Michael Molcher is a British

journalist A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public. This is called journalism. Roles Journalists can work in broadcast, print, advertis ...

and

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, who is originally from

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

. His book ''I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future'' won an

Eisner Award The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books. They are regarded as the most prestigious and significant awards in the comic industry and often referred ...

in 2024. He also produced the small press magazine '' The End Is Nigh''. His more recent work is as a freelance features writer for '' 2000 AD'', the ''

Judge Dredd Megazine ''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content L ...

'' and ''Comic Heroes'', for which he has interviewed some of the most notable artists and writers from the British comic industry. He also wrote a piece for the 30th anniversary issue of '' 2000 AD''. In recent times, his latter-day interviews are primarily conducted live by remote video, and are currently posted on the

Bibliography

Books

* ''I Am the Law: How Judge Dredd Predicted Our Future'' (Rebellion, 2024)

Feature writing

As well as a lot of uncredited writing in '' The End Is Nigh'', his feature writing includes: * "A Very English Apocalypse" (interview with

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke' ...

, illustrated by

Frazer Irving Frazer Irving (born 1970) is a British comic book artist known for the series '' Necronauts'', published by the British magazine '' 2000 AD''. After breaking into the American market he has worked on a number of superhero titles, including a s ...

, in '' The End Is Nigh'' #2, 2005) *''2000AD features'': ** "Tharg's Big Breaks" (Prog 1526) - 30th anniversary issue feature, looking at the many 2000AD readers who have gone on to be artists and writers for the comic *''Judge Dredd Megazine features'': **

(Meg 246) ** Kevin O'Neill (Meg 248) ** Mick McMahon (Meg 256) **

Pat Mills Patrick Eamon Mills (born 1949) is an English comics writer and editor who, along with John Wagner, revitalised British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has remained a leading light in British comics ever since. He has been called "the godfath ...

(Meg 261) **

Simon Spurrier Simon "Si" Spurrier (born 2 May 1981) is a British comics writer and novelist, who has previously worked as a cook, a bookseller, and an art director for the BBC. Getting his start in comics with the British small press, he went on to write hi ...

(Meg 263) **

John Hicklenton John Hicklenton (8 May 1967 – 19 March 2010), aka John Deadstock, was a British comics artist best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship '' 2000 AD'' characters like ''Judge Dredd'' (in particular ''Heavy Metal Dredd'') and '' Nemes ...

(Meg 264) ** Simon Davis (Meg 265) ** Dave Taylor (Meg 270) **

(Meg 272) ** Peter Doherty (Meg 273) ** Jock (Meg 274) **

Greg Staples Greg Staples is an English comic book artist. Biography Greg Staples' first job on leaving school was as a trainee draftsman in an architects office in Sheffield. He also spent time working in a comic and film memorabilia shop and also a comp ...

(Meg 279) **

John Higgins John Higgins (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire. Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 33 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the List of snooker players by num ...

(Meg 281) **

Colin Wilson Colin Henry Wilson (26 June 1931 – 5 December 2013) was an English existentialist philosopher-novelist. He also wrote widely on true crime, mysticism and the paranormal, eventually writing more than a hundred books. Wilson called his p ...

(Meg 284) **

Richard Elson Richard Elson (born 1962) is a British people, British comic book artist best known for his work on ''Sonic the Comic'', ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' and ''Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor''. Biography Richard Elson is a fine art graduate with over ...

(Meg 285) ** John Cooper (Meg 286) ** Ron Smith (Megs 288 to 289) **

Dom Reardon Dom Reardon is a British comics artist, whose work appears mainly in British comic '' 2000AD''. He is the illustrator of Gordon Rennie-scripted horror tale Caballistics, Inc. Biography Noted for a sketchy, deliberately rough black-and-white s ...

(Meg 295) **

Jesus Redondo Jesús Redondo Román (born 8 August 1934)
Down the Tubes, 9 June 2011 is ...

(Meg 296) **

Dave Gibbons David Chester Gibbons (born 14 April 1949) is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries ''Watchmen'' and the Superman story " For the M ...

(Megs 297 to 298) **

Carlos Ezquerra Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (; 12 November 1947 – 1 October 2018) was a Spanish comics artist who worked mainly in British comics. He is best known as the co-creator of ''Judge Dredd''. Biography Early work Born in Ibdes, Zaragoza (province), prov ...

(Megs 300 to 302) *''Obituaries'': ** "Belardinelli - Loving the Alien" (Meg 259, 2007) - obituary of

Massimo Bellardinelli Massimo Belardinelli (5 June 1938 – 31 March 2007)Michael Molcher, "Belardinelli: Loving the Alien", ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #259, 26 June 2007 was an Italian comic artist best known for his work in the British science fiction comic '' 2000 AD' ...

*''Comic Heroes features'': ** Interview with

Hellboy Hellboy is a superhero created by Mike Mignola and appearing in comic books published by Dark Horse Comics. The character first appeared in ''San Diego Comic-Con Comics'' #2 (August 1993), and has since appeared in various miniseries, one-shots ...

artist Guy Davis in issue one ** Interview with

in issue two ** Interview with

Sean Phillips Sean Phillips (born 27 January 1965) is a British comic book artist, best known for his collaborations with Ed Brubaker on comics including '' Sleeper'', ''Incognito'', the ''Criminal'' series of comics, '' Fatale'', '' The Fade Out'', and '' ...

in issue three

External links

The End is Nigh home page2000 AD profile
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References

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