Matt Smith (comics editor)

Matt Smith (born 31 October 1972) is the current and longest-serving editor of long-running British science fiction weekly comics anthology magazine 2000 AD, and also the longest-running editor of its sister title Judge Dredd Megazine. He has also written four novels.

This article is about the British comics editor and writer. For the American comic book artist, see Matthew Dow Smith. For the American comics illustrator, see Matt Smith (illustrator).

Matt Smith
Matt Smith, photographed at Bristol UK Comics Festival, 2004, holding a copy of small press comics magazine FutureQuake
Born	Matthew Joseph Ratcliffe Smith (1972-10-31) 31 October 1972
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Editor
Notable works	2000 AD Judge Dredd Megazine
Awards	"Favourite Editor" Eagle 2007, 2008 and 2011

Career

Editor

Smith joined 2000 AD in 2000, after three years working as a desk editor for MacMillan, at the time the comic was changing ownership – from Egmont to Rebellion Developments.[1] Starting out as the assistant to the new editor Andy Diggle, Smith was appointed as the ninth incarnation of Tharg the Mighty (a humorous term used to refer to the comics' editor) in January 2002.

After Alan Barnes resigned, Smith also took over the editorship of sister title the Judge Dredd Megazine in 2006.

Writer

Smith has also branched out into writing. His credits so far are three Judge Dredd novels, four other novels, and regular stints on the syndicated Judge Dredd newspaper strips.

Bibliography

Editing

Comics edited include:

• 2000 AD #1274 – ongoing, January 2002 – present
• Judge Dredd Megazine #241 – ongoing, February 2006 – present

Writing

Novels

• Judge Dredd: The Final Cut (Black Flame, February 2005, ISBN 1-84416-135-8)
• Tomes of the Dead: The Words of Their Roaring (Abaddon Books, May 2007, ISBN 1-905437-34-X)
• Judge Dredd Year One: City Fathers (Abaddon Books (e-book), August 2012)[2]
• Strontium Dog: Among the Missing (Abaddon Books (e-book), October 2013)
• Judge Dredd Year Two: Down and Out (Abaddon Books (e-book), September 2016)
• The Fall of Deadworld: A trilogy of prequel novellas to the comic serial of the same name by Nigel "Kek-W" Long and Dave Kendall, collected into an omnibus edition in June 2020.
  • Red Mosquito (Abaddon Books, 2019)
  • Bone White Seeds (Abaddon Books, 2020)
  • Grey Flesh Flies (Abaddon Books, 2020)

Short stories

• Zenith: "Permission to Land" (credited as Martin Howe), text story in 2000 AD #2050, 2017

Comics

• Judge Dredd: Year One #1–4, IDW Publishing, 2013

Reviews

• Nemesis the Warlock: A Monograph (supplement with Judge Dredd Megazine #395, May 2018)

Awards

• 2007: Won the "Favourite Editor" Eagle Award
• 2008: Won the "Favourite Editor" Eagle Award
• 2010: Nominated for the "Favourite Editor" Eagle Award
• 2011: Won the "Favourite Editor" Eagle Award
• 2012: Nominated for the "Favourite Editor" Eagle Award

(There were no awards in 2009.)

Notes

1. Bishop (2007) page 114
2. City Fathers's entry at Rebellionstore.com

References

• Matt Smith at 2000ad.org
• Matt Smith at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Bishop, David Thrill Power Overload (Rebellion Developments, 260 pages, February 2007, ISBN 1-905437-22-6)

External links

• 2003 Interview with 411
• 2004 Interview with 2000ADReview
• 2007 Interview with 2000ADReview
• 2007 interview about 2000 AD's 30th anniversary, Comics Bulletin
• Keily, Karl (19 October 2010). "Smith Brings the UK to the USA". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 20 October 2010.

Preceded by Andy Diggle	2000 AD editor 2002–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Alan Barnes	Judge Dredd Megazine editor 2006–present	Incumbent