Misplaced Pages

Peter Milligan bibliography

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

Peter Milligan bibliography
Active period1978–present
Publishers
2000 AD1981–present
DC Comics1989–present
Vertigo1993–present
Marvel Comics1996–present

This article is a bibliography of the British comic book writer Peter Milligan.

UK publishers

Titles published by various British publishers include:

  • Sounds: "The Electric Hoax" (with Brendan McCarthy, strip in the weekly music-themed newspaper, United Newspapers, 14 Oct 1978–24 Mar 1979)
    • Milligan joined McCarthy as the writer after the first few episodes; both creators were credited under various pseudonyms for most of the strip's run.
    • Six episodes were reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)
  • 2000 AD (anthology — published by IPC Media until 1986, Fleetway until 2000, and Rebellion since then):
    • Tharg's Future Shocks:
      • The Best of Tharg's Future Shocks (tpb, 160 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-905437-81-1) includes:
        • "The Man Who Was Too Clever" (with Brett Ewins, in #216, 1981)
        • "The Subterraneans!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #365, 1984)
        • "Bill Tompkins Meets... Bill Tompkins!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #371, 1984)
        • "Bad Timing" (with Massimo Belardinelli, in #375, 1984)
        • "The Castaway!" (with Geoff Senior, in #390, 1984)
        • "60 Hours that Shook the World!" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #391, 1984)
        • "Medusa!" (with Cliff Robinson, in #394, 1984)
        • "The Search for Spot" (with Jeff Anderson, in #398, 1984)
        • "Bad Maxwell!" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #402, 1985)
        • "Crazy War" (with Anthony Jozwiak, in #404, 1985)
        • "Extra! Extra!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #407, 1985)
        • "Nerves of Steel!" (with Will Simpson, in #408, 1985)
        • "But is It Art?" (with Eric Bradbury, in #409, 1985)
        • "Eggravation" (with Eric Bradbury, in #420, 1985)
        • "Grainger in Paradise!" (with Kev Hopgood, in #426, 1985)
        • "Car Wars" (with John Higgins) and "Speak No Evil" (with Eric Bradbury, in #434, 1985)
        • "The Long Sleep" (with Jeff Anderson, in #435, 1985)
        • "Project Salvation!" (with John Higgins, in #436, 1985)
        • "The War with the Slobb!" (with Barry Kitson, in #437, 1985)
        • "The Revenge of the Yallop Cringe!" (with Geoff Senior, in #438, 1985)
        • "Eric the Wild!" (with Anthony Jozwiak, in #439, 1985)
        • "Prisoner of Conscience!" (with Barry Kitson, in #440, 1985)
        • "Doing Time!" (with Robin Smith, in #441, 1985)
        • "It's the Thought That Counts!" (with Steve Dillon, in #442, 1985)
        • "The Armageddon Game" (with Anthony Jozwiak, in #462, 1986)
        • "The Possessed" (with Trevor Goring, in #375, 1984)
      • "The Ghost Outside the Machine!" (with Jose Casanovas, in #374, 1984)
      • "The Snikker Snack" (with Jeff Anderson, in #410, 1985)
      • Sooner or Later (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-78108-428-9) includes:
        • "Breathless" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #420, 1985)
      • "Do You Copy?" (with Brendan McCarthy, in Sci-Fi Special '85, 1985)
    • Sooner or Later:
      • Sooner or Later (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-78108-428-9) collects:
        • "Sooner or Later" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #468–496 and 498–499, 1986)
        • "Swifty's Return" (with Jamie Hewlett, in #614–617, 1989)
    • Rogue Trooper (with José Ortiz):
      • Rogue Trooper: Tales of Nu-Earth Volume 3 (tpb, 400 pages, 2012, ISBN 1-78108-068-2) includes:
        • "The Fanatics" (in Sci-Fi Special '86, 1986)
        • "Nort by Nortwest" (in Annual '87, 1986)
    • Bad Company:
      • The Complete Bad Company (tpb, 368 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-907519-46-7) collects:
        • "Bad Company" (with Brett Ewins, in #500–519, 1986–1987)
        • "Bad Company II: The Bewilderness" (with Brett Ewins, in #548–557, 1987–1988)
        • "Bad Company II: The Krool Heart" (with Brett Ewins, in #576–585, 1988)
        • "Young Men Marching" (with Brett Ewins, in Annual '89, 1988)
        • "Simply" (with Brett Ewins, in #601, 1988)
        • "Kano" (with Brett Ewins, in #828–837, 1993)
        • "Down Among the Dead Men" (with Brett Ewins, in Prog 2001, 2000)
