Pat Mills


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    Biography

    Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfather of British comics". His comics are notable for their violence and anti-authoritarianism. He is best known for creating 2000 AD and playing a major part in the development of Judge Dredd. Mills started his career as a sub-editor for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, where he met Wagner. In 1971 both left to go freelance, and were soon writing scripts for IPC's girls' and humour comics. After D.C. Thomson launched Warlord, a successful war-themed weekly, Mills was asked in 1975 to develop a rival title for IPC. Based in the girls' comics department to avoid the attention of the staff of the boys' department, Mills, along with Wagner and Gerry Finley-Day, worked in secret to create Battle Picture Weekly. Battle's stories were more violent and its characters more working class than IPC's traditional fare, and it was an immediate hit. Having made the comic ready for launch, Mills resigned as editor. He would later write the celebrated First World War series Charley's War, drawn by Joe Colquhoun, for the title. After launching Battle, Mills began developing a new boys' title, Action, launched in 1976. Action's mix of violence and anti-authoritarianism proved controversial and the title lasted less than a year before being withdrawn in the face of media protests. It was briefly revived in neutered form before being merged into Battle. His next creation was the science fiction-themed weekly 2000 AD, launched in 1977. As with Battle and Action he developed most of the early series before handing them over to other writers. He took over the development of Judge Dredd when creator John Wagner temporarily walked out, and wrote many of the early stories, establishing the character and his world, before Wagner returned. In 1978 IPC launched Starlord, a short-lived companion title for 2000 AD. Mills contributed Ro-Busters, a series about a robot disaster squad, which moved to 2000 AD when Starlord was cancelled. Ro-Busters was the beginning of a mini-universe of interrelated stories Mills was to create for 2000 AD, including ABC Warriors and Nemesis the Warlock. Artist Kevin O'Neill was involved in the creation of all three. Another strand of his 2000 AD work was Sláine, a barbarian fantasy based on Celtic mythology and neo-paganism, which he co-created with his then wife Angela Kincaid (with whom he also created the children's series of books, The Butterfly Children). Mills also had a hand in IPC's line of comics aimed at girls, such as Chiller (a horror comic), Misty (supernatural stories) and Jinty (science fiction). In 1986 he edited the short-lived comic Diceman, which featured characters from 2000 AD, Mills wrote nearly every story. In 1988 he was involved in the launch of Crisis, a politically aware 2000 AD spin-off aimed at older readers. For it he wrote Third World War, drawn initially by Carlos Ezquerra. The title lasted until 1991 and launched the careers of talents such as Garth Ennis, John Smith and Sean Phillips. In 1991 Mills launched Toxic!, an independent colour newsstand weekly comic with a violent, anarchic tone, perhaps as a reaction against the politically worthy Crisis, and a creator-owned ideal. Many of the stories were created by Mills and co-writer Tony Skinner, including Accident Man, an assassin who makes his hits look like accidents. Toxic! lasted less than a year, but gave a start to talents such as Duke Mighten and Martin Emond. He has had little success in American comics, with the exception of Metalzoic and Marshal Law, published by DC and Epic comics respectively in the late 1980s, both drawn by O'Neill. Mills' Toxic strips Accident Man and Brats Bizarre were reprinted as their own US-format titles (by Dark Horse Comics and Epic, respectively) and Mills wrote Punisher 2099 for Marvel, Zombie World for Dark Horse, and Death Race 2020 (reuniting Mills with Kevin O'Neill) for Roger Corman's Cosmic Comics. In 1995, he broke into the French market, one of his life's goals, with Sha, created with French artist Olivier Ledroit. He continues to write Sláine, Bill Savage, Black Siddha and ABC Warriors for 2000 AD, and also the Franco-Belgian comic Requiem Vampire Knight,[5] with art by Olivier Ledroit, and its spin-off Claudia Chevalier Vampire, with art by Franck Tacito. Two new series, Greysuit, a super-powered government agent drawn by John Higgins, and Defoe, a 17th-century zombie hunter drawn by Leigh