Abelard Snazz

Abelard Snazz is a comedic sci-fi character from 2000 AD, distinguished by having two brains — making him the smartest man in the universe, yet whose overcomplicated solutions to simple problems invariably make everything catastrophically worse.

Few comics names roll off the tongue quite like Abelard Snazz, the Bronze Age creation that Alan Grant and Ezquerra unleashed on readers of 2000 AD back in 1980. Born from the gloriously anarchic pages of IPC's flagship British anthology, Snazz carved out his niche in a publication that was simultaneously home to Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, and Nemesis the Warlock — about as prestigious a neighbourhood as British comics could offer. His appearances are compact in number, spread across 2000 AD and the 2000 AD Winter Special across a decade of bold, irreverent storytelling, which only adds to the cult appeal of tracking him down. For collectors with a taste for the weird and wonderful corners of the British comics boom, Abelard Snazz is exactly the kind of offbeat gem that makes flipping through old 2000 AD issues such a rewarding adventure.