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Pat Mills Bibliography
Pat Mills has written comics since the early seventies. As well as his influential role in creating and contributing to numerous of British comics, Mills has produced work in both America and Europe. In particular he is known for creating '' 2000 AD'' where he was the first editor and contributed to a number of long-running stories like ''ABC Warriors'' which has run for nearly thirty years. He was also responsible for creating ''The Butterfly Children'' series of books for children with his former wife, Angela Kincaid. Comics ''2000 AD'' Comics work on '' 2000 AD'' and related titles (both ''Tornado'' and ''Starlord'' were merged into ''2000 AD'' and some of the stories continued there) include: *'' M.A.C.H.1'': ** "Vulcan" (with Enio, in '' 2000 AD'' No. 1, 1977) ** "The Final Encounter " (with Montero, in ''2000 AD'' #61–64, 1978) * '' Invasion!'' (in ''2000 AD'' #1–51, 1977–1978, included in ''Invasion!'', March 2007, ) *''Flesh'' ( tpb, 176 pages, Rebellion Developmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Mills
Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfather of British comics". His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating '' 2000 AD'' and playing a major part in the development of ''Judge Dredd''. Biography Mills started his career as a sub-editor for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, where he met Wagner. In 1971 both left to go freelance, and were soon writing scripts for IPC's girls' and humour comics. After D.C. Thomson launched ''Warlord'', a successful war-themed weekly, Mills was asked in 1975 to develop a rival title for IPC. Based in the girls' comics department to avoid the attention of the staff of the boys' department, Mills, along with Wagner and Gerry Finley-Day, worked in secret to create ''Battle Picture Weekly''. ''Battles stories ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Dredd
Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology Comic book, comic. He is the magazine's longest-running character. He also appears in a number of film and video game adaptations. Judge Dredd is a law enforcement and judicial officer in the dystopian future city of Mega-City One, which covers most of the east coast of North America. He is a "Judge (2000 AD), street judge", empowered to summarily arrest, convict, sentence, and execute criminals. In Great Britain, the character of Dredd and his name are sometimes invoked in discussions of police states, authoritarianism, and the rule of law. Over the years, ''Judge Dredd'' has been hailed as one of the best satires of American and British culture with an uncanny trend to predict upcoming trends and events such as mass surveillance, the rise of populist leaders, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Locke
Vincent Locke () is an American comic book artist known for his work on ''Deadworld'' and ''A History of Violence'' and for his ultraviolent album covers for death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Biography Locke began work in 1986 illustrating ''Deadworld'', a zombie horror comic that soon became an underground hit. Since then, his illustrative talents in comics have included ''The Sandman'', '' American Freak'', ''Batman'', ''Witchcraft: Le Terreur'', '' The Spectre'', and ''A History of Violence'', which was later made into a movie directed by David Cronenberg and starring Viggo Mortensen. He has done work for '' 2000 AD'', including one ''Judge Dredd'' story. Locke has also created ultra-violent watercolor paintings to be used as album covers for the death metal band Cannibal Corpse. Also, he has provided illustrations for the "weird erotica" of dark-fantasy author Caitlín R. Kiernan, providing black and white artwork strongly reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley's style for her col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smudge (artist) , a type of incense
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Smudge may refer to: Cats * Smudge (Blue Peter cat), one of the ''Blue Peter'' pets * Smudge (meme cat), from the ''woman yelling at a cat'' internet meme * Smudge (People's Palace cat), the Glasgow People's Palace cat Other uses * Smudge (band), an Australian band * Smudge (comics), a character in ''The Beano'' * ''Smudge'' (film), 1922 American silent comedy-drama * Smudge (''Monica's Gang''), a character in ''Monica's Gang'' See also * Smudge attack, touchscreen information extraction method * Smudge pot, oil-burning device used to prevent frost on fruit trees * Smudge stick Smudging, or other rites involving the burning of sacred herbs (e.g., white sage) or resins, is a ceremony practiced by some Indigenous peoples of the Americas. While it bears some resemblance to other ceremonies and rituals involving smoke (e. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hicklenton
John Hicklenton (8 May 1967 – 19 March 2010), aka John Deadstock, was a British comics artist best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship '' 2000 AD'' characters like ''Judge Dredd'' (in particular ''Heavy Metal Dredd'') and ''Nemesis the Warlock'' during the Eighties and Nineties. He had multiple sclerosis and recorded an award-winning documentary about living with the condition. On 19 March 2010, Hicklenton chose to end his life at Dignitas in Switzerland. Comics Hicklenton got his first break when he realised a friend at college was Ron Smith's daughter so he made her a Judge Dredd Christmas card. However, regular work remained elusive until, on the advice of his mother, he phoned Pat Mills directly and their working relationship developed from there. He did other work with Mills including a strip in the now defunct CoolBeansWorld site. He also drew ''ZombieWorld'' (as John Deadstock) for Dark Horse Comics, who commissioned him because, as Mills has said "John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judge Dredd Megazine
