Let's gossip about Nobody

[broodblik]

Reading some articles on Bleeding Cool's website I read an interesting statement over the persona of one of the best Dredd writers: Ken Niemand and Gordon Rennie both have strips in current 2000AD, despite being the same person, which is a good trick if you can manage it

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/2000ad-starts-new-stories-in-rebellions-april-2024-solicits/#:~:text=New%20stories%20start%20this%20month,dark%20in%20%22Iron%20Teeth%22!

[JayzusB.Christ]

I seem to remember Gordon denying that rumour here on the board. Their writing styles seem different to me but that may be some kind of cognitive bias on my part of course.

[Colin YNWA]

I wonder if he was being sarcastic and taking the piss out the rumour mill in some parts.

Really don't know as hard to tell but possible.

[Swerty]

I was thinking it was Gordon writing as Neimand.Couldn't really think who else it could be.

[GoGilesGo]

I've never bought the Rennie is Niemand theory. Gordon is prolific but this kind of double-barrelled output is Stakhanovite. Besides, the styles are too different, as has been stated before.

If GR is Niemand, could he really lose the Scottish burr and adopt a gentle Yorkshire accent for a full 20 minutes, as witnessed here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vVDcn8LNas

When I heard Neimand say he had 'briefly interviewed Noam Chomsky' years ago I thought for a moment he might be journo Ian Dunt moonlighting as a fiction writer. But he was on the MCBC podcast and sounds nothing like the guy on Thrill-Cast.

 

[AlexF]

I believe there's strong suspicion that Niemand's 'real' name is also Gordon, but that's just a coincidence.
(Unless sharing a name with an arrogant Express Locomotive makes you good at writing Judge Dredd comics)

[Funt Solo]

If GR is Niemand, could he really lose the Scottish burr and adopt a gentle Yorkshire accent for a full 20 minutes, as witnessed here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vVDcn8LNas

When I heard Neimand say he had 'briefly interviewed Noam Chomsky' years ago I thought for a moment he might be journo Ian Dunt moonlighting as a fiction writer. But he was on the MCBC podcast and sounds nothing like the guy on Thrill-Cast.

When I first heard that 'cast I had a strong sense that it was an actor reading out responses from the real N-AI-mand.


Let's list the top ten theories so far:

1. GRumpie and N-AI-mand are the same entity (adopting different writing styles.)
2. They are clones.
3. They are twins.
4. The latter is a golem built by the former as research for Crabappleistics Inc.
5. They're both Scottish (for, verily, there is more than one Scot capable of writing), but sworn enemies.
6. The N-AI-mand entity was trained on all previous Dredd writers, so has Gordon-bits in him.
7. Group hallucination.
8. It's actually Frank but playing the long game.
9. It's Ian Dunt!
10. Gordon Freeman?

[Colin YNWA]

Funt Solo you are the best of us!

[Anthony Garnon]

Maybe it's a collective, that includes Gordon...

[norton canes]

When I heard Neimand say he had 'briefly interviewed Noam Chomsky' years ago I thought for a moment he might be journo Ian Dunt moonlighting as a fiction writer

If he interviewed Noam Chimpsky Chomsky then chances are he's on this list. Let's get  to it!

[sheridan]

When I heard Neimand say he had 'briefly interviewed Noam Chomsky' years ago I thought for a moment he might be journo Ian Dunt moonlighting as a fiction writer

If he interviewed Noam Chimpsky Chomsky then chances are he's on this list. Let's get  to it!

My money's on the following:

Turkey and The US War On Iraq. Anonymous interviewer. April 3, 2003.

[JayzusB.Christ]

I used to think Dan Abnett was a pseudonym for John Wagner, and that Kek W was Mark Millar. So I'd best sit this one out.

[BPP]

lol, I've told people in the past conclusive evidence as to who it is and since then even more proof came to pass but hey let people believe what they want.

[Funt Solo]

lol, I've told people in the past conclusive evidence as to who it is and since then even more proof came to pass but hey let people believe what they want.

But now you don't want to tell us?

[BPP]

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