Tag Archives: 2000 AD

R.I.P. Alan Grant (1949 – 2022)

Sadly, Alan Grant, the legendary Scottish comic-book writer has passed on, at the age of 73. Besides co-creating badass vampire bounty-hunter Durham Red (with John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra) for 2000 AD, he also wrote a number of stand-out stories … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Carlos Ezquerra (1947 – 2018)

Sad to say, Carlos Ezquerra, the legendary Spanish comic-book artist who co-created futuristic/fascistic lawman Judge Dredd, bounty-hunting mutant Johnny Alpha, and badass vampire “bitch”* Durham Red (among many other characters), has passed into the infinite, at the age of 70. … Continue reading

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Hallo, Halo! [Updated]

Great news for fans of Alan Moore, Ian Gibson, and/or satirical female-led space-opera: The Ballad Of Halo Jones is being re-released in a fancy hardcover edition, with bonus content, this coming Wednesday (6/9/17) (13/9/17)*… and, because it’s the second issue … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister (1945 – 2015)

I’m woefully late to mark the passing of “Lemmy” Kilmister, founder and lead-singer of the seminal English rock band Motörhead, because I was wrestling with the supposed theme of this blog, i.e. “women I admire”… but really there’s no conflict … Continue reading

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Excellient!

Yesterday morning I travelled up to the mighty metropolis of Bournemouth, for a combined Film & Comic Convention held at the BIC! As an aspiring comic book writer, I was trying to view it as a serious vocational research and networking opportunity, and … Continue reading

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