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. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner is responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has been a leading light in British comics ever since. He is best known for his work on 2000 AD and is the creator of Judge Dredd. He is noted for his taut, violent thrillers and his black humour. Comics (sometimes spelled comix) are combinations of words and images into a medium for telling stories. ... 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. ... British comics is the art form of comics as practiced within the United Kingdom. ... 2000 AD logo 2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction oriented comic. ... This article is about the comic-book character Judge Dredd. ... The thriller is a genre of fiction in which tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary heroes are pitted against villains determined to destroy them, their country, or the stability of the free world. ... Black comedy, also known as black humor, is a subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with serious subjects – death, divorce, drug abuse, et cetera in a humorous manner. ...

Born in Pennsylvania in 1949, Wagner moved to Scotland as a boy. He started his career as a sub-editor at D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, where he met Pat Mills, before the pair left to go freelance in 1971. He and Mills wrote for various IPC comics, and Wagner edited the girls comics Sandie and Princess Tina. He briefly left comics in 1974, but returned to help Mills develop Battle Picture Weekly, for which he wrote Darkie's Mob, among others. He edited Valiant, for which he wrote the tough cop series One-Eyed Jack. State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Official languages None Area 119,283 km² (33rd)  - Land 116,074 km²  - Water 3,208 km² (2. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... D. C. Thomson & Co. ... A freelancer or (freelance worker) is a self-employed person working in a profession or trade in which full-time employment is also common. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... IPC Media is a large British publishing company, mainly producing consumer magazines. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 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. ...

In 1976 Mills brought him in as script adviser for the new science fiction title 2000 AD . Wagner created many of its most popular characters, including Judge Dredd, with artist Carlos Ezquerra, and Robo-Hunter, with artist Ian Gibson. He and Ezquerra went on to create Strontium Dog for Starlord, which was later merged into 2000 AD. 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ... This article is about the comic-book character Judge Dredd. ... Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra, born November 1947 in Zaragoza, Spain, is a comics artist who works mainly in British comics and currently lives in Andorra. ... Robo-Hunter was a reccurring strip in the British Comic 2000 AD, written by John Wagner and illustrated by Ian Gibson. ... 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. ... 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. ... Starlord was a shortlived weekly British Science-Fiction comic published by IPC and edited by Pat Mills. ...

Between 1980 and 1988 he wrote in partnership with Alan Grant. Although most of their scripts were credited to either Wagner (under one of his pseudonyms) alone or Grant alone, all their stories were done in collaboration, with credit divided between them to ensure each got a fair share of the pay (to balance things out some scripts were credited to "Grant/Grover"). In 2000 AD the pair created Ace Trucking Co. with artist Massimo Belardinelli. Outside of 2000 AD they worked on Detective Comics (with artist Norm Breyfogle) and Outcasts (with Cam Kennedy) for DC Comics, and created The Bogie Man (with Robin Smith) and The Last American (with Mike McMahon). They also wrote a large proportion of the stories in IPC's other comics, including Battle, Roy of the Rovers and the revived Eagle. Wagner and Grant's regular writing partnership broke up after the Judge Dredd epic "Oz", when the two writers could not agree on how to end the story. Wagner kept Judge Dredd, while Grant continued Strontium Dog and Judge Anderson and went on to become one of DC's main Batman writers. They continue to work together occasionally, for example on the Judge Dredd-Batman crossover Judgement on Gotham and on further Bogie Man stories. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about the comic book writer. ... Ace Trucking Co. ... Massimo Belardinelli is an Italian comics artist best known for his work in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD. Series he worked on for the comic include Dan Dare, Flesh, Meltdown Man, Ace Trucking Co. ... Categories: Comics stubs | Batman | DC Comics titles ... Norm Breyfogle is a US comic artist involved with the character of Batman in one book or another consistently from 1987-1995. ... Cam Kennedy is a Scottish comicbook artist. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... The Bogie Man is an occasional comics series created by writers John Wagner and Alan Grant and artist Robin Smith. ... Robin Smith Is a British artist best know for his work on Judge Dredd & Strontium Dog for 2000AD and The Bogie Man for Fat Man Press. ... 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. ... 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. ... Roy of the Rovers was a British comic strip about the life of a fictional footballer named Roy Race. ... The Eagle was a British weekly comic, which ran in two main volumes over the period of 1950 to 1994 (with accompanying annuals). ... The comic book character Batman (originally referred to as The Batman, and occasionally as The Bat-Man), is a fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ...