Gallagher, began in 2000 AD prog 1540. Mills has formed Repeat Offenders with artist Clint Langley and Jeremy Davis "to develop graphic novel concepts with big-screen potential" and the first project is a graphic novel called American Reaper, serialised in the Judge Dredd Megazine (2011–2015). It has been optioned by Trudie Styler's Xingu Films and Mills has written the screenplay. He has also written two Doctor Who audio plays, "Dead London" (2008) and "The Scapegoat" (2009) for Big Finish Productions, featuring the Eighth Doctor and Lucie Miller. The first audio play was released as the first part of the second season of the Eighth Doctor Adventures and the second as part of the third season. In 2010 Mills adapted a story that had been started by him and Wagner for Doctor Who in the 1980s and was produced by Big Finish as "The Song of Megaptera". In 2017 he wrote, with Kevin O'Neill, and published two novels, Serial Killer and Goodnight, John-Boy, part of a planned series of four books. Also in that year, he published his memoirs, Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! 2000 AD and Judge Dredd: The Secret History in print and as an e-book. Mills also narrated the audiobook version himself. (The title is the catchphrase of the villain in his series Nemesis the Warlock.) In 2018 the film Accident Man was released, based on his comic strip for Toxic! In 2019 Mills announced that he would publish a new all-ages science fiction anthology comic called Spacewarp, to be released in 2020, and that the artists would retain the copyright on their work. In 2021 he can published another volume of memoirs with a focus on Slaine, Kiss My Axe! Slaine the Warped Warrior: The Secret History.

    Artistic production

    Comic Title Role Publisher Year Language
    Nemesis the warlock : death to all aliens 2 Author Titan 2004 English
    Charley's war 2 Author Titan 1983 English
    Ro-busters. Bk.2. The Fall and rise of Ro-Jaws and Hammer-Stein Author Titan 1983 English
    Hitler's youth Author Titan 2011 English
    Nemesis the warlock. Bk.2 Author Titan 1984 English
    Judge Dredd : the cursed earth Author Rebellion 2002 English
    April 1917 Author Egmont 2013 English
    Return to Mars Author Rebellion 2015 English
    Nemesis the warlock. Bk.3 Author Titan 1985 English
    Nemesis the warlock : death to all aliens Author Titan 2003 English
    The horned god 2 Author Titan 2004 English
    Return to Earth Author Rebellion 2013 English
    The Marshal Law omnibus Author Diamond 2009 English
    Slaine. Time Killer 2 Author Rebellion 2013 English
    The king 2 Author Rebellion 2013 English
    Nemesis the Warlock (Deviant edition) Author Rebellion 2013 English
    ABC warriors,, Khronicles of Khaos Author Mandarin 1992 English
    ABC Warriors. The Volgan War Author Rebellion 2009 English
    Doctor Who Classics 2 Author Diamond 2008 English
    Marshal Law 2 Author Dc Comics 2014 English
    Charley's war : death from above Author Titan 2012 English
    Marshal Law Author LION 2013 Italian
    Blood,, sweat and fears Author Titan 2003 English
    M.A.C.H. 1 : the John Probe mission files Author Unspecified 2018 English
    ABC Warriors Author Unspecified 2018 English
    ABC Warriors. The shadow warriors Author Rebellion 2009 English
    Lord of the beasts Author Rebellion 2014 English
    The mek files. 01 Author Rebellion 2014 English
    Best of Land Battle Author Titan 2010 English
    Warrior's dawn Author Rebellion 2005 English
    Defoe. Queen of the zombies Author Rebellion 2011 English
    The end 4 Author Titan 2013 English
    The solo missions Author Rebellion 2014 English
    The complete Accident Man (First edition) Author Titan 2014 English
    Dan Dare : the 2000 AD years. Volume 1 Author Unspecified 2015 English
    The Cursed Earth saga Author Rebellion 2012 English
    The complete Ro-Busters Author Rebellion 2008 English
    Misty 2 Author Unspecified 2016 English
    The A.B.C. warriors Author Titan 1983 English
    Ro-busters Author Titan 1983 English
    Charley's war Author Titan 1986 English
    The day of the dead Author Titan 2004 English
    Charley's war. Vol. 2. Brothers in arms - the definitive collection Author Rebellion 2018 English
    Requiem,, vampire knight. Resurrection and dance macabre Author Panini 2009 English
    Charley's war : 2 June 1916 - 1 August 1916 Author Titan 2004 English
    Requiem,, vampire knight. Dracula and the vampires ball Author Panini 2009 English
    Charley's war : 1 August 1916 - 17 October 1916 Author Titan 2005 English
