Deadline (magazine)
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Deadline was a British comics magazine published between 1988 and 1995.
Created by . Deadline was published by Deadline Publications Ltd.
History
The magazine's origins lie in the earlier publication Strange Days, an anthology title created by Ewins, Brendan McCarthy and Peter Milligan.
Much of the non-strip content centred on alternative and indie music. Coupled with the subversive nature of many of the comic strips, the magazine had a distinctive counterculture ethos and post-punk sensibility.
The magazine was owned and financed by Tom Astor
Deadline enjoyed the patronage of those who would not normally purchase comics and the support of several key bands of the time, with
In the late 2000s, Alan Grant edited the title Wasted, which owed much to the style and ethos of Deadline a decade and a half earlier.
Comic strips published in Deadline (selected)
- Tank Girl, created by the young team of writer Alan Martin and artist Jamie Hewlett
- Johnny Nemo by Brett Ewins and Peter Milligan
- Wired World, by Philip Bond
- Planet Swerve, by Alan Martin and Glyn Dillon
- Hugo Tate, by Nick Abadzis
- Cheeky Wee Budgie Boy, created and written by Jon Beeston, and drawn by Beeston and Philip Bond
- Timulo, by D'Israeli
- A-Men, by Shaky Kane
- Space Boss, by Shaky Kane
- Fireball by Jamie Hewlett
- Exit by Nabiel Kanan
- several early works by Al Columbia
- Box City, Ruby Chan by Rachael Ball
References
Notes
- ^ Bates, John K. "Wired 2.12: Tank Girl Stomps Hollywood". Wired.
Sources
- Deadline at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Deadline USA at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
- Tank-Girl.com (Official home of all things Tank Girl)
- Online version of the Deadline strip Sadist