* Bad Company: Simply ( with Peter Milligan ; Pencils: Brett Ewins in 2000 AD # 601, 1988 )

By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000AD called Bad Company, with artists Brett Ewins and Jim McCarthy.

* Peter Milligan: Skreemer to X-Statix, Sequential Tart, September 2002

In early 1969 Milligan starred in the ill-fated situation comedy Curry & Chips, created and written by Johnny Speight and featuring Milligan's old friend and colleague Eric Sykes.

* Narrator of The Ratties ( 1987 ), a children's cartoon series written by Mike Wallis and Laura Milligan, Spike's daughter.

* The Bed-Sitting Room ( 1963, 1967 ) written by Milligan and John Antrobus

* The Bed-Sitting Room ( 1969 ), post-apocalyptic comedy with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and also Arthur Lowe ; written by John Antrobus based on the Milligan / Antrobus play.

The second series of six episodes ( written from storylines suggested by Speight ) were mostly written by Sykes, although he co-wrote one episode each with John Antrobus and Spike Milligan.

In 1969 Sykes co-starred with Spike Milligan in the ill-fated television sit-com Curry & Chips, a satire on racial prejudice created and written by Johnny Speight and made for London Weekend Television.

Other writers who have written for the series include Paul Jenkins, Warren Ellis, Brian Azzarello, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Denise Mina, and currently Peter Milligan.

Peter Milligan, a veteran of the Vertigo line, having written both Shade, The Changing Man and Animal Man at the publisher's inception, then took over, starting with a short story in the landmark 250th issue, and taking over full-time following this.

This was a sitcom written by Spike Milligan and Neil Shand, which was cancelled by the BBC after just one episode had been broadcast.

In 1996, Marvel also published a one-shot story simply called Archangel, which was written by Peter Milligan.

A graphic novel-length story named Tank Girl: The Odyssey was also published in ' 95, written by Peter Milligan and loosely inspired by Homer's Odyssey, Joyce's Ulysses and a considerable quantity of junk TV, ( although Milligan asserts in the preface that the story is entirely based on real events, inspired by the wanderings and adventures of a group of lost friends, all of whom appear in the pages under various pseudonyms ).

One of the most famous serials was The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town ( 1976 ), written by Spike Milligan and Ronnie Barker but credited as " Spike Milligan and a Gentleman ".

The book was written by Peter Milligan with art by Max Fiumara.

Christopher Chance starred in a limited series, a one-shot, and then an ongoing Human Target series written by Peter Milligan and published under DC's Vertigo imprint.

The video was written, directed and filmed by Brendan, with assistance from Heselton and Milligan.

The episode, " The Scarlet Capsule ", was written by Spike Milligan, and used the original BBC Radiophonic Workshop sound effects made for the television serial.

Other notable strips included Wired World by Philip Bond, Planet Swerve by Glyn Dillon & Alan Martin, Hugo Tate by Nick Abadzis, Cheeky Wee Budgie Boy created & written by Jon Beeston and drawn by Jon Beeston & Philip Bond, Timulo by D ' Israeli, A-Men and Space Boss by Shaky Kane, Johnny Nemo by Peter Milligan, and several early works by Al Columbia.

This was precipitated by the CCA refusing approval of the seal due to the strong depiction of violence in X-Force # 116, a comic written by Peter Milligan and drawn by Mike Allred.

In 1975, Carson took the part of Paddy O ' Brien, described as " an Irish Republican landlord and coalman ", in The Melting Pot, a sitcom written by Spike Milligan and Neil Shand, which was cancelled by the BBC after just one episode had been broadcast.

The parallel story was written by C. Ryan Milligan and was directed by Al Milligan.

During most of the late 1930s and early 1940s Milligan performed as an amateur jazz vocalist and trumpeter before, during and after being called up for military service in the fight against Nazi Germany, but even then he wrote and performed comedy sketches as part of concerts to entertain troops.

Milligan later blamed the pressure of writing and performing The Goon Show for both his breakdown and the failure of his first marriage.

Milligan married for the first time and began a family.

During a visit to Australia in 1958, a similar special was made for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, " The Gladys Half-Hour ", which also featured local actors Ray Barrett, and John Bluthal, who would appear in several later Milligan projects.

15-minute adaptations of the original scripts by Maurice Wiltshire were used instead, with Milligan, Sellers and Secombe reuniting to provide the voices ; according to a contemporary press report, they received the highest fees the BBC had ever paid for 15-minute shows.

Director John Goldschmidt's film The Other Spike dramatised Milligan's nervous breakdown in a film for Granada Television, for which Milligan wrote the screenplay and in which he played himself.

He was interviewed live on air and remained in the studio for the news broadcast that followed ( read by Rod McNeil ), during which Milligan constantly interjected, adding his own name to news items.

In 1967, applying a satirical angle to a fashion for the inclusion of " superman " inspired characters in UK television commercials, Milligan dressed up in a " Bat-Goons " outfit to head up a series of television commercials for British Petroleum.

Milligan lived for several years in Holden Road, Woodside Park and at The Crescent, Barnet, and was a strong supporter of the Finchley Society.

Milligan contributed his recollections of his childhood in India for the acclaimed 1970s BBC audio history series Plain Tales From The Raj.

Garfield was one of three attorneys who argued for the petitioners in the famous Supreme Court case Ex parte Milligan in 1866.

During this period he found time to model for She magazine and also appear in a 1967 stage production of Treasure Island as Squire Trelawney, alongside Spike Milligan and Barry Humphries at the Mermaid Theatre in London.

He met De Momerie's companion, Major Milligan, who appears to be the cocaine supplier for the group.

Murder Must Advertise was adapted for television in 1973 as a mini-series starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey, Mark Eden as Chief Inspector Charles Parker, Bridget Armstrong as Dian de Momerie, Peter Bowles as Major Milligan, and Paul Darrow as Mr. Tallboy.

He sees an ad for a roommate and talks the reluctant young woman, Connie Milligan ( Jean Arthur ), into letting him sublet half of her apartment.

He frequently wrote for and / or performed with many other leading comedy performers and writers of the period, including Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, John Antrobus and Johnny Speight.

( Sykes and Milligan later jointly formed Associated London Scripts ( ALS ) with Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, a writers ' agency which lasted for well over a decade until being effectively dissolved in 1967.

) Late in 1954 Sykes began collaborating with Spike Milligan on scripts for The Goon Show, easing Milligan's workload.

Among writers in English noted for nonsense verse are Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Ogden Nash, Mervyn Peake, Colin West, Roald Dahl, Dr. Seuss and Spike Milligan.

Noted artist Daphne Todd was commissioned for the painting, who has had such notable sitters as HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Spike Milligan.

Peter Milligan, who began his career at 2000 AD, before working briefly for both Pacific Comics and Eclipse Comics, contributed two titles ( one quarter of the initial line-up ; the same as Gaiman ) to the Vertigo launch.