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David Bishop

David Bishop

Overview
David Bishop is an award-winning screenwriter and author. Born in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...

, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the Judge Dredd Megazine
Judge Dredd Megazine
Judge Dredd Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD.The Megazine contains both stories set in the world of Judge Dredd, as well as unconnected stories and text pieces, including articles, interviews and reviews.-Stories:Like...

and 2000 AD
2000 AD (comic)
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated February 26...

, the latter between 1995 and the summer of 2000.

He has since become a prolific author and received his first drama scriptwriting credit when BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a domestic UK radio station that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967.-Outline:...

 broadcast his radio play
Radio drama
Radio Drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story....

 Island Blue: Ronald in June 2006. In 2007, he won the PAGE International Screenwriting Award in the short film category for his script Danny's Toys.

In 2008, he appeared on the 23 May edition of the BBC1 quiz show
Game show
A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems usually for money and/or prizes. On some shows contestants compete against other players or another team while...

 The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link is a television quiz show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. The original British version of the show airs around the world on BBC Entertainment and used to air on BBC America...

, beating eight other contestants to win more than £1500 in prize money
Prize money
Generally, prize money or purse is a monetary prize awarded for winning or coming a place in a competition. Prize money also has a distinct meaning in naval warfare; it was a monetary reward paid out to the crew of a ship for capturing an enemy vessel....

.

Bishop edited the Judge Dredd Megazine from 1991 to 2002.
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David Bishop is an award-winning screenwriter and author. Born in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...

, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the Judge Dredd Megazine
Judge Dredd Megazine
Judge Dredd Megazine is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in October 1990. It is a sister publication to 2000 AD.The Megazine contains both stories set in the world of Judge Dredd, as well as unconnected stories and text pieces, including articles, interviews and reviews.-Stories:Like...

and 2000 AD
2000 AD (comic)
2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated February 26...

, the latter between 1995 and the summer of 2000.

He has since become a prolific author and received his first drama scriptwriting credit when BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a domestic UK radio station that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967.-Outline:...

 broadcast his radio play
Radio drama
Radio Drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the story....

 Island Blue: Ronald in June 2006. In 2007, he won the PAGE International Screenwriting Award in the short film category for his script Danny's Toys.

In 2008, he appeared on the 23 May edition of the BBC1 quiz show
Game show
A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems usually for money and/or prizes. On some shows contestants compete against other players or another team while...

 The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link
The Weakest Link is a television quiz show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. The original British version of the show airs around the world on BBC Entertainment and used to air on BBC America...

, beating eight other contestants to win more than £1500 in prize money
Prize money
Generally, prize money or purse is a monetary prize awarded for winning or coming a place in a competition. Prize money also has a distinct meaning in naval warfare; it was a monetary reward paid out to the crew of a ship for capturing an enemy vessel....

.

Biography


Bishop edited the Judge Dredd Megazine from 1991 to 2002. He became the editor of 2000 AD just before Christmas 1995, staying four and a half years before resigning to become a freelance writer
Freelancer
A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is a self-employed person who pursues a profession without a long-term commitment to any particular employer. The term was first used by Sir Walter Scott in Ivanhoe to describe a "medieval mercenary warrior" or "free-lance"...

 in the summer of 2000.

Bishop was responsible for discovering many new British talents, including:
  • Andy Diggle
    Andy Diggle
    Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of 2000 AD. He is best known for his work on The Losers, Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Adam Strange and Silent Dragon.-Biography:...

  • Robbie Morrison
    Robbie Morrison
    Robbie Morrison is a British comics writer most known for his work in 2000 AD and as the co-creator of popular character Nikolai Dante .-Biography:...

  • Siku
    Siku (comics)
    Nationality: British/Nigeria.Artist, Theologian, Writer and MusicianWebsite: http://www.theartofsiku.com http://www.themangabible.comhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8054105.stm...

  • Frank Quitely
    Frank Quitely
    Frank Quitely is a Scottish comic book artist known for his work in books such as The Authority, New X-Men, WE3, All-Star Superman, and Batman and Robin.-Career:...

