Harry Kipling is a new character in 2000 AD created by Simon Spurrier and Boo Cook. He is a True Brit, trying to survive in a world of rampant Pantheistic solipsism aided only by strong tea and a big gun.
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Plot
The story takes place in an alternate steampunk version of the British Empire (Neo-Britannia). The Empire has collapsed and every supernatural being has somehow been physically manifested. The various deities and sprites pass their time eating their subjects, squabbling and fighting amongst themselves in hopes of achieving Monotheism. They are fought by a single relic of the NeoBritannia Empire, Harry Kipling. A parody of a traditional Imperial man, he wears a sola topee, uses an elephant gun and drinks earl-grey tea. He is dead but lives as a zombie for reasons as yet undisclosed, dedicating his undead existence to the complete eradication of gods. He calls this battle "Proactive Atheism". In this he's aided by Neesha, a bewildered refugee from a war-torn planet, and Klux, a powerful but unintelligent engine of destruction.
Appearances
So far he has only appeared in his own eponymous series:
- Harry Kipling:
- "Prologue" (in 2000 AD #1476, 2006)
- "Mad Gods & Englishmen" (in 2000 AD #1481-1483, 2006)
- "Whetting the Whistle" (in 2000AD #1492-1493, 2006)
- "Something for Nothing" (in 2000AD #1497-1499, 2006)
- "The Hitman and Hermoth" (in 2000AD #1509-ongoing, 2006)
Gods
- The Family - Appears in #1476
- Sobek the crocodile god - Appears in #1481-1483
- Spider Queen of Teotihuacan - Appears in #1492-1493
- Ama-Tsu-Mara - Appears in #1492-1493
- Ornumila the Wise - Appears in #1497-1499
- The Anti-God/Atheist Commander - Appears in #1497-1499
- Bellin-Bellin - Appears in #1509 - 1512
- Hermoth - Appears in #1509 - 1512
- Christmas Gods - Appears in #2007
