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Ro-Busters
''Ro-Busters'' is a British comic story that formed part of the original line-up of '' Starlord''. Similar in premise to that of the '' Thunderbirds'' television series, it was created by writer Pat Mills and was drawn by Carlos Pino and Ian Kennedy initially, before ''Starlord''s merger with '' 2000 AD''. After the merger, Dave Gibbons, Kevin O'Neill and Mike McMahon were regular artists on the series, along with occasional contributions from Mike Dorey. Along with '' Strontium Dog'', ''Ro-Busters'' survived ''Starlord''s merger with ''2000 AD'', its sister comic at IPC Magazines Ltd. The series introduced the decommissioned war robot Hammerstein and the sewer robot Ro-Jaws, and gave rise to the popular '' ABC Warriors'' series. Mandate ''Robots are going to take over Man's dirtiest jobs . . . clearing his garbage, tending his sick, even fighting his wars! By the year 2078 people will change their robots as today they change their cars. So step now through the slick plast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammerstein (robot)
Hammerstein is a fictional character, fictional robot created by Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill (comics), Kevin O'Neill, who first appeared in 1978 as a member of Ro-Busters in the British comic ''Starlord (comics), Starlord'' but is best known as the leader of the ABC Warriors in ''2000 AD (comics), 2000AD''. Physical description Hammerstein is described as a Mark III war droid and was commissioned in the early 21st Century to fight in the Volgans, Volgan Wars. Hammerstein's right hand is a hammer that is used in hand-to-hand combat while on the back of his left he has a missile launcher. There are tank tracks on his feet to aid mobility. Hammerstein also has two sockets in his waist to attach auxiliary arms but he finds these embarrassing. During combat operations his head has a grim human like face but after he was decommissioned this was replaced with 'civilian' head that features a single square 'eye'. Fictional character biography The Volgan War Years after the Volgan occupa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starlord (comics)
''Starlord'' was a short-lived weekly British science fiction comic book magazine published by IPC in 1978 as a sister title to '' 2000 AD'', which had been launched the previous year in anticipation of a science fiction boom surrounding ''Star Wars''. ''Starlord'' was planned as a fortnightly title for older readers, with longer stories and higher production values than ''2000 AD'' and the rest of the IPC boys' comics stable, but this proved too ambitious. Episodes were shortened, the number of colour pages was reduced, although the better quality paper and printing were retained, and ''Starlord'' was published weekly at a higher cover price than ''2000 AD''. Stories Stories included: * '' Strontium Dog'', a series about a mutant bounty hunter created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. * '' Ro-Busters'', a robot disaster squad created by writer Pat Mills and artist Kevin O'Neill, although it was more usually drawn by Carlos Pino or Dave Gibbons. * ''Mind War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin O'Neill (comics)
Kevin O'Neill ( – 3 November 2022) was an English comic book illustrator who was the co-creator of ''Nemesis the Warlock'', '' Marshal Law'' (with writer Pat Mills), and '' The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' (with Alan Moore). Career Early career O'Neill began working for the publishing company IPC at the age of 16 as an office boy for '' Buster'', which was a children's humour title. In 1975 he started publishing, as a personal side project, the fanzine ''Just Imagine: The Journal of Film and Television Special Effects'' which lasted five regular issues and one special issue through 1978. By 1976 he was working as a colourist on Disney comics reprints and British children's comics such as ''Monster Fun'' and ''Whizzer and Chips''. Tired of working on children's humour titles, he heard that a new science fiction title was being put together at IPC and went to see Pat Mills and asked to be transferred to the new comic which was to be called '' 2000 AD''. ''2000 AD' ... [...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] |
Dave Gibbons
David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". He was an artist for '' 2000 AD'', for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977. Early life Gibbons was born on 14 April 1949, at Forest Gate Hospital in London, to Chester, a town planner, and Gladys, a secretary. He began reading comic books at the age of seven. A self-taught artist, he illustrated his own comic strips. Gibbons became a building surveyor but eventually entered the UK comics industry as a letterer for IPC Media. He left his surveyor job to focus on his comics career. British comics work Gibbons's earliest published work was in British underground comics, starting with ''The Trials of Nasty Tales'', including the main cover illustration, and continuing in ''cOZmic Comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volgans
The Volgans are a fictional fascist Russian government appearing in '' 2000 AD'' in the ''Invasion!''/''Savage'' and the Ro-Busters/ ABC Warriors by Pat Mills. The stories are set in different times: ''Savage'' in the present day (originally the near future of 1999), after the Volgan conquest of Europe, and ''ABC Warriors'' in 2080s when the Volgans fell to the United States of America. (The two series began a crossover from ''Savage Book 5'', with the original Mark 1 ABC Warrior robots deployed in 2009). ''Invasion!'' was originally going to use the Soviet Union as the main villains but at the last minute, the comic was ordered to change them into a fictional villain to avoid antagonizing the Soviet Embassy in London, due to Britain and the Western world being engaged in détente with the Soviet Union during the mid/late 1970s. In the sequel series ''Savage'' the Volgans are shown to be the Soviet Union after a regime change due to a successful 1991 Soviet coup d'état. Volgan ... [...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 sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volgan War
