2000 AD
Cover of the first issue of 2000 AD, 26 February 1977. Events January February February 26: 2000 AD is launched
Publisher	IPC Magazines, Fleetway Publications, Rebellion Developments
Schedule	Weekly
Format	Ongoing
Publication date	Feb 1977 to present
Number of issues	More than 1,575
Main character(s)	Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, Nikolai Dante
Creative team
Writer(s)	John Wagner, Alan Grant, Pat Mills, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Ian Edginton, Alan Moore
Artist(s)	Mike McMahon, Carlos Ezquerra, Dave Gibbons, Massimo Belardinelli, Jock, Frank Quitely, Frazer Irving, Dom Reardon, Ian Gibson (artist)
Creator(s)	Tharg the Mighty, Kelvin Gosnell, Pat Mills, John Wagner

2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. IPC Media is one of the United Kingdom 's leading consumer Magazine and digital publisher with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year Fleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a publishing company mainly producing comic magazines for the UK. Rebellion is a British Computer games company based in Oxford, who are most famous for the first Aliens versus Predator computer game Events January February February 26: 2000 AD is launched For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. Strontium Dog is a long-running Comics series featuring in the British Science fiction weekly 2000 AD, starring Johnny Rogue Trooper is a Science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day Nikolai Dante is the Eponymous hero of a Comics series published in the weekly British Science fiction anthology 2000 AD. John Wagner is a Comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy Alan Grant (born 1949 is a Scottish Comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various 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 Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Mark Millar (born December 24 1969 is an award-winning Scottish Graphic novelist born in Coatbridge. Ian Edginton is a British Comic book Writer. He is one of the few British comic talents to follow the reverse trajectory to the one usually taken Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Michael (known as Mike or Mick) McMahon is a British Comics Artist best known for his work on 2000 AD characters Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (born November 1947 in Zaragoza) who has also worked under the alias L Dave Gibbons (born April 14, 1949) is a British Comic book Artist, writer and sometime letterer Massimo Belardinelli (5 June 1938 &ndash March 2007 was an Italian Comics artist best known for his work in the British Science fiction comic 2000 AD Frank Quitely (born January 18, 1968) is the professional Pseudonym of Scottish Comic book Artist Vincent Deighan Frazer Irving (born in the1970s Ilford, Essex) is a British horror artist who became known for the 2000 AD series Necronauts Dom Reardon is a British Comics artist whose work appears mainly in British comic 2000AD. Ian Gibson is a British Comic book Artist, best known for his 1980s Black-and-white work for 2000 AD. The Mighty Tharg is a recurrent character in Science fiction Comic 2000 AD, one of only two characters to appear Kelvin Gosnell is a British Comics Writer and editor. Biography Gosnell was working as a sub-editor in IPC 's competition 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 John Wagner is a Comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each "prog" and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated February 26. Comics anthologies collect works in the medium of Comics that are too short for standalone publication IPC Media is one of the United Kingdom 's leading consumer Magazine and digital publisher with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year Events January February February 26: 2000 AD is launched Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed IPC, later Fleetway, continued to produce the title until 2000, when it was bought by Rebellion Developments. Fleetway, also known as Fleetway Publications and Fleetway Editions, was a publishing company mainly producing comic magazines for the UK. US publications -->==Events and publications== January February March April Rebellion is a British Computer games company based in Oxford, who are most famous for the first Aliens versus Predator computer game Due in part to its weekly publication schedule, it is one of only a few comics to surpass 1,500 issues.

It is most noted for its Judge Dredd stories, and has been contributed to by a number of artists and writers who became renowned in the field internationally, such as Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Bryan Talbot, Brian Bolland and Mike McMahon. For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Bryan Talbot (born February 24, 1952, Wigan, Lancashire) is a British Comic book Artist and Writer. Brian Bolland (born 1951 is a British Comics Artist, known for his meticulous detailed linework and eye-catching compositions Michael (known as Mike or Mick) McMahon is a British Comics Artist best known for his work on 2000 AD characters

Contents 1 Overview 2 History 2.1 The 1970s 2.1.1 Pre-publication 2.1.2 The opening line-up 2.1.3 The early years 2.2 The 1980s 2.3 The 1990s 2.4 The 2000s 3 Continuity 4 Related publications 5 Computer game adaptations 6 Popular characters 7 Famous creators 8 Awards 9 Fanzines 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 13 External links

Overview

2000 AD 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. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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.

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". Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media The Mighty Tharg is a recurrent character in Science fiction Comic 2000 AD, one of only two characters to appear Extraterrestrial life is Life originating outside of the Earth. Betelgeuse (ˈbiːtəldʒuːz or /ˈbɛtəldʒuːz/ ( α Ori α Orionis Alpha Orionis is a Semiregular variable star located 640 Light-years away from 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.

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 robot is a mechanical or Virtual Artificial agent In practice it is usually an electro-mechanical system which by its appearance or movements 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). Industrial action (UK and Ireland or job action (US refers collectively to any measure taken by Trade unions or other organised labour meant to reduce Productivity 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.

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. Kelvin Gosnell is a British Comics Writer and editor. Biography Gosnell was working as a sub-editor in IPC 's competition IPC Media is one of the United Kingdom 's leading consumer Magazine and digital publisher with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year The London Evening Standard is an English Tabloid regional local newspaper published and sold in London and surrounding areas of southeast IPC asked Pat Mills, a freelance writer and editor who had created Battle Picture Weekly and Action, to develop it. 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 A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any one employer A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Editing Language, Images or Sound through correction condensation organization and other modifications in various media Battle Picture Weekly, at various time also known as Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force Mills brought fellow freelancer John Wagner on board as script adviser and the pair began to develop characters. John Wagner is a Comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy The then-futuristic name 2000 AD was chosen as no-one involved expected the comic to last that long, but of course it did.

