original release. The first couple of issues contained work from now-professional comics creators Rufus Dayglo, Henry Flint and PJ Holden and won the best Self Published/Independent Comic Award at the 1999 National Comics Awards. In 2001, Andrew Lewis created Zarjaz comic, a fanzine featuring characters mainly from the Judge Dredd universe. Another long-running fanzine, dedicated to the world of Johnny Alpha, is Dogbreath, originally run by the pseudonymous Dr Bob it is now being produced by FutureQuake Publishing. In 2003, Arthur Wyatt created FutureQuake, a fanzine devoted to the Future Shocks format. Although Class of '79 now appears to be on hiatus, all three of the other titles are in continuous publication, Zarjaz having started up again with a new issue 1. Fans of Janet Jackson, at Much Music in Toronto The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ... Rufus Dayglo Rufus Dayglo is an Irish comics artist whose style is often compared to Mike McMahons. ... Artist on British sci-fi comic 2000AD, Flint has established a cult following for his hyper-detailed and wildly inventive work on series such as Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, Shakara and Aliens. ... Paul Jason Holden is a Northern Irish comic artist based in Belfast. ... Zarjaz is a fanzine for the long running British sci-fi comic 2000 AD. It was started in 2001 by Andrew Lewis and ran for four issues. ... Arthur Wyatt is the founder of FutureQuake. ... Cover to FutureQuake issue 5, by Charlie Adlard. ... Cover to Alan Moores Shocking Futures. ...

In addition, a number of small press comics have emerged from the 2000 AD fanbase, including Solar Wind, Pony School, Omnivistascope and The End Is Nigh. A small number of British small press comics for sale at the Caption convention, 2005 British small press comics is a term used to describe comic books self-published by cartoonists and comic book creators within the UK. It also serves to describe the loose community of creators, publishers and... Solar Wind is a British small press comicbook. ... The End Is Nigh is a British Fanzine dealing with the End of the World, each issue dealing with different versions of an Apocalypse capable of laying waste to the world and Humanity. ...

References

David Bishop (2002-2003), "Thrill Power Overload!", Judge Dredd Megazine vol 4 issues 9-18, issues 201-209
Termight fan web site

Thrill Power Overload is the title of a series of articles written by David Bishop and serialised in the Judge Dredd Megazine, forming the most comprehensive history of the comic 2000AD yet written. ...

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