Alan Mitchell (comics)

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Alan Mitchell
Born1960
London, England
DiedJune 2016
London, England
NationalityBritish
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Third World War
Children6

Alan Mitchell (born 1960 in London, England) was a writer. He died on 22 June 2016. [1]

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Biography

When Mitchell was working as a shop manager for Acme Comics in Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, South London, [2] in 1988, he met Pat Mills. The two became writing partners.

In Crisis , a political comic from Fleetway, Mitchell worked on Books 2 and 3 of Third World War. The story covered issues including matriarchy, police racism, no-go areas, private police forces, class war, and black resistance. [3] Mitchell also wrote the Amnesty International story "Prisoner of Justice" with artist Glenn Fabry. Mitchell partnered Mills in the first ABC Warriors novel The Medusa War for Black Library based on elements changed or removed from the scripts. According to Mills:

Parts [of the novel] are dramatisations of the comic strip. Notably the Biohazard troopers because they originally had excellent funky black dialogue contributed by my black co-writer on the novel, Alan Mitchell. This was altered at the time by 2000AD editorial without my knowledge and in an inappropriate and uncool way. It made my toes curl it was so wrong. So I thought it was important to put it back the way it should be. I think the text version is much better. [4]

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Comics

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Notes

  1. (June 29, 2016), ". Can You Help With The Funeral Costs For Comics Writer Alan Mitchell," Bleeding Cool. Retrieved December 20, 2016
  2. Brooks, Brad! "International Spotlight: Frank Bellamy: Dan Dare Artist Exhibited at South London Gallery," The Comics Journal #131 (Sept. 1989), pp. 13–14.
  3. Newsinger, John (1990-10-01). "Crisis: the comic revolution?". Race & Class. Race & Class, Volume 32, issue 2, pages 82-88. 32 (2): 82–88. doi:10.1177/030639689003200207. S2CID   144791031.
  4. Clements, Richmond (August 21, 2004). "Pat Mills Interview". 2000AD Review. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2010.

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