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Wow - great find, thanks for sharing! I've long suspected that talking about Crisis and the strips within may well be more fun than actually reading the comic itself...

New Statesmen is definitely one of the better offerings, but it's so dense!

Ah, the importance of doing research! Yes, I am guilty of hastily assuming that the Red Seas was a cash-in in the same way that Skizz was a cash-in on E.T. (commissioned before the scale of success of E.T. became clear, at least).

I have to say, much as I liked the first two Pirates films, I continue to be surprised by how much of a fan base they have in the world at large. It seems a bit unlikely, but I hope at least some of them found their way into 2000 AD because of Edginton and Yeowell's efforts!

Synchronicity - Tharg's secret weapon.

Simon Davis: http://heroesof2000ad.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/no-23-simon-davis.html


Ian Edginton: http://heroesof2000ad.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/no-24-ian-edginton.html

I've a question if it's not too late!

Roach has been picked to draw a lot of sexy ladies for Tharg: Purity, Anderson, Synnamon. Does he mind being pigeonholed in this way? Did he model them on real peopl, or just make 'em up? (I'm partly thinking of Brian Boland, who famously based Judge Anderson on Debbie Harry)

Back from my holiday; new entry up on the blog. http://heroesof2000ad.blogspot.co.uk/

It's time for John Smith, a comics writer who deserves essays and indeed books to examine his body of work in depth - but he'll have to settle for a hasty blogpost instead.

Glorious stuff! Thanks for sharing.

Yeah, I think Bishop deserves particular credit for bringing back the rather old-fashioned idea of long-lasting characters, with his deliberate commissioning of long runs of Slaine, Sinister Dexter, Anderson Psi and Nikolai Dante alongside Dredd.

I wouldn't want to take away from Rebellion, though! They sure have boosted the comic.

Up today, and much less controversial, it's the much-beloved Ian Gibson - the third artist to feature.

I must confess I've not counted up the entries for individual letterers - the Tom Frame entry at No. 2 is essentially covering all. This is basically because the data isn't available online (Barney does an excellent but not entirely complete job with lettering credits) and I'm not yet at the point when I can justify leafing through each and every thrill of each and every Prog with a tally chart by my side. (and it doesn't help that I offloaded a huge chunk of festering Megazines recently)

But Annie Parkhouse and Ellie De Ville would be come in at 4 and 5, I'm pretty certain.

As for Peter Milligan, let's just say that there are two writers of a much newer vintage who are going to get a look-in first...

Bishop Bashing time http://heroesof2000ad.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/no-17-david-bishop.html
(sorry, couldn't resist)

This marks the last of the behind-the-scenes stuff for a while - it's pretty much just script and art droids from here on out. And hopefully this is where the numbers start throwing up surprises. How soon will your favourite appear?

Yeah, continuously excellent podcast. Molcher's affable interview style seems to be going over well with the guests - looking forward to plenty more!

I do love the intro music, too, it really nails a British Sci-Fi tone.

Thank you to the people who make this happen.

Finally had a chance to listen to some episodes of the podcast - it's great! I honestly never expected to find so much charm in a podcast dedicated to a hobby extreme sport that I haven't the money or spousal permission to get into. Great interviews, too. Keep it up!

[Dredd]

One burning question answered: who has written more stories for Tharg, Gordon Rennie or Robbie Morrison?* http://heroesof2000ad.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/no-14-robbie-morrison.html

But who has written more Dredd?
Find out here: http://heroesof2000ad.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/interlude-dreddcount.html

*Actually it's not that simple: Rennie has written far more separate stories; Morrison has written more individual episodes.

Thanks Colin!
It's a blessing that there are really very few 2000AD creators that will stir up much controversy on the blog. McKenzie by the far the most divisive figure, I think. Much as I don't like the way he comes across in his writing on his blog, I do think the stories he wrote for 2000AD were made with the best intentions of being good for the comic - and his hit rate on that front wasn't bad. By the same token, I'm not sure there are many (any?) writers with no fails across their 2000AD back catalogue. Alan Moore, maybe (although liking Abelaard Snazz could be aminority opinion)? Michael Carroll hasn't put a foot wrong so far, but he has yet to be tested on trying out his own series...

Hero number 9 up as of today. It's perhaps the first 'surprise' (not really a surprise, though) - the first creator droid of a newer generation.

Yeah, the dotty logo is quite a bit more in your face when I look at the site live than it did when I was cobbling it together. I've got some alternatives to try out (in a similar vein). But anyone who wants to throw something new at me, I'll gladly sub it in!

New entry just up this morning - it's the first of the artists to feature on the countup! No prizes for guessing who it is...