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Biography

Early career

Cover of Johnny Nemo #1 by Brett Ewins.

Milligan started his comic career with short stories for 2000 AD in the early 1980s. By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000AD called Bad Company, with artists Brett Ewins and Brendan McCarthy. Bad Company was a fairly formuliac science fiction war story in 2000AD, but it did prove popular and help Milligan become better known. Image File history File linksMetadata Johnny_nemo_magazine1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Johnny_nemo_magazine1. ... 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. ... Cover of the first issue of 2000 AD, 26 February 1977. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive, informally sometimes including the years 1979, 1990 and 1991. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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McCarthy Bad Company is a story created for 2000 AD by Alan Grant and John Wagner but their initial story remained unpublished for over 16 years. ... 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. ... Brendan McCarthy is a British artist and designer best known for his work in comic books, film and television. ... 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. ...

Also at this time Milligan, Ewins and McCarthy had been working on the anthology title, Strange Days for Eclipse Comics. Strange Days featured three strips, Paradax, Freakwave and Johnny Nemo. Milligan, McCarthy and Ewins produced three issues of this surreal psychedelic comic, it was not a great seller but it picked up a small, loyal readership. The most conventional strip, Johnny Nemo, had its own series while the psychedelic Paradax had a two issue series published by Vortex Comics in 1987. An anthology, literally a garland or collection of flowers, is a collection of literary works, originally of poems, but in recent years its usage has broadened to be applied to collections of short stories and comic strips. ... Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several influential indendent publishers during the 1980s. ... A cow standing on a pole. ... The word psychedelic is a neologism coined from the Greek words for mind, ψυχη (psyche), and manifest, δηλειν (delein). ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

By 1989 Milligan was swapping between more conventional strips such as Bad Company, while still writing his more surreal efforts in 2000AD, such as Hewligan's Haircut with artist Jamie Hewlett. In 1989 he had his first work published by DC Comics. Skreemer was a six issue mini series with art by Brett Ewins that was somewhat lost in the midst of the so-called "British Invasion" of American comics of the time. A dark science fiction themed gangster story, it did receive critical acclaim but did not sell well. Milligan however was soon to become a regular writer for DC while still working on his more personal comics in the UK in comics such as 2000AD, and its spin off titles Crisis and Revolver. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jamie Hewlett is joint creator of Tank Girl and a member of Gorillaz. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ... ‘Skreemer’ is a six-issue miniseries, written by Peter Milligan with art by Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon. ... 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. ... 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 or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... 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 © Fleetway Publications 1990 - Scan. ...

Skin

Skin (art by Brendan McCarthy) was the story of a young thalidomide skinhead in 1970s London, and his attempts to deal with his disability and the world in general. The strip was due to feature in Crisis in 1990 but the publishers, Fleetway were worried by the controversial subject matter, plus they were concerned with the explicit use of language in the story. The printers refused to print it, blaming the graphic language and controversial subject matter as a reason. The story remained in limbo until eventually being published as a graphic novel by Tundra with little, or no controversy. It remains one of Milligan's most powerful and acclaimed works. Brendan McCarthy is a British artist and designer best known for his work in comic books, film and television. ... It has been suggested that Neurosedyn be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about subcultures. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... 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. ... This article is about the year. ... 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. ... Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ...

The 1990s

Cover of Shade, the Changing Man #4 by Brendan McCarthy.

Milligan had started to revamp Steve Ditko's character Shade, the Changing Man for DC Comics in 1990. This proved to be his largest break into American comics and came at the end of the first wave of "The British Invasion" of comics. Milligan updated and adapted many of Ditko's concepts, while adding his own ideas to embark upon one of the most bizarre titles published by DC. In 1993, it was one of the first wave of Vertigo titles with issue 33. It was a steady seller but it was cancelled with issue 70. A one-off story for Vertigo's tenth anniversary was published in 2003. Image File history File linksMetadata Shade_the_changing_man4. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Shade_the_changing_man4. ... Shade, the Changing Man is a fictional comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977. ... Brendan McCarthy is a British artist and designer best known for his work in comic books, film and television. ... The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (1964): Cover art by Ditko. ... Shade, the Changing Man is a fictional comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977. ... DC Comics (originally called Detective Comics, Inc. ... This article is about the year. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Milligan also replaced Grant Morrison on Animal Man for a six issue run in 1991, plus he became the regular writer of Batman in Detective Comics in the same year. It was during one meeting of Batman writers that Milligan came up with the initial idea which led to the Knightfall storyline which was to cross over all the Batman family of titles. Milligan however had finished writing Detective Comics and was not involved with the crossover. Grant Morrison Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960) is a comic book writer and artist. ... Animal Man is a fictional superhero in the DC Universe. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man, and still sometimes as the Batman) is a DC Comics fictional character and superhero who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Categories: Comics stubs | Batman | DC Comics titles ... Cover to Batman #497: The breaking of the Bat. ...

