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Devlin Waugh (a play on Evelyn Waugh) is a fictional character who has appeared regularly in ''2000 AD'' and in the ''Judge Dredd Megazine''. The character, a homosexual vampire, was originally created by the writer-artist team John Smith and Sean Phillips. Waugh is part of the world of Judge Dredd, originally created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, and set 122 years ahead of our own time. ==Publication history== Devlin Waugh was deliberately created to be a distinctly new breed of hero. ''2000 AD'' had until that point been mainly notable for monosyllabic tough guys, in the mould of Judge Dredd and Rogue Trooper – driven by either a sense of duty, or honour, or revenge. Waugh, by contrast, was a camp homosexual exorcist priest, employed by the future Vatican City, with medals in flower-arranging and Olympic high-diving, a bodybuilder’s physique and a cutting line in humour – and his main motivation was simply to do “Anything to offset the dreadful (ennui ) of it all!” Smith's initial proposal described Waugh as a cross between Charles Bronson and Noël Coward; Phillips visualised him as a cross between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Terry-Thomas. The first name proposed for the character was “Dirk Devlin”. The strip itself was to be called “Sin Eater” until editor David Bishop decided that the sound of this was too close to the name of pop star Sinitta. The first series was painted by Philips. Other artists to have depicted Waugh include Siku, Steve Yeowell and Colin MacNeil. His first appearance in 1992 (posing in the doorway of a vampire-infested prison with the line "You can all breathe a sigh of relief, gentlemen. Fingers ''off'' the triggers, sphincters unclenched... The name's Waugh. Devlin Waugh. I'm here to steal the show...") was an instant success. In the annual poll of readers' opinions, Waugh became the first and last character ever to knock Judge Dredd off the top spot as Favourite Strip. However, the first full-length follow-up strip, an Africa-set Judge Dredd crossover titled ''Fetish'', was plagued with so many problems that the then-editor David Bishop took to referring to the "curse of Devlin Waugh".〔"The Curse of Devlin Waugh" (introduction to "Red Tide Prologue" by David Bishop, ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' #201, 2003)〕〔Thrill Power Overload〕 After the script had gone through a lengthy re-write, it turned out that Phillips would not be available to draw the character. Artist Ashley Wood also dropped out of the project,〔 which was eventually handed to Siku. In the end, it would be seven years between Waugh’s first and third appearance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devlin Waugh」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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