Mills' experiences with Battle and Action in particular had taught him that readers responded to his anti-authoritarian attitudes. Anti-authoritarianism is opposition to Authoritarianism, which is defined as a "political doctrine advocating the principle of absolute rule absolutism autocracy despotism 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. Dirty Harry is a 1971 Crime film produced and directed by Don Siegel. The City of New York Meanwhile, Mills had developed a horror strip, inspired by the novels of Dennis Wheatley, about a hanging judge called Judge Dread (after the reggae and ska artist of the same name). Horror fiction is broadly Fiction in any medium intended to scare unsettle or horrify the audience Dennis Yates Wheatley (8 January 1897 &ndash 10 November 1977 was a British Writer born in London. " Hanging judge " is an unofficial term for a Judge who has gained renown for handing out sentences of death by Hanging or perhaps other harsh sentences Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor For the comic book character see Judge Dredd Alexander Minto Hughes ( 2 May 1945 - 13 March 1998 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.

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. For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (born November 1947 in Zaragoza) who has also worked under the alias L 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. Death Race 2000 is a cult action Film directed by Paul Bartel, and starring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth 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.

IPC owned the rights to Dan Dare, and Mills decided to revive the character to add immediate public recognition for the title. Dan Dare is a classic British Science fiction comic hero created by illustrator Frank Hampson. 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 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. Michael (known as Mike or Mick) McMahon is a British Comics Artist best known for his work on 2000 AD characters 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.

The opening line-up

Mills had created Harlem Heroes, about the future sport of aeroball, a futuristic, violent version of basketball with jet-packs. Harlem Heroes is a British comic strip that formed part of the original line-up ('Thrill 5' of 2000 AD. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m 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. Ron Turner (1922 – December 19, 1998) was a British illustrator and Comic book artist. Dave Gibbons (born April 14, 1949) is a British Comic book Artist, writer and sometime letterer Mills wrote the first five episodes before handing the strip to Roy of the Rovers writer Tom Tully. Roy of the Rovers is a British Comic Tom Tully is a noted British comic Writer mostly of sports and action stories

Dan Dare was extensively revamped to make it more futuristic. In the new stories he had been 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. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Massimo Belardinelli (5 June 1938 &ndash March 2007 was an Italian Comics artist best known for his work in the British Science fiction comic 2000 AD 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.

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. MACH 1 directs here for the Thunderbolts member formerly known as M The Six Million Dollar Man is an American Television series about a fictional Cyborg working for the OSI (which was usually said to refer 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 London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc Flesh is a recurring Comic strip in the weekly Anthology comic 2000AD created by writer Pat Mills. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler.

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. Kelvin Gosnell is a British Comics Writer and editor. Biography Gosnell was working as a sub-editor in IPC 's competition Gosnell appeared as the fall guy in the Tharg photostrips that were a feature of the comic in its early years.

The early years

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. The Robot Wars ( 1977) was the first extended storyline for Judge Dredd during which the character became the most popular in the comic Ian Gibson is a British Comic book Artist, best known for his 1980s Black-and-white work for 2000 AD. Dredd's city, which now covered most of the east coast of North America, became known as Mega-City One. Mega-City One is a huge fictional City-state covering much of what is now the Eastern United States in the Judge Dredd Comic book 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.

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. Future Shocks is the name given to a long running series of short strips in the weekly comic 2000 AD. Steve Moore (born 11 June 1949 is a prolific British Comics writer 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. Kevin O'Neill, born in London in 1953, is a British Comics illustrator best known as the co-creator of Nemesis the Warlock and

Wagner introduced a new character, Robo-Hunter, in 1978. Robo-Hunter is a recurring strip in the British Comic 2000 AD, initially written by John Wagner and illustrated by Ian Gibson This is a list of Comics -related events in 1978. Related year entries List of years in comics | 1977 in comics | 1978 in comics The hero, Sam Slade, was a private detective-type character specialising in robot-related cases. A private investigator or private detective (often shortened to PI or private eye) is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake A robot is a mechanical or Virtual Artificial agent In practice it is usually an electro-mechanical system which by its appearance or movements 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 Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la A cigar is a tightly rolled bundle of dried and fermented Tobacco which is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the smoker's mouth Nicotine is an Alkaloid found in the Nightshade family of plants ( Solanaceae) which constitutes approximately 0 The hero started out based on Humphrey Bogart, but after a few years he looked more like Ted Danson. Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American Actor best known for his role as central character "

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. The polar bear ( Ursus maritimus) is a Bear native to the Arctic Ocean and its surrounding seas

M.A.C.H. 1 was killed off in 1978 but a spin off, M. MACH 1 directs here for the Thunderbolts member formerly known as 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. The Cursed Earth is the second extended storyline of the Judge Dredd character to appear in Roger Joseph Zelazny ( May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American writer of Fantasy and Science fiction Damnation Alley is the title of a 1967 science fiction short story by Roger Zelazny, which he expanded into a novel in 1969 McMahon drew the bulk of the stories, with occasional episodes drawn by Brian Bolland. Brian Bolland (born 1951 is a British Comics Artist, known for his meticulous detailed linework and eye-catching compositions The story saw Dredd moved to the colour centre pages for the first time while Dan Dare was given the front page.

IPC had launched a second science fiction comic, Starlord, which was cancelled after only 22 issues and merged into 2000 AD. Starlord was a shortlived weekly British Science fiction comic published by IPC in 1978 as a sister title to 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. Strontium Dog is a long-running Comics series featuring in the British Science fiction weekly 2000 AD, starring Johnny The idea of a mutant is a common trope in Comic books and Science fiction. A bounty hunter captures Fugitives for a monetary reward ( bounty) Ro-Busters is a British comic strip that formed part of the original line-up of Starlord. Ro-Busters gave O'Neill the chance to spread his artistic wings and led to the popular spin-off ABC Warriors. ABC Warriors is a long-running 2000 AD comic strip written by Pat Mills, which first appeared in prog 119 in 1979. 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. The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (August 31 AD 12 &ndash January 24 AD 41 more commonly known by his nickname Caligula (kəˈlɪɡjʊlə was a Roman Emperor Another cancelled title, Tornado, was merged with 2000 AD a few months later, but contributed nothing memorable to the line-up.

