Fighting Spirit

Ahead of Duncan Jones's movie, his comic co-writer Alex de Campi is telling Rogue Trooper's secret origin

- WORDS: STEPHEN JEWELL

AFTER CO-WRITING 2021 graphic novel Madi: Once Upon A Time In The Future with Rogue Trooper director Duncan Jones, Alex de Campi is now teaming up with artist Neil Edwards on the Genetic Infantryman's latest series in the Galaxy's Greatest Comic. Perhaps unsurprisingly given their past connection to Jones, “Ghost Patrol” - which begins in prog 2450's bumper jump-on issue of 2000 AD - boasts a few sneaky links to next year’s blockbuster film.

“I was lucky enough to see an early assemblage of the film and I’m telling you now - it rules!” de Campi tells Red Alert. “My storyline is intended as a companion to the film but you're not going to spoil yourself if you read it before seeing the film, or vice versa. There’s at least one Easter egg for the film, but it’s kind of obscure and tangential.”