Big Dave (character)

Big Dave is a comics character created and written by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar, with artwork by Steve Parkhouse, for 2000 AD.

Big Dave
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

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 (the 2000 AD term for issue) #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.

The next story featured the British Royal Family as robots plus The Princess of Wales and The Duchess of York as a pair of horny drunks. The story ends with Dave in bed with both royals.

A third story 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.

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)
  • "Monarchy in the UK" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000 AD #846–849, 1993)
  • "Young Dave" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000AD Yearbook 1994, 1993)
  • "Costa del Chaos" (with Anthony Williams, in 2000 AD #869–872, 1994)
  • "Wotta Lotta Balls" (with Steve Parkhouse, in 2000 AD #904–907, 1994)

External links

• Big Dave Retro Review
• Big Dave at 2000 AD online
• Big Dave at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)