    Time killer Author Titan 2003 English
    ABC Warriors. Krhonicles [i.e. Khronicles] of khaos Author Rebellion 2007 English
    The Redeemer Author Black Library 2000 English
    ABC Warriors. The mek-nificent seven (2nd edition) Author Rebellion 2009 English
    Sláine. Books of invasions Author Rebellion 2006 English
    Doctor Who classics omnibus Author Diamond 2010 English
    Ro-Busters : the complete nuts and bolts Author Rebellion 2015 English
    Fear asylum Author Titan 2003 English
    Treasures of Britain Author Hamlyn 1997 English
    The horned god Author Hamlyn 1998 English
    Demon killer Author Unspecified 2010 English
    The third element Author Rebellion 2008 English
    Requiem,, vampire knight. Dragon blitz and Hellfire Club Author Panini 2010 English
    Requiem,, vampire knight. Dragon blitz and Hellfire Club 2 Author Panini 2010 English
    Slaíne the King Author Titan 2002 English
    Sláine : the book of scars Author Rebellion 2013 English
    Slaine: the horned god Author Titan 2003 English
    You are Maggie Thatcher : A dole-playing game Author Titan 1987 English
    The Mek files. 03 Author Rebellion 2015 English
    ABC Warriors. The black hole 2 Author Rebellion 2011 English
    Hook Jaw : archive Author Titan 2017 English
    Psychopomp Author Unspecified 2017 English
    Charley's War : a boy soldier in the Great War Author Titan 2014 English
    Remembrance : the definitive collection Author Rebellion 2018 English
    Nemesis the warlock. Bk.7 Author Titan 1988 English
    Slʹaine : the horned God 3 Author Mandarin 1993 English
    Nemesis the warlock. Bk.8 Author Titan 1988 English
    Blue's story Author Titan 2007 English
    Charley's war. Part 1 (Commemorative edition) Author Titan 2014 English
    Charley's war. Part 2 (Commemorative edition) Author Titan 2014 English
    A simple killing Author Rebellion 2015 English
    Charley's war : 17 October 1916 - 21 February 1917 Author Titan 2006 English
    Greysuit. Project Monarch Author Rebellion 2011 English
    Slaine. Warrior's dawn 2 (First edition) Author Rebellion 2010 English
    Sláine : the horned god 2 Author Fleetway 1989 English
    Sláine. The king 4 Author Rebellion 2008 English
    Charley's war. Underground and over the top Author Titan 2009 English
    ABC warriors : Khronicles of Khaos & Hellbringer Author Hamlyn 1997 English
    The cursed earth Author Rebellion 2005 English
    Time killer 2 Author Rebellion 2005 English
    The black hole 2 Author Rebellion 2005 English
    The horned god 3 Author Rebellion 2008 English
    Slʹaine the king 2 (Special edition) Author Titan 1990 English
    The best of Action. Vol. 1 Author Titan 2012 English
    ABC Warriors. Hellbringer Author Rebellion 2008 English
    Savage. The guv'nor Author Rebellion 2012 English
    Flesh : the dino files Author Unspecified 2011 English
    Sláine. Warrior's dawn (2nd edition) Author Rebellion 2007 English
    Return to Ro-Busters Author Rebellion 2016 English
    The 2000 AD script book Author Unspecified 2016 English
    Slaine : warrior beyond time Author Hamlyn 2001 English
    The cursed earth uncensored Author Unspecified 2016 English
    Sláine. The Horned God 4 Author Rebellion 2011 English
    2000 AD presents sci-fi thrillers Author Rebellion 2013 English
    ABC warriors. The black hole Author Titan 1991 English
    Charley's war : return to the front Author Titan 2008 English
    Nemesis : the beginning Author Titan 1992 English
    Charley's war. The great mutiny Author Titan 2010 English
    Judge Dredd in the Cursed Earth Author Titan 1994 English
    The Mek-nificent seven Author Titan 2002 English
    The fall of the hammer Author Marvel 2015 English
    The mek files. 02 Author Rebellion 2014 English
    Origins 2 Author Titan 2008 English
    Sláine. The wanderer Author Rebellion 2011 English
    The volgan war : volume 3 Author Unspecified 2013 English
    Deceased loves & TBC Author Panini 2015 English
    The collected Sláine Author Titan 1993 English
    The horned god. Part 1 Author Titan 2002 English
    Slaine : the Brutania chronicles. Book two. Primordial Author Rebellion 2016 English
    The A.B.C. warriors : the black hole Author Titan 2002 English
    The complete Nemesis the Warlock Author Rebellion 2006 English
    Planet of the damned,, &,, Death planet (1st edition) Author Rebellion 2016 English
    The meknificent seven Author Rebellion 2005 English
    Eternal war Author Panini 2007 English
    Requiem,, vampire knight. The city of pirates and Blood bath Author Panini 2011 English
    The Grail War Author Unspecified 2013 English
    Sláine. Lord of Misrule Author Rebellion 2011 English
    Marshal law (Deluxe edition) Author Dc Comics 2013 English
    Boy soldier : the definitive collection Author Rebellion 2018 English
    Die Pforten der Hölle Writer Kult Editionen 0 German
    Cloak of evil Author Titan 2004 English
    Star Wars omnibus. Quinlan Vos,, Jedi in darkness Author Dark Horse 2010 English
    Sláine. Treasures of Britain Author Rebellion 2012 English
    Invasion Author Rebellion 2007 English
    Sláine the King 3 Author Titan 2003 English
    Defoe. 1666 Author Rebellion 2009 English
    Savage. Taking liberties Author Rebellion 2007 English
    Flesh Author Rebellion 2009 English
    Judge Dredd the cursed earth 2 Author Titan 2003 English
    Shako Author Rebellion 2012 English
    Third World War Author Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    The cursed earth,, part 1 Author Titan 1982 English
    The cursed earth,, part two Author Titan 1983 English
    Doctor Who classics Author Diamond 2008 English
    Lovecraft Antologia - Volume 2 Writer Magic Press 2014 Italian
    El Día Despues #2 Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    Ultima Salida Del Bronx #3 Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    El Día Del Heroe #4 Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    Hotel Castigo #5 Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    Tecno Gladiadores #6 Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    The Fall of the Hammer, Part 2: Horns Of A Dilemma #15 Writer Marvel Comics 1994 English
    Paradise Lost #24 Writer Marvel Comics 1994 English
    Hellrock #30 Writer Marvel Comics 1995 English
    2099 La Caída Del Martillo: 3 De 6 Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    Dan Dare: The 2000 AD Years Writer Rebellion 2015 English
    Epilogue 3: Baiting the Dragon / False Gods #38 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Killing Us Softly 2 / Try A Little Tenderness #44 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    The Killing Yields: Part 2 / Holding The Fist #6 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The Death Factory / A Kind of Madness / A Day in the Life #39 Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Leviticus / Ivan's Story: Part 4 #51 Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Dance Macabre part 2 / Life During Wartime #10 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Made of Maize / Riding the Tiger #11 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    ...All About Eve / Apocalypse #20 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Coola Cola Kid: Part 2 / Shadowdancing #4 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    All About Eve: Part 2 / To Serve and Protect #21 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Made of Maize 2 / The Power and the Glory #12 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The Big Heat #40 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Blood Money / Where The Railroad Meets The Sea #7 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Symphony of Splintered Wood: Part 1 / Healing time #22 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Liat's Law II / The traitor #26 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Sell-Out / Epilogue 1 #13 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Book of Babylon / The horror #27 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Symphony of Splintered Wood: Part 2 / Emerald Isle #23 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Killing Us Softly 1 / Ring Those Wedding Bells #43 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Remembering Zion / Going down #24 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The Dark Other / The Warriors #29 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The Rhythm of Resistance / The Wolf and the Sheep #30 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Blood Money Part 2 / Memories on Ice #8 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Deuteronomy / Ryan's Story Part Four / Viet Blues 2 #53 Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Epilogue 2 #14 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Danse Macabre / All Doors Lead To The Minotaur #9 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Freedom Postponed - The Tiananamen Square Massacre / Big Heat 2 #45 Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    What Do You Mean Ideologically