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Which Brits WEREN'T Tharg's droids?

Started by Trout, 06 May, 2013, 10:45:34 PM

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Trout

This question's been on my mind these past few days. Are there any successful British comic creators who have never done work for 2000AD or the Meg?

Obviously, creators who got their break in the industry before 1977 wouldn't count. But I reckon very few people have avoided the House of Tharg. Neil Gaiman did a few Future Shocks and even Warren Ellis had one story printed in the Meg.

Who slipped through the net?

The Adventurer

Gaiman, Ellis, and Furman spring to mind. But they all have something 2000 AD related published. But I feel that was after they became independently successful as comic (or novel, in Gaiman's case) writers

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Damnit, you just beat me to it, Link! Yeah, Keiron Gillen, a rising British star over at Marvel, has not to my knowledge ever had anything in 2000AD (though I believe he had some Warhammer-related comics published.) He's definitely a chap to watch and a bloody good writer (and I think he's a 2000AD fan as well.)

Link Prime

He's a huge 2000AD fan.
Chewed the fat with him for a bit at DICE last September- he admitted he'd love a crack at Dredd.

Jim_Campbell

Off the top of my head: James Robinson and Mike McKone have bypassed the House of Tharg completely.

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Quote from: Link Prime on 06 May, 2013, 11:00:29 PM
Kieron Gillen!
Not forgetting his mate Jamie McKelvie who I'd be keen to see in the Prog sometime.

Other than that Dave McKean and Eddie Campbell?
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Link Prime

Genuinely didn't know McKone was British.
He's a fantastic artist.
Imagine having him on a Rogue Trooper reboot?

Dunk!

Didn't think Bryan Hitch had worked for the prog or meg?
"Trust we"

Trout

I didn't know that quite a lot of these people were British. I fear I'm a little too focused on 2000AD.

Thanks for the suggestions, though. Interesting discussion.

maryanddavid

I think McKean did a pin up or two for 2000ad, hardly worth noting. Paul Grist, I know he did a bit for Crisis, but did he work for 2000ad?
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Quote from: The Adventurer on 06 May, 2013, 10:50:48 PM
Gaiman, Ellis, and Furman spring to mind. But they all have something 2000 AD related published. But I feel that was after they became independently successful as comic (or novel, in Gaiman's case) writers

Neil Gaiman's first Future Shock was in 1986... His first novel was Good Omens in 1991. He was a journalist first with 2 non-fiction books before his comic debut.

So I think he counts as a 2000AD product as it was his first published fiction.

Garth Ennis started off in Crisis which was at the time pushed as being from the 2000AD stable...

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Trout

No, I didn't mean where they got a start. I meant who's not had anything published in the prog or Meg?

I'd love to see McKelvie draw Dredd.

Frank