  • Dean Ormston
    Dean Ormston
    Dean Ormston is a British born comic book artist. His most notable work has been for the British comic 2000 AD and for DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.-Biography:...

  • Chris Halls (comics pseudonym of Aphex Twin
    Aphex Twin
    Richard David James , aka Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born English electronic musician described by The Guardian newspaper as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music." He founded the record label Rephlex Records in 1991 with his friend Grant Wilson-Claridge.-Early...

     video director Chris Cunningham
    Chris Cunningham
    Chris Cunningham is an English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk....

    )
  • Simon Fraser
    Simon Fraser (comics)
    Simon Fraser is a British comics artist best known for his work on Nikolai Dante, a series he created with writer Robbie Morrison in 2000 AD.-Biography:...



He also, with collaborator Roger Langridge
Roger Langridge
Roger Langridge is a New Zealand-born comics writer/artist/letterer, currently living in Britain.-Biography:Langridge originally came to public prominence most notably with the Judge Dredd Megazine series The Straitjacket Fits , a surreal, hallucinatory, convention-bending strip set in an insane...

, contributed the insane asylum-set strip The Straitjacket Fits.

Since leaving 2000 AD in the year 2000, Bishop has enjoyed a successful career as a freelance writer, working on novels of Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...

, Judge Dredd
Judge Dredd
Judge Joe Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is a law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...

and Nikolai Dante
Nikolai Dante
Nikolai Dante is the eponymous hero of a comics series published in the weekly British science fiction anthology 2000 AD. Created by writer Robbie Morrison and artist Simon Fraser, Dante first appeared in 1997 in Prog 1035...

, as well as The Phantom
The Phantom
The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many forms of media, including television and film, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the African jungle...

. His Doctor Who novel Who Killed Kennedy, a journalist's point-of-view on the early Third Doctor
Third Doctor
The Third Doctor is the name given to the third incarnation of the fictional character known as the Doctor; seen on screen in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who...

 stories, is highly popular with fans.

Paradoxically, despite his successes as a comics editor and as a writer of prose, Bishop scripted many extremely unpopular comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons that tells a story, often humorous, though adventures and soap opera-like dramas are also prevalent. They are written and drawn by a comics artist or cartoonist, and many are published on a recurring basis in newspapers and on the Internet.In the UK and the...

s in 2000AD and the Megazine, including the comics adaptation of A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary
A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 romantic/black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Boyle and John Hodge. Following the international success of Trainspotting, Hodge and Boyle sought to use funding from Channel 4 to make a film that would appeal to a U.S...

, with art by Steve Yeowell
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:...

. . The Spacegirls, a badly executed parody of the Spice Girls
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were an English pop girl group formed in 1994. They consist of Victoria Beckham , Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm and Geri Halliwell. They are the most successful girl group of all time....

, is on the list of 2000 ADs 20 Worst Strips as chosen by fan rating on the official website. His most recent effort - a Fiends of the Eastern Front
Fiends of the Eastern Front
Fiends of the Eastern Front was a 2000 AD comic strip, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra. The series mixed vampires into the general horror of the Eastern front...

series for the Megazine - has proven much more popular with readers.

Away from British comics
History of the British comic
A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips. It is generally referred to as a comic or a comic magazine, and historically as a comic paper....

, his work on
The Phantom
The Phantom
The Phantom is an American adventure comic strip created by Lee Falk, also creator of Mandrake the Magician. A popular feature adapted into many forms of media, including television and film, it stars a costumed crimefighter operating from the African jungle...

 has won awards for the "Best Phantom story of the year" for Egmont on several occasions. Bishop is known for introducing several new important characters to the Phantom mythos, such as the pirate queen Kate Sommerset, which grew so popular with readers that Bishop was able to make her the main character of five stories.

In 2006, Bishop also signed on to participate in the writing of stories for American publisher Moonstone Books
Moonstone Books
Moonstone Books is an American comic book, graphic novel, and prose fiction publisher based in Chicago focused on pulp fiction comic books and prose anthologies as well as horror and western tales....

