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'''David Bishop''' is an award-winning screenwriter and author. Born in [[New Zealand]], he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the ''[[Judge Dredd Megazine]]'' and ''[[2000 AD (comic)|2000 AD]]'', the latter between 1995 and the summer of 2000.

He has since become a prolific author and received his first drama scriptwriting credit when [[BBC Radio 4]] broadcast his radio play ''Island Blue: Ronald'' in June 2006. In 2007 he won the PAGE International Screenwriting Award in the short film category for his script ''Danny's Toys''.

In 2008 he appeared on the May 23rd edition of the BBC1 quiz show [[The Weakest Link]], beating eight other contestants to win more than £1500 in prize money.

==Biography==

He became the editor of ''2000 AD'' just before Christmas 1995, staying four and a half years before resigning to become a freelance writer in the summer of 2000.

Bishop was responsible for discovering many new British talents, including:
*[[Andy Diggle]]
*[[Robbie Morrison]]
*[[Siku (comics)|Siku]]
*[[Frank Quitely]]
*[[Dean Ormston]]
*[[Chris Halls]] (comics pseudonym of [[Aphex Twin]] video director [[Chris Cunningham]])
*[[Simon Fraser (comics)|Simon Fraser]]

He also, with collaborator [[Roger Langridge]], contributed the [[insane asylum]]-set strip ''[[The Straitjacket Fits]]''.

Since leaving ''2000 AD'' in the year 2000, Bishop has enjoyed a successful career as a [[freelance]] writer, working on novels of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' and ''[[Nikolai Dante]]'', as well as ''[[The Phantom]]''. His Doctor Who novel ''Who Killed Kennedy'', a journalist's point-of-view on the early [[Third Doctor]] stories, is highly popular with fans.

Paradoxically, despite his successes as a comics editor and as a writer of prose, Bishop has scripted many extremely unpopular comic strips in 2000AD and the Megazine, including the comics adaptation of ''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]'', with art by [[Steve Yeowell]]. . ''[[The Spacegirls]]'', a badly executed parody of the [[Spice Girls]], is on the list of ''2000 AD'''s 20 Worst Strips as chosen by fan rating on the official website.<ref>[http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=thrill&page=thrillsuckers 2000AD Online - thrill zone<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> His most recent effort - a ''[[Fiends of the Eastern Front]]'' series for the ''Megazine'' - has proven much more popular with readers.

Away from British comics, his work on ''[[The Phantom]]'' has won awards for the "Best Phantom story of the year" for Egmont on several occasions. Bishop is known for introducing several new important characters to the Phantom mythos, such as the pirate queen Kate Sommerset, which grew so popular with readers that Bishop was able to make her the main character of five stories.

In 2006, Bishop also signed on to participate in the writing of stories for American publisher [[Moonstone Books]]' two collections of Phantom short stories, called Phantom Prose Anthologies.

Bishop's history of ''2000 AD'', in a series of articles under the banner name of [[Thrill Power Overload]], is the most comprehensive currently available. A revised, expanded and updated book version was published in the summer of 2007, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of ''2000 AD''.

==Bibliography==
===Comics===

*''[[The Straitjacket Fits]]'' (with [[Roger Langridge]]):
** "The Straitjacket Fits" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #1.09-1.20, 1991-1992)
** "The Final Fit" (in ''Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993'' 1992)

*''Soul Sisters'' (with co-writer [[Dave Stone]] and artist [[Shaky Kane]], in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' vol.2 ##2-9 & ''1993 Judge Dredd Yearbook'', 1992)

*''[[Strontium Dog]]s'' (pseudonymous rewrites, in ''2000 AD'' ##993-999, 1996)

*''[[Vector 13]]'': "Case Ten: Case Closed?" (uncredited, with [[Simon Davis (comics)|Simon Davis]], in ''2000 AD'' #1032, 1997)

*''[[M.A.C.H. 1|B.L.A.I.R. 1]]'': "B.L.A.I.R. 1" (with co-writer [[Steve MacManus]] and artist [[Simon Davis (comics)|Simon Davis]], in ''2000 AD'' #1034, 1997)

