Alan Grant

Alan Grant (born 1949) is a Scottish comics writer best known for hiw extensive work on numerous characters and strips including Judge Dredd, Robo-Hunter and Strontium Dog for 2000AD, often in partnership with John Wagner and sometimes using the pseudonym T.B Grover. He was editor of 2000AD from 1978-1980 when resigned due to personal issues with publishers IPC and in order to devote his time to freelance writing (during this time, he had a ficticious alter ego, the robot Aaln-1, who was supposedly Tharg the Mighty's assistant editor on the comic. Grant started his career in comics as an editor at DC Thomson in 1967 before moving from Dundee to London in 1970 to work for IPC, and his other British comics work has included Tarzan, the Judge Dredd Megazine, Star-Lord, Toxic! and Eagle. He is the co-creator of cult character The Bogie Man, and has also worked extensively in America for publishers including Marvel, Epic, Dark Horse and DC Comics, being especially associated with Batman. He is the owner of the publishing company Bad Press Ltd.