' two collections of Phantom short stories, called Phantom Prose Anthologies.

Bishop's history of 2000 AD, in a series of articles under the banner name of Thrill Power Overload
Thrill Power Overload
Thrill Power Overload, or TPO is the title of a book about the history of the British comic 2000 AD written by David Bishop, one of its editors.-History:...

, is the most comprehensive currently available. A revised, expanded and updated book version was published in the summer of 2007 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of
2000 AD. After that sold out, a paperback edition was issued in February 2009.

Comics

  • The Straitjacket Fits (with Roger Langridge
    Roger Langridge
    Roger Langridge is a New Zealand-born comics writer/artist/letterer, currently living in Britain.-Biography:Langridge originally came to public prominence most notably with the Judge Dredd Megazine series The Straitjacket Fits , a surreal, hallucinatory, convention-bending strip set in an insane...

    ):
    • "The Straitjacket Fits" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.09-1.20, 1991-1992)
    • "The Final Fit" (in Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993 1992)

  • Soul Sisters (with co-writer Dave Stone
    Dave Stone
    -Biography:Stone has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and Judge Dredd.Stone also contributed a number of comic series to 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, focusing on the Dreddverse . In collaboration with David Bishop and artist Shaky...

     and artist Shaky Kane
    Shaky Kane
    Michael Coulthard is a British writer and psychedelic artist who best known for his work as a comic and graphic artist under the pseudonym Shaky Kane, as well as Shaky 2000...

    , in
    Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 ##2-9 & 1993 Judge Dredd Yearbook, 1992)

  • Strontium Dog
    Strontium Dog
    Strontium Dog is a long-running comics series featuring in the British science fiction weekly 2000 AD, starring Johnny Alpha, a mutant bounty hunter with an array of imaginative gadgets and weapons....

    s (pseudonymous rewrites, in 2000 AD ##993-999, 1996)

  • Vector 13
    Vector 13
    Vector 13 is a 2000 AD comic strip which featured the eponymous agency setup to investigate anomalous phenomena and conspiracy theories. It was influenced by The X-Files and other events like the 1995 release of the alien autopsy film...

    : "Case Ten: Case Closed?" (uncredited, with Simon Davis
    Simon Davis (comics)
    Simon Davis a British comics artist best known for his fully-painted art work on Sinister Dexter, Black Siddha and Stone Island...

    , in
    2000 AD #1032, 1997)

  • B.L.A.I.R. 1
    M.A.C.H. 1
    M.A.C.H. 1 was a comic strip that ran in the British science fiction comic 2000 AD. The strip was created by writer Pat Mills and illustrator Enio...

    : "B.L.A.I.R. 1" (with co-writer Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus is a British comic writer and editor, particularly known for his work at 2000 AD.-Biography:...

     and artist Simon Davis
    Simon Davis (comics)
    Simon Davis a British comics artist best known for his fully-painted art work on Sinister Dexter, Black Siddha and Stone Island...

    , in
    2000 AD #1034, 1997)

  • Dan Dare
    Dan Dare
    Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson. Hampson not only invented Dan Dare and his entire world, he also put together the original team of artists and wrote the first two stories...

    : "Dan Dare 3000AD" (with co-writer Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus is a British comic writer and editor, particularly known for his work at 2000 AD.-Biography:...

     and artist Kev Walker
    Kev Walker
    Kevin "Kev" Walker is a British comics artist and illustrator, based in Leeds, who worked mainly on 2000 AD and Warhammer comics and the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering...

    , in
    2000 AD #1034, 1997)

  • Flesh
    Flesh (comics)
    Flesh is a recurring comic strip in the weekly anthology comic 2000AD created by writer Pat Mills.-Publishing history:Flesh first appeared as part of 2000ADs opening line up in its first issue in 1977. The series was set in the age of dinosaurs who were farmed for their meat by cowboys from the...