        • "Bad Company 2002" (with Brett Ewins, in Prog 2002 and #1273–1277, 2001–2002)
      • "Ararat" (prose story with illustrations by Brett Ewins, in Annual '90, 1989)
      • "First Casualties" (with Rufus Dayglo, in #1950–1961, 2015) collected as Bad Company: First Casualties (tpb, 96 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-78108-442-4)
      • "Terrorists" (with Rufus Dayglo, in #2061–2072, 2017–2018)
    • The Dead (with Massimo Belardinelli, in #510–519, 1987)
    • Freaks (with John Higgins, in #542–547, 1987)
    • Judge Anderson: "Dear Diary" (prose story with illustrations by Eddy Cant, in Annual '88, 1987) collected in Judge Anderson: The Psi Files Volume 3 (tpb, 304 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-78108-106-9)
    • Tribal Memories (with Tony Riot, in #585–588, 1988) collected in 2000 AD Presents: Sci-Fi Thrillers (tpb, 320 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-78108-177-8)
    • Bix Barton (with Jim McCarthy, in #663–668, Sci-Fi Special '90, Winter Special '90, 723–728, 737–741, 761–766, Yearbook '93, Sci-Fi Special '93, Winter Special '94 and 912–917, 1990–1994)
    • Shadows (with Richard Elson, in #672–681, 1990)
    • Hewligan's Haircut (with Jamie Hewlett, in #700–707, 1990) collected as Hewligan's Haircut (hc, 64 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-904265-06-5; tpb, 2011, ISBN 1-906735-98-0)
    • Judge Dredd: "Judge Planet" (with Shaky Kane, in Judge Dredd Mega-Special #4, 1991) collected in Judge Dredd: The Restricted Files Volume 3 (tpb, 288 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-907992-21-9)
    • Counterfeit Girl (with Rufus Dayglo, in #2000–2008 and 2010, 2016) collected as Counterfeit Girl (tpb, 64 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-78108-724-5)
  • Intergalactic Quest (series of gamebooks illustrated by an uncredited artist and published by Macdonald and Co.):
  • Eagle #242–258: "Clovis and Chowdhary: The Hard Men" (with Mike Western, anthology, IPC Media, 1986–1987)
  • News on Sunday Extra: "Summer of Love" (with Brendan McCarthy, strip in the monthly newspaper supplement, 1987)
    • Seven episodes were published between April and November 1987; according to McCarthy, four more episodes were produced.
    • The seven published episodes were reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)
  • Deadline (anthology, Deadline Publications):
    • "Johnny Nemo" (with Brett Ewins and Steve Dillon (#6 and 12), in #1–12 and 50, 1988–1989 + 1993)
      • The Johnny Nemo feature in issue #5 is a four-page prose story with an illustration by Ewins.
      • The stories in issues #7–9 are reprints of the strips originally published in Strange Days #1–3 (Eclipse, 1984–1985)
      • The stories in issues #10–11 are reprints of the strip originally published in The Johnny Nemo Magazine #3 (Eclipse, 1986)
      • The reprint in issue #11 omits the last page of the original strip, and the story in issue #12 presents an all-new 8-page ending for it.
      • The stories from issues #1–4, 6–9 and 50 are collected in The Complete Johnny Nemo (hc, 160 pages, Titan, 2014, ISBN 1-78276-070-9)
    • "The Writer" (two-page prose story with an illustration by Shaky Kane, in #1, 1988)
    • "The Golem" (two-page prose story with an illustration by Brett Ewins, in #2, 1988)
    • "Nobody" (three-page prose story, in #3, 1988)
    • "The Christmas My Great Uncle Spent with Hemingway and the Joyces" (three-page prose story, in #14, 1989)
  • A1 (anthology, Atomeka):
    • "The Hollow Circus" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #1, 1989) collected in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)
    • "Big Death" (with David Lloyd, in #2, 1990)
    • "The Temple of Sweat" (prose story with illustrations by John Higgins, in the True Life Bikini Confidential one-shot, 1990)
    • "In the Penal Colony" (adaptation of the short story by Franz Kafka; script by Milligan, art by Brett Ewins, in #5, 1991)
  • Fleetway:
  • Skin (with Brendan McCarthy, graphic novel, 48 pages, Tundra UK, 1992, ISBN 1-85809-000-8)
    • The story was initially slated to appear as a serial in Fleetway's Crisis anthology series, but ended up shelved due to its controversial subject matter.
    • The graphic novel was subsequently reprinted in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)
  • Titan:
  • Judge Dredd Megazine #378–379: "Judge Dredd: Psicho" (with Tiernen Trevallion, anthology, Rebellion, 2016–2017)
  • The Spirit Centenary Newspaper (with Duncan Fegredo, untitled 1-page story in the tabloid-sized anthology, LICAF, 2017)