In the early 1990s Pat Mills launched a new weekly comic, Toxic!, and Wagner was one of those invited to contribute, but his ideas were not deemed suitable for the tone of the title. One proposed story, Button Man, a cynical contemporary thriller about hired guns hunting each other for the entertainment of wealthy patrons, drawn by Arthur Ranson, ended up in 2000 AD. Another, Al's Baby, a comedy about a gangster who becomes the first man to carry and give birth to a child, drawn by Carlos Ezquerra, was published in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Toxic! was a British weekly comic published in 1991 by Apocalypse Ltd. ... A comic strip created for leading British comic 2000AD, written by John Wagner and illustrated by Arthur Ranson. ... Arthur Ransons photorealistic drawing style has been gracing British comics since the early 1970s. ... Judge Dredd Megazine is a British magazine featuring comic strips set in the world of Judge Dredd, launched in October 1990. ...

Wagner still writes for 2000 AD where he remains the lead writer of Judge Dredd and also contributes occasional Strontium Dog stories. Other stories he has written for 2000 AD include the superhero parody The Balls Brothers, with artist Kevin Walker, and Banzai Batallion, with Ian Gibson, featuring a squad of pest-control robots who behave like miniature soldiers. For Dark Horse Comics he has written Star Wars stories, including several featuring Boba Fett, as well as for their Aliens and Xena: Warrior Princess licensed titles. Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book publisher, one of the largest independent publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics. ... Star Wars is a series of science fantasy films created by writer/producer/director George Lucas. ... Boba Fett (born 32 BBY) is a popular character in the Star Wars universe, despite having relatively little screen time in the films. ... Aliens in the plural may refer to more than one of several types of aliens, such as extraterrestrial beings or those foreign to a place The Aliens was the name of Roky Ericksons backing band Aliens is a 1986 film starring Sigourney Weaver and the sequel to Alien Aliens... Xena. ...

His 1997 graphic novel A History Of Violence, drawn by Vince Locke and published by DC's Paradox Press, is about a respectable family man in an American small town whose shady past is revealed after he makes the news defending his business from criminals. A film adaptation, directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2005, where it was nominated for the Palme D'Or, and is due for general release later in the year. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A History of Violence is a graphic novel by John Wagner. ... David Paul Cronenberg (born March 16, 1943 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian horror and science fiction film director, who has also worked as an actor. ... Viggo Mortensen Viggo Peter Mortensen (born October 20, 1958 in New York City), is a Danish-American theater and movie actor, a published poet, photographer and painter. ... Ed Harris Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor. ... The Palais des Festivals in which the festival takes place. ... The Palme dOr (Golden Palm) is the name of the highest prize given to a film at the Cannes Film Festival. ...

Film adaptations have also been made of Judge Dredd, directed by Danny Cannon and starring Sylvester Stallone, and The Bogie Man, starring Robbie Coltrane. Sylvester Stallone Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946 in New York City), usually known as Sylvester Stallone, is an American film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. ... Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid Robbie Coltrane (birth name Robert MacMillan, some sources say Anthony MacMillan) (born March 30, 1950) is a Scottish actor. ...

Future mooted film productions include a Button Man movie. Also much-trailed is a forthcoming comic series that is intended as an origin story to flesh out the background for the Judge Dredd character.

