Bix Barton, Master of the Rum and Uncanny is a fictional comic book

Comics

Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...

 character featured in the British science fiction anthology magazine 2000 AD

2000 AD (comic)

2000 AD is a weekly British science fiction-oriented comic. As a comics anthology it serialises a number of separate stories each issue and was first published by IPC Magazines in 1977, the first issue dated 26 February. IPC then shifted the title to its Fleetway comics subsidiary which was sold...

. The character was created by artist Jim McCarthy

Jim McCarthy (comics)

Jim McCarthy is a British comics creator. He became well known for working on Bad Company in 2000 AD before going on to write a number of graphic novels based on musicians, as well as becoming a music journalist.He is the brother of Brendan McCarthy....

 and writer Peter Milligan

Peter Milligan

Peter Milligan born in London, a British writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work.-Early career:Milligan started his comic career with short stories for 2000 AD in the early 1980s. By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000AD called Bad Company, with artists Brett...

, and first appeared in print in 1990

1990 in comics

-Year overall:Days of Future Present, the sequel to Days of Future Past, appeared in the annuals of Fantastic Four, New Mutants, X-Factor and X-Men.-January:* Dinosaurs for Hire is cancelled by Eternity Comics with issue #9....

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The Barton stories are humorous in nature and deal with the adventures of the character in his role as sole employee of Her Majesty's Government's Department of the Irrational where he uses Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...

-like abilities to solve cases relating to weird and supernatural ("rum and uncanny") events.

Publication

• Bix Barton (by Peter Milligan
  Peter Milligan
  Peter Milligan born in London, a British writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work.-Early career:Milligan started his comic career with short stories for 2000 AD in the early 1980s. By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000AD called Bad Company, with artists Brett...
  
   and Jim McCarthy
  Jim McCarthy (comics)
  Jim McCarthy is a British comics creator. He became well known for working on Bad Company in 2000 AD before going on to write a number of graphic novels based on musicians, as well as becoming a music journalist.He is the brother of Brendan McCarthy....
  
  ):
  • "Barton's Beasts" (in 2000 AD #663-668, 1990)
  • "The Indigestible Case of the Haunted Full English" (in 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1990)
  • "The Disproportionate Man" (in 2000 AD Winter Special 1990)
  • "Carry On Barton" (in 2000 AD #723-728, 1991)
  • "Lovesick World" (in 2000 AD #737-741, 1991)
  • "Bloated Case of the Fatted Keef" (in 2000 AD #761-766, 1991)
  • "The Mouth Thief" (in 2000 AD Yearbook 1993, 1992)
  • "The Crying Scotsman" (in 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 1993)
  • "Nigel the Napolean of East Finchley" (in 2000 AD #912-917, 1994)

External links

• Official Page on 2000 AD Web site