2000 AD featured an adaptation of Harry Harrison's novel The Stainless Steel Rat, written by Gosnell and drawn by Ezquerra. For the radio personality see Harry Harrison (radio. Harry Harrison (born Henry Maxwell Dempsey, March 12 1925 The Stainless Steel Rat is the hero of a series of Science fiction Novels written by Harry Harrison. 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. James Harrison Coburn Jr ( 31 August &ndash 18 November) was an American film and television actor known for his charisma and natural charm 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. Gerry Finley-Day was a hugely prolific British Comic book writer from the 1960s to the 1980s The VCs was a future war series that appeared in the Science fiction comic 2000 AD prog 140 - 178 ( 1979 - 1980 The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Campbell ("Cam" Kennedy is a Scottish Comics artist He is best known for his work on 2000 AD, especially the flagship titles Garry Leach is a British Comics artist and publisher Biography Leach studied Graphic Design at St The name John Richardson can refer to Politics John S Richardson, United States Congressman from South Carolina 1879 to 1883

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

In 1980 Judge Dredd gained a new enemy. US publications --> Events and publications Year overall Marvel's answer to Heavy Metal, For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. 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. John Wagner is a Comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy The solution was Judge Death, an undead judge from another dimension where, since all crime was committed by the living, life itself was outlawed. Judge Death is a Fictional character of the Judge Dredd universe recounted in the UK comic 2000 AD. 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. Brian Bolland (born 1951 is a British Comics Artist, known for his meticulous detailed linework and eye-catching compositions Judge Cassandra Anderson is a comics Fictional character that started as a supporting character in the comic strip Judge Dredd of 2000 AD Psi Division (Psionics Division is a fictional organisation in the Judge Dredd and Anderson Psi Division comic strips in 2000 AD

Dredd soon began another epic journey in "The Judge Child". The Judge Child was an extended storyline in the 2000 AD Comic strip Judge Dredd that ran from issues 156 to 181 in 1980 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 Cursed Earth is a part of the Fictional universe from the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD. Texas City is a city located in Galveston County Texas, a county in the U The Angel Gang is a group of villains in the Judge Dredd Comic strip, published in 2000 AD magazine in the UK 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. Mean "Mean Machine" Angel is a villain in the British comic book series Judge Dredd. "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. Ron Smith, born 1924 is a British Comics Artist best known for drawing Judge Dredd where excelled in portraying the bizarre Mike McMahon may be Mike McMahon (comics, the comics illustrator Mike McMahon (American football, the American football player Alan Grant (born 1949 is a Scottish Comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various 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. Roy of the Rovers is a British Comic Battle Picture Weekly, at various time also known as Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force

Pat Mills introduced Comic Rock, which was meant to be a format for short stories inspired by popular music. 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 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. The Jam were an English Mod revival band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s Nemesis the Warlock is a Comic strip created by writer Pat Mills and artist Kevin O'Neill which appeared in the pages of the weekly Comic Tomás de Torquemada is the main Villain from the comic strip Nemesis the Warlock in British comic 2000 AD, who eventually appeared 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.

The only other Comic Rock story was a follow-up called "Killer Watt", in which Nemesis and Torquemada fought on a teleport system. Teleportation is the movement of objects from one place to another more or less instantaneously either by Paranormal means or through technological artifice 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. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Bryan Talbot (born February 24, 1952, Wigan, Lancashire) 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. Fiends of the Eastern Front was a 2000 AD comic strip created by Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living Gerry Finley-Day was a hugely prolific British Comic book writer from the 1960s to the 1980s Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (born November 1947 in Zaragoza) who has also worked under the alias L Its hero was a German soldier who discovered that some of his Romanian allies were vampires. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Later in the war, when Romania changed sides, he was the only one who knew their secret.

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 MacManus 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. Steve MacManus (sometimes credited as Ian Rogan) is a British comic writer and editor particularly known for his work at 2000 AD. Rogue Trooper is a Science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day GI is the name given to the Genetic Infantry in the Rogue Trooper universe 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. Colin Wilson is a Comic book artist born in Auckland New Zealand on October 31, 1949. Brett Ewins is a British Comic book artist best known for his work on Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper in the weekly comic Campbell ("Cam" Kennedy is a Scottish Comics artist He is best known for his work on 2000 AD, especially the flagship titles

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. Citizens' Band radio ( CB) is in many countries a system of short-distance simplex radio communications between individuals on a selection of 40 channels within Ace Trucking Co is a Comedy Science fiction series that featured in the comic 2000 AD from 1981 to 1986.

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. Block Mania is a Judge Dredd story which ran in British comic 2000 AD #236-244 in 1981 Mutual assured destruction ( MAD; sometimes written as mutually assured destruction) is a Doctrine of military Strategy in which a full-scale 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.

A new writer, Alan Moore, had started contributing Future Shocks in 1980. Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Future Shocks is the name given to a long running series of short strips in the weekly comic 2000 AD. 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. Marvel UK was an Imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US produced stories for the British weekly comic market though Warrior was a British anthology comic that ran for 26 issues between March 1982 and January 1985 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. Skizz was a Comic book strip in 2000 AD which appeared in three installments across more than a decade This article is about the 1982 film For the term "ET" which redirects here see ET. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Alan Bleasdale (born 23 March 1946 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, brought up in Huyton Boys from The Blackstuff is a British Television drama series of five episodes originally transmitted from October 10 to November Moore wrote Skizz without having seen E. T. The series was drawn by Jim Baikie. Jim Baikie is a British Comics artist who is best known for his work with Alan Moore on Skizz.

