Mills, Langley Signing at Forbidden Planet London

By John Freeman on February 11, 2010

Forbidden Planet has just announced a signing by Pat Mills and artist Clint Langley to mark the publication of ABC Warriors: The Volgan War Volume 2 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Saturday 27th February 1 – 2pm.

The Meknificent Seven are ever-closer to retrieving their comrade Zippo from Marineris, ‘the ugliest city in the galaxy’; Deadlock and Blackblood recount dark tales from their involvement in the Volgan War. And, whilst past secrets create new hostilities within the team, an ex-ABC Warrior nursing a big grudge commits the ultimate act of betrayal!

Pat Mills remains best known, for many British comics fans, as the creator and first editor of 2000AD. He developed Judge Dredd and is the writer-creator of many of its most popular stories such as Nemesis the Warlock, Sláine and ABC Warriors. He created – with John Wagner – Battle Weekly, birthplace of Charley’s War, and Marshal Law with League of Extraordinary Gentlemen artist Kevin O’Neill. He’s also written Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish and continues working on his best-selling French graphic novel series Requiem, Vampire Knight.

Clint Langley started his career in the 1990’s. His images can be seen worldwide in comics, on novel covers and in the conceptual design for advertising and films. His first comic strip work was Dynosty, which appeared in 2000AD. He’s since worked on various comic strips such as Slaine, Judge Dredd and Warhammer.

• Buy ABC Warriors: The Volgan War from Forbidden Planet

• For more news about our signings please go to: www.forbiddenplanet.com/events

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “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.