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| Enniskillen, 2016. Me, Laura Howell, Alan Grant, Clint Langley, Sue Grant. |
I'm very sorry to hear that the writer Alan Grant died this morning. His wife Sue posted the news on Facebook today.
A prolific and always entertaining writer on 2000AD, Batman, and numerous other comics over a long and very respected career. He was 73.
Alan was also a familiar face at various comic conventions over the decades. The last time I saw him and Sue was in 2017 at the Enniskillen Comic Fest in Northern Ireland.
I great guy who always had time for fans and fellow pros alike, Alan will be much missed by the comics community. My deepest sympathies to Sue, his family, and many friends.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-62255222
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3 comments:
I was a bit suprised when i heard the news.. I don't really remember or know much of his USA comic work but know his British stuff and it's a shame. I think he was still active too..
He hadn't written anything for a while but it wasn't too long ago he was in print. His American work included an impressive run on Batman and Lobo.
Never really took to any of the different version of Lobo (Original, Leather jacket, Teenager or whatever he is now) and my Batman knowledge starts to fizzle out in the mid to late 80s when the character was far removed from the Detective Shadow Ripp-off he was at first..
But looking around, sounds like his American stuff was as solid as his UK so that's fair enough. Alot of the british ones that go to the US.. kinda don't always improve for the better. Looks like Rok of the Reds was mostly his last stuff, but did work for the a local SARS-COVID-19 history comic.
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