Moore wrote another series, D.R. and Quinch, spun off from a one-off Time Twister. DR and Quinch is a Comic strip created by Alan Moore and Alan Davis, which first appeared in issue 317 of the weekly Comic book Drawn by Alan Davis, the strip featured a pair of alien juvenile delinquents with a penchant for mindless thermonuclear destruction. Alan Davis (born 1956 is a British writer and artist of Comic books Biography UK work Alan Davis was born on June 18, 1956 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. The Ballad of Halo Jones is a Science fiction Comic strip written by Alan Moore and drawn by Ian Gibson, with lettering by Steve Potter (Books Ian Gibson is a British Comic book Artist, best known for his 1980s Black-and-white work for 2000 AD. 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.

A new character, Sláine, debuted in 1983, but had been in development since 1981. For other characters with the same name see Sláine. Sláine (ˈslɑːnʲə is a Comic book hero from the pages of Created by Pat Mills and his then wife Angela Kincaid, Sláine was a barbarian fantasy strip based on Celtic mythology. 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 Angela Kincaid, formerly known by her married name of Angie Mills, is a children's book Illustrator best known for the Butterfly Children series of Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Celtic mythology is the Mythology of Celtic polytheism, apparently the Religion of the Iron Age Celts Like other Iron Age 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.

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. Judge Cassandra Anderson is a comics Fictional character that started as a supporting character in the comic strip Judge Dredd of 2000 AD New artist Glenn Fabry debuted on Sláine, but due to his notorious slowness was rotated with David Pugh. Glenn Fabry is a British Comics artist known for his detailed realistic work in both ink and painted colour 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. Democracy in the fictional future city of Mega-City One has been a significant recurring theme in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD The term police state describes a State in which the government exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social economic and political This would provide plotlines for years to come.

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 Darkie's Mob strip in Battle) and a strange, psychedelic series called The Dead. Peter Milligan is an British writer best known for his Comic book, film and television work Bad Company is a comic book team created for ''2000 AD'' by Alan Grant and John Wagner but their initial story remained unpublished for over 16 years. Modern psychedelia For "psychedelics" see Psychedelic drug. In 1986, 2000AD was selling a very healthy 150,000 copies a week, (this was at the launch of their 500th issue).

In 1987 IPC's comics division was hived off and sold to publishing magnate Robert Maxwell as Fleetway. Ian Robert Maxwell MC ( June 10, 1923 – November 5, 1991) was a Czechoslovakian born British Media proprietor 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. Zenith ( Robert MacDowell) is a British Superhero, who appeared in the Science fiction Comic 2000 AD. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Steve Yeowell is a British Comics artist well-known for his work on the long-running Science fiction and Fantasy weekly comic 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. Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy

Wagner and Grant began a new Dredd Epic, "Oz", featuring Chopper, a popular supporting character. Oz is a mini-series featured in the comic 2000 AD, running for 26 episodes (Progs 545 to 570 from 24th October 1987 to 16th April 1988 Chopper (aka Marlon Shakespeare) is a fictional character in British comics 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine. 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. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 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. Morton Judd is the name of a Fictional character from the Judge Dredd comic strip and appears in progs 559-563 of the British comic 2000 AD 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. The Last American is a four-issue comic book mini-series released by Marvel 's Epic Imprint in 1990. 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 Wagner kept Dredd, while Grant continued Strontium Dog and Judge Anderson. However the pair would still come together for occasional collaborations.

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. Judge Kraken is a Fictional character in the Judge Dredd Comic strip featured in the long-running British comic 2000 AD Chopper also spun off into his own series, written by Wagner and drawn by Colin MacNeil. Colin MacNeil is a British comics artist best known for his work on 2000 AD and in particular on Judge Dredd and other stories within his

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 (born March 4 1962) is a British Comic book artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo SMS is a Lancashire-based artist known for his award-winning covers for science-fiction magazine Interzone, and for his work for British anthology magazine

In 1988 Grant and artist Simon Harrison began a new Strontium Dog story, "The Final Solution". Events January February March April May June The Evolutionary War crossover event in 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. Events January Invasion! crossover event in DC Comics February March April May June One of the colour series was Rogue Trooper: the War Machine, written by Dave Gibbons and painted by Will Simpson. William ("Will" Simpson is a Northern Irish Comic artist who started off in British comics like Warrior and 2000 AD 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. Friday is a 2000 AD character Like Rogue he is a Genetic Infantryman fighting on Nu-Earth although his connections with 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.

One of the black and white stories, "The Dead Man", was a low-key beginning for a major event. The Dead Man was a science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD by writer John Wagner and artist John Ridgway, published in 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. The Cursed Earth is a part of the Fictional universe from the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD. 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. John Ridgway (born 1940) is a British Comics Artist. Biography Ridgway began his career initially as a hobby drawing D By the end of the series the Dead Man had discovered his identity. He was Judge Dredd.

The 1990s

As "The Dead Man" ended, a new Judge Dredd story, "Tale of the Dead Man", explained how Dredd had ended up in that position. The Dead Man was a science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD by writer John Wagner and artist John Ridgway, published in 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. In the long-running British comic strip Judge Dredd, The Long Walk is taken by retired Judges who feel that they can no longer be effective within The Cursed Earth is a part of the Fictional universe from the Judge Dredd series that appears in the UK comic book 2000 AD. There he met the Sisters of Death, and only barely survived the encounter. This could mean only one thing: Judge Death was back.