*''[[Dan Dare]]'': "Dan Dare 3000AD" (with co-writer [[Steve MacManus]] and artist [[Kev Walker]], in ''2000 AD'' #1034, 1997)

*''[[Flesh (comics)|Flesh]]'': "Flesh 3000AD" (with co-writer [[Steve MacManus]] and artist [[Carl Critchlow]], in ''2000 AD'' #1034, 1997)

*''[[Harlem Heroes]]'': "Hike Harlem Heroes" (with co-writer [[Steve MacManus]] and artist [[Jason Brashill]], in ''2000 AD'' #1034, 1997)

*''[[Invasion!|Invasion]]'': "Invasion! 3000AD" (with co-writer [[Steve MacManus]] and artist [[Henry Flint]], in ''2000 AD'' #1034, 1997)

*''[[The Spacegirls]]'' (development & uncredited co-writer, with [[Jason Brashill]], in ''2000 AD'' ##1062-1066, 1997)

*''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]'' (uncredited, with [[Steve Yeowell]], in ''2000 AD'' ##1063-1070, 1997)

*''Pulp Sci-Fi'': "Water of Life" (as "James Stevens", with David Bircham, in ''2000 AD'' #1098, 1998)

*''Past Imperfect'': "Nixon must die!" (as "James Stevens", with Neil Edwards, in ''2000 AD'' #1315, 2002)

*''[[Dead Men Walking (comics)|Dead Men Walking]]'' (as "James Stevens", with [[Boo Cook]], in ''2000 AD'' ##1362-1370, 2003)

*''[[The Phantom#Scandinavia|The Phantom]]'' (Swedish ''Fantomen'' magazine #26/2001, ##15 & 22/2002, ##8, 16 & 26/2003, ##7, 12, 16, 23, 24 & 26/2004, ##1, 10, 13, 17 & 18/2005, ##8, 9, 16, 19, 20 & 25/2006, ##1, 10, 16 & 20/2007)

*''[[Fiends of the Eastern Front]]'': "Stalingrad" (with [[Colin MacNeil]], in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' 245-252, 2006)

===Novels===

*''[[Judge Dredd]]'':
** ''The Savage Amusement'' ([[Virgin Books]], August 1993, ISBN 0-352-32874-6)
** ''Cursed Earth Asylum'' ([[Virgin Books]], December 1993, ISBN 0-352-32893-2)
** ''Silencer'' ([[Virgin Books]], November 1994, ISBN 0-352-32960-2)
** ''Bad Moon Rising'' ([[Black Flame]], June 2004, ISBN 1-84416-107-2)
** ''Kingdom of the Blind'' ([[Black Flame]], November 2004, ISBN 1-84416-133-1)

*''[[Doctor Who]]'':
** ''[[Who Killed Kennedy]]'' (with "James Stevens", [[Virgin Books]], April 1996, ISBN 0-426-20467-0)
** ''[[Amorality Tale]]'' ([[BBC Books]], April 2002, ISBN 0-563-53850-3)
** ''[[The Domino Effect (novel)|The Domino Effect]]'' ([[BBC Books]], February 2003, ISBN 0-563-53869-4)
** ''[[Empire of Death]]'' ([[BBC Books]], March 2004, ISBN 0-563-48615-5)

*''[[Nikolai Dante]]'':
** ''From Russia with Lust: The Nikolai Dante Omnibus'' (672 pages, March 2007, ISBN 1-84416-454-3) collects:
*** ''The Strangelove Gambit'' (January 2005, ISBN 1-84416-139-0)
*** ''Imperial Black'' (August 2005, ISBN 1-84416-180-3)
*** ''Honour Be Damned'' (March 2006, ISBN 1-84416-324-5)

*''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (series)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'': Suffer the Children ([[Black Flame]], May 2005, ISBN 1-84416-172-2)

