Name: Martin Geraghty
Blog or web site: Yeah, need to get onto that someday, probably...
Currently working on:
Knee-deep pencilling my next strip for Doctor Who Magazine, a tight little Eleventh Doctor two-parter by Scott Gray.
Other than that, Storyboarding and Visualising for the advertising business is keeping a roof over my head for the time being.
First memory of 2000AD?
Buying the first issue in my local newsagents. I'd been bereft ever since ACTION bit the bullet and the rich diet of Dan Dare, Dinos and Dredd seemed the perfect pick-me-up.
It launched with a TV ad -- I'm sure it was an anticipatory purchase rather than an impulse buy.
Favourite Character or Story?
Well, Dredd is, and always will be, the icon of the mag but I'll have to plump for Slaine, as drawn by Mick McMahon. Those stories he illustrated are just some of the most exquisite black and white comic art I've ever seen.
What do you like most about the 2000AD?
That it's still here, 35 years on. Longevity is a great comfort.
What would you most like to see in 2000AD as it heads to its Forties?
That it continues to experiment and retain it's place as a breeding ground for peerless home-grown comic-strip talent.
If you worked on 2000AD, do you have an anecdote you'd like to share about your experience of Tharg and his minions?
Never worked for 'em, Just lots and lots of happy memories of reading it.
• This post is one in a series of tributes to 2000AD to mark its 35th birthday on 26th February 2012. More about 2000AD at www.2000adonline.com
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