This set up the latest six month epic, "Necropolis". "Necropolis" is a 26-part Judge Dredd epic by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, published in 1990 in 2000 AD progs 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 desultory 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. Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is an Irish Comics writer best known for the DC John Smith is a British Comics writer best known for his work on 2000 AD and Crisis. Jamie Christopher Hewlett (born April 3, 1968) is an English Comic book artist and designer Philip J Bond is a British Comic book artist, who first came to prominence in the late 1980s on Deadline magazine and later through a number Deadline was a British magazine published between 1988 and 1995. Steve Dillon is a British Comic book artist He is particularly known for his run on DC Comics Hellblazer and Preacher 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. Indigo Prime is the umbrella name for a series of stories written by John Smith for 2000 AD. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified Serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London 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. Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is an Irish Comics writer best known for the DC Peter Milligan is an British writer best known for his Comic book, film and television work 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. John Tomlinson is a British Comic book Writer known for his work on various 2000 AD strips Armoured Gideon is a Comics character (and their Eponymous story who first appeared in British Science fiction anthology 2000

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

American writer Michael Fleisher, 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. Michael "Mike" Fleisher (born November 1 is an American Comic book writer The Spectre is a fictional cosmic entity and Superhero who has appeared in numerous Comic books published by DC Comics. Jonah Hex is a Fictional character, a Western Comic book Anti-hero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga Another new writer who failed to set 2000 AD on fire was Mark Millar, whose revival of Robo-Hunter was particularly unpopular. Mark Millar (born December 24 1969 is an award-winning Scottish Graphic novelist born in Coatbridge. Millar has since gone on to become a successful writer of American superhero comics such as The Authority and The Ultimates. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do The Authority is a Superhero Comic book published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint The Ultimates are a fictional group of Superheroes that appear in Comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Events January February March April X-Force debuts in New Mutants vol Toxic! was a British weekly Comic book published by Apocalypse Ltd. 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 and the film rights have been optioned. Button Man is a comic strip created for leading British comic 2000 AD, written by John Wagner and illustrated by Arthur Ranson. Arthur James Ranson (1939 -) is an English illustrator whose fine line penwork and attention to visual detail has led to the misapplied epithet 'photo-realistic' A new ABC Warriors series, written by Mills and Tony Skinner and painted by Kev Walker, began in 1991, in which Deadlock took over the warriors with his "Khaos" philosophy. ABC Warriors is a long-running 2000 AD comic strip written by Pat Mills, which first appeared in prog 119 in 1979. Kevin "Kev" Walker is a British Comics artist and Illustrator, based in Leeds, who worked mainly on 2000 AD and The series is beautifully painted and often very funny, but some readers disliked the new direction and the regular humiliation of Hammerstein.

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.

In 1992, 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine ran their first crossover story, "Judgement Day", in which zombies overran Mega-City One. zombie is a reanimated human corpse Stories of zombies originated in the Afro-Caribbean spiritual belief system of Vodou, which told of the people being controlled 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. Peter Doherty is a British Comic book artist and Colourist, whose work over a 15 year career has mainly been concentrated on the classic Dean Ormston is a British born Comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic 2000 AD and for DC Chris Cunningham is an acclaimed English Music video Film director and Video artist. John Smith and artist Paul Marshall created Firekind, a slow-paced story about dragons and alien societies, which was accidentally published out of order. Paul Marshall is the name of several people Paul Marshall (financier (born 1959 British financier and philanthropist Firekind ran in the weekly anthology comic 2000 AD for 13 issues in 1993. 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. Events January February March April Adventures of Superman 500 is released and the Reign of the Supermen Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Mark Millar (born December 24 1969 is an award-winning Scottish Graphic novelist born in Coatbridge. Morrison wrote an unmemorable Dredd story, "Inferno", and a drug-influenced comedy adventure, Really & Truly. Really & Truly was a 2000 AD comic strip created by Grant Morrison and 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.

By far the most controversial story of this run, though, was Big Dave, a satire of British tabloid attitudes starring "Manchester's hardest man". "Big Dave" is also the Ring name of British professional wrestler Dave Waters Big Dave is an infamous character A tabloid is a Newspaper industry term which refers to a smaller newspaper format per spread to a weekly or semi-weekly alternative newspaper that focuses on local-interest 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". The German national football team (Die deutsche Fußballnationalmannschaft From 1950 to 1990 the team was also informally called West Germany in English as since Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Sarah Duchess of York ( Née Sarah Margaret Ferguson, born 15 October 1959 is the daughter of Major Ronald Ferguson by his wife Susan daughter of Fitzherbert The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti ( Arabic: ar صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي --> April 28 1937 &ndash December 30 Written by Morrison and Millar and drawn by Steve Parkhouse, Big Dave divided readers like nothing else the comic had ever published. Steve Parkhouse is a Writer, Artist and Letterer who has worked for a lot of British comics, especially 2000 AD and

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. Michael J "Mick" Austin is a fine artist who lives and works in the UK Trevor Hairsine is a British Comics artist whose detailed style has been compared with that of Bryan Hitch. 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. TemplateInfobox Planet.--> Titan (ˈtaɪtən, or as 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.

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. The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a Police force as they investigate Crimes 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.

Former Megazine editor David Bishop became editor of the weekly in late 1995 but the decline in sales continued it's downward spiral. David Bishop is an award-winning screenwriter and author Born in New Zealand, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s running such titles as the Judge Dredd 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. Dan Abnett (born October 12, 1965) is a British Comic book writer and Novelist. Sinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British Comic book 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate 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. 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 Nikolai Dante is the Eponymous hero of a Comics series published in the weekly British Science fiction anthology 2000 AD. There were also gimmicks, like the "sex issue", sold in a clear plastic wrapper, The Spacegirls, 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. The Spice Girls are a BRIT Award -winning English pop Girl group formed in 1994 MACH 1 directs here for the Thunderbolts member formerly known as M Anthony Charles Lynton "Tony" Blair (born 6 May 1953 is a British Politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to MACH 1 directs here for the Thunderbolts member formerly known as M Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956 is an English director and Film producer, best known for his work on films such as Trainspotting A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 romantic / Black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Boyle and John Hodge 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.

1999 also saw the return of another character, 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. Henry Flint is a British Comic book Artist who has worked mainly for British sci-fi comic 2000AD.

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. Gordon Rennie is a former music journalist turned Comics writer responsible for White Trash Moronic Inferno, as well as several Comic strips for Mark Harrison is a British Comic book artist and occasional writer 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.