*''[[Fiends of the Eastern Front]]'':
** ''Fiends of the Eastern Front'' (672 pages, February 2007, ISBN 1-84416-455-1) collects:
*** ''Operation Vampyr'' (December 2005, ISBN 1-84416-274-5)
*** ''The Blood Red Army'' (April 2006, ISBN 1-84416-325-3)
*** ''Twilight of the Dead'' (August 2006, ISBN 1-84416-384-9)
** ''Fiends of the Rising Sun'' (July 2007, ISBN 1-84416-494-2)

*''[[Warhammer Fantasy (setting)|Warhammer Fantasy]]: A Murder in [[Marienburg (Warhammer)|Marienburg]]'' (416 pages, [[Black Library]], May 2007, ISBN 1844164748)

===Audio dramas===
*[[Sarah Jane Smith]] - Buried Secrets (2006, [[Big Finish Productions]])
*Sarah Jane Smith - Snow Blind (2006, Big Finish Productions)
*Sarah Jane Smith - Fatal Consequences (2006, Big Finish Productions)
*Sarah Jane Smith - Dreamland (2006, Big Finish Productions)
*Sarah Jane Smith - Test of Nerve (2002, Big Finish Productions)
*Doctor Who - Unbound: Full Fathom Five (Big Finish Productions)
*''[[All Fall Down (Sapphire and Steel)|Sapphire and Steel: All Fall Down]]'' (2005, Big Finish Productions)
*Judge Dredd - Wanted: Dredd or Alive (Big Finish Productions)
*Judge Dredd - War Crimes (Big Finish Productions)
*Judge Dredd - Death Trap! (Big Finish Productions)
*Judge Dredd - The Big Shot! (Big Finish Productions)
*Judge Dredd - Get Karter! (Big Finish Productions)

===Books===
*''[[Thrill Power Overload]]'' ([[Rebellion Developments|Rebellion]], 260 pages, June 2007, ISBN 1-905437-22-6)

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
*[http://www.2000adonline.com/index.php3?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=DAVEB David Bishop] at 2000 AD online
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=9199|title=David Bishop}}
{{refend}}

==External links==

*[http://viciousimagery.blogspot.com/ David Bishop's blog]
*[http://thrillpoweroverload.blogspot.com/ Thrill Power Overload!] - Bishop's blog devoted to researching the official history of 2000AD.
*[http://www.myspace.com/77443467 David Bishop] at [[MySpace]]
*[http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/pirate/ ''Doctor Who and the Pirate Planet''] ebook by David Bishop
*[http://nzdwfc.tetrap.com/archive/wkk/ ''Doctor Who: Who Killed Kennedy''] ebook by David Bishop

===Interviews===
*[http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2004/bishop/bishop.shtml 2004 interview with 2000ADReview]

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Revision as of 03:56, 29 December 2008

For other people named David Bishop (writer), see David Bishop (writer) (disambiguation).
David Bishop
Occupationeditor, comic book writer, novelist
NationalityNew Zealander
Period1991 -
Genrecomic book, science fiction
Website
http://viciousimagery.blogspot.com/

David Bishop is an award-winning screenwriter and author. Born in New Zealand, he was a UK comics editor during the 1990s, running such titles as the Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000 AD, the latter between 1995 and the summer of 2000.

He has since become a prolific author and received his first drama scriptwriting credit when BBC Radio 4 broadcast his radio play Island Blue: Ronald in June 2006. In 2007 he won the PAGE International Screenwriting Award in the short film category for his script Danny's Toys.

In 2008 he appeared on the May 23rd edition of the BBC1 quiz show The Weakest Link, beating eight other contestants to win more than £1500 in prize money.

Biography

He became the editor of 2000 AD just before Christmas 1995, staying four and a half years before resigning to become a freelance writer in the summer of 2000.

Bishop was responsible for discovering many new British talents, including:

He also, with collaborator Roger Langridge, contributed the insane asylum-set strip The Straitjacket Fits.

