The Tank Girl series first appeared in the debut issue of Deadline (1988),[1] a UK magazine intended as a forum for new comic talent, or as its publishers Brett Ewins and Tom Astor put it, "a forum for the wild, wacky and hitherto unpublishable," and it continued until the end of the magazine in 1995.
In 1995, the comic was also adapted into a critically and financially unsuccessful film. The film featured Lori Petty as Tank Girl and Naomi Watts as Jet Girl.
Martin and Hewlett spoke poorly of the experience, with Martin calling it "a bit of a sore point" for them.[2] After Deadline folded, Martin and Hewlett attempted to create another strip together called The 16s, which he described as a cross between Tank Girl and Peanuts. The strip was not published, and marked the end of their partnership.
Since 1995edit
After the film, Martin wandered around for a bit, staying at communes with hippie friends, looking for stone circles and ancient sites before settling in Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland with his wife Lou and two children Wynne and Rufus Bodie (named after Lewis Collins' character in The Professionals). Martin has played in various bands, written a Tank Girl novel (Armadillo) published in March 2008 by Titan Books, as well as various screenplays and scripts. He wrote the first new Tank Girl limited series in over ten years: Tank Girl: The Gifting with award-winning Australian artist Ashley Wood. Published by American publishers IDW, the first issue was released in June 2007.
We went to the comics graveyard and dug her up. She's smelling pretty bad, but we're gonna put her in a wheelbarrow and parade her around for all to see, anyway.
Since 2007, Martin has dedicated his time exclusively to the Tank Girl franchise, writing over a dozen graphic novels, and designing several art books. In 2014, Martin, along with original artist Hewlett, and old school friend Bond, launched 21st century Tank Girl as a Kickstarter, which was funded in less than 48 hours, the ensuing comic series went on to become the best selling Tank Girl series ever. This was followed by the mini-series Two Girls One Tank which also proved to be enormously successful. Since 2015, Martin has worked on Tank Girl projects exclusively with self-trained American artist Brett Parson.
Notesedit
^Whelehan, Imelda; Sonnet, Esther (1997), "Regendered Reading: Tank Girl and Postmodernist Intertextuality", in Cartmell, Deborah (ed.), Trash Aesthetics, Sydney: Pluto Press, p. 31, ISBN0-7453-1202-0
^"Alan Martin on Tank Girl - Interview". sci-fi-online.com.
Suicide Girls Interview - With Alan Martin about the Tank Girl relaunch
- about the 2007 relaunch from IDW comics.
January 01, 1970
alan, martin, writer, alan, martin, born, august, 1966, british, comics, writer, best, known, author, comic, strip, tank, girl, alan, martinbornalan, martin, 1966, august, 1966, worthing, sussex, englandnationalitybritisharea, writernotable, workstank, girltan. Alan C Martin born 4 August 1966 is a British comics writer best known as author of the comic strip Tank Girl Alan MartinBornAlan C Martin 1966 08 04 4 August 1966 age 57 Worthing Sussex EnglandNationalityBritishArea s WriterNotable worksTank Girltank girl wbr com Contents 1 Hewlett and Martin 1 1 Tank Girl film 2 Since 1995 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links 5 1 InterviewsHewlett and Martin editMartin first met Tank Girl co creator Jamie Hewlett in 1986 when they were studying at the West Sussex College of Design in Worthing With fellow student Philip Bond they began collaborating on a comic fanzine called Atomtan The Tank Girl series first appeared in the debut issue of Deadline 1988 1 a UK magazine intended as a forum for new comic talent or as its publishers Brett Ewins and Tom Astor put it a forum for the wild wacky and hitherto unpublishable and it continued until the end of the magazine in 1995 Tank Girl film edit Main article Tank Girl film In 1995 the comic was also adapted into a critically and financially unsuccessful film The film featured Lori Petty as Tank Girl and Naomi Watts as Jet Girl Martin and Hewlett spoke poorly of the experience with Martin calling it a bit of a sore point for them 2 After Deadline folded Martin and Hewlett attempted to create another strip together called The 16s which he described as a cross between Tank Girl and Peanuts The strip was not published and marked the end of their partnership Since 1995 editAfter the film Martin wandered around for a bit staying at communes with hippie friends looking for stone circles and ancient sites before settling in Berwick upon Tweed in Northumberland with his wife Lou and two children Wynne and Rufus Bodie named after Lewis Collins character in The Professionals Martin has played in various bands written a Tank Girl novel Armadillo published in March 2008 by Titan Books as well as various screenplays and scripts He wrote the first new Tank Girl limited series in over ten years Tank Girl The Gifting with award winning Australian artist Ashley Wood Published by American publishers IDW the first issue was released in June 2007 We went to the comics graveyard and dug her up She s smelling pretty bad but we re gonna put her in a wheelbarrow and parade her around for all to see anyway Since 2007 Martin has dedicated his time exclusively to the Tank Girl franchise writing over a dozen graphic novels and designing several art books In 2014 Martin along with original artist Hewlett and old school friend Bond launched 21st century Tank Girl as a Kickstarter which was funded in less than 48 hours the ensuing comic series went on to become the best selling Tank Girl series ever This was followed by the mini series Two Girls One Tank which also proved to be enormously successful Since 2015 Martin has worked on Tank Girl projects exclusively with self trained American artist Brett Parson Notes edit Whelehan Imelda Sonnet Esther 1997 Regendered Reading Tank Girl and Postmodernist Intertextuality in Cartmell Deborah ed Trash Aesthetics Sydney Pluto Press p 31 ISBN 0 7453 1202 0 Alan Martin on Tank Girl Interview sci fi online com References editThis section includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this section by introducing more precise citations July 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message Alan Martin at the Grand Comics Database Alan Martin at the Comic Book DB archived from the original External links editOfficial Tank Girl website Tumblr account Interviews edit Suicide Girls Interview With Alan Martin about the Tank Girl relaunch Alan Martin interview about the 2007 relaunch from IDW comics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alan Martin writer amp oldid 1205843444, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
