Skizz

Skizz
The 2005 trade paperback edition
Publication information
Publisher	2000 AD
Publication date	1983–1995
Main character(s)	Skizz
Creative team
Written by	Alan Moore
Artist(s)	Jim Baikie

Skizz was a comic strip in 2000 AD which appeared in three installments across more than a decade. It was written by Alan Moore and drawn by Jim Baikie. Two sequels appeared some years later, written and drawn by Baikie.

Plot

Skizz, an alien interpreter, crash lands on Earth and his ship self-destructs to stop it from falling into the wrong hands. He is saved from the military (led by a thuggish South African named Van Owen - an apparent reference to Warren Zevon's Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner) - by a young girl called Roxy.

Bibliography

• Skizz:
  • Skizz (in 2000 AD #308–330, 1983)
  • Alien Cultures (in 2000 AD #767–775, 1992)
  • Skizz Book 3 (in 2000 AD #912–927, 1994–1995)

There have a number of trade paperback releases over the years:

• Skizz:
  • Titan (1989 ISBN 1-85286-135-5)
  • Titan (2002 ISBN 1-84023-450-4)
  • Rebellion Developments (2005 ISBN 1-904265-30-8)
  • DC (2005 ISBN 1-4012-0579-8)
• Skizz II: Alien Cultures:
  • Mandarin (1993 ISBN 0-7493-1638-1 )

External links

• 2000 AD profile
• Review of the 2005 collection