2000 AD: A Visual History 1977-2027 – A 50th Anniversary Celebration

Name: 2000 AD: A Visual History 1977-2027 – A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Author: https://www.simonandschuster.biz/authors/Scott-Montgomery/188050348
ISBN: 9781837869190

By Scott Montgomery

By (artist) Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Kevin O'Neill and Carlos Ezquerra

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About The Book

As 2000 AD celebrates fifty years of publishing mind-bending weekly comics, The 2000 AD Visual History details year-by-year the evolution of the comic and the legion of legendary stories it has published.

Debuting in 1977, the weekly comic 2000 AD immediately proved to be a bombshell of a comic. Ushering in an exciting new era of British pop culture, "The Galaxy's Greatest Comic" is home to some of the most popular characters of the British comics scene – including Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dog, Sláine, and Nemesis the Warlock.

As 2000 AD celebrates fifty years of publishing mind-bending weekly comics, The 2000 AD Visual History details year-by-year the evolution of the comic and the legion of legendary stories it has published. For the first time readers can join 2000 AD's alien editor Tharg The Mighty as he takes them on a voyage through the history of the long-running British comic anthology, and heads behind the scenes to show how the visionary science-fiction comic was created.

Featuring rare sketches and test pages from artists including Dave Gibbons, Simon Bisley and Judge Dredd creator Carlos Ezquerra, all of whom would go on to revolutionise the world of comics and inspire legions of fans around the globe, the Visual History celebrates artistry from across five separate decades of weekly comics. With concept pages and sketches from Kevin O'Neill's Nemesis The Warlock right through to Brian Bolland's Judge Dredd, this is an absolute must for comic fans!

2000 AD: A Visual History is essential reading for fans of 2000 AD, as it celebrates fifty years of cosmic chaos!

About The Author

Scott Montgomery

Since 1994 Scott Montgomery’s professional writing has encompassed journalism, comic scripts, prose fiction and radio comedy. For 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine he wrote the history of Rogue Trooper in 1996, updated in 2006 - and compiled The Dredd Files – a detailed, monthly analysis of the early years of the Judge Dredd strip - which stood him in good stead for writing the 2000 AD Encyclopedia. He worked on the editorial teams of the Dandy and then Commando comics for publisher DC Thomson & Co. Ltd from 2004 till 2016 and has also scripted the iconic Oor Wullie and The Broons comic strips for the Sunday Post newspaper. Other credits include newsstand titles such as Beano, Thunderbirds Are Go, Doctor Who Magazine,The People’s Friend, Yours Fiction, My Weekly, Sunday Mail, The List and others – as well as contributing material to five series of BBC Radio Scotland’s topical comedy show Watson’s Wind-Up, which starred Jonathan Watson. Scott’s previous publications include The Long, Big Kiss Goodbye– an original crime novella for Telos and a puzzle book -James Bond Word Searches: Unofficial and Unauthorised,published by Amazon.