Biography
Stone has written many spin off novels based on the
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
science fictionScience fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series
Doctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
and
Judge DreddJudge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
.
Stone also contributed a number of comic series to
2000AD and the
Judge Dredd MegazineJudge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Dredd's locale Mega-City One.-Content:...
, focusing on the
DreddverseJudge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
(Judge Dredd universe). In collaboration with
David BishopDavid Bishop is a screenwriter and author. Born in New Zealand, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD, the latter between 1996 and the summer of 2000....
and artist
Shaky Kane he produced the much disliked
Soul Sisters, which he has described as "a joke-trip, which through various degrees of miscommunication ended up as a joke-strip without any jokes." Working independently, he created the better received
ArmitageDetective-Judge Armitage is a fictional Judge in the Judge Dredd setting. He was created by Dave Stone and Sean Phillips for the Judge Dredd Megazine, and is from Brit-Cit, rather than Dredd's Mega-City One. He is one of the main English characters in the comic.-Biography:Armitage is a tall, white...
, a Dreddworld take on
Inspector MorseInspector Morse is a fictional character in the eponymous series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, as well as the 33-episode 1987–2000 television adaptation of the same name, in which the character was portrayed by John Thaw. Morse is a senior CID officer with the Thames Valley...
set in a future London, and also contributed to the ongoing
Judge HersheyJudge Barbara Hershey is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd series that appears in British comic 2000 AD. For nearly two decades she regularly appeared as Dredd's sidekick, before being promoted to become his superior: she was chief judge for nine years...
series.
Stone’s most lasting contribution to the world of Judge Dredd might well have been his vision of
Brit-CitBrit-Cit is a huge fictional city in the fictional universe of British comics 2000 AD and Judge Dredd. It is also the home of Sam Slade in some of 2000AD's Robo-Hunter stories. The city covers the south of England and bordering on the Black Atlantic...
, which until Stone’s various novels had been a remarkably underexplored area.
Comics
Comics work includes:
- Armitage
Detective-Judge Armitage is a fictional Judge in the Judge Dredd setting. He was created by Dave Stone and Sean Phillips for the Judge Dredd Megazine, and is from Brit-Cit, rather than Dredd's Mega-City One. He is one of the main English characters in the comic.-Biography:Armitage is a tall, white...
:
- "Armitage" (with Sean Phillips
Sean Phillips is a British comic book artist.He is best known in the American comic book industry for his work on DC Comics' Sleeper, WildC.A.T.s, Batman and Hellblazer.-Career:...
, in Judge Dredd MegazineJudge Dredd: The Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Dredd's locale Mega-City One.-Content:...
#1.09-14, 1991)
- "The Case of the Detonating Dowager" (with Sean Phillips, in Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993, 1992)
- "Influential Circles" (with Charlie Adlard
Charles "Charlie" Adlard is a British comic book artist and penciller.He is best known for providing art on The Walking Dead and Savage.-Biography:...
, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2 10-2.18, 1992)
- "Flashback" (with Charlie Adlard, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2 19-2.21, 1993)
- "Flashback II" (with Charlie Adlard, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.31-2.33, 1993)
- "City of the Dead Prologue" (with Peter Doherty
Peter Doherty is a British comic book artist and colourist.-Biography:Doherty's work over a 15 year career has mainly been concentrated on the classic 2000 AD character Judge Dredd. He has illustrated several significant episodes of the strip...
, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.63, 1994)
- "City of the Dead" (with Charles Gillespie, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.64-2.71, 1994–1995)
- "Little Assassins" (with Adrian Salmon
-Biography:Salmon's early work included The Cybermen for Doctor Who Magazine and Judge Karyn for the Judge Dredd Megazine. He then spent time working on various Panini Comics titles including The Rugrats and Action Man...
, in Judge Dredd Mega Special 1996)
- "Bodies of Evidence" (with Steve Yeowell
Steve Yeowell is a British comics artist, well-known for his work on the long-running science fiction and fantasy weekly comic 2000 AD.-Biography:...
, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.64-67, 2000)
- "Apostasy in the UK" (with John Ridgway
John Ridgway is a British comics artist.-Career:Ridgway began his career initially as a hobby, drawing D.C.Thompson's Commando War Stories alongside professional work as a design engineer...
, in Judge Dredd Megazine #212-213, 2003)
- Strange Cases: "Demonspawn" (with Kev Hopgood
Kev Hopgood is a British comic artist who has been drawing comic books since 1984. He specializes in artwork for science fiction and fantasy comics.-Biography:...
, in Judge Dredd Yearbook 1992, September 1991)
- Soul Sisters (with Shaky Kane):
- "Soul Sisters" (co-written with David Bishop
David Bishop is a screenwriter and author. Born in New Zealand, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD, the latter between 1996 and the summer of 2000....
, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.02-2.09, 1992)
- "Untitled" (in Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993, 1992)
- Judge Hershey
Judge Barbara Hershey is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd series that appears in British comic 2000 AD. For nearly two decades she regularly appeared as Dredd's sidekick, before being promoted to become his superior: she was chief judge for nine years...
: "Down Time" (with Paul PeartPaul Peart is a British comic artist who has done some work for 2000 AD.-Bibliography:*Judge Hershey: "Down Time" *Slaughterbowl...
, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.09, 1992)
- Hershey & Steel: "Degenomancer" (with Charlie Adlard, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.35-2.36, 1993)
- Tracer (with Paul Peart
Paul Peart is a British comic artist who has done some work for 2000 AD.-Bibliography:*Judge Hershey: "Down Time" *Slaughterbowl...
, in 2000 AD #948-949, 1995) http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=TRACER
Judge DreddJudge Joseph Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is an American law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...
- Deathmasques
Deathmasques is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip Judge Dredd. It also features the character Detective-Judge Armitage, who appears in his own series in the Judge Dredd Megazine.-Synopsis:A deadly creature of self-aware energy...
(1993)
- The Medusa Seed
The Medusa Seed is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip Judge Dredd...
(1994)
- Wetworks
Wetworks is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip Judge Dredd. It is Stone's third Judge Dredd novel.-Synopsis:...
(1995)
- Psykogeddon
Psykogeddon is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction comic strip Judge Dredd. It is Stone's fourth Judge Dredd novel, and the third to also feature his character Judge Steel from the spin-off comic series Armitage in the Judge Dredd...
(2006)
Virgin New AdventuresThe Virgin New Adventures were a series of novels from Virgin Publishing based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who...
- Sky Pirates!
Sky Pirates! is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, Chris and Roz. The novel was unusual for being written in a humorous style similar to that of Terry Pratchett and...
(1995)
- Death and Diplomacy
Death and Diplomacy is an original novel written by Dave Stone and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor, Bernice, Chris, Roz and the first appearance of Jason....
(1996)
- Ship of Fools (1997)
- Oblivion
Oblivion is an original novel by Dave Stone featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
(1998)
- The Mary-Sue Extrusion
The Mary-Sue Extrusion is an original novel by Dave Stone featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
(1998)
- Return To The Fractured Planet
Return to the Fractured Planet is an original novel by Dave Stone featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
(1999)
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