Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave!: 2000AD & Judge Dredd: The Secret History

Mills, Pat

ISBN 10: 0995661235 / ISBN 13: 9780995661233

Editore: Millsverse Books, 2017

Codice articolo BSM.13KCT

Riassunto:

“Through a minefield of imbeciles and chimps”

With his trademark humour and passion, Pat bares his soul and shares his experience of 2000AD in the five years since the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic celebrated its 40th birthday. This 45th anniversary special edition boasts a special introduction and a new, extended chapter–Thargshead Revisited 2–in which Pat explains his reasons for leaving the comic, and ponders its future.

It all began in a garden shed in Scotland in 1971…

From the hilarious origins when Judge Dredd writer-creator John Wagner and Pat began their careers writing together in a garden shed by paraffin lamp, to the tragic stories of legendary comic artists who have passed, and the challenges as 2000AD fought for survival against The Suits determined to destroy it, this is a unique, personal, and passionate account by the man who created 2000AD.

High-octane, anarchic comic rock ‘n’ roll

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about Judge Dredd, Sláine, Nemesis, ABC Warriors, Flesh, Strontium Dog and more, is in this book. Plus the writers and artists who created them and the real-life people and events they drew on for inspiration. The scandals, the back-stabbing and the shocking story that was regarded as "too sensitive" to ever see the light of day is finally told.

Funny, sad, angry, defiant, and outrageous: it’s the ultimate Comic Book memoir!

"You'll be hard pressed to find a book so revealing." Tony Esmond - downthetubes.net

Informazioni sull'autore: Pat Mills is the creator of 2000AD, now in its 40th year, and still writes for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. He is also the creator of Action, and co-creator of the following: Battle, the girls supernatural comic Misty, Marshal Law, Requiem Vampire Knight, the anti-war saga Charley’s War, described as “the greatest British comic strip ever created”, and the black comedy text novel Serial Killer. For 2000AD, he developed Judge Dredd, and, with the artists, created Mach One, Savage, Slaine, Harlem Heroes, Flesh, Nemesis, Greysuit, Defoe, ABC Warriors and Ro-Busters. As well as Third World War for 2000AD’s Crisis, which led to the 2000AD series Finn. Although he wrote Punisher 2099 for Marvel, Metalzoic and Batman for DC Comics, and Marshal Law for Marvel Epic, he is one of the few British writers to be uninterested in mainstream American superheroes and prefers instead writing for the French comic book market with series like Sha and Requiem Vampire Knight (available in English language edition through Comixology). His Accident Man, co-created with Tony Skinner, is now a film starring Scott Adkins.

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Titolo: Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave!: 2000AD & ...
Casa editrice: Millsverse Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2017
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: very_good