Matt Smith
Matthew Smith was employed as a desk editor for Pan Macmillan book publishers for three years before joining
2000 AD as assistant editor in July 2000 to work on a comic he had read religiously since 1985. He became editor of the Galaxy's Greatest in December 2001, and then editor-in-chief of the
2000 AD titles in January 2006. He lives in Oxford.
Chris Weston Chris Weston has drawn a vast array of
2000 AD and
Megazine stories, including
Indigo Prime,
Downlode Tales,
Future Shocks,
Canon Fodder,
Judge Dredd,
Nemesis the Warlock,
Nikolai Dante,
Pulp Sci-Fi,
Robo-Hunter,
Rogue Trooper and
Vector 13. Beyond
2000 AD, Weston's work includes
Fantastic Four: First Family, E
nemy Ace: War in Heaven,
The Filth,
The Invisibles,
Ministry of Space and
Garth Ennis's War Story: Johann's Tiger.
Rory McConville Rory McConville is an Irish writer living in London. He has written several series for
2000 AD including
Judge Dredd and
Department K, and also co-created the historical graphic novel
Big Jim: Jim Larkin and the 1913 Lockout. His recent work includes the graphic novel
Write It In Blood for Image Comics.
Mike Carroll Michael Carroll is the author of over forty books, including the award-winning
New Heroes series of Young Adult superhero novels and the #1 Amazon best-selling cult graphic novel
Judge Dredd: Every Empire Falls. He currently writes
Proteus Vex and
Judge Dredd for
2000 AD and
Judge Dredd Megazine. Other works include
Jennifer Blood for Dynamite Entertainment,
Razorjack for Titan Books (co-written with artist John Higgins), and the
Rico Dredd trilogy for Abaddon Books, for whom he has also created the acclaimed
JUDGES series which explores the genesis of the world of Judge Dredd. He can be found at www.michaelowencarroll.com
Arthur Wyatt Arthur Wyatt is a British writer based in the American Pacific Northwest, where he lives with his wife Heather and children Gayle and Verity. He has written extensively for
2000 AD and the
Judge Dredd Megazine, including stories set in the Judge Dredd universe, the 2012 move Dredd universe, and beyond. He was also the founding editor of the British small press magazine
FutureQuake.
Liam Johnson Liam Johnson is a comics writer and winner of
2000 AD's 2019 Talent Search, whose credits include
Future Shocks and
Venus Bluegenes (for
2000 AD) and
Missing Persons (for Markosia). He also writes for television, including a number of credits for ITV's
Emmerdale.
James Peaty James Peaty has written for publishers including Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics in the US as well as Rebellion Publishing and Titan Comics in the UK. During that time he has written for titles including
The Batman Strikes!,
X-Men Unlimited,
Green Arrow,
Supergirl,
Justice League Unlimited and
Doctor Who. For
2000 AD he wrote and co-created
Skip Tracer (with artist Paul Marshall), while for the
Judge Dredd Megazine he wrote and co-created
Diamond Dogs (with artist Warren Pleece).
Paul Starkey Paul Starkey lives and works in the East Midlands and has wanted to be a writer since he was ten years old. He has had short stories published in both the UK and America and has self-published two novels and a short story collection. He's recently completed his fifth novel.
Ned Hartley Ned Hartley is an author and comic writer for both adults and children.
Ned is the writer of the best-selling
Marvel Origins: Spider-Man, the
Marvel Museum, the
Ladybird Big Book of Dead Things, several
Star Wars annuals,
Together We Can, the
Spider-Man Museum,
Great Lives: Albert Einstein,
Dark Tales: Hound of the Baskervilles, the
Marvel Universe: An Atlas of Marvel, ** Marvel Heroes and Villains** and many more books.
Ned writes
Bananaman for
The Beano every week, and has also written for
2000 AD,
Buster,
Monster Fun and
Wallace and Gromit comic.
Neil Googe Neil Googe has been lending his talent to
2000 AD for over twenty years, illustrating strips such as
Judge Dredd,
Pulp Sci-Fi and* Hondo City Justice* for the
Judge Dredd Megazine. Beyond his work with
2000 AD he has also worked on
WildCats and
The Flash for DC Comics.
Ilias Kyriazis Ilias created the comics series
Manifesto and its sequel
Manifesto Dyo **, **Blood Opera,
Se Vlepo,
Blockbuster,
Ena Tsigaro Hronos and more... For his works he was awarded the prize for Best Script in the Comic Festival of Belgrade and Comicdom Awards for Best Artist, Best Writer, Best Short Story and Best Anthology.
