Alan Grant (born 1949) is a Scottishcomic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles during the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He is also the creator of the characters Anarky and the Ventriloquist.
Career
Early career
Alan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C. Thomson before moving to London from Dundee in 1970 to work for IPC on various romance magazines.
After going back to college and having a series of jobs, Grant found himself back in Dundee and living on Social Security. He then met John Wagner, another former D.C. 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. Wagner asked Grant if he could help him write the Tarzan comic he was working on; so began the Wagner/Grant writing partnership.
2000AD
Wagner asked Grant to write a strip for Starlord, a 2000AD spin off, which eventually got Grant noticed within IPC. On a trip to London, Grant was introduced to Kelvin Gosnell, then editor of 2000AD, who offered Grant an editorial position on the comic. One of Grant's first jobs was to oversee the merger of 2000AD and Tornado, an unsuccessful boys adventure comic. Grant featured as a character in the comic in the form of ALN-1, Tharg's Scottish Robot assistant. Grant found himself in conflict with IPC and resigned to become a freelance writer, writing the occasional issue of Future Shock and Blackhawk.
Batman's Scottish Connections | Alan Grant | Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics | Exhibitions
Alan Grant, comic book writer, talks about his work with Frank Quitely on 'Batman, The Scottish Connection' as well as putting Scotland in comics.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
published: 09 Jun 2017
Alan Grant: A Good Batman Writer | Batman: Shadow of the Bat #5-15
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published: 09 Jul 2021
Alan Grant (Writer)
Alan Grant was a British comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He was the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.
published: 22 Jul 2022
Alan Grant - My Gran got me into comics
Alan Grant talks about how his Gran got him into comics and how they sought him to read early.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
published: 26 Jun 2017
Alan Grant talks about working with John Wagner
Alan Grant talks about working with John Wagner on 2000AD.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
published: 26 Jun 2017
LEGEND Batman, Lobo Writer Alan Grant Has Passed Away.
I bring you sad tidings my friends, legendary writer Alan Grant has passed away at age 79. He was probably best known for his writings on Batman, Drudge Dredd, and one of our favorites Lobo. He spent many years writing comics in Europe before the British invasion of U.S. comics in the 1980's. He worked for both DC comics and Marvel Comics over the years. He was a legend in the comic book industry and many of our best stories would not exist without him. No official cause of death has been announced. Let's toast the victorious dead.
published: 22 Jul 2022
Alan Grant - Two sides of the brain
Alan Grant talks about how comics uses both hemispheres of your brain and how he wasn't allowed to be left handed,
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
published: 26 Jun 2017
A Tribute to Alan Grant - The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
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The official 2000 AD podcast returns for a special pre-Christmas episode paying tribute to writer Alan Grant, who passed away in July this year.
In a discussion recorded at New York Comic Con, writer Garth Ennis, editor Dan Raspler, and comics critic Chloe Maveal discuss the impact and legacy of Grant's work, before Ennis reads a personal letter from Grant that reveals the secret origins of Alec Trench!
We then hear a special, never-before-aired interview recorded at the beginning of...
published: 21 Dec 2022
Horacio the handsnake - Alan Grant (writer)
published: 27 Jul 2022
FROM THE BUNKER #40 : JUDGE DREDD, ANARKY, BATMAN, THE DEMON, LOBO, ZSASZ AND MORE! with/ Alan Grant
This time I will be talking with comic book legend Alan Grant about his projects, his career and his experience writing iconic characters like Judge Dredd, Batman, Lobo and more!
Alan Grant is a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He is the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grant_(writer)
Alan Grant, comic book writer, talks about his work with Frank Quitely on 'Batman, The Scottish Connection' as well as putting Scotland in comics.
This video ...
Alan Grant, comic book writer, talks about his work with Frank Quitely on 'Batman, The Scottish Connection' as well as putting Scotland in comics.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
Alan Grant, comic book writer, talks about his work with Frank Quitely on 'Batman, The Scottish Connection' as well as putting Scotland in comics.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
Alan Grant is one of the most effective Batman writers that nobody really likes to talk about. Let's change that!
Alan Grant Playlist ► shorturl.at/oMP04
Join...
Alan Grant is one of the most effective Batman writers that nobody really likes to talk about. Let's change that!
Alan Grant Playlist ► shorturl.at/oMP04
Join My Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/SalazarKnight
Follow My Twitter ► https://twitter.com/SalazarKnight
Thank you so much for watching!
#AlanGrantBatman #SalazarKnight
Alan Grant is one of the most effective Batman writers that nobody really likes to talk about. Let's change that!
Alan Grant Playlist ► shorturl.at/oMP04
Join My Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/SalazarKnight
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Thank you so much for watching!
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Alan Grant was a British comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He...
Alan Grant was a British comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He was the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.
Alan Grant was a British comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He was the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.
Alan Grant talks about how his Gran got him into comics and how they sought him to read early.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums ...
Alan Grant talks about how his Gran got him into comics and how they sought him to read early.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
Alan Grant talks about how his Gran got him into comics and how they sought him to read early.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
Alan Grant talks about working with John Wagner on 2000AD.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of ...
Alan Grant talks about working with John Wagner on 2000AD.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
Alan Grant talks about working with John Wagner on 2000AD.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
I bring you sad tidings my friends, legendary writer Alan Grant has passed away at age 79. He was probably best known for his writings on Batman, Drudge Dredd, ...
I bring you sad tidings my friends, legendary writer Alan Grant has passed away at age 79. He was probably best known for his writings on Batman, Drudge Dredd, and one of our favorites Lobo. He spent many years writing comics in Europe before the British invasion of U.S. comics in the 1980's. He worked for both DC comics and Marvel Comics over the years. He was a legend in the comic book industry and many of our best stories would not exist without him. No official cause of death has been announced. Let's toast the victorious dead.
I bring you sad tidings my friends, legendary writer Alan Grant has passed away at age 79. He was probably best known for his writings on Batman, Drudge Dredd, and one of our favorites Lobo. He spent many years writing comics in Europe before the British invasion of U.S. comics in the 1980's. He worked for both DC comics and Marvel Comics over the years. He was a legend in the comic book industry and many of our best stories would not exist without him. No official cause of death has been announced. Let's toast the victorious dead.
Alan Grant talks about how comics uses both hemispheres of your brain and how he wasn't allowed to be left handed,
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art ...
Alan Grant talks about how comics uses both hemispheres of your brain and how he wasn't allowed to be left handed,
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
Alan Grant talks about how comics uses both hemispheres of your brain and how he wasn't allowed to be left handed,
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
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It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD!
The official 2000 AD podcast returns for a special pre-Christmas episode paying tribute to writer Alan Grant, who passed away in July this year.
In a discussion recorded at New York Comic Con, writer Garth Ennis, editor Dan Raspler, and comics critic Chloe Maveal discuss the impact and legacy of Grant's work, before Ennis reads a personal letter from Grant that reveals the secret origins of Alec Trench!
We then hear a special, never-before-aired interview recorded at the beginning of 2021, in which Grant talks alongside his friend and long-time co-writer John Wagner about how they met, their time working together, and their reflections of their distinguished careers. A not-to-be-missed interview, which was one of Grant's last.
Read 2000 AD's obituary of Grant here: 2000ad.com/news/alan-grant-1949-2022/
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It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD!
The official 2000 AD podcast returns for a special pre-Christmas episode paying tribute to writer Alan Grant, who passed away in July this year.
In a discussion recorded at New York Comic Con, writer Garth Ennis, editor Dan Raspler, and comics critic Chloe Maveal discuss the impact and legacy of Grant's work, before Ennis reads a personal letter from Grant that reveals the secret origins of Alec Trench!
We then hear a special, never-before-aired interview recorded at the beginning of 2021, in which Grant talks alongside his friend and long-time co-writer John Wagner about how they met, their time working together, and their reflections of their distinguished careers. A not-to-be-missed interview, which was one of Grant's last.
Read 2000 AD's obituary of Grant here: 2000ad.com/news/alan-grant-1949-2022/
Make sure you’re signed up to the 2000 AD Thrill-Mail for all the latest news and offers from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic.
Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at [email protected]
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline
This time I will be talking with comic book legend Alan Grant about his projects, his career and his experience writing iconic characters like Judge Dredd, Batm...
