Pat Mills

A truly astonishing, illustrated history of Science fiction, covering fantasy, and horror, with forays into crime, mystery and the gothic. Using timelines, online links, illustrations, posters, movie stills, book covers, and more, this amazing new book propels us into the well of modern imagination, from its roots in Frankenstein, through Verne, H. G. Wells, the late gothic and weird horror of Lovecraft to the mass market sensationalism of the Pulp magazines. The Pulps then invoked a new generation of writers (such as Ray Bradbury and Robert Bloch) of the Golden Age before many transitioned to screenwriting for the movies and early TV (Psycho, Star Trek, Twilight Zone), inspiring, in turn, the invasion of superheroes, gigantic spaceships, and dystopian landscapes onto our data-streaming tablets and computers. The book explores the interplay between great writers, (Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke) and story-telling directors (Kubrick, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, George Lucas) who create powerful Sci-Fi, reflecting and challenging the developments of technology, science and society. Each have played a major role in this all-consuming, speculative form of world-building, from its early manifestation as a shocking literary event, to the mass market sensation is today.

The story begins in a garden shed in Scotland sometime in 1971... Pat Mills is the creator of 2000AD and one of the comic's top writers. He is also the creator of Action, co-creator of Battle, Misty, Marshal Law, Requiem Vampire Knight, Charley's War (described as "the greatest British comic strip ever created") and the black comedy text novel Serial Killer. As 2000AD and Judge Dredd celebrates its 40th birthday, Pat at last writes the definitive history of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, and the turbulent, extraordinary and exciting events that shaped it. Be Pure Be Vigilant Behave is the infamous slogan of Torquemada, the comic's favourite villain. It once appeared on the Berlin Wall, and symbolizes the subversive nature of 2000ADthat changed so many readers' lives and influenced generations of film directors, actors, rock bands, novelists and even school headmasters. Everything you've always wanted to know about Judge Dredd, Slaine, Nemesis, ABC Warriors, Flesh, Bill Savage and more, is in this book. Plus the writers and artists who created them and the real-life people and events they drew on for inspiration. The scandals, the back-stabbing and the shocking story that was regarded as "too sensitive" to ever see the light of day is finally told. Pat relates the dark story of the maths teacher who inspired his version of Judge Dredd, the creators' angry battles with the censors and each other, why certain writers, stories and even readers have been banished from the comic, a step-by-step account of how Judge Dredd was created, and how to write or draw for 2000AD today. There are new insights on the 2000AD creators' invasion of American comics, their failed French invasion, the Judge Dredd films, the forthcoming Judge Dredd TV series, other possible films featuring 2000AD heroes, the unusual secret of the comic's current success, the tough challenges it faces today, and its exciting future. From the hilarious origins when Judge Dredd writer-creator John Wagner and Pat began their careers writing together in a garden shed by paraffin lamp, to the tragic stories of legendary comic artists who have passed, and the challenges as 2000AD fought for survival against The Suits determined to destroy it, this is a unique, personal, and passionate account by the man who made 2000AD happen. Funny, sad, angry, defiant, and outrageous: it's the Comic Book memoir of the year

Albion, in a time of legend. Celtic warrior SL AINE united the tribes of the Earth Goddess Danu and became the first High King of Ireland, before returning to being a wanderer. Now, having journeyed to the Isle of Monadh to rescue Sinead from the Drune Lords, he's discovered that they have been experimenting on their own creations...

Mars, the far future. War droids created for a conflict that ended centuries ago, the ABC Warriors are resistant to Atomic, Bacterial and Chemical warfare.

Trojan War! The second volume in a new chapter in the life of Slaine.

The latest Mek Files brings back into print long out of print stories.

Dan Dare, Pilot of the Futureids a British icon. He was created by Frank Hampson in 1950, and first appeared in the Eaglecomic where he was an instant hit with the British public. Almost a decade after the original series had ended, Dan Darewas resurrected in the pages of a brand new sci-fi comic for boys - 2000 AD!

Volume 24 in the bestselling Judge Dredd Casefiles series.

The second volume hardback collection of the complete ABC Warriorsstories.

This title features Mike Fallon: handsome and sexy as James Bond; lethal as Carlos the Jackal; and discrete as an air bubble to the heart. Collected for the first time, Accident Man features four darkly humorous tales of sex, revenge, brutal violence, people drowning in the bath and assassination targets being run over by out-of-control cars, all, of course, by 'accident'.

This collection features a series of adventures which took place during Slaine's seven-year reign as 'High King' - a period where he spent time as a near-mindless beast stuck in a warp spasm, was reunited with his son Kai and was forced to defend his lands against the Secret Commonwealth of demons led by his old enemy, Medb!

Marking 30 years of the Celtic barbarian s adventures, this special anniversary book brings together a sequence of new stories from creator Pat Mills and the biggest artists to have worked on Sláine over the past three decades.

Slaine, Ukko his faithful, evil-smelling dwarf and trainee priestess Nest visit the fortress of the Ever-Living Ones. These arch-druids may hold the key to the final defeat of the evil forces oppressing Slaine's people, but a chance encounter hurls Slaine and his allies through time to evergreater battles, threats and challenges!

Ever closer to retrieving their comrade zippo from Marineris 'the ugliest city in the galaxy', Deadlock and Blackblood recount dark tales from their involvement in the Volgan War. Whilst past secrets create new hostilities within the team, an ex-ABC Warrior nursing a big grudge commits the ultimate act of betrayal!

The global best-selling graphic novel series ? over half a million copies sold! Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files collects the adventures of the iconic British character, presented in chronological order, complete and uncut! He''s judge, jury and executioner ? the lawman delivering justice to the mean streets of far-future Mega-City One. This third blockbuster volume includes classic Judge Death and Psi Anderson storylines. Written by comic legends John Wagner (A History of Violence), Pat Mills (Marshall Law) and Alan Grant (Batman), with art by Brian Bolland (The Killing Joke), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Ian Gibson (The Ballad of Halo Jones) and many more!

A Celtic Conan, Slaine is a legendary warrior exiled from his tribe whose adventures take him across the mythic land of Tir Nan Og. Tir Nan Og - The Land of The Young - is a violent world, home to warring tribes who worship gods both benign and malevolent. One such tribe is the Sessair, brave warriors of enormous skill, and the best of them is a young barbarian named Slaine Mac Roth. In this first collection of Slaine's adventures, we meet the hero himself and his repellent dwarf companion, Ukko, and are introduced to the customs and wonders of his world - and the horrors, like the Sloughs: sinister magicians who worship death and destruction, and can raise armies of the dead to do their dark bidding...

Resurrection, a dark and twisted world where evil souls are reborn as monsters. When Heinrich Augsburg, a German officer fighting on the Eastern front, is killed he finds himself reborn into this corrupt reality of one of the vampire elite. Renamed Requiem, he explores the bizarre world of Resurrection and its terrifying vampire society, all the while looking for his lost love and one hope of redemption. Collects: 'Requiem Vampire Knight Tome 5' Dragon Blitz' and 'Requiem Vampire Knight Tome 6: Hellfire Club.'