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Friday (comics)
''Friday'' is a 2000 AD character. Like Rogue he is a Genetic Infantryman fighting on Nu-Earth although his connections with Rogue were initially unclear. At one point he also teamed up with Venus Bluegenes.
==Publication history==
On the strength of the success of ''Watchmen'' the editorial staff asked Dave Gibbons if he would be interested in redesigning the Rogue Trooper character. Gibbons accepted and proposed also writing it, which was greenlit by Richard Burton. However, time commitments would not allow him to both write it and provide the stories art and Will Simpson was brought in to cover the art duties.〔Bishop (2007) page 130-131〕 Gibbons says the redesign "was my chance to put everything into Rogue Trooper I wanted and take out all the crap, like the bio-chips"〔Bishop (2007) page 131〕
Unfortunately, the fourteen-part story was hit by scheduling problems due to the lateness of the art. Gibbons said "I'm still quite happy with the story, although the way it was serialised was erratic - in for two issues, then out again. I was trying to have something that was quite cumulative."〔 Michael Fleisher took over the writing of the series with artists Ron Smith, Simon Coleby and Chris Weston, but the reaction was "lukewarm" and editor Alan McKenzie has said "on paper Fleisher was a good bet. ... But his work on ''2000 AD'' was embarrassing. I did my best to save it, but you can't polish a turd."〔Bishop (2007) page 141〕
After five stories Steve White was brought in to help address some problems. According to editor John Tomlinson "Ever since "War Machine" in 1989, readers had been confused as hell about who is Friday and whether he was the original Rogue. I told Steve to figure that out and explain it"〔Bishop (2007) page 168〕 This led to a two-year-long run on the series for the writer, although there was a move to hand the series to Mark Millar which only resulted in a three-part story.〔 During this period Friday met both Judge Dredd, in an issue-length story,〔''Judge Dredd'': "Casualties Of War" (by John Wagner and John Higgins, in ''2000 AD'' #900, 1994)〕 and the Rogue Trooper,〔"Blue on Blue" (by Steve White and Henry Flint, in ''2000 AD'' #928-931, 1995)〕 the latter being designed to settle the issue of their origins and connections. Unfortunately, according to Tomlinson "Steve came up with a fairly watertight explanation, but it was enormously complicated and probably confused far more people than it enlightened."〔Bishop (2007) page 179〕 That story also brought in Venus Bluegenes, a G.I. Doll, who would appear in one more story〔"Hot Metal" (by Steve White and Steve Tappin, in 2000 AD #983-986, 1996)〕 before her appearance in the final story to feature Friday. Dan Abnett, co-author for that story, was complimentary of White's work, "Steve had such a great feel for military goings on," however, this couldn't overcome intrinsic problems with the story as "he was absolutely hamstrung by the weight of continuity."〔Bishop (2007) page 188-189〕 The two characters disappeared into a black hole and have not reappeared since.
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