Big Dave is a comics character created and written by
Grant Morrison and
Mark Millar
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer and television producer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written ex ...
, with artwork by
Steve Parkhouse, for ''
2000 AD''.
The character was created for ''
The Summer Offensive'', an experiment in which the magazine was handed over to Millar, Morrison and
John Smith
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People
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for eight weeks.
Publication history
''Big Dave'' first appeared in prog (the ''2000 AD ''term for issue) #842 in his first story which featured
Saddam Hussein trying to take over the world and turn everyone into "
poofs" with the aid of some scary aliens. Big Dave, "the hardest man in
Manchester", manages to stop Saddam's plan with the help of
Terry Waite.
The next story featured the
British Royal Family as robots plus
The Princess of Wales
Princess of Wales (Welsh: ''Tywysoges Cymru'') is a courtesy title used since the 14th century by the wife of the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. The current title-holder is Catherine (née Middleton).
The title was fir ...
and
The Duchess of York as a pair of horny drunks. The story ends with Dave in bed with both royals.
A third story had Dave leading a minibus full of disabled children to the football world cup final where they defeat a German team managed by
Adolf Hitler.
Bibliography
He has largely appeared in his own
eponymous strip:
* ''Big Dave'' (written by
Grant Morrison and
Mark Millar
Mark Millar (; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer and television producer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series '' The Authority'', published by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. Millar has written ex ...
):
** "Target Baghdad" (with
Steve Parkhouse, in ''2000 AD'' #842–845, 1993)
** "Monarchy in the UK" (with Steve Parkhouse, in ''2000 AD'' #846–849, 1993)
** "Young Dave" (with Steve Parkhouse, in ''2000AD Yearbook 1994'', 1993)
** "Costa del Chaos" (with
Anthony Williams, in ''2000 AD'' #869–872, 1994)
** "Wotta Lotta Balls" (with Steve Parkhouse, in ''2000 AD'' #904–907, 1994)
External links
Big Dave Retro ReviewBig Daveat 2000 AD online
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{{Mark Millar
2000 AD characters