2000 AD

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Name:	2000 AD
Abbreviation(s):
Creator:	IPC Magazine
Date(s):	Feb 1977- present
Medium:	comic
Country of Origin:	UK
External Links:	wikipedia
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2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction comic magazine. It is an anthology that serialises stories such as Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog. It is known as being the stepping-off point for the careers of many prominent British professional comics creators including Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Grant Morrison, Brian Bolland, Mike McMahon, John Wagner, Alan Grant and Garth Ennis. Many of the magazines contributors and editors also came from comics fanzines. The current publisher is Rebellion Developments; the editor is known as Tharg the Mighty - a running joke that the editor is a green extraterrestrial from Betelgeuse who terms his readers "Earthlets". Tharg uses other unique alien expressions and even appears in his own comic strips and "uses" robots to produce the strips.

The magazine had an active fandom especially in the 1970s and 1980s, especially within zine fandom.

Comic Series

• Ace Trucking Company
• The Ballad of Halo Jones

• Dan Dare
• Hardware
• Judge Dredd
• Lazarus Churchyard
• Rogue Trooper
• Sláine: The Horned God
• The Stainless Steel Rat
• Strontium Dog

Notable Fanworks

Zines

Zines with content relating to or derived from 2000 AD.

• Airwaves - issue 7 (1987)
• Arkensword (1980-1990)
  • Issue 16 (1985)
  • Issue 23 (1987)
  • Issue 24 (1988)
• BEM (Bemusing Magazine) (1973-1982)
• Chain Reaction - issue 7 (1986)
• Class of '79 (1998-)
• Dogbreath #1-19 (1997-)
• FutureQuake
• If (1989)

• "touched" - issue 8 (1986)
• Zarjaz (2001-)

Fanart

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  BEM #29 art by Mike McMahon

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  BEM #35 art by Dave Harwood

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  Arkensword Issue 13/14 art by Brian Bolland

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  Arkensword #15 by Ian Gibson

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  Arkensword #16 Judge Dredd art by Ron Smith

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  Arkensword #33 art by Brendan McCarthy