Surprising 2000ad facts

[Colin YNWA]

Name the artist who worked for Warrior, the Beano and 2000 AD (kinda). Is this the game we are playing?   Ill stick the answer up in an hour or so if no one gets it.

Apparently Jim Baikie's worked for all three

Oh I like that one - good answer and good question - though the kinda throws me a little?

[maryanddavid]

I forgot to answer this! The answer I was looking for was Hunt Emerson, the 'kinda' is that he  worked on Diceman rather than the Prog.

[Colin YNWA]

I forgot to answer this! The answer I was looking for was Hunt Emerson, the 'kinda' is that he  worked on Diceman rather than the Prog.

That question works even better if you add Fiesta Magazine in there to really mix things up!

[Funt Solo]

Which person edited the fewest number of progs?

Was it Lenny Henry?

[The Legendary Shark]

Didn't Simon Pegg guest edit once? Or did I dream that?

[Funt Solo]

So - 2000 AD should have guest editors.

[Richard]

Simon Pegg contributed a one-off story to promote Sean of the Dead, but he didn't guest edit.

I think there might have been a competition winner who got to guest edit the Megazine once, but I may have imagined it and I have no idea where to begin looking for that.

[Funt Solo]

Which person edited the fewest number of progs?

Was it Lenny Henry?

Changing my answer - it was me, at zero. (Clearly, I'm tied with several other people.)

[AlexF]

Some cover facts!
January 2020 is the only time when female characters have outnumbered men on the cover for a four-Prog stretch.

I've been trying to note down all examples of film poster homages:
anyone got any to add to:
1030 = The Usual Suspects
1055 = Heat
1087 = For Your Eyes Only
1096 = Pulp Fiction
1105 = Scarface
1187 = The Phantom Menace
1344 = Tarantula
1412 = Phantom of the Opera (at least one version!)

(There are a few others that are surely homages to scenes from films, too: 144: Close encounters, 267: Dr Strangelove, 475: Belle et la Bete / Repulsion)

And times when the Prog has had homages to its own past covers:
1098, 1234, 1639, 1657, 1979, nu2000

Honestly, I'm surprised there hasn't been more of this sort of thing. Very restrained, Tharg!

[Funt Solo]

An album cover homage:




And last time I posted these two...


...someone pointed out they were both a homage to...

[Funt Solo]

AlexF - I don't know if you include Megs, but here's one from Meg 2.15:




And, not from a movie, but just another art riff from Meg 2.10:

[AlexF]

I hadn't looked through the Megs, but I remember that hershey one when it came out, it totally works! I guess it was a Bishop thing, the movie poster homage cover.