The 2000s

In the year of its title and beyond, 2000 AD bounced back under the ownership of Rebellion, with editors Andy Diggle, Alan Barnes and Matt Smith at the helm. Rebellion is a British Computer games company based in Oxford, who are most famous for the first Aliens versus Predator computer game Andy Diggle is a British Comic book writer and former editor of 2000 AD. Alan Barnes is a British writer and editor particularly noted for work in the field of cult film and television Matt Smith is the editor of long-running British Science fiction weekly anthology comic 2000AD. Rebellion continues to develop stories (and computer games) 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.. Rogue Trooper is a Science fiction strip in the British comic 2000 AD, created by Gerry Finley-Day For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. Shakara is a 2000 AD character starring in their own eponymous story who was created by Robbie Morrison The Red Seas is a series for 2000 AD, written by Ian Edginton and drawn by Steve Yeowell. Caballistics Inc is a horror / Fantasy Comic strip, set in the present day that has been running in the weekly British anthology comic It has also published a tie-in to the film Shaun of the Dead in a story written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British Zombie -themed Comedy (or " rom zom com " as it dubs itself film Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian, Writer Edgar Wright (born 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset) is an English film and Television director.

The comic continues to uncover new British talents, including Boo Cook, Dom Reardon and Al Ewing. Boo Cook is a British Comic artist whose work mainly features in the comic 2000 AD. Dom Reardon is a British Comics artist whose work appears mainly in British comic 2000AD. Al Ewing is a British comic writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for 2000 AD. 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. In Finance, the exchange rates (also known as the foreign-exchange rate, forex rate or FX rate) between two currencies specifies how

Recently a number of shorter self-contained stories, partly created by the new wave of talent, have run including London Falling, Go-Machine, Stone Island and Malone. London Falling is a strip in 2000 AD, created by comic book writer Simon Spurrier and Lee Garbett the artist Go-Machine is a comic strip that appeared in 2000AD. It was created by writer Al Ewing and artist Richard Elson. Stone Island is a new horror series in the weekly comic 2000 AD. Sinister Dexter is a long-running comic series in British Comic book 2000 AD, created by Dan Abnett and David Millgate Other developments include a revamping of the Judge Dredd Megazine which has included a section acting as a showcase for British small press comics. Judge Dredd Megazine is a monthly British Comic magazine, launched in October 1990. British small press comics is a term used to describe Comic books self-published by Cartoonists and Comic book creators within the UK Starting in 1500 prog was a Judge Dredd story "The Connection", a 'prelude' to a 23-part Judge Dredd epic "Origins" which filled in a lot of the details about Dredd's past. "Origins" is one of the longest Judge Dredd storylines to run in the pages of British comic 2000 AD.

In prog 1526,^[1] dated February 28, 2007, 2000 AD celebrated their 30th anniversary. Events January January 10: Superman & Batman vs Aliens & Predator released ^[2] The issue saw the start of three new storylines: Flesh (by Pat Mills and Ramon Sola), Nikolai Dante (by Robbie Morrison and Simon Fraser) and Savage (by Pat Mills and Charlie Adlard). Flesh is a recurring Comic strip in the weekly Anthology comic 2000AD created by writer Pat Mills. 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 Nikolai Dante is the Eponymous hero of a Comics series published in the weekly British Science fiction anthology 2000 AD. 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 is a British Comics artist best known for his work on Nikolai Dante, a series he created with writer Robbie Morrison 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 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 Charles "Charlie" Adlard (born 1966 is a British Comic book Artist and Penciller. The run-up to this saw the first arcs of new series Stickleback and Kingdom. Stickleback is a Steampunk / Alternate history comic series created by Ian Edginton and D'Israeli and appearing in Kingdom is a comic series created by Dan Abnett and Richard Elson and published in 2000 AD (2006-2007

Continuity

Main article: 2000 AD crossovers

Although there is no overall shared universe containing all 2000 AD stories, some stories spin-off or crossover into other stories. 2000 AD crossovers are crossover stories appearing in British comic 2000 AD, its sister title the Judge Dredd Megazine, A shared universe is a Literary technique in which several different authors create works of Fiction that share aspects such as settings or characters and that are 2000 AD crossovers are crossover stories appearing in British comic 2000 AD, its sister title the Judge Dredd Megazine, Most notable are the many stories that occur in the Judge Dredd Universe and the early stories of Pat Mills, which are frequently interlinked and also link into the Dredd Universe. For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. 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

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 later reappear in ABC Warriors. Starlord was a shortlived weekly British Science fiction comic published by IPC in 1978 as a sister title to This is a list of Comics -related events in 1978. Related year entries List of years in comics | 1977 in comics | 1978 in comics Strontium Dog is a long-running Comics series featuring in the British Science fiction weekly 2000 AD, starring Johnny Ro-Busters is a British comic strip that formed part of the original line-up of Starlord. ABC Warriors is a long-running 2000 AD comic strip written by Pat Mills, which first appeared in prog 119 in 1979. The two titles were merged later the same year and published as 2000AD and Starlord.

• Tornado was a weekly title launched in 1979. Events Year overall January February March April May Frank Miller takes over from 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. Blackhawk was a Tornado comic strip created by Gerry Finley-Day that was one of three strips to transfer to 2000 AD For a while the publication was 2000AD and Tornado.

• 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, like Diceman. In roleplaying, participants adopt and act out the Role of characters, or parts that may have personalities motivations and backgrounds different from The magazine was not a success and only lasted five issues.

• Crisis (1988-1991) was a sister publication that didn't follow the format of 2000 AD, but did share many editorial staff and creative teams. Events January February March April May June The Evolutionary War crossover event in Events January February March April X-Force debuts in New Mutants vol 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. Some stories were continued in 2000 AD after publication ceased.

• Revolver (1990-1991) joined Crisis though it only lasted for seven issues. Events January February March April X-Force debuts in New Mutants vol Dan Dare was in the original lineup, and this transferred to Crisis when Revolver finished.

