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| Kev has fond memories for the first Cursed Earth saga |
Name: Kev Hopgood
Blog or web site:
Currently working on:
A graphic novel for a French educational publisher called “Liverpool Rocks”. Lawless with writer Ferg Handley for Strip Magazine. Valentine with writer Alex de Campi.
First memory of 2000AD?
One of the early Carlos Ezquerra’s double page spreads on Strontium Dog.
Favourite Character or Story:
I’ve still got a soft spot for the first Cursed Earth Judge Dredd story.
What do you like most about the 2000AD?
Its unpredictability.
What would you most like to see in 2000AD as it heads to its Forties?
A huge TV advertising campaign!
If you worked on 2000AD, do you have an anecdote you’d like to share about your experience of Tharg and his minions?
None that I can repeat without risking a lawsuit!
• This post is one in a series of tributes to 2000AD to mark its 35th birthday on 26th February 2012. More about 2000AD at www.2000adonline.com
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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