This time I will be talking with comic book legend Alan Grant about his projects, his career and his experience writing iconic characters like Judge Dredd, Batman, Lobo and more!
Alan Grant is a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He is the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grant_(writer)
This time I will be talking with comic book legend Alan Grant about his projects, his career and his experience writing iconic characters like Judge Dredd, Batman, Lobo and more!
Alan Grant is a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He is the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grant_(writer)
Alan Grant, comic book writer, talks about his work with Frank Quitely on 'Batman, The Scottish Connection' as well as putting Scotland in comics.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
Alan Grant is one of the most effective Batman writers that nobody really likes to talk about. Let's change that!
Alan Grant Playlist ► shorturl.at/oMP04
Join My Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/SalazarKnight
Follow My Twitter ► https://twitter.com/SalazarKnight
Thank you so much for watching!
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Alan Grant was a British comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He was the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.
Alan Grant talks about how his Gran got him into comics and how they sought him to read early.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
Alan Grant talks about working with John Wagner on 2000AD.
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
I bring you sad tidings my friends, legendary writer Alan Grant has passed away at age 79. He was probably best known for his writings on Batman, Drudge Dredd, and one of our favorites Lobo. He spent many years writing comics in Europe before the British invasion of U.S. comics in the 1980's. He worked for both DC comics and Marvel Comics over the years. He was a legend in the comic book industry and many of our best stories would not exist without him. No official cause of death has been announced. Let's toast the victorious dead.
Alan Grant talks about how comics uses both hemispheres of your brain and how he wasn't allowed to be left handed,
This video was made for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museums exhibition Frank Quietly the Art of Comics in Glasgow 1st Apil - 1st October 2017.
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It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD!
The official 2000 AD podcast returns for a special pre-Christmas episode paying tribute to writer Alan Grant, who passed away in July this year.
In a discussion recorded at New York Comic Con, writer Garth Ennis, editor Dan Raspler, and comics critic Chloe Maveal discuss the impact and legacy of Grant's work, before Ennis reads a personal letter from Grant that reveals the secret origins of Alec Trench!
We then hear a special, never-before-aired interview recorded at the beginning of 2021, in which Grant talks alongside his friend and long-time co-writer John Wagner about how they met, their time working together, and their reflections of their distinguished careers. A not-to-be-missed interview, which was one of Grant's last.
Read 2000 AD's obituary of Grant here: 2000ad.com/news/alan-grant-1949-2022/
Make sure you’re signed up to the 2000 AD Thrill-Mail for all the latest news and offers from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic.
Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at [email protected]
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline
This time I will be talking with comic book legend Alan Grant about his projects, his career and his experience writing iconic characters like Judge Dredd, Batman, Lobo and more!
Alan Grant is a Scottish comic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. He is the co-creator of the characters Anarky, Victor Zsasz, and the Ventriloquist.
More info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Grant_(writer)
Alan Grant (born 1949) is a Scottishcomic book writer known for writing Judge Dredd in 2000 AD as well as various Batman titles during the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He is also the creator of the characters Anarky and the Ventriloquist.
Career
Early career
Alan Grant first entered the comics industry in 1967 when he became an editor for D.C. Thomson before moving to London from Dundee in 1970 to work for IPC on various romance magazines.
After going back to college and having a series of jobs, Grant found himself back in Dundee and living on Social Security. He then met John Wagner, another former D.C. 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. Wagner asked Grant if he could help him write the Tarzan comic he was working on; so began the Wagner/Grant writing partnership.
2000AD
Wagner asked Grant to write a strip for Starlord, a 2000AD spin off, which eventually got Grant noticed within IPC. On a trip to London, Grant was introduced to Kelvin Gosnell, then editor of 2000AD, who offered Grant an editorial position on the comic. One of Grant's first jobs was to oversee the merger of 2000AD and Tornado, an unsuccessful boys adventure comic. Grant featured as a character in the comic in the form of ALN-1, Tharg's Scottish Robot assistant. Grant found himself in conflict with IPC and resigned to become a freelance writer, writing the occasional issue of Future Shock and Blackhawk.