    : "Flesh 3000AD" (with co-writer Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus is a British comic writer and editor, particularly known for his work at 2000 AD.-Biography:...

     and artist Carl Critchlow
    Carl Critchlow
    Carl Critchlow is a British fantasy and science fiction comic illustrator. He is perhaps best known for his depiction of his character Thrud the Barbarian, which appeared in Games Workshop's White Dwarf magazine before eventually being published in its own title in 2002, and which he both wrote and...

    , in
    2000 AD #1034, 1997)

  • Harlem Heroes
    Harlem Heroes
    Harlem Heroes is a British comic strip that formed part of the original line-up of 2000 AD. Inspired by the popularity during the 1970s of kung fu films and the Harlem Globetrotters, Harlem Heroes was devised by Pat Mills, employing elements from his Hellball comic strip, and scripted by Tom Tully...

    : "Hike Harlem Heroes" (with co-writer Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus is a British comic writer and editor, particularly known for his work at 2000 AD.-Biography:...

     and artist Jason Brashill
    Jason Brashill
    -Biography:He has worked for 2000 AD, mainly on cover work and the lead strip Judge Dredd, as well as some British small press comics, like The End Is Nigh....

    , in
    2000 AD #1034, 1997)

  • Invasion
    Invasion!
    Invasion! can refer to either of two comic book related events:* Invasion! * Invasion!...

    : "Invasion! 3000AD" (with co-writer Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus
    Steve MacManus is a British comic writer and editor, particularly known for his work at 2000 AD.-Biography:...

     and artist Henry Flint
    Henry Flint
    Henry Flint is a British comic book artist who has worked mainly for British sci-fi comic 2000AD.-Biography:Flint has established a cult following for his hyper-detailed and wildly inventive work on series such as Judge Dredd, ABC Warriors, Shakara, Low Life and Aliens.A recent project was...

    , in
    2000 AD #1034, 1997)

  • The Spacegirls (development & uncredited co-writer, with Jason Brashill
    Jason Brashill
    -Biography:He has worked for 2000 AD, mainly on cover work and the lead strip Judge Dredd, as well as some British small press comics, like The End Is Nigh....

    , in
    2000 AD ##1062-1066, 1997)

  • A Life Less Ordinary
    A Life Less Ordinary
    A Life Less Ordinary is a 1997 romantic/black comedy film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Boyle and John Hodge. Following the international success of Trainspotting, Hodge and Boyle sought to use funding from Channel 4 to make a film that would appeal to a U.S...

    (uncredited, with Steve Yeowell
    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
    2000 AD ##1063-1070, 1997)

  • Pulp Sci-Fi: "Water of Life" (as "James Stevens", with David Bircham, in 2000 AD #1098, 1998)

  • Past Imperfect: "Nixon must die!" (as "James Stevens", with Neil Edwards, in 2000 AD #1315, 2002)

  • Dead Men Walking (as "James Stevens", with Boo Cook
    Boo Cook
    Boo Cook is a British comic artist, whose work mainly features in the comic 2000 AD.-Biography:His chunky, detailed style, with debts to both Richard Corben and graffiti art, has graced such staples as the ABC Warriors and Judge Dredd, as well as newer series such as Asylum and Dead Men Walking...

    , in
    2000 AD ##1362-1370, 2003)

  • The Phantom (Swedish Fantomen magazine #26/2001, ##15 & 22/2002, ##8, 16 & 26/2003, ##7, 12, 16, 23, 24 & 26/2004, ##1, 10, 13, 17 & 18/2005, ##8, 9, 16, 19, 20 & 25/2006, ##1, 10, 16, 20 & 26/2007, ##1, 4, 9, 13, 20 & 24/2008, ##1/2009)

  • Fiends of the Eastern Front
    Fiends of the Eastern Front
    Fiends of the Eastern Front was a 2000 AD comic strip, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra. The series mixed vampires into the general horror of the Eastern front...

    : "Stalingrad" (with Colin MacNeil
    Colin MacNeil
    Colin MacNeil is a British comics artist, best known for his work on 2000 AD and in particular on Judge Dredd and other stories within his world like Shimura and Devlin Waugh.-Bibliography:*Tharg's Future Shocks :...

    , in
    Judge Dredd Megazine 245-252, 2006)

Novels

  • Judge Dredd
    Judge Dredd
    Judge Joe Dredd is a comics character whose strip in the British science fiction anthology 2000 AD is the magazine's longest running . Dredd is a law enforcement officer in a violent city of the future where uniformed Judges combine the powers of police, judge, jury and executioner...

    :
    • The Savage Amusement (Virgin Books
      Virgin Books
      Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.-History:...

      , August 1993, ISBN 0-352-32874-6)
    • Cursed Earth Asylum (Virgin Books
      Virgin Books
      Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.-History:...

      , December 1993, ISBN 0-352-32893-2)
    • Silencer (Virgin Books
      Virgin Books
      Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.-History:...

      , November 1994, ISBN 0-352-32960-2)
    • Bad Moon Rising (Black Flame
      Black Flame
      Black Flame was an imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of Games Workshop and a sister imprint to the Black Library and Solaris Books. Black Flame was devoted to publishing cult fiction in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror...

      , June 2004, ISBN 1-84416-107-2)
    • Kingdom of the Blind (Black Flame
      Black Flame
      Black Flame was an imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of Games Workshop and a sister imprint to the Black Library and Solaris Books. Black Flame was devoted to publishing cult fiction in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror...

      , November 2004, ISBN 1-84416-133-1)

  • Doctor Who
    Doctor Who
    Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...

    :
    • Who Killed Kennedy
      Who Killed Kennedy
      Who Killed Kennedy is an original novel written by David Bishop and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....

      (with "James Stevens", Virgin Books
      Virgin Books
      Virgin Books is a United Kingdom book publisher 90% owned by the publishing group Random House, and 10% owned by Virgin Enterprises, the company originally set up by Richard Branson as a record company.-History:...

      , April 1996, ISBN 0-426-20467-0)
    • Amorality Tale
      Amorality Tale
      Amorality Tale is a BBC Books original novel written by David Bishop and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.-Synopsis:...

      (BBC Books
      BBC Books
      BBC Books is an imprint majority owned and managed by Random House. The minority shareholder is BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation...

      , April 2002, ISBN 0-563-53850-3)
    • The Domino Effect (BBC Books
      BBC Books
      BBC Books is an imprint majority owned and managed by Random House. The minority shareholder is BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation...

      , February 2003, ISBN 0-563-53869-4)
    • Empire of Death
      Empire of Death
      Empire of Death is a BBC Books original novel written by David Bishop and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa.-External links:*...

      (BBC Books
      BBC Books
      BBC Books is an imprint majority owned and managed by Random House. The minority shareholder is BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation...

      , March 2004, ISBN 0-563-48615-5)

  • Nikolai Dante
    Nikolai Dante
    Nikolai Dante is the eponymous hero of a comics series published in the weekly British science fiction anthology 2000 AD. Created by writer Robbie Morrison and artist Simon Fraser, Dante first appeared in 1997 in Prog 1035...

    :
    • From Russia with Lust: The Nikolai Dante Omnibus (672 pages, March 2007, ISBN 1-84416-454-3) collects:
      • The Strangelove Gambit (January 2005, ISBN 1-84416-139-0)
      • Imperial Black (August 2005, ISBN 1-84416-180-3)
      • Honour Be Damned (March 2006, ISBN 1-84416-324-5)

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street
    A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
    A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of eight slasher films, a television show, novels, and comic books. The franchise began with the film series, which was created by Wes Craven, with various other individuals taking over those jobs for each film sequel...

    : Suffer the Children (Black Flame
    Black Flame
    Black Flame was an imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of Games Workshop and a sister imprint to the Black Library and Solaris Books. Black Flame was devoted to publishing cult fiction in the fields of science fiction, fantasy and horror...

    , May 2005
    May 2005
    May 2005 was the fifth month of that year. It began on a Sunday and ended after 31 days, on a Tuesday.May 2005 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December - →-Events:...

    , ISBN 1-84416-172-2)

  • Fiends of the Eastern Front
    Fiends of the Eastern Front
    Fiends of the Eastern Front was a 2000 AD comic strip, created by Gerry Finley-Day and Carlos Ezquerra. The series mixed vampires into the general horror of the Eastern front...

    :
    • Fiends of the Eastern Front (672 pages, February 2007, ISBN 1-84416-455-1) collects:
      • Operation Vampyr (December 2005, ISBN 1-84416-274-5)
      • The Blood Red Army (April 2006, ISBN 1-84416-325-3)
      • Twilight of the Dead (August 2006, ISBN 1-84416-384-9)
    • Fiends of the Rising Sun (July 2007, ISBN 1-84416-494-2)

  • Warhammer Fantasy:
    • A Murder in Marienburg
      Marienburg (Warhammer)
      Marienburg is a fictional city in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. It is a wealthy city that has broken apart from the rest of the Empire, and is roughly analogous to the 16th and 17th century Dutch Republic, although as with many of the Warhammer Background's Cities it also is heavy influenced by...

      (416 pages, Black Library
      Black Library
      The Black Library is a section of BL Publishing devoted to publishing novels, art books, background books, and graphic novels set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes...

      , May 2007, ISBN 1844164748)
    • A Massacre in Marienburg
      Marienburg (Warhammer)
      Marienburg is a fictional city in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. It is a wealthy city that has broken apart from the rest of the Empire, and is roughly analogous to the 16th and 17th century Dutch Republic, although as with many of the Warhammer Background's Cities it also is heavy influenced by...

       (416 pages, Black Library
      Black Library
      The Black Library is a section of BL Publishing devoted to publishing novels, art books, background books, and graphic novels set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes...

      , Dec 2008, ISBN 1844166701)

Audio dramas

  • Sarah Jane Smith: Buried Secrets
    Sarah Jane Smith: Buried Secrets
    Sarah Jane Smith: Buried Secrets is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

     (2006, Big Finish Productions
    Big Finish Productions
    Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based on British cult science fiction properties...

    )
  • Sarah Jane Smith: Snow Blind
    Sarah Jane Smith: Snow Blind
    Sarah Jane Smith: Snow Blind is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

     (2006, Big Finish Productions)
  • Sarah Jane Smith: Fatal Consequences
    Sarah Jane Smith: Fatal Consequences
    Sarah Jane Smith: Fatal Consequences is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...

     (2006, Big Finish Productions)
  • Sarah Jane Smith: Dreamland
    Sarah Jane Smith: Dreamland
    Sarah Jane Smith: Dreamland is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Elisabeth Sladen reprising her role as Sarah Jane Smith.- Plot :...

     (2006, Big Finish Productions)
  • Sarah Jane Smith: Test Of Nerve
    Sarah Jane Smith: Test Of Nerve
    Sarah Jane Smith: Test of Nerve is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It stars Elisabeth Sladen reprising her role as Sarah Jane Smith. It was released 5 September 2002....

     (2002, Big Finish Productions)
  • Doctor Who - Unbound: Full Fathom Five
    Full Fathom Five (Doctor Who audio)
    Full Fathom Five is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:What if.....

     (2003, Big Finish Productions)
  • Doctor Who - Enemy of the Daleks
    Enemy of the Daleks
    Enemy of the Daleks is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. -Synopsis:Bliss used to be a paradise planet. The Galapagos Islands of space...

     (2009, Big Finish Productions)
  • Sapphire and Steel: All Fall Down (2005, Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - Wanted: Dredd or Alive (Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - War Crimes (Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - Death Trap! (Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - The Big Shot! (Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - Get Karter! (Big Finish Productions)

Books

  • Thrill Power Overload
    Thrill Power Overload
    Thrill Power Overload, or TPO is the title of a book about the history of the British comic 2000 AD written by David Bishop, one of its editors.-History:...

     (Rebellion
    Rebellion Developments
    Rebellion is a British computer games company, based in Oxford, who are most famous for the first Aliens vs. Predator computer game. Since 2000, it also publishes comic books and it launched its own book imprint, Abaddon Books, in 2006.-History:...

    , 260 pages, June 2007, ISBN 1-905437-22-6)

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