US publishers

Early work

Titles published by various American publishers in the earlier part of Milligan's career include:

  • Vanguard Illustrated (anthology, Pacific Comics):
    • "Freakwave!" (with Brendan McCarthy, in #1–3, 1983–1984)
      • The concept was initially developed by Milligan and McCarthy as a film pitch; further three episodes were published in Milligan/McCarthy/Brett Ewins' anthology series Strange Days.
      • First episode of the Vanguard Illustrated strip and the entire Strange Days serial are collected in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)
    • "The God Run" (with George Freeman, in #6, 1984)
  • Strange Days #1–3 (anthology, Eclipse, 1984–1985) featuring:
    • "Freakwave" (with Brendan McCarthy and Brett Ewins)
    • "Johnny Nemo: The Orb of Harmony" (with Brett Ewins)
      • A spin-off 3-issue limited series, written by Milligan and drawn by Ewins, was published as The Johnny Nemo Magazine (Eclipse, 1985–1986) featuring:
        • "Johnny Nemo: The Spice of Death" (in #1–2)
        • "Johnny Nemo: New London Pride" (in #3)
        • "Sindi Shade" (in #1–3)
      • In 1989, a reprint of "The Orb of Harmony" and an expanded version of "New London Pride" (with an additional 8-page chapter drawn by Steve Dillon) were published in black-and-white in the UK magazine Deadline.
      • The Johnny Nemo stories from The Johnny Nemo Magazine and the black-and-white version of "The Orb of Harmony" are collected in The Complete Johnny Nemo (hc, 160 pages, Titan, 2014, ISBN 1-78276-070-9)
    • "Paradax!" (with Brendan McCarthy)
      • An untitled 1-page Paradax strip, written by Milligan and drawn by McCarthy, was published in the UK anthology volume Strip AIDS (56 pages, Willyprods/Small Time Ink, 1987, ISBN 0-9512522-0-8)
      • A spin-off 2-issue limited series, consisting of an issue featuring three new short stories and an issue reprinting the Strange Days serial with new colouring by McCarthy, was published as Paradax! (Vortex, 1987)
      • The Strip AIDS strip, issue #1 of the Paradax! series and the Strange Days serial with the original colouring are collected in The Best of Milligan and McCarthy (hc, 264 pages, Dark Horse, 2013, ISBN 1-61655-153-4)
    • "Tales from the 4th Dimension" (with Brett Ewins, 1-page strip in #1)
    • "Krazy Foam" (with Brendan McCarthy, 1-page strip in #1)
    • "3 Wise Men" (with Brett Ewins and Brendan McCarthy, 1-page strip in #2)
    • "Tales from Eutopia" (with Tony Riot, 1-page strip in #3)
    • "Einstein's Blue Baby of the Month" (text for an illustration by Brett Ewins, in #3)
  • Mister X Special: "Mister Insect X" (with Brett Ewins, one-shot, Vortex, 1990) collected in Mister X: The Brides of Mister X and Other Stories (hc, 320 pages, Dark Horse, 2011, ISBN 1-59582-645-9)

