Matt Smith (comics editor)


Matt Smith 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.

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. Starting out as the assistant to the new editor Andy Diggle, Smith was appointed as the ninth incarnation of Tharg the Mighty 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.

Editing

Comics edited include:

Novels