No exceptions." Yeah, there's a bit about family souls appended, but plenty have reaped the rewards of their evil over at least three generations, often more. Lawless – A Celebration of British Comics – A Moderator’s view.Of all the outlandish ideas Pat Mills has contributed to 2000AD - excellent in the early days, considerably less so over the past 25+ years – I'm not sure any were as bonkers as the notion that tyrants always lose - "Every time.As I say, not much can be said that hasn’t been said before.īook 1 Originally published in 2000 AD Progs 626-635īook 2 Originally published in 2000 AD Progs 650-656, 662-664īook 3 Originally published in 2000 AD Progs 688-698įollow me on Twitter My Tweets Recent Posts Characters are always well defined and poses, facial expressions help act out the scenes. Whether he’s giving depictions of Humans, Goddesses or unusual creatures he delivers eye catching artwork without losing the important aspects of sequential art. Simon Bisley’s art matches the humour and the extremer violence of the script. Witty and intelligent it earned its place as a classic. The plot from Pat Mills is long and meandering and epic in scale. He needs a number of mythical objects to unite the disparate tribes against the Fomorians, a race of Sea Demons, and their allies the Drunes, a dark branch of Druids who spoil and defile the land. Sláine travels from Tír na nÓg in to meet his Goddess, Danu. Humans have been around 2.8 Million Years ago – Homo Habilis not Homo Sapiens. Parts of the story take place in Tír na nÓg, in mythology that is a different plane of existence but in Sláine it is the land as it existed before the floods separated Irerland from Britain and Europe that’s a minimum of 2.6 Million Years ago. It was his work on this story that brought Simon Bisley to the attention of DC and Marvel and he was one of several UK Creators who were lured from the UK Comic Industry to the US Comic Industry in the 1990s. There’s little to be said about The Horned God that hasn’t been said.
This version marks the 30th anniversary of its publication and is presented in a larger format than previously to unleash the thrill power. There have been earlier collections of this story, first in 2008 and more recently as Issue 1 of the Hachette series “2000AD: Ultimate Collection”. Pat Mills creation of Sláine weaves myth, folklore and history from Ireland and Britain Along with Simon Bisley’s fully painted artwork this classic story was spread over three ‘books’.įew 2000AD Characters broke in to the US Market in the early years, Judge Dredd and Sláine were the most successful. Sláine: The Horned God is one of the most talked about stories in 2000AD’s history. Local Comic Stores by Mail Order or treservedĪvailable in digital from: 2000 AD webshop & apps for iPad, Android and Windows 10ĭigital and webshop-exclusive edition – 28th May 2020 Available in print from: 2000 AD webshop,
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