Matt Smith (comics)

This article is about the British comic editor and writer. For the American comic book artist, see Matthew Dow Smith. For the American comic illustrator, see Matt Smith (illustrator).
Matt Smith

Matt Smith, photographed at Bristol UK Comics Festival, 2004, holding a copy of small press comic FutureQuake
Nationality British
Area(s) Editor
Notable works
 2000 AD
Judge Dredd Megazine
Awards "Favourite Editor" Eagle 2007, 2008 and 2011

Matt Smith is the current and longest-serving editor of long-running British science fiction weekly anthology comic 2000 AD, and the sister title Judge Dredd Megazine. He has also written two novels.

Biography

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.[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 term used to refer to the comic’s editor) in January 2002.

After Alan Barnes resigned, Smith also took over the editorship of sister title the Judge Dredd Megazine in 2006.

Smith has also branched out into writing. His credits so far are a Judge Dredd novel and regular stints on the syndicated Judge Dredd newspaper strips.

Bibliography

Editing

Comics edited include:

Novels

Novels include:

Awards

(There were no awards in 2009.)

Notes

  1. ↑ Bishop (2007) page 114
  2. ↑ City Fathers's entry at Rebellionstore.com

References

External links

Preceded by
Andy Diggle		 2000 AD editor
2002–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by
Alan Barnes		 Judge Dredd Megazine editor
2006–present 		Incumbent