Unsound? / Sinergy. Part 2 / V For Violence #46 Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Here Be Dragons / Down the Pub #15 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Coola Cola Kid / Behind The Light #3 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The Word According To Ryan / Peace talks #25 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Here Be Dragons: Part 2 / Home is where the hate is #16 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The Calling / Her Parents / The Lawmaker #31 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The belle of Belfast city #18 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Mad Dogs and Englishmen / Dollarology #47 Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Sleepless Nights / Dollarology - Part Two #48 Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Liat's Law / Soldier Boys #19 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The Beast of Babylon / The Clicking of High Heels / The Prodigal Son #32 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The Man With The Child In His Eyes: Part 2 / The Lord / Squirrels in Carroll Street / Feedback #34 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Epilogue 1: Black Man's Burden / Didn't You Love My Brother? #35 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Fish / Ivan's Story: Why Me? - Two #49 Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    The Killing Yields / Downtime #5 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Genesis-Exodus / Ivan's Story 3: The Anchorman #50 Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Ivan's Story: Why Me? (Epilogue: Part 2) / The fall #36 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Hambuger Lady / Halcyon Days #1 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Too Late The Hero (Epilogue: Part 3) / Holy War / Banged Up #37 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    Back in Babylon / The Twelfth day of July #17 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Hamburger Lady: Part 2 / Perspectives #2 Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    The Man With The Child In His Eyes / Godslayer / Two Pretty Names #33 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1989 English
    Rebels With a Cause pt. 2 / Size doesn't matter #41 Author Writer Fleetway Publications 1990 English
    ABC Warriors: The Mek Files 03 Writer Rebellion 2015 English
    ABC Warriors: The Mek Files 02 Writer Rebellion 2014 English
    The Complete Nemesis the Warlock, Volume 1 Writer Author Rebellion 2008 English
    The Complete Nemesis the Warlock, Volume 2 Writer Author Rebellion 2009 English
    Nemesis The Warlock #1 Writer Quality Comics 0 English
    Crime And Punishment: Marshal Law Takes Manhattan Author Writer Epic Comics 0 English
    Dispatches #1 Writer Quality Comics 1986 Unspecified
    Prog 1925 Author Writer Rebellion 2015 English
    Génesis Mortal #1 Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    2099 La Caída Del Martillo: 6 De 6 Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    Punisher 2009 #13 Writer Marvel 1994 English
    Marshal law Author Titan 2002 English
    The Shadow Warriors Author Rebellion 0 Unspecified
    Sláine Author Rebellion 2007 English
    El Matademonios Writer Yermo Ediciones 2015 Spanish
    Sláine: Warrior's Dawn Writer Author Dc Comics 2008 English
    Death Metal / Preacher / Tracers #6 Writer Marvel Comics 0 English
    Cape Fear #1 Writer Author Dark Horse Comics, Inc. 1993 English
    Totentanz Writer Kult Editionen 0 German
    Auferstehung Writer Kult Editionen 0 German
    Hellfire Club Writer Kult Editionen 0 German
    Die Königin der toten Seelen Writer Kult Editionen 0 German
    2000 AD 40th Anniversary Special Author 2000 AD 2017 English
    Sex Warrior #1 Author Norma Editorial 0 Spanish
    Sex Warrior #2 Author Norma Editorial 0 Unspecified
    Marvel 2099 #1 Author Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    Marvel 2099 #2 Author Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    Marvel 2099 #3 Author Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    Marvel 2099 #4 Author Author Comics Forum 0 Spanish
    Star Wars: Infinity's End - Das dunkle Portal Writer Dino 2004 German
    The Punisher: Summer Special 01 Writer Marvel Comics 1991 English
    The Punisher: Summer Special 02 Writer Marvel Comics 1992 English
    The Punisher: Summer Special 03 Writer Marvel Comics 1993 English
    The complete Harlem Heroes Author Rebellion 2010 English