Since leaving 2000 AD in the year 2000, Bishop has enjoyed a successful career as a freelance writer, working on novels of Doctor Who, Judge Dredd and Nikolai Dante, as well as The Phantom. His Doctor Who novel Who Killed Kennedy, a journalist's point-of-view on the early Third Doctor stories, is highly popular with fans.

Paradoxically, despite his successes as a comics editor and as a writer of prose, Bishop has scripted many extremely unpopular comic strips in 2000AD and the Megazine, including the comics adaptation of A Life Less Ordinary, with art by Steve Yeowell. . The Spacegirls, a badly executed parody of the Spice Girls, is on the list of 2000 AD's 20 Worst Strips as chosen by fan rating on the official website.[1] His most recent effort - a Fiends of the Eastern Front series for the Megazine - has proven much more popular with readers.

Away from British comics, his work on The Phantom has won awards for the "Best Phantom story of the year" for Egmont on several occasions. Bishop is known for introducing several new important characters to the Phantom mythos, such as the pirate queen Kate Sommerset, which grew so popular with readers that Bishop was able to make her the main character of five stories.

In 2006, Bishop also signed on to participate in the writing of stories for American publisher Moonstone Books' two collections of Phantom short stories, called Phantom Prose Anthologies.

Bishop's history of 2000 AD, in a series of articles under the banner name of Thrill Power Overload, is the most comprehensive currently available. A revised, expanded and updated book version was published in the summer of 2007, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of 2000 AD.

Bibliography

Comics

  • Soul Sisters (with co-writer Dave Stone and artist Shaky Kane, in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 ##2-9 & 1993 Judge Dredd Yearbook, 1992)
  • Pulp Sci-Fi: "Water of Life" (as "James Stevens", with David Bircham, in 2000 AD #1098, 1998)
  • Past Imperfect: "Nixon must die!" (as "James Stevens", with Neil Edwards, in 2000 AD #1315, 2002)
  • The Phantom (Swedish Fantomen magazine #26/2001, ##15 & 22/2002, ##8, 16 & 26/2003, ##7, 12, 16, 23, 24 & 26/2004, ##1, 10, 13, 17 & 18/2005, ##8, 9, 16, 19, 20 & 25/2006, ##1, 10, 16 & 20/2007)

Novels

  • Nikolai Dante:
    • From Russia with Lust: The Nikolai Dante Omnibus (672 pages, March 2007, ISBN 1-84416-454-3) collects:
      • The Strangelove Gambit (January 2005, ISBN 1-84416-139-0)
      • Imperial Black (August 2005, ISBN 1-84416-180-3)
      • Honour Be Damned (March 2006, ISBN 1-84416-324-5)
  • Fiends of the Eastern Front:
    • Fiends of the Eastern Front (672 pages, February 2007, ISBN 1-84416-455-1) collects:
      • Operation Vampyr (December 2005, ISBN 1-84416-274-5)
      • The Blood Red Army (April 2006, ISBN 1-84416-325-3)
      • Twilight of the Dead (August 2006, ISBN 1-84416-384-9)
    • Fiends of the Rising Sun (July 2007, ISBN 1-84416-494-2)

Audio dramas

  • Sarah Jane Smith - Buried Secrets (2006, Big Finish Productions)
  • Sarah Jane Smith - Snow Blind (2006, Big Finish Productions)
  • Sarah Jane Smith - Fatal Consequences (2006, Big Finish Productions)
  • Sarah Jane Smith - Dreamland (2006, Big Finish Productions)
  • Sarah Jane Smith - Test of Nerve (2002, Big Finish Productions)
  • Doctor Who - Unbound: Full Fathom Five (Big Finish Productions)
  • Sapphire and Steel: All Fall Down (2005, Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - Wanted: Dredd or Alive (Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - War Crimes (Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - Death Trap! (Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - The Big Shot! (Big Finish Productions)
  • Judge Dredd - Get Karter! (Big Finish Productions)

Books

Notes

  1. ^ 2000AD Online - thrill zone

References

Interviews

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