One of Grant's first jobs was to oversee the merger of 2000 AD and Tornado, an unsuccessful boys adventure comic magazine. On a trip to London, Grant was introduced to Kelvin Gosnell, then editor of 2000 AD, who offered Grant an editorial position on the comic. Wagner asked Grant to write a strip for Starlord, a 2000 AD spin off, which eventually got Grant noticed within IPC. Wagner asked Grant if he could help him write the Tarzan comic he was working on so began the Wagner/Grant writing partnership. Thomson editor, who was helping put together a new science fiction comic magazine for IPC, 2000 AD, and was unable to complete his other work. He then met John Wagner, another former D.C. Īfter going back to college and having a series of jobs, Grant found himself back in Dundee and living on Social Security. Thomson before moving to London from Dundee in 1970 to work for IPC on various romance magazines.
Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C.
He was the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.Ĭareer Early career and 2000 AD Alan Grant (9 February 1949 – 20 July 2022) was a British comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.
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