Mills' experiences with Battle and Action in particular had taught him that readers responded to his anti-authoritarian attitudes. The original logo and overall look of the comic were designed by art assistant Doug Church. The then-futuristic name 2000 AD was chosen by John Sanders, : pp.25–26 as no-one involved expected the comic to last that long. Mills brought fellow freelancer John Wagner on board as script adviser and the pair began to develop characters. IPC publisher John Sanders asked Pat Mills, a freelance writer and editor who had created Battle Picture Weekly and Action, to develop it. In December 1975, Kelvin Gosnell, a sub-editor at IPC Magazines, read an article in the London Evening Standard about a wave of forthcoming science fiction films, and suggested that the company might get on the bandwagon by launching a science fiction comic. Fleetway continued to produce the title until 2000, when it was bought by Rebellion Developments. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary, which was sold to Robert Maxwell in 1987 and then to Egmont UK in 1991.

Other series in 2000 AD include Rogue Trooper, Sláine, Strontium Dog, ABC Warriors, Nemesis the Warlock and Nikolai Dante.Ģ000 AD was initially published by IPC Magazines. Since 2000 it has been published by Rebellion Developments.Ģ000 AD is most noted for its Judge Dredd stories, and has been contributed to by a number of artists and writers who became renowned in the field internationally, such as Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, Grant Morrison, Brian Bolland, Mike McMahon, John Wagner, Alan Grant and Garth Ennis.

As a comics anthology it serialises stories in each issue (known as 'progs') and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February.

Mike McMahon, Carlos Ezquerra, Dave Gibbons, Massimo Belardinelli, Jock, Frank Quitely, Frazer Irving, Dom Reardon, Ian Gibson, Cam Kennedy, Simon Bisley, Kevin O'Neill, Ron SmithĢ000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic magazine. John Wagner, Alan Grant, Pat Mills, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar, Ian Edginton, Alan Moore Judge Dredd, Tharg the Mighty, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper, Nikolai Dante, Sláine, ABC Warriors, Nemesis the Warlock

2,334 regular issues, plus 16 irregularly-numbered issues, 72 special issues and 36 annuals (as of May 2023)

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