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Low Life (comics)
''Low Life'' is a comics story published in British anthology ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD''. Set in the world of Judge Dredd, it was created by Rob Williams (comics), Rob Williams and Henry Flint. , Comicon.com, February 11, 2004 Simon Coleby, Rufus Dayglo and D'Israeli (cartoonist), D'Israeli have also illustrated the strip. It is about undercover Judge (2000 AD), judges. Characters Aimee Nixon, a female judge who has voluntarily had her left arm removed and replaced with a robotic prosthetic. Can beat any lie detector (possibly a reference to Richard Nixon). Her appearance is based on "Courtney Love with a broken nose". She was arrested and sentenced to 20 years' hard labour in the prison colony on Titan in fiction, Titan, aft ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 AD (comics)
''2000 AD'' is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic magazine. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue (known as "progs") and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. Since 2000 it has been published by Rebellion Developments. ''2000 AD'' 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, Dave Gibbons, Grant Morrison, Brian Bolland, Mike McMahon, John Wagner, Alan Grant and Garth Ennis. Other series in ''2000 AD'' include ''Rogue Trooper'', '' Sláine'', ''Strontium Dog'', ''ABC Warriors'', ''Nemesis the Warlock'' and ''Nikolai Dante''. History ''2000 AD'' was initially published by IPC Magazines. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary, which was sold to Robert Maxwell in 1987 and then to Egmont UK in 1991. Fleetway continued to produce the title until 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFX (magazine)
''SFX'' is a British magazine covering the topics of science fiction and fantasy. Its name is a reference to the abbreviated form of "special effects". Description ''SFX'' magazine is published every four weeks by Future plc and was founded in 1995. The magazine covers topics in the genres of popular science fiction, fantasy, and horror, within the media of films, television, video games, comics, and literature. According to the magazine's website, the ''SF'' stands for "science fiction", but the ''X'' doesn't stand for anything in particular. Given the magazine's cinematic content, SFX may stand for 'Special Effects'. Matt Bielby was the editor for the first 11 issues. He was followed by Dave Golder who left the magazine in 2005 but later returned as its online editor. Golder was replaced by David Bradley, who edited for over nine years before being promoted to Group Editor-in-Chief, handing over the issue editor role to Richard Edwards, who had been deputy editor. In 2019, Edw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Spurrier
Simon "Si" Spurrier (born 2 May 1981) is a British comics writer and novelist, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller, and an art director for the BBC. Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write his own series for '' 2000 AD'', like ''Lobster Random'', '' Bec & Kawl'', ''The Simping Detective'' and '' Harry Kipling'', as well as a number of stories for the flagship character ''Judge Dredd''. In recent years he has broken into the American comic book industry, writing mainly for Marvel Comics. He also wrote Marvel's ''X-Force'' in 2014 and 2015, which starred the characters Cable (comics), Cable, Betsy Braddock, Psylocke, Marrow (comics), Marrow and Fantomex. He started co-writing ''Star Wars: Doctor Aphra'' from Marvel Comics with Kieron Gillen in November 2017 on issues #14-19, taking over with issue #20 in May 2018. Simon has also written a number of novels, initially on other people's intellectual property, properties, but in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Ewing
Al Ewing () is a British comics writer who has mainly worked in the small press and for '' 2000 AD'' and Marvel Comics. Career Al Ewing began his career writing stories in the four-page ''Future Shocks'' format for '' 2000 AD'' and moved on to regular stints on ''Judge Dredd'' (2008–2015), for which his 2010 story "Doctor What?" marked Brendan McCarthy's return to ''2000 AD''. They later worked together on a new series entitled ''The Zaucer of Zilk''. Ewing worked on ''Damnation Station'' and '' Zombo'', the latter illustrated by Henry Flint, which was collected in trade paperback in 2010. Ewing has also contributed to ''Solar Wind'', ''FutureQuake'', and ''The End Is Nigh''. He is responsible for the mobile comic ''Murderdrome'', created with P. J. Holden. In May 2007, Ewing created the comedy blog "The Diary of Ralph Dibney", writing as the titular DC Comics superhero (also known as Elongated Man), Dibney's therapist, or as the even more obscure DC Hero Richard Drago ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trifecta (Judge Dredd Story)
"Trifecta" is a '' Judge Dredd'' story arc published in British comic '' 2000 AD'' in late 2012, following on from the earlier strip ''Day of Chaos''. The story was an unannounced crossover between ''Judge Dredd'' and its spinoff strips '' The Simping Detective'' and ''Low Life''. ''Judge Dredd'' started the arc with a prologue in "prog" (or issue) 1803, "Bullet to King Four", while the new ''Simping Detective'' strip started in prog 1804, and ''Low Life'' in prog 1805, with seemingly unrelated stories. In prog 1806 a new ''Judge Dredd'' story, "The Cold Deck", began. The title refers to a cold deck in card games, where a deck of cards is swapped with a stacked deck during play. All three strips were revealed to be part of the same story in prog 1807, when a cliffhanger at the end of that week's episode of "The Cold Deck" became the opening of ''The Simping Detective'', which then carried on into ''Low Life''. One of the writers, Simon Spurrier, has said that the story came abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Willsher
Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( he, אברהם בן אברהם). Bar-, "son of" in Aramaic, is also seen, e.g. Simon bar Kokhba ( he, שמעון בר כוכבא). Ben meaning "son of" is also found in Arabic as ''Ben'' (dialectal Arabic) or ''bin'' (بن), ''Ibn''/''ebn'' (ابن). People with the given name * Ben Adams (born 1981), member of the British boy band A1 * Ben Affleck (born 1972), American Academy Award-winning actor and screenwriter * Ben Ashkenazy (born 1968/69), American billionaire real estate developer * Ben Askren (born 1984), American sport wrestler and mixed martial artist * Ben Banogu (born 1996), American football player * Ben Barba (born 1989), Australian rugby player * Ben Barnes (other), multiple people * Ben Bartch (born 1998), Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Diggle
Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of the weekly anthology series '' 2000 AD''. He is best known for his work on ''Adam Strange'' and ''Green Arrow'' for DC Comics as well as his creator-owned series '' The Losers'' and a run on ''Hellblazer'' for DC's Vertigo imprint, and for his stints on '' Thunderbolts'' and '' Daredevil'' at Marvel. Other credits include ''Gamekeeper'' for Virgin Comics, written by Diggle on the basis of a concept created by Guy Ritchie, a three-year run on Robert Kirkman's ''Thief of Thieves'' at Image, several short arcs written for IDW Publishing's ''Doctor Who'' series and two ''James Bond'' mini-series for Dynamite. Early life Diggle was born in London, England. He became a regular reader of '' 2000 AD'' at the age of ten and started reading American comics after picking up an issue of ''Swamp Thing'' written by Alan Moore. Diggle graduated from De Montfort University with a degree in Media Studies, where he later returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Moore
Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman:'' ''The Killing Joke'', and ''From Hell''. He is widely recognised among his peers and critics as one of the best comic book writers in the English language. Moore has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, Brilburn Logue, and Translucia Baboon; also, reprints of some of his work have been credited to The Original Writer when Moore requested that his name be removed. Moore started writing for British underground and alternative fanzines in the late 1970s before achieving success publishing comic strips in such magazines as '' 2000 AD'' and ''Warrior''. He was subsequently picked up by DC Comics as "the first comics writer living in Britain to do prominent work in America", where he worked on major characters such as Batman ('' Batman: The Killing Joke'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titan In Fiction
Saturn has made appearances in fiction since the 1752 novel ''Micromégas'' by Voltaire. In many of these works, the planet is inhabited by aliens that are usually portrayed as being more advanced than humans. The planet is occasionally visited by humans and its rings are sometimes mined for resources. The moons of Saturn have been depicted in a large number of stories, especially Titan with its Earth-like environment suggesting the possibility of colonization by humans and alien lifeforms living there. Saturn Early depictions For a long time, Saturn was incorrectly believed to be a solid planet capable of hosting life on its surface. The earliest depiction of Saturn in fiction was in the 1752 novel ''Micromégas'' by Voltaire, wherein an alien from Sirius visits the planet and meets one of its inhabitants before both travel to Earth. The inhabitants of Saturn have been portrayed in several different works since then, such as in Humphry Davy's 1830 novel '' Consolations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney Love
Courtney Michelle Love (née Harrison; born July 9, 1964) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and actress. A figure in the alternative and grunge scenes of the 1990s, her career has spanned four decades. She rose to prominence as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the alternative rock band Hole, which she formed in 1989. Love has drawn public attention for her uninhibited live performances and confrontational lyrics, as well as her highly publicized personal life following her marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. In 2020, ''NME'' named her one of the most influential singers in alternative culture of the last 30 years. Born to countercultural parents in San Francisco, Love had an itinerant childhood, but was primarily raised in Portland, Oregon, where she played in a series of short-lived bands and was active in the local punk scene. After briefly being in a juvenile hall, she spent a year living in Dublin and Liverpool before returning to the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was the 36th vice president from 1953 to 1961 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower. His five years in the White House saw reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the first manned Moon landings, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early, when he became the only president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal. Nixon was born into a poor family of Quakers in a small town in Southern California. He graduated from Duke Law School in 1937, practiced law in California, then moved with his wife Pat to Washington in 1942 to work for the federal government. After active duty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge (2000 AD)
Judge (or street judge) is a title held by several significant characters in ''Judge Dredd'' and other series which appear in the British comics '' 2000 AD'' and ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. In the fictional future history of the series, the role of "Judge" combines those of judge, jury and police officer, thus avoiding long legal wrangles by allowing for criminals to be tried and sentenced on the spot. Since they overthrew the U.S. Constitution in 2070, Judges have also held supreme political power in Mega-City One. Collectively they are known as the Justice Department. Overview In the comic strip, Judges are the product of many (normally 15) years' of training and psychological conditioning. Training, which takes place in the Academy of Law, generally begins at age five. The Judges recruit promising children, and grow their own clones. Judge Dredd is himself a clone of the Judges' founder, Chief Judge Fargo.''2000 AD'' prog 552 Their standard issue firearm is the Lawgiver han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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