Matt Smith | |
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Born | Matthew Joseph Ratcliffe Smith 31 October 1972 |
Nationality | British |
Area(s) | Editor |
Notable works | 2000 AD Judge Dredd Megazine |
Awards | "Favourite Editor" Eagle 2007, 2008 and 2011 |
Matt Smith (born 31 October 1972) is a British editor and author. He is the current and longest-serving editor of the long-running British science fiction weekly comics anthology magazine 2000 AD and its sister title the Judge Dredd Megazine
Smith joined 2000 AD in 2000, after three years working as a desk editor for MacMillan, at the time the comic was changing ownership – from Egmont to Rebellion Developments. [1] Starting out as the assistant to the new editor Andy Diggle, Smith was appointed as the ninth incarnation of Tharg the Mighty (a humorous character representing the 2000 AD editor) in January 2002.
After Alan Barnes resigned from the Judge Dredd Megazine, Smith also took over the editorship thereof in 2006.
Since 2005 Smith has also branched out into writing: his credits so far include a Judge Dredd novel and three novellas, along with three more novellas for one of that series' many spinoffs, and regular stints on the syndicated Judge Dredd newspaper strips.
Comics edited include:
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