Bibliography

Comics work includes

• One-Eyed Jack
• Darkie's Mob (1976?)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 9-18, 20-23, 25-28, 32-151, 1977-1980)
• MACH One (in 2000 AD # 9 & 16, 1977)
• Shako! (in 2000 AD # 20-35, 1977)
• Strontium Dog
• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD # 76-85 & 100-112, 1978-79)
• Doctor Who (in Doctor Who Magazine # 1-16 & 19-34, 1979-80)
• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD # 152-174, 1980)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 155-182 & 184-267, 1980-82)
• Ace Trucking Company (in 2000 AD # 232-36, 239-285 & 1982 Sci-Fi Special, 1981-82)
• Dan Dare (in Eagle # 1-33, 1982)
• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD # 259-272, 275-281 & 283-288, 1982)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 269-450, 1982-85)
• Ace Trucking Company (in 2000 AD # 288-293, 1982)
• Joe Soap (in Eagle # 12-22, 1982)
• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD # 292-307, 1982-83)
• Manix (in Eagle # 24-31, 1982)
• The House of Daemon (in Eagle # 25-47, 1982-83)
• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD # 312-334, 1983)
• Gil Hazzard - Codename Scorpio (in Eagle # 49-67, 1983)
• The Fists of Danny Pyke (in Eagle # 79 to 93, 1983, and continuing...)
• Anderson: Psi Division (in 1985 Judge Dredd Annual, 1984)
• Ace Trucking Company (in 2000 AD # 378-390 & 392-400, 1984-85)
• The Helltrekkers (in 2000 AD # 387-415, 1984-85)
• Anderson: Psi Division (2000 AD # 416-427, 1985)
• Ace Trucking Company (in 2000 AD # 428-433 & 1986 Annual, 1985)
• Robo-Hunter (in 2000 AD # 435-443, 1985)
• Ace Trucking Company (in 2000 AD # 451-472, 1986)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 451-502, 1986)
• Ace Trucking Company (in 2000 AD # 475-483 & 485-498, 1986)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 503-555, 1987)
• Tales from Mega-City One (in 2000 AD # 523, 525-26, 532-34 & 539, 1987)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 556-586 & 588-597, 1988)
• Outcasts (DC Comics)
• Chopper (in 2000 AD # 594-97, 1988)
• Judge Dredd (in 2000 AD # 599 & 603-606, 1988)
• Tales from Mega-City One (in 2000 AD # 605, 1988)
• The Dead Man (in 2000 AD # 650-662, 1989-90)
• Chopper (in 2000 AD # 654-665, 1989-90)
• Judge Death (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.1 # 1-12, 1990-91)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.1 # 1-3 & 7-9, 1990-91)
• America (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.1 # 1-7, 1990-91)
• Al's Baby (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.1 # 4-15, 1991)
• The Bogie Man (in Toxic! # 2-9, 1991)
• Mean Machine (in 2000 AD # 730-736, 1991)
• The Bogie Man: The Manhattan Project (in Toxic! # 11-21, 1991)
• Brit-Cit Babes (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.1 # 16-20, 1992)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 1-9 & 12-18, 1992)
• Button Man Book I (in 2000 AD # 780-791, 1992)
• Judge Death (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 15, 1992)
• Al's Baby (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 16-24, 1992-93)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 21-26 & 31-43, 1992-93)
• Batman / Judge Dredd: Vendetta in Gotham (DC / Fleetway, 1993)
• Return of the Taxidermist (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 37-46, 1993-94)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 46-48 & 50-69, 1994)
• Button Man Book II (in 2000 AD # 904-919, 1994)
• Mean Machine (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 63-72 & 82, 1994-95)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 70-83, 1995)
• Batman / Judge Dredd: The Ultimate Riddle (DC / Fleetway, 1995)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 2-7 & 9-10, 1995)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 17, 1996)
• America: Fading of the Light (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 20-25, 1996-97)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 22, 1996)
• A History of Violence (Paradox Press, 1997)
• Al's Baby (in 2000 AD # 1034-1044, 1997)
• I Was a Teenage Tax Consultant (in 2000 AD # 1050-1059, 1997)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 34-47, 1997-98)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 50-61, 1999)
• The Balls Brothers (in 2000 AD # 1128-1131 & 1141-1147, 1999)
• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 63-70, 2000)
• Button Man Book III (in 2000 AD prog 2001 & 1223-1233, 2001)
• Banzai Battalion (in 2000 AD # 1257-1262, 2001)
• Judge Death (in 2000 AD # 1289-1294, 2002)
• Banzai Battalion (in 2000 AD prog 2003, 2002)
• Judge Death (in Judge Dredd Megazine # 209-216, 2003-04)
• Chopper (in 2000 AD # 1387-1394, 2004)
• Mean Machine (in Judge Dredd Megazine #218-220, 2004)
• The Bogie Man: Return to Casablanca (in Judge Dredd Megazine #227-233, 2005)

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External links

• 2000 AD profile
• August 2005 interview with The Nexus
• Thumbnail: John Wagner at Ninth Art
• John Wagner at Lambiek.net
• "I Invented Judge Dredd" Interview with BBC News
• Interview with John Wagner at Class of 79
• Interview with John Wagner re Darkies Mob at Battle Action fansite
• A History of Violence at the Internet Movie Database