Since 2007 he's been working for U.S comic publishers. He did the short story
Jared for
Dark Horse Presents and
Melody for DC/ Zuda. He collaborated with comics veteran Scott Lobdell on the mini series
Galaxy Quest: Global Warning and
Ghostbusters: Displaced Aggression and he wrote and drew the graphic novel
Falling For Lionheart for IDW.
Nicolò Assirelli Nicolò Assirelli lives in Faenza, Italy, and makes comics and illustrations for
2000 AD, Sergio Bonelli Editore, RCS, Movimenti Productions and Sony Italia, Mondadori and isole24ore.
Luke Horsman Luke Horsman is an illustrator and comic book artist and has been working in the design and illustration industry for nearly 20 years across a variety of media platforms for 100s of clients, including printed publications, websites and games. Now solely a comic book artist he has done scores of work for multiple clients, independent publishers and authors.
Davide Tinto Born in Naples, Italy on the 23rd of August 1983, Davide Tinto is a great fan of comics. After completing his art studies, he started working for Independent Publishers. Thus began his collaborations with Octane Comics, Inteweb Comics, Big Punch Studio, Evil Kat Studio, Cards & Co., Giochi Uniti, Evoluzione Publishing, Reckless Hero, and many others. For IDW he drew
Marvel Action Spiderman and worked on
Clone Wars - Battle Tales 4 and on
Star Wars Adventures 3. At the same time he also began working for Valiant Comics on the comic
The Visitor.
Jake Lynch Jake Lynch is a Norfolk based Illustrator, best known for his work on
Judge Dredd and
Proteus Vex for
2000 AD and the
Judge Dredd Megazine. He has also worked on other Rebellion publications such as
Action and
Vigilant as well as Film/TV, and poster design for others.
A self-taught artist, he is living proof that they'll let any idiot in here and, as a self-confessed Sci-Fi nerd, he is often the first to be asked to leave.
Duane Redhead Duane Redhead is a comic artist, whose previous credits with
2000 AD include
Terror Tales,
Past Imperfect and
Durham Red. Duane has also worked on the Games Workshop Codex for The Black Library, and continues to draw
The Tick for New England Comics where he started his first title in 2012.
Ben Willsher Ben Willsher got his break in comics in the ground-breaking
Deadline magazine (home of
Tank Girl), before being stolen by the world of computer games, where he has worked as an Art Director for many years. However, the lure of Comics was too strong and he came back to
2000 AD and has drawn
Future Shocks,
Pulp Sci-Fi,
Tharg's Terror Tales,
Sinister Dexter,
Damnation Station, but he is probably best known for his work on
Judge Dredd. As well as reviving the uber cool grifter Lenny Zero, with original creator Andy Diggle, Willsher has just concluded a movie Dreddverse strip titled
Dust.
Beyond his accomplishments in the world of comics he has also worked in film, television and the music industry, and is heavily involved in the world of
Doctor Who, where he has illustrated work for the Time Lord luminaries such as Russell T Davies, Mark Gatiss, and comic giant Neil Gaiman.
Joel Carpenter Joel Carpenter is a concept artist and comic artist with a background in traditional painting and drawing. Joel has worked on several issues for
2000 AD on
Judge Dredd,
Cadet Dredd,
Tales from the Black Museum and
Future Shocks as well as cover art for Titan Comics'
Bloodthirsty. His current work is mostly designing characters and environments for games, animation and film. Recently he worked on Robozuna as an environment concept artist and storyboard artist and the vampire movie
Night Teeth as a character designer, also creating key frames.
S. Califano G. Welsh Toby Willsmer In January 2021, Toby Willsmer won the
2000 AD Art Stars competition with a
Robo-Hunter piece he drew. He has gone on to draw
Cadet Dredd,
Robo-Hunter and a
Future Shock for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic.
Neil Cameron Neil Cameron is a UK-based comics writer and illustrator. He is the creator of the
Mega Robo Bros graphic novel series, author of the
Awesome Robot Chronicles novel series, and a regular contributor to UK weekly children's comic
The Phoenix.
Joe Currie Joe Currie has contributed
Cadet Dredd strips and a
Future Shock to
2000 AD. He also runs his own independent comic publishing company, Strctly Underground Comics. In 2022, he collaborated with the band Beak> and film director Ben Wheatley on the graphic novel
Kosmik Musik.
