User:Emperor/Sandbox/List of 2000 AD creators

A list of 2000 AD creators, with a look at the training grounds for the talent as well as the post-2000 AD work.

History
Three phases of development?

[Brief rehash of the origin of 2000AD] ?

Founders and early creators
The early creators, like Pat Mills, John Wagner and Alan Grant had gained their experience in earlier British comics.

Some in this group have helped nurture new talent, starting the next generation of British comics - Alan Grant, says he has mentored a number of the Scottish writers like Kev F. Sutherland, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar and Robbie Morrison.

"The British Invasion"/2000AD Exodus
Although 2000 AD alumni, like Steve Parkhouse and Brian Bolland, had already got work on American comic books it was the success of Alan Moore which sparked the British Invasion of American comics.

A lot of the first parts of the wave, like Alan Moore, Parkhouse and Grant Morrison, cut their teeth in titles from Marvel UK (Doctor Who Weekly, The Daredevils) as well as Warrior, started by Marvel UK editor Dez Skinn. The invasion proper began after Moore's successful run on Swamp Thing and his Watchmen series as well as his revitalising stories he worked on at Warrior, like V for Vendetta]] and Marvelman. Moore picked Neil Gaiman as his replacement on the last story and he used this beachhead to get Sandman launched. A key figure in bringing over the British writers was Karen Berger, who had met Gaiman in 1987 and helped bring other 2000 AD alumni over to DC, like Peter Milligan and Grant Morrison. Berger felt that they brought new ways of doing things to the American market "I found their sensibility and point of view to be refreshingly different, edgier and smarter, The British writers broke open comics and took the medium to a new level of maturity.". She then launched DC's mature imprint, Vertigo, with Swamp Things, Sandman, Morrison's Animal Man and Milligan's Shade, the Changing Man as the core. They were joined by Jamie Delano who had worked at both Marvel UK and 2000 AD, who would write the Hellblazer based on John Constantine who first appeared in Moore's run on Swamp Thing. Moore has stopped work at 2000 AD by the mid-eighties but Morrison carried on until the mid-1990s and, at the point Moore's relationship with DC had soured and he moved on to more independent publishers, Morrison started his ascent to be one of DC's leading writers on the way producing long series at Vetigo, like The Invisibles.

Later parts of the wave got their first work in 2000 AD spin-offs or rivals during the mid to late eighties comics boom, like Toxic!, Crisis, Deadline and Revolver, which often ,had in their turn, been started by writers and artists from 2000 AD, in particular Toxic!. When these titles folded in the early to mid-nineties a number of creators were absorbed into 2000 AD and others went on to other things. Jamie Hewlett too the Tank Girl story from Deadline to various US publishers and on to a film before moving into music with the Gorillaz. Others like Sean Phillips and Duncan Fegredo would move straight on to get work in the US before moving to 2000 AD, from where they'd return to the US in the 2000s.

For some, like Ellis and Gaiman, their time at the title was short but for the latter it was the first mainstream comic publications. Others like Moore, Morrison and Ennis would contribute to some of the major stories of the eighties and nineties like Halo Jones., Zenith and Judge Dredd, respectively.

Reinvigoration
After the mass exodus of the early 1980s, which saw many of 2000AD's best writers and artists depart the comic for better deals from the American publishers...

With the cancellation of the likes of Crisis and Toxic the main breeding ground for new talent was in British small press comics. Arthur Wyatt established FutureQuake to publish Future Shock-like stories and moved on to writing similar stories for 2000 AD. This title and 2000 AD fanzines, like Dogbreath, Zarjaz and Class of '79 offered venues for early work from Al Ewing, Simon Spurrier and others. Spurrier, and a number of that generation of artists, like Frazer Irving, Rufus Dayglo, P. J. Holden and Henry Flint have now also started getting work in the American market. With the growth of independent comics publishers in recent years, like Markosia and Mam Tor Publishing, some creators are getting their first work published there, the former with Lee Garbett and Tony Lee.

Bucking the trend
There are also plenty of exceptions to the trends, as well as international creators working on the comic, like Ashley Wood, Ian Edginton got his breaks from people like Dark Horse Comics, equally some creators have done more work on the continent with Colin Wilson and Pat Mills producing a lot of work for Franco-Belgian comics. Others like John Smith, only had very rare forays into the American market.