DC Comics

Titles published by DC Comics and its various imprints include:

Vertigo

Titles published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint include:

Marvel Comics

Titles published by Marvel and its various imprints include:

Valiant Comics

Titles published by Valiant include:

Other

Titles published by various American publishers after Milligan became an established Big Two writer:

References

  1. McCarthy, Brendan. "The Electric Hoax". brendanmccarthy.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.
  2. Hine, David (15 January 2012). "The Electric Hoax by Brendan McCarthy". Waiting for the Trade. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012.
  3. Foakes, Kevin (14 June 2014). "Electric Hoax". djfood.org. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022.
  4. Kardwell, Mark (10 July 2012). "Milligan & McCarthy's 'Summer of Love' — a little comics archeology". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012.
  5. McCarthy, Brendan. "Summer of Love". brendanmccarthy.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.
  6. Allen, Tom. "Crisis - A 2000AD publication". FortuneCity. Archived from the original on 11 October 1999. In issue #30 'True Faith' had 16 pages, because...... This issue had some trouble surrounding the McCarthy/Milligan Creation 'Skin'. First the "first episode of SKIN. all we can say is sorry, since it visibly ain't here ..The reproduction company who make our printing film refused to handle the strip because of the content. We are currently taking legal advice, trying to find another repro house and understandably miffed creators."
  7. McCarthy, Brendan (19 February 2017). "ART VAULT: FREAKWAVE! 1983 Movie pitch with Peter Milligan" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 20 August 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. McCarthy, Brendan (5 June 2022). "Came across this the other day, the original movie pitch for FREAKWAVE. It was 'Mad Max goes surfing' and predated Waterworld by a few centuries" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  9. McCarthy, Brendan. "Freakwave". brendanmccarthy.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.
  10. Seneca, Matt (30 May 2012). "Greatest Comic of All Time: Paradax! Remix". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2 June 2012.
  11. "DC Feature Articles - April 2004". Toon Zone. Archived from the original on 24 January 2004.
  12. Brady, Matt (16 March 2004). "KID AMAZO POSTPONED". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
  13. Allstetter, Rob (15 May 2006). "DC COMICS FOR AUGUST". Comics Continuum. Archived from the original on 18 June 2006.
  14. Singh, Arune (13 June 2006). "DC COMICS SLATES A NEW STORY FOR JLA CLASSIFIED #26". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 16 June 2006.
  15. Collins, Brad; Simons, Eric. "The Bizarre Boys". The House of Vertigo. Archived from the original on 12 December 2000.
  16. Beard, Jim (29 August 2011). "Fan Expo Canada 2011: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.
  17. Melrose, Kevin (7 March 2012). "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Route 666 revivals 'shelved' by Marvel". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012.
  18. Allstetter, Rob (23 January 2020). "DARK HORSE COMICS FOR APRIL". Comics Continuum. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022.
  19. Allstetter, Rob (20 February 2020). "DARK HORSE COMICS FOR MAY". Comics Continuum. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020.
  20. Allstetter, Rob (19 March 2020). "DARK HORSE COMICS FOR JUNE". Comics Continuum. Archived from the original on 27 August 2022.
  21. Milligan, Peter (25 June 2020). "Regarding Tomorrow, due to covid I believe we're going straight to the trade paperback rather than publish the last few issues. Sign of the times" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 26 June 2020 – via Twitter.
  22. Adams, Tim (3 September 2021). "Bad Idea Announces Comics You Can Only Buy With Pins It Gave Out in March". CBR.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.

External links

Categories: