A collection of astounding and entertaining short comics stories from some of the biggest names in comics, inclusing, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan Mark Millar and many more.
Future Shocks - the testing ground for those who wish to work for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic,
2000 AD. Most never make it to publication. But for the lucky few who manage to harness enough Thrill-Power to produce these mini sci-fi classics, fame and notoriety awaits!
This anthology of supreme sci-fi and horror storytelling features the work of the industry's greatest talents, including Brian Bolland, Kevin O'Neill, Alan Grant, Peter Milligan, Steve Dillon, Glenn Fabry, Frazer Irving, Mark Millar, Alan Davis, John Higgins, Brendan McCarthy, Grant Morrison and Neil Gaiman amongst many others.
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.
Neil Gaiman only wrote four strips for
2000 AD but his success outside of the Galaxy's Greatest has been phenomenal. Gaiman is the best-selling author behind such world-renown titles as
The Sandman, Mr Punch, American Gods, Stardust and has recently written a well-received episode of
Dr. Who.
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. His television work includes scripts for the BBC series
Ace Lightning and the
Carnival of Doom.
Mark Millar is one of
2000 AD's most prolific story creators, with many co-creation credits including
Babe Race 2000, Big Dave, and
Slaughterbowl. He has also written for
Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, Rogue Trooper and
Zenith with Grant Morrison. Outside of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic Millar has written
The Authority, Aztek, Batman, The Ultimates, and
Vampirella. His creator-owned project,
Kick-Ass, was turned into a feature film and directed by Matthew Vaughn.
Grant Morrison is one of the most successful ex-2000 AD writers, with a host of critical awards and a huge following. He began his career on Marvel UK's
Zoids before coming to the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, where his strip
Zenith became a fan-favourite. At first a prolific writer of 'mature readers' comics, including the award-winning
Animal Man, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Doom Patrol, The Invisibles and
The Filth for Vertigo, he has gone on to write successful runs on the
X-Men and
Batman and won numerous awards for his work on
All-Star Superman.
Peter Milligan is one of
2000 AD's most prolific story creators, and has now, of course, graduated to much wider comics fame. As well as co-creating
Hewligan's Haircut with Jamie Hewlett, Milligan created the classic future war story
Bad Company, in addition to creating
Freaks, Shadows, Sooner or Later, The Dead and
Tribal Memories. He also contributed several short stories and
Future Shocks, and has written
Judge Dredd and
Rogue Trooper stories. His work outside the Galaxy's Greatest Comic has received enormous critical and fan acclaim; notably Vertigo's existentialist superhero mystery
Enigma, via
The Eaters, Human Target, Girl, Tank Girl: The Odyssey, A1, Animal Man, Batman, Minx, Shade the Changing Man, Skreemer and
Vertigo Pop! London, a rock 'n' roll tale of the big city. For Marvel he cocreated the best-selling
X-Statix, a vicious pop culture satire, illustrated by Mike Allred. More recently, he has returned to Vertigo, working on the series
Greek Street.
Best known for writing
Transformers comics,
Simon Furman was instrumental in making Marvel UK a success. During the eighties and nineties he worked on many titles for them, including the aforementioned
Transformers and also
Action Force, Thundercats, Doctor Who Magazine as well as two series he helped create -
Dragon's Claws and
Death's Head. Simon written several issues of
Judge Dredd: Lawman of the Future. More recently he has shared scripting chores with Dan Abnett on Marvel's
Guardians of the Galaxy.
Simon Spurrier was born in 1981. Working as an art director for the BBC, he took an unscripted tangent toward Tharg's Mighty Organ - contributing multiple
Future Shock, Judge Dredd and original series to
2000 AD - and has since become an award winning author and graphic novelist on both sides of the Atlantic. He lives in a state of perpetual quantum flux between prose and comics: a superposition easily collapsible by tweeting at @sispurrier.
A contributor to most of the major British anthology comics, including early issues of
Doctor Who Weekly and
Hulk Comic for Marvel UK,
Steve Moore wrote the second story-arc for the newly revived Dan Dare in 2000 AD. Alan Hebden scripted a number of comics in the late1970's and early 1980's, including
Major Eazy for
Battle, Mind Wars for
Starlord and
Return of the Mean Team for
2000 AD. Steve is still working in the industry today, writing various war stories for DC Thomson's
Commando.
