Canon Fodder

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Canon Fodder is a 2000 AD series created by Mark Millar and Chris Weston. It first appeared in 1993, with a sequel (not written by Millar) in 1995

It features the sole survivor of a bizarre cross between the police and the church called the Priest Patrol.

1 Background
2 Cast
3 Plot
- 3.1 Canon Fodder
- 3.2 Dark Matter
4 Publication
5 External links

[edit] Background

Judgement Day has come and gone, the dead rose from the grave and now everyone who ever lived walks the Earth again. Not surprisingly, over-crowding is rife and crime has escalated out of all proportion. To cope with the chaos (and save space) the Church and the Police Force have combined to form the Priest Patrol. Criminals are "sinners" to be immediately executed - though they always rise from the grave to re-offend.

[edit] Cast

Canon Fodder: The last surviving member of the Priest Patrol. He was a judge at a beauty pageant the day his comrades were horribly killed.

Sadie: Canon's house keeper. Although she has feelings of love for him (as does he for her), neither have ever told each other of their feelings.

[edit] Plot

[edit] Canon Fodder

Sherlock Holmes and professor Moriarty take their lives in a suicide pact, in order to go to heaven and kill God for not appearing on Judgement Day. The Canon, alongside Dr Watson and Mycroft (who is now a complete psychopath), follow via a portal to try to stop them. They then discover the truth behind God not appearing. However, Holmes and Moriarty are too late, and Lucifer meets God first.

[edit] Dark Matter

After a failed attempt at stopping a hostage crisis in a nunnery, Canon is locked up in Bedlam asylum. Sigmund Freud attempts to analyse Canon, but Deacon Blue, one of Canon's partners in the Priest Patrol, frees him. The pair go on a mission to save the other missing Priest Patrol members.

[edit] Publication

Canon Fodder (by Chris Weston):
- "Canon Fodder" (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #861-867, 1993)
- "Dark Matter" (with Kek-W,, in 2000 AD #981-987, 1995)