Grant wrote for other IPC comic magazines such as the revamped Eagle. Grant and Wagner had developed the strip into the most popular in 2000 AD as well as creating lengthy epic storylines such as The Apocalypse War. Judge Dredd was Grant's main concern for much of the 1980s. Grant worked on other people's stories, changing and adding dialogue, most notably Harry Twenty on the High Rock, written by Gerry Finley-Day. They worked on other popular strips for the magazine, including Robo-Hunter and Strontium Dog using the pseudonym T.B. Grant then formed his partnership with Wagner after the pair lived and worked together the pair eventually co-wrote Judge Dredd.

Grant found himself in conflict with IPC and resigned to become a freelance writer, writing the occasional issue of Future Shock and Blackhawk. Grant featured as a character in the magazine in the form of ALN-1, Tharg's Scottish Robot assistant. One of Grant's first jobs was to oversee the merger of 2000 AD and Tornado, an unsuccessful boys adventure comic magazine. On a trip to London, Grant was introduced to Kelvin Gosnell, then editor of 2000 AD, who offered Grant an editorial position on the comic. Wagner asked Grant to write a strip for Starlord, a 2000 AD spin off, which eventually got Grant noticed within IPC.

Wagner asked Grant if he could help him write the Tarzan comic he was working on so began the Wagner/Grant writing partnership.

Thomson editor, who was helping put together a new science fiction comic magazine for IPC, 2000 AD, and was unable to complete his other work. He then met John Wagner, another former D.C. Īfter going back to college and having a series of jobs, Grant found himself back in Dundee and living on Social Security. Thomson before moving to London from Dundee in 1970 to work for IPC on various romance magazines. Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C. He was the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.Ĭareer Early career and 2000 AD

Alan Grant (9 February 1949 – 20 July 2022) was a British comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

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