Delighted that Finn is being reprinted in the next Megazine. Jim Elston’s art was fabulous. Finn was very popular – in fact, at the end of his run more popular than Slaine. So i asked the editor at the time, Dave Bishop, if he wanted the character to continue. No, he said without explanation. I never found out why but I’m pretty certain it was because some readers were complaining vehemently about Finn in the letters page being a sinister witch and saying his authentic pagan practises were a bad example to readers. (In a comic with Judge Dredd?! FFS!) The editor actually encouraged some pretty ferocious letters criticising creators – in my opinion because it “cut us down to size”. Bizarre. Anyway, Finn will be in the Megazine soon and you can make up your own mind. But don’t copy him! Or they’ll never reprint the second volume!
Pat Mills
Creator and first editor of 2000AD, champion of girls' and political comics. Serial Killer, Requiem Vampire Knight, Marshal Law, Accident Man, Nemesis, Charley's War and much more. Visit millsverse.com for more info.
