Big Dave

Big Dave is an infamous character created and written by Mark Millar and Grant Morrison, with artwork by Steve Parkhouse, for 2000AD.

Related Topics:
Mark Millar - Grant Morrison - Steve Parkhouse - 2000AD

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The character was created for The Summer Offensive which Millar and Morrison were given 2000AD to play with for 8 weeks.

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Big Dave first appeared in prog 842 in his first story which featured Saddam Hussain trying to take over the world turn the world into "poofs" thanks to the aid of some aliens.With the help of Terry Waite, Big Dave, "the hardest man in Manchester", manages to stop Saddams plan.

Related Topics:
Saddam Hussain - Terry Waite - Manchester

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If this story was controversial then the next story surpassed it. It featured the British Royal Family as robots plus Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson as a pair of horny drunks.The story ends with Dave in bed with both royals and it's this story in particular which gathered the most tabloid press reaction and controversy.

Related Topics:
British Royal Family - Princess Diana - Sarah Ferguson - Tabloid press

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Both Morrison and Millar appeared happy with such controversy but the character did split 2000AD fans opinion down the middle.

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