Steve MacManus

Steve MacManus began his career in comics in 1973, working as sub-editor on the boys' weekly comic Valiant. Two years later he transferred to Battle Picture Weekly. At the same time, he became the public face of controversial comic Action in the role of Action Man. In 1979 at the age of twenty-six he was promoted to editor of 2000 AD, a position he held for the next eight years. This period is widely regarded as one of the highlights in the title’s hallowed history, with creators such as John Wagner, Alan Grant, Pat Mills and Alan Moore authoring many of the title’s most memorable characters. In 1987 MacManus became managing editor of the 2000 AD Group during which time he launched Crisis, a politically aware comic. In the early 1990s he edited the launch issues of the Judge Dredd Megazine, and co-edited the Batman/Judge Dredd crossover Judgement on Gotham. When Egmont sold 2000 AD to Rebellion Developments in 2000, MacManus moved into Egmont's magazine editorial, eventually stepping down in 2011. In 2016 he published his memoir about his time working in British comics. Entitled The Mighty One: My Life Inside The Nerve Centre the book was an immediate success and was nominated in the Best Book on Comics category in the Broken Frontier Awards. In 2017 MacManus published his prequel to the Mighty One. Entitled Elmsworld, it explores his school days at a progressive school in Devon during the 1960s.

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