THARG’S 2020 IN REVIEW - BEST WRITER

[broodblik]

It is time to vote for your favourite writer. The work covered is in the prog/meg and all the specials

Who is your favourite writer droid of 2020?

Format is easy. Simply look at the list in the next post - and post your top three in a reply to this thread - just make sure to clearly indicate your order using the format below - with the points awarded for each placing:

(1st, foremost and best) = 5 points
(2nd runner up) = 3 points
(Bronze who cares really) = 1 point

If you don't make it clear I'll award all your mentioned votes 3 points each.

The vote will run for a week and I'll announce the winner early Monday 11th January

If you have any questions just ask and I'll wing it as normal...

[broodblik]

The qualifying writers:

1). Al Ewing
2). Alan Grant
3). Alan Hebden
4). Alec Worley
5). Ales Kot
6). Alex De Campi
7). Anita Break
8). Anna Savory
9). Arthur Wyatt
10). Cavan Scott
11). Charlie Higson
12). Chris Burnham
13). Chris Robson
14). Dan Abnett
15). David Baillie
16). David Hine
17). Emma Beeby
18). Garth Ennis
19). George Mann
20). Gordon Rennie
21). Helen O'Hara
22). Henry Flint
23). Ian Edginton
24). James Peaty
25). John Reppion
26). John Wagner
27). Joseph Elliot-Coleman
28). Karl Stock
29). Kek-W
30). Kenneth Niemand
31). Kristyna Baczynski
32). Laura Bailey
33). Leal Moore
34). Liam Johnson
35). Lizzie Boyle
36). Matt Smith
37). Maura McHugh
38). Michael Carroll
39). Olivia Hicks
40). Paul Cornell
41). Peter Briggs
42). Peter Hogan
43). Quint Amity
44). Rachael Smith
45). Ram V
46). Ramzee
47). Rob Williams
48). Roger Langridge
49). Rory McConville
50). Si Spencer
51). Simon Furman
52). Suyi Davies Okungbowa
53). TC Eglington
54). VV Glass
55). Zina Hutton

[broodblik]

More details, writer, publication, title and number :


