Alan Barnes (writer)


Alan Barnes is a British writer and editor, mainly related to cult film and television.

Biography

Barnes was the editor of Judge Dredd Megazine from 2002 until 2006. Among other strips, Barnes originally commissioned The Simping Detective. He also wrote a handful of Judge Dredd stories involving alternate universes or featuring a young Dredd.
He worked for five years at Doctor Who Magazine and progressed from writing strips to becoming joint editor in 1998 and sole editor from 2000 until 2002. He subsequently contributed the ongoing Fact of Fiction series of articles to the magazine.
Barnes has written or co-written a number of Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish Productions.
He has written a number of books on films, including James Bond, Quentin Tarantino and Sherlock Holmes, and his book The Hammer Story, co-written with Marcus Hearn, was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Non-Fiction in 1997.

Comics and magazines

  • Judge Dredd:
  • * "Tickers"
  • * "Medusa"
  • * "Dredd of Drokk Green"
  • Doctor Who:
  • * "The Cybermen: The Hungry Sea"
  • * "The Cybermen: The Dark Flame"
  • * End Game collects:
  • ** "End Game"
  • ** "The Keep"
  • ** "A Life of Matter & Death"
  • ** "Fire and Brimstone"
  • ** "Tooth and Claw"
  • ** "The Final Chapter"
  • * The Glorious Dead collects:
  • ** "The Road to Hell"
  • ** "TV Action!"
  • * "The Warkeeper's Crown"
  • * "Liberation of the Daleks" in ''Doctor Who Magazine''

Audio plays

Audio plays include:
He also wrote the animated serial, The Infinite Quest.

Books

Books include: