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Indigo Prime
''Indigo Prime'' is the umbrella name for a series of stories written by John Smith for British comics magazine '' 2000 AD''. It is about an agency - existing out of time and whose members are dead - which police the multiverse of parallel realities. Plot Indigo Prime is an extra-dimensional agency dedicated to the maintenance and repair of breaks and distortions across the multiverse. However, they're not above making a few 'alterations' for any rich clientele that approach them (although it appears that this is never at the expense of the harmony of the multiverse itself). Their base of operations exists outside the multiverse and time itself in a hypothetical 'nullzone', which every event in time and space throughout the multiverse transects. All Indigo Prime agents are chosen, upon their death, based on the presence of a certain gene (the "Rembrant Index") that occurs in one in twelve million people across the multiverse; given a new body, and then trained in a range of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebellion Developments
Rebellion Developments Limited is a British video game developer based in Oxford, England. Founded by Jason and Chris Kingsley in December 1992, the company is best known for its ''Sniper Elite'' series and multiple games in the ''Alien vs. Predator'' series. Sister company Rebellion Publishing has published comic books since 2000, when it purchased '' 2000 AD'', the publisher of characters such as Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper. History Origins (1992–1999) Rebellion was founded on 4 December 1992 by brothers Jason and Chris Kingsley in Oxford, England. The pair had just finished academic degrees at the University of Oxford, and had ambitions of starting doctorates. In their spare time, they did freelance work in the games industry. When their freelance jobs roles began to expand and they were taking on more management responsibilities, they decided to establish Rebellion in Oxford. The foundation of the studio was laid when the brothers secured a deal with video game publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyranny Rex
This is a list of minor '' 2000 AD'' stories. Stories A Absalom ''Absalom'' is a horror story spin-off from ''Caballistics, Inc.'' by Gordon Rennie and Tiernen Trevallion. The stories were "Noblesse Obligie" in ''2000 AD'' #1732–1739 (May–June 2011), "Sick Leave" in ''2000 AD'' Prog 2012 (December 2011), "Ghosts of London" in ''2000 AD'' #1765–1771 (January–February 2012), "Dirty Postcards" in Prog 2013 (December 2014), "Old Pals' Act" in Prog 2014 (December 2013), "Under a False Flag" in #1934–1942 (June–August 2015), "Family Snapshots" in #1961 (December 2015), and "Terminal Diagnosis" in #2053–2060 and #2136–2143 (October–December 2017 and June–August 2019). The first trade paperback, ''Ghosts of London'', was published in June 2012 (). Ampney Crucis Investigates ''Ampney Crucis Investigates'' is an occult detective story by Ian Edginton and Simon Davis starring the fictional investigator Ampney Crucis and his man servant Eddie Cromwell. It start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Bagwell
Edmund Bagwell (1966 – 2017) was a British comics artist. Professionally he was also known as Edmund Perryman, EC Perriman, Edmund Kitsune, Anonyman and Anoniman. Bagwell was born in Preston, England, and studied art at Leeds Polytechnic. His early career as a comics artist saw him write and draw his own strip, ''Syd Serene'', for ''Deadline'' in 1988. He also illustrated '' Black Axe'' (1993) for Marvel UK, a Nick Fury strip for '' Marvel Comics Presents'', a ''Judge Dredd'' story for '' 2000 AD'', and stories for ''Crisis'' and other titles, before moving on to develop concept art and digital design for computer games and film companies. He returned to comics several years later, when he was headhunted to illustrate independent British comic ''Event Horizon''. His work for that comic was noticed by Matt Smith, the editor of ''2000 AD'', who asked him to work on some one-off stories and then on new series ''Cradlegrave'' (2009). Other stories Bagwell illustrated for ''2000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Carter (comics)
Lee Carter is a British fantasy artist whose work has appeared in '' 2000 AD''. Work Carter's "day job" is as a concept artist for computer games company Bizarre Creations. His published comics work includes the '' Dead Eyes'' and '' Necrophim'' series for ''2000 AD''. He has also worked freelance for various fantasy gaming and roleplay publishers, such as Wizards of the Coast, Games Workshop, Fantasy Flight Games and Green Ronin. Bibliography Comics work includes: * "Necromachia" (with writer Liam Sharp, ''Event Horizon'' #1 and 2, Mam Tor Publishing, May, November 2005) * ''Fear the Dead: A Zombie Survivor's Journal'' (with writer Michael Alan Nelson, hardcover one-shot, Boom! Studios, April 2006) * "Witch Hunter" (with Andrew Cosby, in ''Cthulhu Tales'' #1, Boom! Studios, May 2006) * "Namesake" (with John Rogers, in '' Pirate Tales'' #1, Boom! Studios, October 2006) * '' Tharg's Terror Tales'': "Bad Blood" (with Arthur Wyatt, in '' 2000 AD'' #1539, May 2007) *'' Dead Eyes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Austin