Kenneth Niemand   (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Kill Bloopy) (2163 - 2166)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Cold Case) (2169 - 2169)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - The Relic) (2171 - 2173)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - The Bird Landy of Al Capone) (2176 - 2176)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Due Process) (2177 - 2177)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Chimpsky's Law) (2178 - 2182)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Simply Normal) (2207 - 2211)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Three Kings) (2212 - 2212)
            (Meg) (Megatropolis - Book 1) (424 - 427)
Dan Abnett      (2000 AD) (Brink  - Hate Box) (2163 - 2169)
            (2000 AD) (Feral & Foe - Book 1) (2163 - 2174)
            (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - The Freighteners) (2172 - 2174)
            (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - Boys in the Hud) (2184 - 2186)
            (2000 AD) (The Out - Book 1) (2187 - 2199)
            (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - Stay Brave) (2195 - 2196)
            (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - Ghostlands) (2198 - 2200)
            (2000 AD) (Sinister/Dexter - Bulletopia - The Funt Outta Here) (2210 - 2211)
            (Meg) (Lawless - Boom Town) (416 - 423)
            (Meg) (Lawless - Badrock Melody) (424 - 424)
            (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special) (Kingdom - Shako's Kingdom) (2020 - 2020)
            (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Warchild - Warchild) (2020 - 2020)
Michael Carroll   (2000 AD) (Proteus Vex - Another Dawn) (2163 - 2171)
            (2000 AD) (Strontium Dog - Acceptable Losses) (2183 - 2183)
            (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - Bad Seeds) (2196 - 2196)
            (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - Tooth and Claw) (2206 - 2206)
            (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Plunder) (416 - 417)
            (Meg) (Dreadnoughts - Breaking Ground) (424 - 427)
Peter Hogan      (2000 AD) (The Zaucer of Zilk - A Zauceful of Zecrets) (2163 - 2173)
Rory McConville   (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Future Crimes Unit) (2167 - 2168)
            (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - School Trip) (2170 - 2170)
            (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Scavengers) (2181 - 2181)
            (2000 AD) (Department K - Department K) (2196 - 2196)
            (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Omnidetectorist) (2200 - 2200)
            (Meg) (Judge Dredd - The Fugitive) (421 - 421)
            (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Extraction) (422 - 422)
            (Meg) (Judge Dredd - He Sees You When You're Sleeping ) (427 - 427)
Leal Moore      (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - Dead Signal) (2170 - 2170)
John Reppion   (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - Dead Signal) (2170 - 2170)
            (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - Nuisance Neighbours) (2183 - 2183)
            (2000 AD) (Finder & Keeper - The Curse of Kreepindeth) (2196 - 2196)
            (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special) (Storm Warning - Black Storm) (2020 - 2020)
Karl Stock      (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Living your Best Life) (2170 - 2170)
            (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Boss Level) (2196 - 2196)
            (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - For the Man Who Lives Everywhen) (2206 - 2206)
            (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Sniper Elite - Viper) (2020 - 2020)
            (Battle (off Britian) Special) (The Scourge of the Skies - The Scourge of the Skies) (2020 - 2020)
David Baillie   (2000 AD) (The Gronk - The Trouble with Gronkses) (2170 - 2170)
            (Meg) (Tales from the Black Museum - The Obsidian Ingress) (423 - 423)
Cavan Scott      (2000 AD) (Rogue Trooper - Savage Swamp) (2170 - 2170)
            (2000 AD) (Anderson - First Class Citizen) (2183 - 2183)
            (2000 AD) (Anderson - Early Warning) (2206 - 2206)
            (Misty & Scream Special) (The Dracula File - The Dracula File) (2020 - 2020)
James Peaty      (2000 AD) (Skip Tracer - Nimrod) (2171 - 2180)
            (2000 AD) (Skip Tracer - Hyperballad) (2200 - 2209)
Ian Edginton   (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Hair of the Dog) (2174 - 2175)
            (2000 AD) (Stickelback - New Jerusalem) (2200 - 2210)
            (2000 AD) (Fiends - Constanta) (2201 - 2211)
            (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special) (The Red Seas - vs Ant Wars) (2020 - 2020)
Gordon Rennie   (2000 AD) (Aquila - The Burning Fields) (2174 - 2181)
            (2000 AD) (Survival Geeks - Crisis of Infinite Nerds) (2175 - 2182)
            (2000 AD) (The Diaboliks - La Vita Malvagia) (2184 - 2187)
            (2000 AD) (The Diaboliks - Profondo Rosso) (2188 - 2193)
            (2000 AD) (The Diaboliks - A Crooked Beat) (2197 - 2199)
            (2000 AD) (Survival Geeks - A Quiet Night In) (2212 - 2212)
Emma Beeby      (2000 AD) (Survival Geeks - Crisis of Infinite Nerds) (2175 - 2182)
            (2000 AD) (Survival Geeks - A Quiet Night In) (2212 - 2212)
Rob Williams   (2000 AD) (Hersey - Book 1) (2175 - 2182)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - End of Days) (2184 - 2199)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Carry the Nine) (2200 - 2203)
            (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - They Shoot Talking Horses, Don't They?) (2204 - 2205)
            (2000 AD) (Strontium Dog - Once Upon a Time in der Vest) (2212 - 2212)
            (Smash Special) (The Spider - The Return of the World's Greatest Super Villian) (2020 - 2020)
            (Roy of the Rovers Summer Special) (Roy of the Rovers - Euro Adventure) (2020 - 2020)
            (Roy of the Rovers Summer Special) (Roy of the Rovers - Old School) (2020 - 2020)
            (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Destoyer - Destoyer) (2020 - 2020)
Kek-W         (2000 AD) (The Order - Inbetween Days) (2182 - 2182)
            (2000 AD) (The Order - Land of the Free) (2184 - 2195)
            (2000 AD) (3rillers - Saphir Un Roman Fantastique) (2197 - 2199)
            (2000 AD) (Deadworld - Last Man Standing) (2210 - 2210)
            (2000 AD) (Deadworld - The Good Samaritan) (2211 - 2211)
            (2000 AD) (Deadworld - A Girl's Gotta Eat) (2212 - 2212)
            (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Gustav of the Bear Macht - Gustav of the Bear Macht) (2020 - 2020)
            (Misty & Scream Special) (Return of Black Max - Flying Solo) (2020 - 2020)
Liam Johnson   (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - A.I Love You) (2182 - 2182)
            (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Stream M for Murder) (2197 - 2197)
            (2000 AD) (Venus Bluegenes - Threat Level Zero) (2206 - 2206)
Matt Smith      (2000 AD) (Cadet Dredd - Combat Ready) (2183 - 2183)
Laura Bailey   (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - The Queen of Mean) (2183 - 2183)
            (2000 AD) (Terror Tales - Quillivision) (2195 - 2195)
Chris Burnham   (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Journey to the Edge of the Earth) (2184 - 2184)
Alex De Campi   (2000 AD) (Full Tilt Boogie - Book 1) (2185 - 2194)
            (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Bravo Black Lion - Bravo Black Lion) (2020 - 2020)
Roger Langridge   (2000 AD) (Pandora Perfect - She's Practically Poison in Every Way) (2196 - 2196)
Arthur Wyatt   (2000 AD) (Judge Dredd - Carry the Nine) (2200 - 2203)
            (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Bad Sector) (418 - 420)
Alec Worley      (2000 AD) (Hook Jaw - Book 1) (2200 - 2209)
            (Meg) (Tales from the Black Museum - The Cackle) (422 - 422)
            (Meg) (Judge Dredd - Grand Theft Royale) (423 - 423)
            (Misty & Scream Special) (Black Beth - The Witch Tree) (2020 - 2020)
Paul Cornell   (2000 AD) (Abelard Snazz - The Only Way is Up) (2206 - 2206)
Joseph Elliot-Coleman   (2000 AD) (Future Shocks - Indistinguisable From..) (2211 - 2211)
TC Eglington   (2000 AD) (Time Twisters - Time Hygiene) (2212 - 2212)
            (Meg) (Blunt - Book 3) (416 - 422)
Ales Kot      (Meg) (Devlin Waugh - A Very Large Splash) (416 - 420)
            (Meg) (Devlin Waugh - The Wolves of St Vitus) (422 - 422)
            (Meg) (Devlin Waugh - When I was a Young Demon (I did a Bad, Bad Thing)) (423 - 423)
Chris Robson   (Meg) (Zombie Army - Last Rites) (416 - 420)
Simon Furman   (Meg) (The Vigilant - Rapture) (421 - 421)
            (Smash Special) (The House of Dolman - Puppet Protectors Save the Day) (2020 - 2020)
John Wagner      (Meg) (Judge Dredd - The Victims of Bennett Beeny) (424 - 426)
Maura McHugh   (Meg) (Anderson - No Country for Old PSIs) (424 - 424)
            (Smash Special) (Cursitor Doom/Jason Hyde - Occult Investigators Unite) (2020 - 2020)
            (Misty & Scream Special) (Thief of Senses - Thief of Senses) (2020 - 2020)
Si Spencer      (Meg) (The Returners - Heartswood) (424 - 427)
David Hine      (Meg) (The Dark Judges - Deliverance) (424 - 427)
Ram V         (Action Special) (Kids Rule OK - Kids Rule OK) (2020 - 2020)
Garth Ennis      (Action Special) (Hellman - At the Twilight of the Reich) (2020 - 2020)
            (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Rat Pack - The Tough Way Out) (2020 - 2020)
Henry Flint      (Action Special) (Hell Machine - Hell Machine) (2020 - 2020)
Quint Amity      (Action Special) (Hook Jaw vs Shako - Hook Jaw vs Shako) (2020 - 2020)
Zina Hutton      (Action Special) (Dredger - Dredger) (2020 - 2020)
Helen O'Hara   (Smash Special) (Thunderbolt the Avenger - As One Hero Falls another is Born) (2020 - 2020)
Anita Break      (Smash Special) (Johnny Future - Only the Missing Link can Save US) (2020 - 2020)
Charlie Higson   (Smash Special) (The Steel Claw - The Vanishing Man Fights Unseen Forces) (2020 - 2020)
Suyi Davies Okungbowa   (Smash Special) (Mytek the Mighty - The Lost Mechanical Marvel is Rediscovered) (2020 - 2020)
Al Ewing      (2000 AD Sci-Fi Special) (Judge Dredd - The Immigrant) (2020 - 2020)
Rachael Smith   (Tammy & Jinty Special) (Boarding School - Boarding School) (2020 - 2020)
Ramzee         (Tammy & Jinty Special) (Cat Girl Returns - Cat Girl Returns) (2020 - 2020)
Peter Briggs   (Battle (off Britian) Special) (Lofty and the Eagle - Lofty and the Eagle) (2020 - 2020)
Alan Grant      (Battle (off Britian) Special) (The Face of the Enemy - The Face of the Enemy) (2020 - 2020)
Alan Hebden      (Battle (off Britian) Special) (El Mestizo - El Mestizo) (2020 - 2020)
Kristyna Baczynski   (Misty & Scream Special) (The Aegis - The Aegis) (2020 - 2020)
Olivia Hicks   (Misty & Scream Special) (Bumps in the Night - Bumps in the Night) (2020 - 2020)
George Mann      (Sexton Blake Special) (Sexton Blake - The Death and Life of Sexton Blake) (2020 - 2020)
VV Glass      (Misty Winter Special) (Infection - Infection) (2020 - 2020)
Anna Savory      (Misty Winter Special) (Infection - Infection) (2020 - 2020)
Lizzie Boyle   (Misty Winter Special) (Home for Christmas - Home for Christmas) (2020 - 2020)

