"A slab of pop...a great place to start to explore this huge swathe of British comics" - Kieron Gillen (Die, Once & Future, Eternals)
Perhaps the most widely respected comic writer of the modern era,
Alan Moore’s contribution to the comics world is incalculable.
Creator of some of 2000 AD’s most popular series, including Abelard
Snazz, The Ballad of Halo Jones, D.R. & Quinch and Skizz, he has
also worked on A.B.C. Warriors, Ro-Busters, Rogue Trooper, Ro-Jaws’
Robo-Tales, Tharg the Mighty, Time Twisters and several one-off
strips. Outside of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, Moore is best known
for his work on the classic Watchmen, which redefined the superhero
genre in 1986, but this is simply touching the surface of a career
which has included 1963, A1’s Warpsmiths, Bojeffries Saga and
Maxwell the Magic Cat, AARGH!, Batman, Big Numbers, Brought to
Light, Captain Britain, Deathblow, Flesh and Bones, From Hell,
Glory, Green Lantern Corps, Lost Girls, Miracleman, A Small
Killing, Snakes and Ladders, Spawn, Supreme, Swamp Thing, Superman
, V For Vendetta, WildC.A.T.S. and Youngblood. Moore is now owner
and chief writer of the America’s Best Comics line, distributed by
WildStorm, and including Promethea, Tom Strong, Tomorrow Stories,
Top Ten and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which has been
made into a major Hollywood movie.
John Wagner has been scripting for 2000 AD for more years than he
cares to remember. His creations include Judge Dredd, Strontium
Dog, Ace Trucking, Al’s Baby, Button Man and Mean Machine. Outside
of 2000 AD his credits include Star Wars, Lobo, The Punisher and
the critically acclaimed A History of Violence.
Alan Davis is one of the most respected pencillers currently
working in the comics industry. Debuting in 2000 AD with the
space-based prison drama Harry 20 on the High Rock, he followed
with the immortal D.R. and Quinch, which remains one of the
Galaxy’s Greatest’s most popular series. Davis also contributed to
short stories and Judge Dredd, before heading for America and
almost instant acclaim. His US career has included Avengers, Batman
and the Outsiders, Captain Britain, ClanDestine, Detective Comics,
Excalibur, JLA, Killraven, Miracleman, Star Wars and X-Men. He has
recently taken up the reins on Uncanny X-Men.
Kev Walker is the co-creator of Badlands and The Balls Brothers,
and has also provided artwork for Dan Dare, Judge Dredd, Future
Shocks, Harlem Heroes, Mercy Heights, Rogue Trooper, Time Twisters
and Tor Cyan. For the Judge Dredd Megazine, he wrote The Inspectre
and has illustrated Judge Anderson, Mean Machine and Wynter. Walker
has recently finished an acclaimed run on DC’s L.E.G.I.O.N. and has
pencilled Marvel Comics’ The Eternal.
Dan Abnett is a seven-times New York Times bestselling author and
an award-winning comic book writer. He has written over fifty
novels, including the acclaimed Gaunt’s Ghosts series, the
Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, volumes of the million-selling
Horus Heresy series, The Silent Stars Go By (Doctor Who), Rocket
Raccoon and Groot: Steal the Galaxy, The Avengers: Everybody Wants
To Rule The World, The Wield, Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero, and
Embedded. In comics, he is known for his work on The Legion of
Super-Heroes, Aquaman, The Titans, Nova, Wild’s End, and The New
Deadwardians. His 2008 run on The Guardians of the Galaxy for
Marvel formed the inspiration for the blockbuster movie. A regular
contributor to the UK’s long-running 2000 AD, he is the creator of
series including Grey Area, Lawless, Brink, Kingdom and the classic
Sinister Dexter. He has also written extensively for the games
industry, including Shadow of Mordor and Alien:Isolation. Dan lives
and works in the UK. Follow him on Twitter @VincentAbnett
I.N.J. Culbard is an award-winning artist and writer. He has had
work published by SelfMadeHero, Dark Horse comics, Vertigo and
BOOM! Studios. He first started working with Ian Edginton on
adaptations for SelfMadeHero of The Picture of Dorian Gray, The
Hound of the Baskervilles, A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the
Four, and The Valley of Fear. He has also worked with Dan Abnett on
original series such as The New Deadwardians (Vertigo), Dark Ages
(Dark Horse Comics), and Wild’s End (BOOM! Studios). And lastly he
has worked with Chris Lackey and Chad Fifer on the original graphic
novel, Deadbeats (SelfMadeHero). He has produced a number of his
own adaptations for SelfMadeHero including The Case of Charles
Dexter Ward, The Shadow Out of Time, The Dream-Quest of Unknown
Kadath, At the Mountains of Madness and his first solo original
graphic novel, Celeste.
One of 2000 AD’s best-loved and most honoured artists, Ian Gibson
is responsible for the co-creation of The Ballad of Halo Jones
(with Alan Moore), and created Bella Bagley, an unfortunate
character in Judge Dredd’s world who fell head-over-heels in love
with ‘Old Stoney Face’ himself! His work outside the Galaxy’s
Greatest Comic includes Chronicles of Genghis Grimtoad, Star Wars:
Boba Fett, X-Men Unlimited, plus the designs for the TV series
Reboot.
Arthur Ranson has long been one of 2000 AD’s most popular artists;
having made his initial impact working on Judge Anderson, he teamed
up with John Wagner to create the highly acclaimed Button Man
series, and later with Alan Grant for Mazeworld. He has also
co-created the character of pyrokinetic Mega-City One citizen
Juliet November, and illustrated both Judge Dredd and several
Future Shocks. Ranson’s most recent non-2000 AD work has been for
Marvel Comics on X-Factor and latterly X-Treme X-Men X-Posé.
With over 300 2000 AD stories to his name – not to mention over 250
Daily Star Judge Dredd strips – Alan Grant’s prolific creative
record speaks for itself. Outside the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic,
Grant is well-known to Batman fans following a lengthy run on
various incarnations of the title. More recently he has adapted
Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novels Kidnapped and Doctor Jekyll
and Mr Hyde in Graphic Novel format with artist Cam Kennedy.
"A Masterclass for pulling in new readers"
*The Comics Beat*
"From start to finish, this book is an absolute gem"
*Multiversity Comics*
"An excellent entry pointy for trepidatious new readers... a
carefully curated selection of stories and strips that showcase
both the thematic heart and the decades of genre reinvention that
have made the Galaxy's Greatest Comic a UK pop cultural national
treasure"
*Broken Frontier*
"A perfect entry point into the high-concept and well-done world of
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climb for many years. But no longer!"
*Comics Bookcase*
"Stacked to the brim with some of the absolute best stories from
the history of the magazine, in full color"
*Nerdist*
"As a sampler for what the anthology has been doing for the last
four and a half decades, it’s a strong one – and one that easily
demonstrates what the series does better than most."
*Popverse*
"A slab of pop...a great place to start to explore this huge swathe
of British comics" - Kieron Gillen (Die, Once & Future,
Eternals)
"A quintessential entry point for new readers"
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"A perfect introduction to what 2000 AD has to offer"
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"Your perfect entry point to the wonderful world of
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"What is perhaps the most surprising thing about the new Best
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manages to deliver on the promise of its title...for newcomers and
lapsed readers alike, it acts as a near-perfect primer for what
makes 2000 AD so special"
*Wired*
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