• Toxic! was a short-lived rival publication, established by 2000 AD talent, that was published during 1991. Toxic! was a British weekly Comic book published by Apocalypse Ltd. Events January February March April X-Force debuts in New Mutants vol

• 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. Events January February February 26: 2000 AD is launched

• A series of American comic format reprints started in 1983 by Eagle Comics with the first issue of an ongoing monthly Judge Dredd title. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) 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. Quality Communications is the company formed by Dez Skinn in 1982 to publish Warrior, an anthology Comic book title These reprints ended in 1989. Events January Invasion! crossover event in DC Comics February March April May June

• 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. Judge Dredd Megazine is a monthly British Comic magazine, launched in October 1990.

Computer game adaptations

In 1987, Martech released well-received games based on Nemesis the Warlock and Sláine for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum platforms. Martech Games Ltd was a Video game publisher active between 1982 and 1989. The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit Home computers produced by Amstrad Plc during the 1980s and early 1990s The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal Home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd ^[3] Krisalis Software released an adaptation of Rogue Trooper for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1991, and the merchandising that accompanied the 1995 Judge Dredd film included tie-in games for the IBM PC (MS-DOS), Game Boy, Game Gear, PlayStation, Sega Genesis and SNES. The Amiga is a family of Personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation. The Atari ST is a home / Personal computer that was commercially available from 1985 to the early 1990s MS-DOS (short for M icro' s' oft D isk O perating S ystem is an Operating system commercialized by Microsoft. The is a handheld video game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The Sega Game Gear is a Handheld game console which was Sega 's response to Nintendo 's Game Boy. The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The is a 16-bit Video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and the PAL region in 1990 The Super Nintendo Entertainment System or Super NES (also called SNES and Super Nintendo) is a 16-bit Video game console that was A Judge Dredd Pinball game was released for the PC (DOS) in 1998.

With the purchase of 2000 AD by Rebellion Developments, a computer game company, several more 2000 AD-linked games have been released or are under development. Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death was released in 2003 and Rogue Trooper followed in 2006 for the XBOX, Playstation 2 and PC. Judge Dredd Dredd Vs Death is a Video game based on the Judge Dredd character from the 2000AD comic series developed by Rebellion Developments Three computer game versions of Rogue Trooper have been made 8-bit Computer Game (1986 An Isometric shooter by Piranha The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ^[4]

Popular characters

Popular characters from the comic include:

Famous creators

Well known creators who have worked for 2000 AD include:

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 (born October 12, 1965) is a British Comic book writer and Novelist. Massimo Belardinelli (5 June 1938 &ndash March 2007 was an Italian Comics artist best known for his work in the British Science fiction comic 2000 AD Simon Bisley (born March 4 1962) is a British Comic book artist best known for his 1990s work on ABC Warriors, Lobo Brian Bolland (born 1951 is a British Comics Artist, known for his meticulous detailed linework and eye-catching compositions Chris Cunningham is an acclaimed English Music video Film director and Video artist. Alan Davis (born 1956 is a British writer and artist of Comic books Biography UK work Alan Davis was born on June 18, 1956 Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is an Irish Comics writer best known for the DC Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (born November 1947 in Zaragoza) who has also worked under the alias L Michael "Mike" Fleisher (born November 1 is an American Comic book writer Gerry Finley-Day was a hugely prolific British Comic book writer from the 1960s to the 1980s Henry Flint is a British Comic book Artist who has worked mainly for British sci-fi comic 2000AD. Tom Frame ( 1931 - July 14, 2006) was a British comics Letterer. Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and Dave Gibbons (born April 14, 1949) is a British Comic book Artist, writer and sometime letterer Ian Gibson is a British Comic book Artist, best known for his 1980s Black-and-white work for 2000 AD. Alan Grant (born 1949 is a Scottish Comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Trevor Hairsine is a British Comics artist whose detailed style has been compared with that of Bryan Hitch. Jamie Christopher Hewlett (born April 3, 1968) is an English Comic book artist and designer David Hine is an English Comic book writer and artist Biogaphy He has been working in comics since the late 1980s. Frazer Irving (born in the1970s Ilford, Essex) is a British horror artist who became known for the 2000 AD series Necronauts " Jock " is the pseudonym of British comics artist Mark Simpson, most known for his work with Andy Diggle in 2000 AD and on Campbell ("Cam" Kennedy is a Scottish Comics artist He is best known for his work on 2000 AD, especially the flagship titles Brendan McCarthy is a British artist and designer best known for his work in Comic books, film and television Michael (known as Mike or Mick) McMahon is a British Comics Artist best known for his work on 2000 AD characters Mark Millar (born December 24 1969 is an award-winning Scottish Graphic novelist born in Coatbridge. Peter Milligan is an British 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 Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Kevin O'Neill, born in London in 1953, is a British Comics illustrator best known as the co-creator of Nemesis the Warlock and Arthur James Ranson (1939 -) is an English illustrator whose fine line penwork and attention to visual detail has led to the misapplied epithet 'photo-realistic' Gordon Rennie is a former music journalist turned Comics writer responsible for White Trash Moronic Inferno, as well as several Comic strips for John Smith is a British Comics writer best known for his work on 2000 AD and Crisis. Richard Starkings is a British Font designer and Comic book Letterer, editor and Writer. Bryan Talbot (born February 24, 1952, Wigan, Lancashire) is a British Comic book Artist and Writer. John Wagner is a Comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy Kevin "Kev" Walker is a British Comics artist and Illustrator, based in Leeds, who worked mainly on 2000 AD and Chris Weston is a British comic artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics. WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, (sometimes rendered Wildstorm) is a publishing Imprint and studio of American Comic book Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc

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

Awards

Although the various stories and creators have won awards too (see the various entries for details) the comic itself has its own trophies:

• 1978: Won the Eagle Awards: Favourite Comic (UK)

• 1997:
  • Won the National Comics Awards: Best Comic (British)
  • Nominated for the National Comics Awards: Best British Comic Ever

• 1998: Won the National Comics Awards: Best Comic (British)