[abelardsnazz]

1. Rob Williams, for continuing to do fascinating things with Dredd.
2. Dan Abnett, for consistently great and witty stories.
3. The enigmatic Kenneth Niemand.

[Colin YNWA]

Tough one. I'll go

1st Dan Abnett (of course)
2nd Kenneth Neimand
3rd - the hardest one to call but I think I'll go Kek-W

[broodblik]

1. Dan Abnett for basically Brink and The Out
2. Gordon Rennie for Diaboliks, Aquila and Survival Geeks
3. Rob Williams for a good variety of stories

[SmallBlueThing(Reborn)]

1. Dan Abnett
2. Kenneth Neimand
3. Alec Worley

But where was Pat?

SBT

[broodblik]

But where was Pat?

SBT

Some seeds on birdy

[Magnetica]

Number 1 is easy enough:

1st Dan Abnett

The other places much harder. I'm going for:

2nd Micheal Carroll for Dreadnoughts and Proteus Vex
3rd Niemand for his Dredds and Megatropolis.

I considered Wagner, but one 3 part Meg Dredd surely can't be enough to justify a top three placing.

[TordelBack]

No reflection whatsoever on Broodblik's excellent curation, but I'm finding these Writer/Artist/Short Story polls very difficult to complete, with so many options and so much brain to wrack: once the candidates exceed a dozen, I go snowblind. Makes me appreciate the Deathmatch format we've been enjoying, although that entails even more work for the compiler. Back to my Cave of Contemplation for now...

[broodblik]

I also think we are spoiled for choice here with excellent creators that makes it difficult to choose.

[TordelBack]

S'right. 55 writers though! That seems like Marvel or DC numbers.

Anyway, I can't think about this any longer

1. Dan Abnett, for about half the comic.
2. Alec Worley, for Hook-Jaw.
3. Ian Edginton, for Fiends and Stickleback.

I'd like to chuck HMs at Ken Niemand for some great Dredds, Alex deCampi for FTB, Mike Carroll for Proteus Vex and Dreadnaughts, Rennie and Beeby for Survival Geeks, Kek-W for The Order, and Roger Landridge for Pandora Perfect.

[AlexF]

1. Alex de Campi
2. Dan Abnett
3. Gordon Rennie

-with Niemand a close 4th

[Sean SD]

1. Dan Abnett - The Out, Feral & Foe, Sinister/Dexter
2. Rob Williams - Dredd and The Spider
3. Kenneth Niemand - Dredd esp. Chimpsky's Law

[broodblik]

I will give everyone until Tuesday morning to cast your vote