Slaine in alteren deutschsprachigen ausgabe slaine ist ein fantasy bzw. British, then you read 2000 ad at some point in your comicbook reading life. Book of invasions, volume 1 by pat mills, clint langley isbn. The photo content of the art blemd is signifantly higher in this book, to the extent that it starts to feel like a photostory. Reflections on my top five favourite characters from 2000 ad, specifically my. Since 2000 it has been published by rebellion developments 2000 ad is most noted for its judge dredd stories, and has been contributed to by a number of artists. He is the celtic barbarian created by pat mills and angie kincaid known. Pat mills and john wagner started the book in 1977, after their contemporary action comic action was banned for violence. Its a multiaward winning cocktail of explosive scifi and fantasy, infused with a mean streak of irony and wry black humour. Bill savage returns home to find his house destroyed, and his family killed. He would rise to be a champion, a king and even a god. I was looking through my collection of origins 2000 ad comics.
An irish warrior based on celtic myths made famous by the 2000ad series. Ive just finished book one and im going straight into book twocant wait if your a fan of slain like me then. Slaine is a barbarian fantasy adventure series based on celtic myths and stories which first appeared in 1983, written by pat mills and initially drawn by his then wife, angela kincaid. Nick slaines back comic book characterscomic books art2000ad comic uncanny avengerswarrior kingad artcomic artistjust in casecharacter art. The comic that brought us judge dredd is still going strong after nearly 40 years.
Slaine series that reprinted stories from weekly british anthology comic 2000ad after issue 20, the comic was retitled slaine the king and published a further eight issues 2128. The 2000ad not free comic book day comic for 2019 the. Collecting the slaine series the books of invasions from the pages of british anthology comic 2000ad. The book of scars is a special anniversary story which sees slaine return to the most pivotal moments of his life where he has to face off against his greatest foes all beautifully rendered by mick mcmahon, glenn fabry, simon bisley, and clint langley, the artists who secured the characters name in the annuls of british comics history and who returned for this special oneoff story. Hence artistically weaker than the previous invasions books. Sadly, the reallife death of the rotary phone killed this joke off. Upon slaines return, he found the new high king sethor, former member of the council who had granted moloch. For other characters with the same name, see slaine. Strontium dog, a mutant bounty hunter created by wagner and ezquerra, and. As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue known as progs and was first published by ipc magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 february. Hes sliced and diced and warpspasmed his way through history for almost 35 years and he didnt think it too many.
Slaine was able to convince the tribal council that the demons could be killed and war was once more declared on the. Slaine artist simon bisley and criminal and kill or be killeds sean phillips. Dan dare part 1 of 11, written by ken armstrong, art by massimo belardinelli. The book is padded out with an invasions irrelevant epilogue urko circus whodunnit. The story is poorer too, with a downbeat ending that is also short. Slaine celtic mythology based comic book character art by jean sebastien. Created by legendary 2000 ad founder pat mills, slaine reached his high point. Its cowboys versus dinosaurs in pat mills and boixs flesh, where time travelling corporations farm the past for meat to feed a hungry future. For the galaxys greatest comic, he is the writer and cocreator of abc warriors.
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