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John Smith

Born
Nationality British
Area(s) Writer
Notable works Devlin Waugh

John Smith is a British comics writer best known for his work on 2000 AD and Crisis. Devlin Waugh (a play on Evelyn Waugh) is a fictional character who has appeared regularly in 2000 AD and in the Judge Dredd Megazine 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"

His work is characterised by intricate, sometimes obscure plots and an interest in taboos and the occult. The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine hidden secret referring to "knowledge of the hidden" This is told in an elliptic, fractured narrative style reminiscent of Iain Sinclair or the cut-up technique of William S. Burroughs. Iain Sinclair is a British Writer and Film maker Much of his work is rooted in London most recently within the influences of Psychogeography The cut-up technique, also known as fishbowling, is an Aleatory Literary technique or genre in which a text is cut up at Random William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word Other notable influences include Michael Moorcock, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Alan Moore and Noel Coward. Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of Science fiction and fantasy who has also Edgar Rice Burroughs ( September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author best known for his creation of the jungle hero Alan Moore (born November 18 1953 in Northampton) is an English Writer most famous for his influential work in Comics, including the acclaimed Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright

Smith's best-known character is Devlin Waugh, a flamboyantly gay exorcist, assassin and vampire working for the Vatican of the future, co-created with artist Sean Phillips for the Judge Dredd Megazine. Devlin Waugh (a play on Evelyn Waugh) is a fictional character who has appeared regularly in 2000 AD and in the Judge Dredd Megazine In the English language, gay is an Adjective that in modern usage refers to Homosexuality. In some religions an exorcist (also called a witchman) is a person who is believed to be able to cast out the Devil or other Demon. Vampires are mythological or folkloric revenants who subsist by feeding on the blood of the living The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent Episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Sean Phillips is a British Comic book Artist, Inker, and Penciller. Judge Dredd Megazine is a monthly British Comic magazine, launched in October 1990.

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Biography

His earliest work was for D. C. Thomson's science fiction comic Starblazer in the mid-1980s. D C Thomson & Co Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing Oor Wullie, The Broons Star Blazers is also the name for the American dub of the anime series Space Battleship Yamato Starblazer - Space Fiction Adventure in Pictures He wrote his first script for 2000 AD in 1986 and wrote the political superhero series New Statesmen for Crisis in 1988. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Events January February March April May June The Evolutionary War crossover event in

Many of his series for 2000 AD were tied into the same continuity, under the umbrella of Indigo Prime. In Fiction, continuity (also called time-scheme) is consistency of the characteristics of persons plot, objects places and events seen by the reader or Indigo Prime is the umbrella name for a series of stories written by John Smith for 2000 AD. Indigo Prime was a multi-dimensional organisation that policed reality, recruiting recently dead people as its agents. The climax of the series was Killing Time, in which agents Winwood and Cord pursued a demon that had hitched a ride on a Victorian time machine, one of the legitimate passengers of which turned out to be Jack the Ripper. Jack the Ripper is an alias given to an unidentified Serial killer active in the largely impoverished Whitechapel area and adjacent districts of London

Other series for 2000 AD include Revere, a post-apocalyptic occult story with artist Simon Harrison, which was reprinted in its entirety in the 2000 AD Extreme Edition title in February 2007, and Firekind (1993), an anthropological science fiction story involving alien cultures and dragons, illustrated by Paul Marshall. Firekind ran in the weekly anthology comic 2000 AD for 13 issues in 1993. Events January February March April Adventures of Superman 500 is released and the Reign of the Supermen The dragon is a Legendary creature of which some interpretation or depiction appears in almost every culture worldwide He has also written Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd. 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.

For DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, he has written a fill-in on Hellblazer and an eight-part series called Scarab, which started out as a revamp of Doctor Fate. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics. Hellblazer is a contemporary horror Comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. Scarab, in comics, may refer to Scarab (Vertigo, a Vertigo character and title based on Dr Fate Scarab (Nedor, a Golden Doctor Fate (also known by the Diminutive, Fate) is the name of a succession of fictional sorcerers who appear within DC Comics ' universe

John has also written a run of Vampirella for Harris Comics.

The Smithiverse

Examples of John Smith's cross-referencing of characters throughout his oeuvre include:

Bibliography

Comics work includes:

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Preceded by
Garth Ennis		 Hellblazer writer
1992		 Succeeded by
Garth Ennis
Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is an Irish Comics writer best known for the DC Hellblazer is a contemporary horror Comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is an Irish Comics writer best known for the DC
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