Blog or web site: http://0tralala.blogspot.com
Currently working on:
I'm writing lots of silly AAAGH! strips for Doctor Who Adventures (art by Brian Williamson) and have just written 100% Awesomes, a superhero comic for use in classrooms to teach kids about autism with art by William Potter
First memory of 2000AD?
My older brother read it before I did. My earliest memory is the covers from the Dredd strip City of the Damned, which were really haunting. I started buying it from 626 - hooked by Simon Bisley's take on Slaine and the amazing one-off Dredd strip, 'In the Bath'.
Favourite Character or Story?So much to choose from, but I love DR and Quinch. "DR and Quinch go to Hollywood" is spectacular.
What do you like most about the 2000AD?
The variety. And that, at it's best, the stories were smart.
What would you most like to see in 2000AD as it heads to its Forties?
Me.
If you worked on 2000AD, do you have an anecdote you'd like to share about your experience of Tharg and his minions?
Sadly, I've not worked for 2000AD. I have a pile of nice rejection letters, though.
• 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
2000AD © Rebellion
One of my regrets is giving away a collection of 2000ADs that stood around 2 feet high. 1985 to 1989 and all the specials too.
ReplyDeleteJudge Deth was in there, but the artwork from Torquemada and Slaine is what really bugs me. There was a centre-page spread of Torquemada in Nirvana (iirc) that I'd love to see again.
I seem to remember a Slaine story that featured a small cameo from Nemesis too. Not too sure about that, but the elaborate detail in the graphics was amazing to my teenage senses.
Good fortune to the 2000AD guys and Happy Birthday.