2000 A.D. ANNUAL,1982.
by GOSNELL**, KELVIN - General editor: artwork by Bolland (DREDD):
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE./No dw/dj,as issued.
- ISBN 10
- 0850376807
- ISBN 13
- 9780850376807
- Seller
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PLYMOUTH., Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.[Annuals were published in the year's (e,g, 1978) Christmas market and dated with the forthcoming year date,i.e. published 1978 and given Annual date of 1979.] FINE.Neat,ink,owner inscrptn,and price-clipped to ffe.Pictorial colour illustrated,laminated bds; with negligible shelf-wear and no bumping or splits and nicks - minisculely bumped corners,spine/backstrip intact.Top+fore-edges coloured, contents near pristine.UK,slim Qrto HB,1st edn,4- 126pp includes colour cartoon fep,b/w comic strip rear ep,b/w+colour comic strips, b/w+colour photographs,stories+articles,crossword undone,as are the quizzes.First story/strip:"Tharg Ahoy",last story/strip:"Strontium Dog". In the early 1970's,with the traditional British boys comics dying on their feet, Pat Mills and John Wagner were part of a renaissance that began in I.P.C's girl's titles, Tammy and Sandie.'Ella on Easy Street' and 'Back Stab Ballerina' ushered in a new realism in comics, the "soap opera element," as Pat Mills called it.Out of that was to come the new, realistic war comic Battle Picture Weekly, created by both Mills and Wagner,and launched in 1975.Also, in 1976,I.P.C. Magazines launched a wild-child on the news-stands called Action.The winning formula was to take themes that were popular in films and television as a meter for kid's tastes and turn them into colourful,kinetic comic strips. 'Action',originally seen as anti-authoritarian,vicious and dangerous,but it was lifeblood to its audience:against all odds,the circulation began to rise as word spread about the comic with attitude.Once the shape of 'Action' had been moulded and an editor appointed, Pat Mills was invited to create another new title, and was given unprecedented licence and freedom by I.P.C.'s management.The idea for a science fiction comic came from Kelvin Gosnell,fresh out of the company's Competitions department but destined to be 2000AD's first editor.Gosnell had read an article about SF movies being made in Hollywood.Films such as Rollerball and Logan's Run mixed futuristic adventure with violence in the style of Pat Mill's new vision for comics,and with Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind on the horizon, a science fiction comic was a potential winner.The idea evolved into the seminal 2000AD,a distillation of film and television hits and potential hits, processed by Pat Mills and further distorted with a futuristic twist.If 'Action' was the punk of I.P.C.'s comics,2000AD was Death Race 2000, filled with gutsy,bloody stories that struck a nerve.See also rja1954 to rja1956,and rja1958 to rja1964 inclusive. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,because of the lighter weight of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja1957
- Title
- 2000 A.D. ANNUAL,1982.
- Author
- GOSNELL**, KELVIN - General editor: artwork by Bolland (DREDD):
- Illustrator
- illus with b/w+colour comic strips and photographs.
- Format/Binding
- UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE.
- Jacket Condition
- No dw/dj,as issued.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj(as issued),1st edn.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0850376807
- ISBN 13
- 9780850376807
- Publisher
- LONDON.FLEETWAY/I.P.C,1981.
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1981
- Keywords
- q52.CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED.UK,Qrto HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.SBN 850376807.COMIC STRIP HEROES.SCI-FI COMICS.BEST OF 2000AD.JUDGE DREDD.HALO JONES.JUDGE ANDERSON.KILLING TIME.NEMESIS.ROBO HUNTER.ROGUE TROOPER.SLAINE.STRONTIUM DOG.SPELLBINDERS.
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