Milligan also created the highly acclaimed Enigma, with artist Duncan Fegredo for Vertigo in 1993. In this, Milligan introduced a gay superhero and dealt with his subject manner in his usual surreal way. Milligan quickly followed this up with The Extremist with artist Ted McKeever. Both titles dealt with taboo subjects for a mainstream publisher, but were applauded by their handling of these subjects. Enigma is a comic book by Peter Milligan, with artwork done by Duncan Fegredo, featuring a gay superhero called The Enigma. It was published as an eight-issue series by Vertigo Press, an imprint of DC Comics, in 1993, and collected in 1995. ... Duncan Fegredo is a comic book artist born in Leicester in 1968. ... Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... The Extremist was a four issue miniseries, written by Peter Milligan with art by Ted McKeever and was published by DC comics through their Vertigo comics imprint from September to December 1993. ... Cover of the collected edition of Eddy Current Ted McKeever is an award-winning American Comics artist. ...

Milligan spent the remainder of the decade writing one-off specials such as Face and The Eaters, or mini series like Egypt and Tank Girl with its creator Jamie Hewlett providing art. Milligan and Brendan McCarthy's Rogan Gosh was reprinted in a collected edition by Vertigo in 1996, after being first serialised six years earlier in Revolver. Tank Girl was a 1990s English comic strip and the name of the leading character. ... Jamie Hewlett is joint creator of Tank Girl and a member of Gorillaz. ... Cover of the Rogan Gosh collected edition by Brendan McCarthy. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Revolver, Cover: Issue 2, August 1990, Illustrating Rogan Gosh, 2000 AD Production, Revolver © Fleetway Publications 1990 - Scan. ...

Milligan rounded out the decade by writing a four issue mini series featuring The Human Target. Proving to be Milligan's most conventional title for DC so far, it was also very popular and brought him to the attention of many who had been unaware of him and his works. The Human Target is an American comic book character created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino: a unique private detective and bodyguard named Christopher Chance who operates by impersonating his clients in order to eliminate threats to his principal, hence the idea of becoming a Human Target. ...

X-Force / X-Statix

The unused cover to X-Statix #15, showing Princess Diana as one of the team members. Art by Mike Allred.

In 2001 Marvel Comics was undergoing a revamp by its new editor-in-chief Joe Quesada and one of his aims was to revamp the X-Men family of titles. Milligan was given X-Force to write with issue 116, and right away he removed the Rob Liefeld style superheroics and replaced it with a more satirical tone. Milligan and artist Mike Allred also removed the traditional superhero names and replaced them with names which sounded more like product brand names. Characters such as the Orphan, the Anarchist, U-Go Girl, Phat, Vivisector, Venus Dee Milo, Dead Girl and Doop formed this new team. This was not well received by some fans of the title, and many wanted "their" X-Force back, a comment Milligan would later parody in the pages of the title. These criticisms aside, the title sold well and even received mainstream media coverage both in America and Europe. Image File history File links Xstatix15. ... Image File history File links Xstatix15. ... Cover to the Madman Adventures collected edition Mike Allred is a U.S. comic book artist and writer. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ... Joseph Joe Quesada (born December 1, 1962 in New York City), colloquially known as Joey Q, is the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and a comic book writer and artist. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... X-Force was a Marvel Comics superhero team, featured in an eponymous monthly series from 1991 until 2002 and a miniseries running from late 2004 to 2005. ... Example of Liefelds artwork, featuring Cable, Apocalypse, Wolverine and other characters from X-Men. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... Cover to the Madman Adventures collected edition Mike Allred is a U.S. comic book artist and writer. ... The Orphan was a comicbook character in the X-Statix series. ... The Anarchist, real name Tike Alicar, was a member of the superhero team X-Statix. ... U-Go Girl, was a member of the superhero team X-Statix. ... The term Phat has a number of uses: Phat is an adjective in African American slang used to express approval. ... Vivisector (Myles Alfred) is a fictional character, an openly gay intellectual mutant featured as a member of X-Statix by Marvel Comics. ... When Venus Dee Milos mutant powers manifested, she became permanently transformed into a being of pure energy. ... Dead Girl is a fictional character, a mutant superhero in Marvel Comics X-Statix series. ... Doop is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe who was created by writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred. ... In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956–present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic  - President George W. Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ...