• 1999:
  • Won the National Comics Awards: Best Comic (British)
  • Won the Eagle Awards: Favourite British Comic
  • Prog 2000 nominated for the Eagle Awards: Favourite Cover Published During 1999

• 2000:
  • Won the Eagle Awards: Favourite British Comic
  • 2000adonline. This is a list of Comics -related events in 1978. Related year entries List of years in comics | 1977 in comics | 1978 in comics Events January Avengers ( 1996 series #3 - Marvel Comics Captain America ( National Comics Awards are given out on an annual basis for Comic book and related material published in the United Kingdom the previous year National Comics Awards are given out on an annual basis for Comic book and related material published in the United Kingdom the previous year Events January February March April May June July August September National Comics Awards are given out on an annual basis for Comic book and related material published in the United Kingdom the previous year US publications -->==Events and publications== January February March April National Comics Awards are given out on an annual basis for Comic book and related material published in the United Kingdom the previous year US publications --> Events and publications Year overall ===February=== Strange com nominated for the Eagle Awards: Favourite Comics Related Website

• 2001:
  • Won the National Comics Awards: Best Comic in the World Ever
  • Won the National Comics Awards: Best Comic Ever

• 2002:
  • Nominated for the National Comics Awards: Best Comic Ever
  • 2000adonline. US publications --> Events and publications Year overall February March National Comics Awards are given out on an annual basis for Comic book and related material published in the United Kingdom the previous year National Comics Awards are given out on an annual basis for Comic book and related material published in the United Kingdom the previous year Events January February March April May June July August September National Comics Awards are given out on an annual basis for Comic book and related material published in the United Kingdom the previous year com nominated for the National Comics Awards: Best Specialist Magazine or Website
  • Nominated for the National Comics Awards: Best Comic Now

• 2004: won the Diamond Comics Awards: Best comic

• 2006: won the Eagle Award for Best British Colour Comic

• 2007:
  • Nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Colour Comicbook - British
  • 2000adonline. National Comics Awards are given out on an annual basis for Comic book and related material published in the United Kingdom the previous year National Comics Awards are given out on an annual basis for Comic book and related material published in the United Kingdom the previous year Events February February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA Events January January 1 2006: Newsweek offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons Events January January 10: Superman & Batman vs Aliens & Predator released com nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Comics Related Website

Fanzines

2000 AD has an extremely lively and thriving fanbase, which has produced a number of independent fanzines. Fans in Little Italyjpg|thumb|right|Fans in Little Italy Manhattan celebrating the victory of the Italian association football team after the 2006 FIFA World Cup]][[Image Wm-oly-de-cr A fanzine (see also Zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre for the pleasure 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, named after the year of Dredd's graduation from the Academy of Law - 2079. The Academy of Law is a fictional place of learning appearing in the Judge Dredd series that appears in the British comic 2000 AD Notable predictions and known events 2070 February - An Active SETI message called Teen Age Message sent from the 70-meter Eupatoria The first couple of issues contained work from now-professional comics creators Rufus Dayglo, Boo Cook, Henry Flint and PJ Holden and won the best Self Published/Independent Comic Award at the 1999 National Comics Awards. Rufus Dayglo is a London-based Comics artist working for 2000 AD in the United Kingdom and IDW Publishing in the United States Boo Cook is a British Comic artist whose work mainly features in the comic 2000 AD. Henry Flint is a British Comic book Artist who has worked mainly for British sci-fi comic 2000AD. Paul Jason Holden (born 28 December 1969 is a Northern Irish comic Artist based in Belfast. In 2001, Andrew Lewis created Zarjaz comic, a fanzine featuring characters mainly from the Judge Dredd universe. Zarjaz is a Fanzine for the long running British sci-fi comic 2000 AD. 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. Dogbreath is Fanzine dedicated to the 2000 AD series Strontium Dog. In 2003, Arthur Wyatt created FutureQuake, a fanzine devoted to the Future Shocks format. Arthur Wyatt is a writer for British comic 2000 AD, creating stories mostly in the Future Shock format FutureQuake is a British small press Comic book founded by Arthur Wyatt, and edited from issue 5 onwards by Richmond Clements David Evans Future Shocks is the name given to a long running series of short strips in the weekly comic 2000 AD. 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.

In addition, a number of small press comics have emerged from the 2000 AD fanbase, including Solar Wind, Omnivistascope and The End Is Nigh. British small press comics is a term used to describe Comic books self-published by Cartoonists and Comic book creators within the UK Solar Wind is a British Small press Comicbook. Edited by Cosmic Ray (a pseudonym for small press comics publisher Paul Scott) the The End Is Nigh is an annual British Fanzine edited by Michael Molcher.

See also

• Action
• British comics
• British Invasion, which saw a number of 2000 AD artists and writers working for the big American firms during the 1980s. A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips The British Invasion of American comics is a term used to describe the influx in the late 1980s of British comics creators especially writers

Notes

References

• David Bishop (2002-2003), "Thrill Power Overload!" (Judge Dredd Megazine vol 4 issues 9-18, issues 201-209, collected and expanded into a book: Rebellion, 260 pages, February 2007, ISBN 1-905437-22-6)
• Termight fan web site
• Futureshock! The Story of 2000AD, presented by Phill Jupitus, BBC Radio 4, September 22, 2007

External links

• Official 2000 AD Web site
• Official "2000 AD Books" Web site
• 2000 AD Review fan site
• Prog 0, the test issue created in 1976
• 2000AD Links Project - virtually complete listing of 2000AD-related websites. David Bishop is an award-winning screenwriter and author Born in New Zealand, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s running such titles as the Judge Dredd Rebellion is a British Computer games company based in Oxford, who are most famous for the first Aliens versus Predator computer game Phill Jupitus (born 25 June 1962 is an English broadcaster. He is a regular on television and radio panel shows including BBC Radio 4 's
• alt.comics.2000ad newsgroup
• The Class Of '79
• Alec Trench's Thrill Pitcher
• 2000 AD Artwork Gallery
• Touched by the Hand of Tharg

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