![]() ![]() Charlie’s War is set during World War 1 and shows the gruelling horror of war whilst keeping the courage of its dying soldiers strong – at the same time as he shows the war’s effect on both the home front and the trenches. The comic was put out in the old days, when British comic book industry was healthy and visible in the stands of local newsagents. ![]() Like everything else Mills has worked on, there is a level of violence and moral ambiguity in Dredd and a presentation of society that is rare to find in comic books.įor some, Charlie’s War, artwork by Joe Colquhoun, may come to mind when hearing Pat Mills’ name. Mills was taken aboard the development of Judge Dredd, which was made in to a film in both 19, after its creator John Wagner walked out of the development phase. ![]() The violent and anti-authorial tendencies in Mills’ writing that were presented in Battle Picture Weekly were equally present in his next endeavour: Judge Dredd. Whilst working for IPC he co-created Battle Picture Weekly: a weekly comic book series that was more violent, and had characters closer to the working class, than anything his employers would normally publish. He had already showed tendencies that would mark his career years before when he worked for IPC Media. Pat Mills, from Ipswich, England, born 1949, launched the weekly Science Fiction themed anthology 2000AD 1977. ![]()
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