Milligan's run was acclaimed for its different take on the super hero genre, however X-Force was cancelled with issue 129 so it could become X-Statix, with Allred still as artist. It was on X-Statix that Milligan would once again become controversial when a proposed plotline was to feature a resurrected Princess Diana as a superhero and X-Statix team member. News of this spread to the press, including the British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mail who strongly objected to the idea. Eventually the character of Diana was altered, as were the references to the Royal Family but not before the story had been reported around the world. This aside, X-Statix was cancelled with issue 26, though several trade paperbacks were released. X-Statix was the name of a fictional team of mutant superheroes in Marvel Comics, specifically designed to be ironic media superstars. ... Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances Mountbatten-Windsor, née Spencer) (1 July 1961–31 August 1997), commonly, but incorrectly, known as Princess Diana, was for fifteen years the wife of HRH The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. ... A tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. ... The Daily Mail and its Sunday edition the Mail on Sunday are British newspapers, first published in 1896. ... 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. ... A trade paperback can refer to any book that is bound with a heavy paper cover that is generally cheaper than the hardcover but more expensive than the regular paperback version. ...

Present day work

Milligan's recent film work includes the screenplay for Pilgrim (a 2000 movie sometimes shown as Inferno), which stars Ray Liotta. He also scripted the 2002 adaptation of the Melvin Burgess novel An Angel for May. Inferno, also known as Pilgrim, is a 2000 film directed by Harley Cokeliss and written by Peter Milligan which stars Ray Liotta as an amnesiac. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Ray Liotta Ray Liotta (born Raymond Julian Vicimarli on December 18, 1954) is an American actor. ... Melvin Burgess (born April 25, 1954) is a British author of childrens fiction. ...

He was the regular writer on X-Men with artist Salvador Larroca in 2005, writing issues #166-187. Milligan returned to Human Target with a straight to graphic novel story "Final Cut", after which he wrote all of 21 issues of the ongoing series for Vertigo. In 2006 he wrote a five issue mini series titled X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl with artist Nick Dragotta and co-creator Mike Allred for Marvel Comics. The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Salvador Larroca (born 1964) is a Spaniard comic book artist, primarily known for his work on various X-Men titles. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Human Target is an American comic book character created by Len Wein and Carmine Infantino: a unique private detective and bodyguard named Christopher Chance who operates by impersonating his clients in order to eliminate threats to his principal, hence the idea of becoming a Human Target. ... Vertigo logo Vertigo is an imprint of comic book and graphic novel publisher DC Comics. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... X-Statix was the name of a fictional team of mutant superheroes in Marvel Comics, specifically designed to be ironic media superstars. ... Cover to the Madman Adventures collected edition Mike Allred is a U.S. comic book artist and writer. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Entertainment, Inc. ...

Bibliography

Cover of X-Statix#26.

Cover of The Eaters by Dean Ormston.

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• Strange Days (3 issues, Eclipse, 1984-85)
• Bad Company (in 2000 AD # 500-519, 1986-87)
• The Dead (in 2000 AD # 510-519, 1987)
• Freaks (in 2000 AD # 542-547, 1987)
• Bad Company (in 2000 AD # 548-557, 1987-88)
• Bad Company (in 2000 AD # 576-585, 1988)
• Tribal Memories (in 2000 AD # 585-588, 1988)
• Bad Company (in 1989 2000 AD Annual & # 601, 1988)
• Shadows (in 2000 AD # 672-681, 1990)
• Rogan Gosh (in Revolver # 1-6, 1990)
• Shade the Changing Man (70 issues, DC/Vertigo, 1990-1996)
• Hewligan's Haircut (in 2000 AD # 700-707, 1990)
• Animal Man # 27-32 (DC, 1991)
• Skin (Tundra Publishing, 1992)
• Bad Company (in 2000 AD # 828-837, 1993)
• Enigma (8 issues, DC/Vertigo, 1993)
• The Extremist (4 issues, DC/Vertigo, 1993)
• Vertigo Voices: Face (DC/Vertigo, 1995)
• Tank Girl: The Odyssey (4 issues, DC/Vertigo, 1995)
• Girl (3 issues, DC/Vertigo, 1996)
• The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix (4 issues, Marvel, 1996)
• Elektra (19 issues, Marvel, 1996-1998)
• Scarecrow (one-shot, DC Comics, 1998)
• The Minx (8 issues, DC/Vertigo, 1998-99)
• The Human Target (4 issues, DC/Vertigo, 1999)
• Bad Company (in 2000 AD prog 2001, 2000)
• Bad Company (in 2000 AD prog 2002 & # 1273-1277, 2001-02)
• X-Force / X-Statix (14 issues of X-Force (# 116-129) & 26 issues of X-Statix, Marvel, 2001-04)
• Vertigo Pop! London (4 issues, DC/Vertigo, 2003)
• Human Target (2003-05)
• Toxin (2005)
• X-Men (#166-187, Marvel, 2005-2006)
• JLA Classified (2006)
• X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl (5 issue mini-series, Marvel, 2006)

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External links

• 2000 AD profile
• Kangaroo Curry: A Tribute to Peter Milligan
• Milligan discusses using Princess Diana in X-Statix
• Pete Milligan interview