''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content Like ''2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine ''is an anthology, featuring both ongoing and stand-alone stories. Some series have comprised a specific storyline while others only a loose thematic connection. Originally the Megazine only set stories in the world of ''Judge Dredd'', including both spin-off series and ''Future Shock''-style done-in-one stories, starting with '' Strange Cases'' and continuing with ''Tales from the Black Museum''. It has since expanded to include some unconnected stories and text pieces, including articles, interviews and reviews. Unlike ''2000 AD'', reprint material has been extensively used in order to bring costs down. As well as older ''2000 AD'' stories such as '' Helltrekkers'', there have also been reprints that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Mighten
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranked below princess nobility and grand dukes. The title comes from French ''duc'', itself from the Latin ''dux'', 'leader', a term used in republican Rome to refer to a military commander without an official rank (particularly one of Germanic or Celtic origin), and later coming to mean the leading military commander of a province. In most countries, the word ''duchess'' is the female equivalent. Following the reforms of the emperor Diocletian (which separated the civilian and military administrations of the Roman provinces), a ''dux'' became the military commander in each province. The title ''dux'', Hellenised to ''doux'', survived in the Eastern Roman Empire where it continued in several contexts, signifying a rank equivalent to a captain o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Brashill
Jason Brashill is a British comic book artist. Biography He has worked for '' 2000 AD'', mainly on cover work (where he started in 1994) and the lead strip ''Judge Dredd'', as well as some British small press comics, like The End Is Nigh. He, and Jim Murray, produced the prop comic work for ''Spaced'', which featured Simon Pegg's character as a comic artist. Currently he resides near Seattle, where he works in the computer games industry for Valve, the creators of Half-Life, working on games like ''Left 4 Dead 2''. Bibliography *''Judge Dredd'': ** "Terror with Mrs. Gunderson" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol. 2 #80, May 1995) ** "Language Barrier" (with John Wagner, in '' 2000 AD'' #950, July 1995) ** "Hammerstein" (with Pat Mills, in ''2000 AD'' #960-963, October 1995) ** "Lethal Weapon" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol. 3 #17, May 1996) ** " Camp Demento" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1045-1046, June 1997) ** "In the Year 2120" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Johnson (artist)
Paul Johnson (born 13 October 1958) is a British comic book artist. Biography Paul Johnson orbited the peripheries of the British comic book industry in the early 1980s, self-publishing and appearing in short-lived publications such as ''Pssst!'' and ''Escape''. His first major comics work was the graphic novel ''London's Dark'' but he came to international attention when he painted the art on ''The Road to Nowhere'', the fourth and final chapter of ''The Books of Magic'' mini-series, written by Neil Gaiman and released by DC/Vertigo in 1993. Johnson worked abroad for Marvel Comics (''Interface'', ''Hellraiser'', ''Children of the Voyager''), DC Comics (''Mercy'', ''Invisibles'', ''Legends of the Dark Knight'') and Dark Horse Comics (''Aliens'') before working in Britain's home-grown industry for ''Crisis'', '' 2000 AD'', and the Eaglemoss publication ''Spinechillers''. In 2000 Johnson was awarded a grant by the Arts Council of Great Britain to run a series of comic book works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Smith (comics)
Ronald George Smith (1928 – 10 January 2019) was an English comic artist whose career spanned almost fifty years.Ron Smith: Artist Victor/Hornet Comics, January 2012] Primarily producing strips for the two main publishers, and , Smith was best known for drawing for '' 2000 AD'' and the '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satanus (comics)
This is a list of characters in the British comic strip ''Judge Dredd'' appearing in '' 2000 AD'', ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' and related publications. They are listed alphabetically by surname, in categories. (Major characters have their own articles: see the navigation box at the bottom of this article.) Judges of Mega-City One Anderson See Judge Anderson. Beeny Beeny is the child of the two main characters who appeared in the first ''America'' story, America Jara and Bennett Beeny. She herself first appeared briefly in the sequel to that story, but her first main story was the third in the ''America'' trilogy, in which she took a lead role. In 2119 Beeny was enrolled as a cadet in the Academy of Law by her father just before his untimely death, and served well enough to qualify for the accelerated graduation program. In her tenth year, as with all tenth year cadets, she was required to plan and execute a criminal investigation on her own. Allowed to choose her supervisor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland (; born 26 March 1951)Salisbury, Mark, ''Artists on Comic Art'' (Titan Books, 2000) , p. 11 is a British comics artist. Best known in the United Kingdom as one of the definitive Judge Dredd artists for British comics anthology '' 2000 AD'', he spearheaded the 'British Invasion' of the American comics industry, and in 1982 produced the artwork on ''Camelot 3000'' (with author Mike W. Barr), which was DC Comics' first 12-issue comicbook maxiseriesSalisbury, p. 17 created for the direct market.Salisbury, p. 10 Bolland illustrated the critically acclaimed graphic novel '' Batman: The Killing Joke'', with writer Alan Moore, and a self-penned '' Batman: Black and White'' story. He subsequently concentrated on working as a cover artist, producing the vast majority of his work for DC Comics. Bolland created cover artwork for the '' Animal Man'', ''Wonder Woman'', and '' Batman: Gotham Knights'' superhero comic book series. In DC's Vertigo imprint, Bolland has done covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
