Grant's projects at the start of the 90s included writing Detective Comics and Strontium Dog, but two projects in particular are especially notable.
In the following years, he would continue to utilize the character in a similar fashion as his philosophy evolved. The creation of the supervillain Anarky was initially intended as a vehicle for exploring his political opinions through the comic medium. During the late 1980s, Grant experienced a philosophical transformation and declared himself an anarchist. Grant and Wagner continue to work together on special projects such as the Batman/Judge Dredd crossover Judgement on Gotham. The pair split strips, with Wagner keeping Judge Dredd and Grant keeping Strontium Dog and Judge Anderson.
This series, as well as the Chopper storyline in Judge Dredd, is blamed for the breakup of the Wagner/Grant partnership. The pair also created a four issue series for Epic Comics called The Last American. Grant was one of the main Batman writers until the late 1990s. After a dozen issues, Wagner left Grant as sole writer. Although it wasn't a success, it paved the way for the pair to write Batman stories in Detective Comics from issue 583, largely with Norm Breyfogle on art duties across the various Batman titles Grant moved to. Their first title was a 12-issue miniseries called Outcasts for DC Comics. Grant also wrote for other IPC comics such as the revamped Eagle.īy the late 1980s, Grant and Wagner were about to move into the American comic market. Grant and Wagner had developed the strip into the most popular in 2000AD as well as creating lengthy epic storylines such as The Apocalypse War. Judge Dredd would be Grant's main concern for much of the 1980s. Grant also worked on other people's stories, changing and adding dialogue, most notably Harry Twenty on the High Rock, written by Gerry Finley-Day.
They would work on other popular strips for the comic, including Robo-Hunter and Strontium Dog using the pseudonym T.B. The pair eventually co-wrote Judge Dredd. Wagner asked Grant if he could help him write the Tarzan comic he was working on so began the Wagner/Grant writing partnership. Thompson editor, who was helping put together a new science fiction comic for IPC, 2000 A.D., and was unable to complete his other work. He then met John Wagner, another former D.C. After 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. He is also the creator of the character Anarky.Īlan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C. Alan Grant is a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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