Big Dave

Big Dave is a hyper-violent, proudly ignorant working-class British hardman from Manchester whose answer to every problem — whether local troublemakers or global threats — is a savage beating, played as savage political satire.

Bursting onto the pages of 2000 AD in 1993, Big Dave is a gloriously over-the-top British comics creation from the legendary team of Grant Morrison and Carlos Ezquerra — a combination that alone signals something special. A product of the early Modern Age and Fleetway's irreverent anthology tradition, this character carved out a brief but memorable run in the same pages that house icons like Judge Dredd, making for some remarkable company indeed. With only 16 catalogued appearances across 1993–1994, Big Dave is a compact, punchy slice of British comics history — the kind of cult curio that rewards the dedicated collector willing to dig into the 2000 AD back-issue bins.