- Big Dave
:"Big Dave" is also the
ring name of British professional wrestlerDave Waters ""Big Dave" is an infamous character created and written by
Mark Millar andGrant Morrison , with artwork bySteve Parkhouse , for "2000 AD".The character was created for "The Summer Offensive", an experiment in which the magazine was handed over to Millar, Morrison and John Smith for eight weeks.
Overview
"Big Dave" first appeared in prog 842 in his first story which featured
Saddam Hussein trying to take over the world and turn everyone into "poofs" with the aid of some scary aliens. Big Dave, "the hardest man inManchester ", manages to stop Saddam's plan with the help ofTerry Waite .If this story was controversial then the next story surpassed it. It featured the
British Royal Family as robots plusPrincess Diana andSarah Ferguson as a pair of horny drunks. The story ends with Dave in bed with both royals.Both Morrison and Millar appeared happy with such controversy but the character did split "2000 AD" fans' opinion down the middle, with some praising it as the best series the comic had ever run, while others thought it was nothing more than puerile rubbish.Fact|date=September 2007
Bibliography
He has largely appeared in his own
eponym ous strip:*"Big Dave" (written by
Grant Morrison andMark Millar ):
** "Target Baghdad" (withSteve Parkhouse , in "2000 AD" #842-845, 1993)
** "Young Dave" (withSteve Parkhouse , in "2000AD Yearbook 1994", 1993)
** "Monarchy in the UK" (withSteve Parkhouse , in "2000 AD" #846-849, 1994)
** "Costa del Chaos" (with Anthony Williams, in "2000 AD" #869-872, 1994)
** "Wotta Lotta Balls" (withSteve Parkhouse , in "2000 AD" #904-907, 1994)References
* [http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=thrill&page=profiles&choice=BIGDAVE 2000 AD profile]
External links
* [http://www.insidepulse.com/article_v3.php?contentid=8443&rssAuthor=1 Big Dave Retro Review]
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