Michael J. Austin is a fine artist who lives and works in the UK. Initially a comic book artist and illustrator, his painterly style led to him leaving this genre and concentrating on fine art in 1996. Biography Mick Austin started his artistic career in 1981 for Marvel Comics producing cover art and a very brief 'Timesmasher' (written by the then editor Paul Neary) series and also Blakes Seven before moving onto Warrior mainly painting cover art for which he won an Eagle Award in 1982 for his Marvelman cover. He then drew both Judge Dredd and Judge Anderson for '' 2000 AD'' between 1989 and 1995. He also drew the computer game based strip Urban Strike during this period, various Tharg's Future Shocks and the featured strip in Doctor Who Magazine during this period. He also worked for several other publications up to 1996, notably as features artist for The Sunday Times from 1982 to 1985; illustrating stories for the magazines Men Only, Mayfair, the TV Times as well as many book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Weston
Chris Weston (born 1969) is a British comics artist who has worked both in the US and UK comics industries. Biography Weston was born in January 1969 in Rinteln, Germany, and lived in various countries as a child. His career began when he was apprenticed for a year to work with Don Lawrence, by the end of which he had secured paid work on the major British strip ''Judge Dredd''. He worked with writer John Smith on the ten-part ''Indigo Prime'' story, "Killing Time" in which characters battled Jack the Ripper aboard a time travelling train. Weston's work in America began with on ''Swamp Thing'' during Mark Millar's time as scriptwriter. He has since gone on to be published in ''The Invisibles'', ''Starman'', '' JSA'', ''Lucifer'', and '' The Authority''. He has also worked on '' The Filth'' and '' Ministry of Space''. The former a creator-owned written by Grant Morrison, the latter a "what if?" limited series written by Warren Ellis which saw Britain winning the Space Race. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Dillon
Steve Dillon (22 March 1962 – 22 October 2016) was a British comic book artist, best known for his work with writer Garth Ennis on ''Hellblazer'', ''Preacher'' and ''The Punisher''. Early life Dillon was born in London in 1962 and raised in Luton, Bedfordshire. He was the oldest of three siblings, a sister younger by three years, Julie, and a brother younger by nine years who is cartoonist/costume designer Glyn Dillon. While attending Icknield High School, Dillon first realised his potential as a serious comic book artist during the production of a school comic book called ''Ultimate Sci Fi Adventures'' with school friends Neil Bailey & Paul Mahon in 1975. His first strip in this comic was "The Space Vampire". This was followed by the ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' series. Career Dillon got his first professional work at the age of 16, drawing the title story in the first issue of ''Hulk Weekly'' for Marvel UK, later working on the '' Nick Fury'' strip. In the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Simpson (comics)
William "Will" Simpson is a Northern Irish comics artist and film and television storyboard and concept artist. Born in Prehen, County Londonderry,James Meredith"The Art of William Simpson" Culture Northern Ireland, 13 March 2013 he began his career in British comics in the 1980s, drawing "Big Ben" for ''Warrior'' magazine in 1984, ''Transformers'' for Marvel UK, work for '' 2000 AD'', including "Judge Dredd" and "Rogue Trooper", in 1987-91, and "Sex Warrior" for ''Toxic!'' in 1991. This led to work in American comics in the 1990s, including ''Hellblazer'' and '' Vamps'' and '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' for DC Comics. In the 2000s he moved into film and television, providing storyboards and concept art for films like ''24 Hours in London'' (2000), '' Reign of Fire'' (2002), '' Breakfast on Pluto'' (2005) and ''City of Ember'' (2008). From 2011 until 2019 he was a storyboard and concept artist for the HBO TV series '' Game of Thrones'', for which he designed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Eyes (comics)
''Dead Eyes'' is a serialized personal nonfiction investigational podcast series created by actor and comedian Connor Ratliff. In 2000, Ratliff was cast in the role of Private John Zielinski on the HBO television series ''Band of Brothers (miniseries), Band of Brothers'' and was set to begin filming when he was subsequently fired, allegedly because series co-creator Tom Hanks believed Ratliff had "dead eyes." In 2020, Ratliff set out to "solve the very stupid mystery" of why he was fired, and to more generally explore the concept of rejection in the entertainment industry. The podcast gained significant media attention in March 2022 when, for its season 3 finale, Ratliff finally interviewed Hanks. __TOC__ History Background Connor Ratliff grew up in Missouri, and after high school attended the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts in Liverpool, Liverpool, England. After graduating, he stayed in London pursuing a career in acting, when h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smithiverse
John Smith (born 1967) is a British comic book writer best known for his work on the weekly anthology '' 2000 AD'' and its spin-off title ''Crisis'', particularly the ''Indigo Prime'', '' Devlin Waugh'' and '' New Statesmen'' serials. Career Smith's earliest published work appeared in the DC Thomson's science fiction comic '' Starblazer'' in the mid-1980s. Soon after, he became a regular contributor for '' 2000 AD'' and followed up with the political superhero serial '' New Statesmen'' for ''2000 ADs spin-off title ''Crisis''. Many of Smith's series created for ''2000 AD'' shared the same continuity under the umbrella of Indigo Prime, a multi-dimensional organisation that policed reality, recruiting recently dead people as its agents. The original run of Indigo Prime stories ended with "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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |