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Many of us grew / are growing up with 2000 AD – The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic that we at Carabas grew up with was under the legendary tenure of Steve MacManus, Tharg from 1978 to 1989. This September 2000 AD bring us the memoirs of that era’s Mighty One under that very name! |
From the Nerve Centre: |
2000 AD is to publish the memories of arguably its most definitive editor, Steve MacManus. |
In 1973, a twenty-year-old Steve MacManus joined Fleetway Publications in London as a sub-editor on one of the UK’s top adventure titles, Valiant. |
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Within six years, he would rise to become editor of the company’s most celebrated weekly, 2000 AD, shepherding it through its first‘Golden Age’ as he commissioned numerous hit series such as The Ballad of Halo Jones, Sláine, Bad Company, Rogue Trooper, and Nemesis the Warlock, ensuring its place as the most influential comic Britain has ever produced.
While 2000 AD’s creator, Pat Mills, set the tone and direction for the legendary title, for many MacManus remains the multi-award-winning SF anthology’s definitive editor. Read the rest of this entry »