The Volgans are a fictional fascist Russian government appearing in '' 2000 AD'' in the ''Invasion!''/''Savage'' and the Ro-Busters/ABC Warriors by Pat Mills. The stories are set in different times: ''Savage'' in the present day (originally the near future of 1999), after the Volgan conquest of Europe, and ''ABC Warriors'' in 2080s when the Volgans fell to the United States of America. (The two series began a crossover from ''Savage Book 5'', with the original Mark 1 ABC Warrior robots deployed in 2009). ''Invasion!'' was originally going to use the Soviet Union as the main villains but at the last minute, the comic was ordered to change them into a fictional villain to avoid antagonizing the Soviet Embassy in London, due to Britain and the Western world being engaged in détente with the Soviet Union during the mid/late 1970s. In the sequel series ''Savage'' the Volgans are shown to be the Soviet Union after a regime change due to a successful 1991 Soviet coup d'état. Volgan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike McMahon (comics)
Michael McMahon (; born 1954) is a British comics artist best known for his work on ''2000 AD'' characters such as ''Judge Dredd'', ''Sláine'' and '' ABC Warriors'', and the mini-series '' The Last American''. His influences include Víctor de la Fuente, Hugo Pratt, Gino d'Antonio, Don Lawrence, Joe Colquhoun and Harvey Kurtzman.Mike Taylorinterview with the artistin ''Masters of Infinity'' (fanzine) #7, 1980 Career ''Judge Dredd'' was created for IPC's new science fiction comic '' 2000 AD'' in 1977 by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, but problems in pre-publication led to both creators walking out, and the first published story was written by Peter Harris and Pat Mills, and drawn by an inexperienced young artist called Mike McMahon. Mills, who was editor at the time, chose McMahon because he could do a passable imitation of Ezquerra's style, but the more he drew the more his own style emerged. When Wagner returned to his creation, McMahon became the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega-City One
Mega-City One is a fictional city that features in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic book series and related media. A post-nuclear megalopolis covering much of what is now the Eastern United States and some of Canada, the city's exact geography depends on the writer and artist working the story. From its first appearance it has been associated with New York City's urban sprawl; originally presented as a future New York, it was retconned as the centre of a "Mega-City One" in the very next story. The ''Architects' Journal'' placed it at No. 1 in their list of "comic book cities". Development When the series ''Judge Dredd'' was being developed in 1976–77 it was originally planned that the story would be set in New York, in the near future. However, when artist Carlos Ezquerra drew his first story for the series, a skyscraper in the background of one panel looked so futuristic that editor Pat Mills instructed him to draw a full-page poster of the city. Ezquerra's vision of the city – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Kennedy (comic Artist)
Ian Kennedy (22 September 1932 – 5 February 2022) was a British artist who worked initially for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, then later for Amalgamated Press. Biography Educated at the Clepington Primary School and then at Morgan Academy, both in Dundee, Kennedy was employed after leaving school by D. C. Thomson & Co. He was taken on as a trainee illustrator in their Art Department in 1949. He recalled that his first published work was inking the black squares in the weekly ''Sunday Post'' crossword. In 1953 having become married, Kennedy managed to get work in Amalgamated Press's '' Knockout'' via a local agent. In 1955 he began working for D. C. Thomson again, this time as a freelance artist. During the 1950s Kennedy mainly illustrated war comics such as '' Thriller Picture Library'' and ''Air Ace'' and his work appeared in a range of comics including '' Hotspur'', '' Buster'', and ''The Wizard''. From the 1970s onward, Kennedy began to extend his range to science fiction c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Pino
Carlos Pino (born 1940) is a Spanish comics artist who has illustrated Spanish, British, and American comics. In a quarter of a century he provided the art for around three hundred issues of ''Commando'', for which he still continues to work (as of December 2020). Pino began his career at the age of 14, when he was paid for art he had submitted to Spanish comic ''Pumby''. In the late 1950s he worked professionally for other comics including ''Duwarin'' before becoming one of the founders of short-lived comic ''Toucan''. In the 1960s he worked for British comic '' War Picture Library''. Pino regularly collaborated with Vicente Alcazar under the collective pseudonym "Carvic," working for Spanish war comic '' Chío'' and later for British comics '' War Picture Library'' and ''TV Century 21'', illustrating '' Star Trek'', '' The Saint'', and '' Department S''. In 1974 they began working for US comics, including '' Monsters Unleashed'', ''Archie's Madhouse'', and '' Space: 1999''. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |