Gordon Rennie

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Gordon Rennie is a former music journalist turned comics writer, responsible for White Trash: Moronic Inferno, as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy.

His first work was published in Blast! magazine in 1990; a metafictional Sherlock Holmes story called "Sherlock Holmes in the Curious Case of the Vanishing Villain", painted by Woodrow Phoenix. It also featured appearances by characters from other victorian fiction including Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and characters from stories by Edgar Allan Poe. This was ten years before Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! He then showed his surprising range with the completely different 'White Trash' in the same issue - a satirical journey through the USA, drawn by the New Zealand artist Martin Emond. Both these stories were later collected into one-shot graphic novels and published by Tundra Press. Two further planned collaborations with Phoenix, a one-shot graphic novel called "Orson Welles: Special Agent!" and Necronauts, later completed with Frazer Irving,were halted when Tundra Press ceased publishing in 1993.

Rennie's first major series for the 2000 AD family was Missionary Man, which began in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 #29 (5/93) and ran between "the Meg" and 2000 AD for 74 episodes before finishing in 2002. Other original series have included Witch World (1997) and Rain Dogs (2000). He also took over the exploits of the perennial Judge Dredd villain Mean Machine (2000-01), as well as the return of the original Rogue Trooper (2002-04).

Among his most celebrated work for 2000 AD is the miniseries Necronauts (2000-01), in which Harry Houdini, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Fort, and (inevitably) H. P. Lovecraft team up to defeat an incomprehensibly alien menace that seeks to destroy the human race. This was quickly followed up by the ongoing series Caballistics, Inc. (41 episodes as of August 2005), a story about a recently privatized team of occult researchers, which pleased fans with its combination of pop-cultural references and labyrinthine conspiracies.

By 2004, Rennie had become the "number two" writer on the Judge Dredd strip, following up a number of subplots initiated by its principal author, John Wagner, as well as developing his own situations and guest characters, some of whom have spun-off into popular stories of their own. While the lengthier, "epic" Judge Dredd adventures are typically scripted by Wagner, Rennie was awarded one in 2005. This story, "Blood Trails," ran for ten episodes beginning in 2000 AD prog 1440 (5/25/05).

His novels for Warhammer, both Fantasy and 40k, include Zavant, Ulli and Marquand, the Kal Jerico stories, Bloodquest, and Execution Hour and 'Shadow Point for Battlefleet Gothic.

Rennie is known for maintaining close links with the fan community, for example by contributing to small press comics such as Solar Wind, despite a public persona he describes as "a grumpy Scottish git".

Contents 1 Bibliography 1.1 Comics 1.2 Novels 2 Awards 3 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Comics

Comics work includes:

• Sherlock Holmes in the Curious Case of the Vanishing Villain (with Woodrow Phoenix, Tundra, 1992)

• White Trash (with Martin Emond, Tundra, 1992)

• Missionary Man (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 29-30 & 43, 1993)

• Judge Dredd: "Do the Wrong Thing" (with Paul Peart, in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.49 1994)

• Missionary Man (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.2 # 50-59, Mega-Special #7, 63-66 & 81-83, 1994-1995)

• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 1, 1995)

• Missionary Man (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 1-3, 1995)

• Harke & Burr: "Satanic Farces" (with co-writer Si Spencer and Dean Ormston, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.04-07, 1995)

• Mean Machine (three episodes in 2000 AD specials, 1995-1996):
  • "Close Encounters of the Mean Kind" (with Anthony Williams, in 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1996)

• Vector 13:
  • "Case Zero: Oath of Office" (with Garry Marshall, in 2000 AD #987, 1996)
  • "Case Six: Bodysnatchers" (with Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1029, 1997)
  • "Case Eight: Unhallowed Ground" (with Allan Bednar as "Neal Brand", in 2000 AD #1031, 1997)
  • "Case Zero: Shadows and Light" (with Dylan Teague, in 2000 AD #1060, 1997)
  • "Case Six: MK-Ultra" (with Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1067, 1997)
  • "Case Eight: Midnight Rambler" (with Paul Johnson, in 2000 AD #1069, 1997)
  • "Case Eleven: Search & Rescue" (with Cliff Robinson, in 2000 AD #1072, 1997)
  • "Case Fifteen: Time's Arrow" (with Patrick Woodrow, in 2000 AD #1076, 1998)
  • "Case Four: Einstein's Monsters" (with Cyril Julien, in 2000 AD #1081, 1998)
  • "Case Five: Seal of Solomon" (with Alex Ronald, in 2000 AD #1082, 1998)

• Species: Human Race #1 (with pencils by Phil Hester and inks by Ande Parks, 4-issue mini-series, 1996-1997, Dark Horse, tpb, 1997, ISBN 1-56971-219-0)

• Missionary Man:
  • "Juggernaut" (with Henry Flint, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.34, 1997)
  • "Apocrypha" (with Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1124, 1998)
  • "Storm Warnings" (with Trevor Hairsine, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.38, 1998)
  • "The Promised Land" (with Trevor Hairsine, in 2000 AD #1177, 2000)

• Missionary Man (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 17-20, 1996)
• Missionary Man (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 26-27, 1997)

• Witch World (in 2000 AD #1050-1061, 1997):
  • "The Dark Man" (with Siku, in 2000 AD #1050-1052, 1997)
  • "Wolfshead" (with Paul Johnson, in 2000 AD #1053-1054, 1997)

• Starship Troopers: "Insect Touch" #2-3 (with co-writer Warren Ellis with art by Davide Fabbri and Paolo Parente , 4-issue mini-series, 1997, Dark Horse, collected in Starship Troopers, 1998, ISBN 1-56971-314-6)

• Tharg's Terror Tales:
  • "Surgical Strike" (with Trevor Hairsine, in 2000 AD #1148, 1999)
  • "Reefer Madness" (with Frazer Irving, in 2000 AD #1263, 2001)
  • "Mars Needs Mates!" (with Frazer Irving, in 2000 AD #1285, 2002)
  • "Monsters of Rock" (with Frazer Irving, in 2000 AD #2004, 2003)

• Judge Dredd (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 31-32, 1997)

• Missionary Man (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 34 & 36-38, 1997-1998)
• Missionary Man (in 2000 AD #1091-96, 1998)
• Missionary Man (in 2000 AD #1118-1124, 1998)

• Pulp Sci-Fi (in 2000 AD #1131, 1148, 1999):
  • "Buzz Tycho's Last Stand" (with Charlie Adlard, in 2000 AD #1146, 1999)
  • "Reapermen" (with Jock, in 2000 AD #1170, 1999)
  • "Chronvicts" (with Siku, in 2000 AD #1172, 1999)

• Glimmer Rats (in 2000 AD prog 2000 & #1174-1182, 1999-2000)

• Missionary Man (in 2000 AD #1174-1188, 2000)
• Missionary Man (in 2000 AD #1201-1204, 2000)

• Rain Dogs (in 2000 AD #1213-1222, 2000)

• Mean Machine (five episodes in Judge Dredd Megazine, 2000-01)

• Necronauts (with Frazer Irving, in 2000 AD prog 2001 and #1223-1230, 2000-2001)

• Judge Dredd:
  • "Sino-Town" (with PJ Holden, in 2000 AD #1233, 2001)
  • "Married with juves" (with Adrian Bamforth, in 2000 AD #1262, 2001) [1]
  • "Safe Hands" (with Jock, in 2000 AD #1273, 2002)
  • "Waiting" (with PJ Holden, in 2000 AD #1312, 2002)
  • "One of our simps is missing" (with Anthony Williams, in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.14, 2002)
  • "Club Sov" (with Simon Fraser, in 2000 AD #1358, 2003)
  • "Meet the Flooks" (with PJ Holden, in 2000 AD #1359, 2003)
  • "Gulag" (with Charlie Adlard, in 2000 AD #1382-1386, 2004)
  • "The Magnificent Umbersons" (with PJ Holden, in Judge Dredd Megazine #235, 2005)
  • "Sturm und Dang" (with Carlos Ezquerra, in Judge Dredd Megazine #211-212, 2003)
  • "Visiting Hour" (with Anthony Williams, in 2000 AD #1423, 2005)
  • "The Searchers" (with Carl Critchlow, in 2000 AD #1424, 1993)
  • "Burned Out" (with Carl Critchlow, in 2000 AD #1461 - Judge Dredd Megazine #238, 2005)
  • "Blood Trails" (with Andrew Currie, in 2000 AD #1440-1449, 2005)
  • "Fitness Test" (with Anthony Williams, in 2000 AD #1484, 2006)
  • "Descent" (with Boo Cook, 2000 AD #1432-1436, 2005)
  • "House of Pain" (with PJ Holden, in 2000 AD #1488-1490, 2006)
  • "Sanctuary" (with PJ Holden, in 2000 AD #1495, 2006)
  • "Change of Loyalties" (with Henry Flint, in 2000 AD #1466, 2005)

• Satanus Unchained! (in 2000 AD #1241-1246, 2001)

• Missionary Man (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.3 # 77, 2001)

• ZombieWorld: "Home for the Holidays" (with Gary Erskine, one-shot, 1997, Dark Horse, collected in ZombieWorld: Winter's Dregs, 2005 ISBN 1-59307-384-4)

• Predator:
  • "Nemesis" (with Colin MacNeil, two-issue mini-series, 1997)
  • "Captive" (with Dean Ormston, one-shot, 1998)

• Storming Heaven (with Frazer Irving, in 2000 AD prog 2002 & # 1273-1278, 2001-2002)

• Mars Needs Mates (in 2000 AD #1285, 2002)

• Missionary Man (in Judge Dredd Megazine vol.4 # 9-13, 2002)

• Rogue Trooper (Series 1, 13 episodes) (in 2000 AD #1301-1312, 2002)

• Past Imperfect (in 2000 AD #1316, 2002):
  • "The Red Menace" (with Adrian Bamforth and inks: Lee Townsend, in 2000 AD #1318, 2002) [2]

• Rogue Trooper (in 2000 AD prog 2003, 2002)

• Caballistics, Inc. (with Dom Reardon):
  • "Going Underground" (in 2000 AD #1322-1326, 2002)
  • "Moving In" (in 2000 AD #1331-1333, 2003)
  • "Breaking Out" (in 2000 AD #1337-1340, 2003)
  • "Downtime 1 - Chapter" (in 2000 AD #1363, 2002)
  • "Downtime 2 - Verse" (in 2000 AD #1364, 2002)
  • "Downtime 3 - Ness" (in 2000 AD #1365, 2003)
  • "Downtime 4 - Jonathan & Jennifer" (in 2000 AD #1366, 2003)
  • "Downtime 5 - Ravne" (in 2000 AD #1367, 2003)
  • "Downtime 6 - Kostabi" (in 2000 AD #1368, 2003)
  • "Krystalnacht" (in 2000 AD prog 2004, 2003)
  • "Picking Up The Pieces" (in 2000 AD #1400, 2004)
  • "Safe House" (in 2000 AD #1401-1408, 2004)
  • "Weird War Tales" (in 2000 AD prog 2005, 2004)
  • "Northern Dark" (in 2000 AD #1443-1448, 2005)
  • "Strange Bedfellows" (in 2000 AD prog 2006, 2005)
  • "Changelings" (in 2000 AD #1469-1474, 2006)

• Rogue Trooper (Series 2, 6 episodes) (in 2000 AD #1344-49, 2003)
• Bato Loco (in Judge Dredd Megazine # 208, 2003)

• Monsters of Rock (in 2000 AD prog 2004, 2003)

• Whatever Happened To? (in Judge Dredd Megazine # 215-16 & 218-19, 2004):
  • "John 'Giant' Clay" (with Rufus Dayglo, in Judge Dredd Megazine #216, 2004)

• Rogue Trooper: "Realpolitik" (with PJ Holden, in 2000 AD #1380-1385, 2004)

• Cursed Earth Koburn (in Judge Dredd Megazine #221-223, 2004)
• Cursed Earth Koburn (in Judge Dredd Megazine #228, 2005)

• Bato Loco (in Judge Dredd Megazine #229-230, 2005)

• Johnny Woo: "A Bullet In The Head" (with PJ Holden, in Judge Dredd Megazine #231-233, 2005)

• The 86ers:
  • "Touchdown" (with art by Karl Richardson (1-2), drawing by PJ Holden (3-6) and colours by Chris Blythe (3-6), in 2000 AD #1480-1485, 2006)
  • "Interference" (with PJ Holden, in 2000 AD #1508-1510, 2006)

[edit] Novels

Novels include:

• Judge Dredd: Dredd vs Death (Black Flame, October 2003, ISBN 1844160610

• Rogue Trooper: Crucible (Black Flame, October 2004, ISBN 1-84416-061-0)

[edit] Awards

• 2004 Graphic Novel of the Year, Diamond Comics Awards (for Necronauts)
• 2006 Screenplay (video games), BAFTA nomination for writing the script for the Rogue Trooper game [3]

[edit] External links

• 2000 AD profile
• 2004 interview with 2000ADReview
• 2007 interview about his work in the games industry