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| • | 2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction oriented comic. The publication, which serialises a number of separate stories each "prog" (see glossary, below) was established by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC, later Fleetway, continued to produce the title until 1999, when it was bought by Rebellion Developments. Due in part to its weekly publication schedule, it is one of only a few comics to surpass 1000 issues. It has been a successful launchpad for getting United Kingdom talent into the larger American comics market, and has also been the source of a number of film licences. Unlike earlier weekly titles, 2000 AD was based on a 6 page strip format. This gave the writers greater opportunity to develop character and meant that the artists had greater scope in designing the layout. A long-running joke is that the editor of 2000 AD is Tharg the Mighty, a green alien from Betelgeuse who terms his readers "Earthlets". Tharg uses other unique alien expressions and even appears in his own comic strips. Readers sometimes play along with this: for example, in prog 200 a pair of readers wrote to Tharg claiming that they preferred to be called "Terrans"; the resulting controversy ended in Tharg's accepting a challenge for a duel at a galactic location. Another running joke is Tharg's supposed use of robots to draw and write the strips — some of which bear a marked resemblance to actual writers and artists. A fictional reason for Tharg to use mechanical assistance was given when the robots "went on strike" (reflecting real-life industrial action that occasionally halted IPC's comics production during the 1970s and 1980s). Tharg wrote and drew a whole issue himself, but when he ran it through the quality-control "Thrill-meter", the device melted down on extreme overload. The offending issue had to be taken away, by blindfolded security guards, to a lead-lined vault where there was no danger of anyone seeing it accidentally. See: British comics Source: [wikipedia: 2000 ad (comic)] |
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| 2000 AD Online | ||
| the official homepage for 2000ad and the judge dredd megazine. includes news features, current issues, and downloads. | ||
| 2000AD Review | ||
| an unofficial guide to the long running uk science fiction comic, featuring judge dredd, rogue trooper and others. includes weekly reviews and synopses plus exclusive interviews, and features. | ||
| Dredd vs Death | ||
| official site for the multi platform video game based on the long running 2000ad character. | ||
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