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Post by hondobrode on Mar 19, 2016 19:31:43 GMT -5
O'Neil was the only artist in history to have the dubious distinction of having any of his work after that pound roundly rejected by the CCA. Correct that they found not the subject, but his art itself, that offensive. It's worth noting that Pat Mills is also one of the early influences of a somewhat similar UK character, fella by the name of Dredd. Judge Dredd "Early influences"? That's an understatement. Pat was one of the co-creators of Dredd, and indeed of 2000 AD as a whole! Wagner and Ezquerra might have created the first Dredd strip, but Mills gave them the name. I didn't want to go so far as to say co-creator, but certainly a big influence on both Dredd and 2000AD. The man is a giant. |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 20, 2016 3:37:30 GMT -5
"Early influences"? That's an understatement. Pat was one of the co-creators of Dredd, and indeed of 2000 AD as a whole! Wagner and Ezquerra might have created the first Dredd strip, but Mills gave them the name. I didn't want to go so far as to say co-creator, but certainly a big influence on both Dredd and 2000AD. The man is a giant. He is that. For the record, it was Pat and sub-editor Kelvin Gosnell who came up with 2000 AD, as a replacement for Pat's earlier title, Action, which had been banned for being too violent and anti-establishment . They brought in Wagner, O'Neill and the others who were responsible for those first few years. Pat is the co-creator (if not the creator) of 2000 AD itself, and of its original lineup, as well as a lot of what's come since. It's not for nothing that he's known as "the godfather of British comics". And for anyone who wants a more comprehensive account of the creation of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, you could do worse than track down a copy of Thrill Power Overload: 2000 AD, the First Thirty Years, or the DVD documentary Future Shock: The Story of 2000 AD. Both give a huge insight into the events that basically shaped the by then declining British comics industry into something invigorated and truly extraordinary in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and how it impacted on the US comics industry along the way. |
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Post by Batflunkie on Mar 20, 2016 17:33:28 GMT -5
Mills might very well be one of the greatest UK writers out there, but I've never found Marshall Law all that appealing. Punisher 2099, however, I have much more admiration for because it feels like one big satire of the extremeness of 90's comics  |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Mar 20, 2016 19:34:58 GMT -5
Mills might very well be one of the greatest UK writers out there, but I've never found Marshall Law all that appealing. Punisher 2099, however, I have much more admiration for because it feels like one big satire of the extremeness of 90's comics If Marshall Law isn't that as well, I don't know what it is! |
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Post by tingramretro on Mar 21, 2016 2:32:45 GMT -5
Mills might very well be one of the greatest UK writers out there, but I've never found Marshall Law all that appealing. Punisher 2099, however, I have much more admiration for because it feels like one big satire of the extremeness of 90's comics If Marshall Law isn't that as well, I don't know what it is! I'd say that's exactly what Marshal Law is, and it does it a lot more effectively than Punisher 2099. |
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Post by hondobrode on Mar 21, 2016 14:48:49 GMT -5
I'd completely forgotten his Punisher 2099.
Still really dug Ennis' Doom 2099.
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