Alan Barnes is a British writer and editor, mainly related to cult film and television.
Biography
Barnes was the editor of Judge Dredd Megazine[1] from 2001 until 2005. Among other strips, Barnes originally commissioned The Simping Detective. He also wrote a handful of Judge Dredd stories involving alternate universes or featuring a young Dredd.
He worked for five years at Doctor Who Magazine[1] and progressed from writing strips to becoming joint editor in 1998 and sole editor from 2000 until 2002. He subsequently contributed the ongoing Fact of Fiction series of articles to the magazine.
Kiss Kiss Bang! Bang!: The Unofficial James Bond Film Companion (with Marcus Hearn, Overlook Press, 1998 ISBN0-87951-874-X)
Tarantino A to Zed (with Marcus Hearn, B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1999 ISBN0-7134-8457-8)
Sherlock Holmes on Screen (originally published 1999, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2004 ISBN1-903111-78-1), Third Edition published 31 January 2012 by Titan Books, ISBN978-0-85768-776-0