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Big Dave
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Character information
First appearance	2000 AD #842 (1993)
Created by	Grant Morrison Mark Millar Steve Parkhouse
Publication information
Publisher	Fleetway
Schedule	Weekly
Title(s) 2000 AD #842-845 2000AD Yearbook 1994 2000 AD #846-849 2000 AD #869-872 2000 AD #904-907
Formats	Original material for the series has been published as a strip in the comics anthology(s) 2000 AD.
Genre	Humor/comedy
Publication date	1993 – 1994
Main character(s)	Big Dave
Creative team
Writer(s)	Grant Morrison Mark Millar
Artist(s)	Steve Parkhouse Anthony Williams
Creator(s)	Grant Morrison Mark Millar Steve Parkhouse

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

Publication history

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 in Manchester", manages to stop Saddam's plan with the help of Terry Waite.

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.

A third had Dave leading a minibus full of disabled children to the football world cup final where they defeat a German team managed by Adolf Hitler.

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.^{[citation needed]}

Bibliography

He has largely appeared in his own eponymous strip:

• Big Dave (written by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar):
  • "Target Baghdad" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000 AD #842-845, 1993)
  • "Young Dave" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000AD Yearbook 1994, 1993)
  • "Monarchy in the UK" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000 AD #846-849, 1994)
  • "Costa del Chaos" (with Anthony Williams, in 2000 AD #869-872, 1994)
  • "Wotta Lotta Balls" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000 AD #904-907, 1994)

References

External links

• Big Dave Retro Review