A

 * Nick Abadzis
 * Dan Abnett
 * Charlie Adlard
 * Mick Austin

B

 * Jim Baikie
 * Adrian Bamforth
 * Alan Barnes (writer)
 * Massimo Belardinelli
 * David Bishop
 * Simon Bisley
 * Jesús Blasco
 * Chris Blythe, the current main Dredd colourist
 * Brian Bolland
 * Philip Bond
 * Doug Braithwaite
 * Jason Brashill
 * Mark Buckingham
 * John Burns (comics)
 * Richard Burton (comics)
 * Bob Byrne

C

 * Laurence Campbell
 * Mike Carey
 * Lee Carter
 * Andrew Cartmel
 * Michael Carroll
 * Jonathan Clements
 * Simon Coleby
 * Mike Collins
 * Boo Cook
 * Steven Cook
 * John Cooper (comics)
 * Paul Cornell
 * Carl Critchlow
 * Eva De La Cruz
 * Chris Cunningham
 * Andrew Currie

D

 * D'Israeli
 * Alan Davis
 * Guy Davis
 * Simon Davis (comics)
 * Jon Davis-Hunt
 * Rufus Dayglo
 * Jamie Delano
 * Andy Diggle
 * Steve Dillon
 * Peter Doherty (comics)
 * Nick Dyer

E

 * Ian Edginton
 * Richard Elson
 * Martin Emond
 * Garth Ennis
 * Gary Erskine
 * Al Ewing
 * Brett Ewins
 * Carlos Ezquerra

F

 * Glenn Fabry
 * Mark Farmer
 * Duncan Fegredo
 * Gerry Finley-Day
 * Michael Fleisher
 * Henry Flint
 * Russell Fox
 * Tom Frame
 * Simon Fraser (comics)
 * John Freeman (editor)
 * Oli Frey
 * Simon Furman

G

 * Neil Gaiman
 * Leigh Gallagher
 * Lee Garbett
 * Michael Gaydos
 * Dave Gibbons
 * Ian Gibson (artist)
 * Igor Goldkind
 * Scott Goodall
 * Kelvin Gosnell
 * Alan Grant (writer)
 * Paul Grist

H

 * Trevor Hairsine
 * Mark Harrison
 * Simon Harrison (comics)
 * Gina Hart
 * Jon Haward
 * Jamie Hewlett
 * John Hicklenton
 * Graham Higgins
 * John Higgins (comics)
 * David Hine
 * Peter Hogan
 * P. J. Holden
 * Kev Hopgood
 * Rian Hughes

I

 * Frazer Irving

J

 * Simon Jacob
 * Jock (artist)
 * Paul Johnson (artist)
 * Staz Johnson
 * Simon Jowett
 * Kris Justice

K

 * Shaky Kane
 * Cam Kennedy
 * Sam Kieth
 * Angela Kincaid
 * Nigel Kitching
 * Barry Kitson
 * Paul Kupperberg

L

 * Nick Landau
 * Clint Langley
 * Roger Langridge
 * Andy Lanning
 * Jack Lawrence (artist)
 * Garry Leach
 * Tony Lee
 * Vince Locke
 * John Lucas (comics)
 * Tony Luke

M

 * Steve MacManus
 * Colin MacNeil
 * Graham Manley
 * Stephen Marley
 * Paul Marshall
 * Brendan McCarthy
 * Jim McCarthy
 * John McCrea
 * Angus McKie, colours
 * Alan McKenzie
 * Mike McMahon
 * Mark Millar
 * David Millgate
 * Peter Milligan
 * Pat Mills
 * Alan Moore
 * Steve Moore
 * Grant Morrison
 * Robbie Morrison
 * Jim Murray

N

 * Paul Neal
 * Paul Neary
 * Mindy Newell

O

 * Michael Avon Oeming
 * Ben Oliver
 * Kevin O'Neill
 * Dean Ormston

P

 * Annie Parkhouse
 * Steve Parkhouse
 * Paul Peart
 * Simon Pegg
 * Nick Percival
 * Mike Perkins
 * Sean Phillips
 * Warren Pleece
 * Dermot Power
 * David Pugh (comics)
 * Steve Pugh

Q

 * Frank Quitely

R

 * Arthur Ranson
 * Dom Reardon
 * Gordon Rennie
 * John Richardson (comics)
 * John Ridgway
 * David Roach
 * Alex Ronald
 * Steve Roberts
 * Cliff Robinson

S

 * Adrian Salmon
 * Cavan Scott
 * Geoff Senior
 * Liam Sharp
 * Siku (comics)
 * Will Simpson
 * Tony Skinner
 * Cam Smith
 * John Smith
 * Matt Smith - the current editor
 * Robin Smith
 * Ron Smith
 * Smudge (comics)
 * SMS
 * Si Spencer
 * Simon Spurrier
 * Chris Standley
 * Greg Staples
 * Richard Starkings
 * Dave Stewart
 * John Stokes
 * Dave Stone
 * Lee Sullivan
 * Kev F. Sutherland
 * James Swallow

T

 * Bryan Talbot
 * Dave Taylor
 * Dylan Teague
 * John Tomlinson
 * Tiernen Trevallion
 * Tom Tully
 * Ron Turner (artist)

W

 * John Wagner
 * Kev Walker
 * Chris Weston
 * Steve White
 * Andrew Wildman
 * Mark Wilkinson
 * Anthony Williams
 * Rob Williams
 * Ben Willsher
 * Colin Wilson
 * Phil Winslade
 * Ashley Wood
 * Alec Worley
 * Arthur Wyatt
 * Colin Wyatt

X

 * Xuasus

Y

 * Steve Yeowell