BE PURE! BE VIGILANT! BEHAVE! IBD

Sinopsis

The story begins in a garden shed in Scotland sometime in 1971&hellip, Pat Mills is the creator ofá2000ADáand one of the comic&rsquo,s top writers. He is also the creator ofáAction, co-creator ofáBattle,áMisty,áMarshal Law,áRequiem Vampire Knight,áCharley&rsquo,s Wará(described as &ldquo,the greatest British comic strip ever created&rdquo,) and the black comedy text noveláSerial Killer. Asá2000ADáand Judge Dreddácelebrates its 40th birthday, Pat at last writes the definitive history of the Galaxy&rsquo,s Greatest Comic, and the turbulent, extraordinary and exciting events that shaped it. Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave!áis the infamous slogan of Torquemada, the comic&rsquo,s favourite villain. It once appeared on the Berlin Wall, and symbolizes the subversive nature ofá2000ADthat changed so many readers&rsquo, lives and influenced generations of film directors, actors, rock bands, novelists and even school headmasters. Everything you&rsquo,ve always wanted to know aboutáJudge Dredd,áSlaine,áNemesis,áABC Warriors,áFlesh,áBill Savageáand 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 &ldquo,too sensitive&rdquo, to ever see the light of day is finally told. Pat relates the dark story of the maths teacher who inspired his version ofáJudge Dredd, the creators&rsquo, 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 howáJudge Dreddáwas created, and how to write or draw forá2000ADátoday.á There are new insights on theá2000ADácreators', invasion of American comics, their failed French invasion, theáJudge Dreddáfilms, the forthcomingáJudge DreddáTV series, other possible films featuringá2000ADáheroes, the unusual secret of the comic&rsquo,s current success, the tough challenges it faces today, and its exciting future.á From the hilarious origins whenáJudge Dreddáwriter-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 asá2000ADáfought for survival against The Suits determined to destroy it, this is a unique, personal, and passionate account by the man who madeá2000ADáhappen.á Funny, sad, angry, defiant, and outrageous: it&rsquo,s the Comic Book memoir of the year