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''Tank Girl'' was a 1990s English Comic Strip and the name of the leading character. Drawn by Jamie Hewlett and written by Alan Martin , later writing was done by Peter Milligan . As the name suggests, Tank Girl drives a and Tank Girl's Boyfriend ), the soft Toy s Camp Koala and Mr. Precocious, Stevie, Barney, Bobby, Sub Girl, Jet Girl and Heli Girl. HISTORY ''Tank Girl'' first appeared in '' Deadline '''s first issue ( 1988 ) and continued until the end of the magazine in 1995 . The UK comic strips were also reprinted in an American publication, ''Tank Girl'' (published by Dark Horse Comics ), beginning in 1991 , with an extended break in 1992 ; the series ended after eight issues in September 1993 . A UK magazine named ''Tank Girl'' was published in 1995 , publishing a graphic-novel length story written by Peter Milligan loosely inspired by Homer 's '' Odyssey '', Joyce 's '' Ulysses '' and a considerable quantity of junk TV. At the same time many fans feel ''Tank Girl'' Jumped The Shark in a 1995 Film directed by Rachel Talalay and starring Lori Petty . The film attempted to carry a linear narrative which was converse to the strip's madcap approach. The plot revolves around the fact that Tank Girl and her rebel group are attacked by Water & Power, a powerful force that controls all of the (very little) remaining water on Earth. Tank Girl goes on a quest to recover a young girl (possibly her adopted daughter) and seek vengeance against those who killed her boyfriend. Missing characters from the film included Barney and the only once seen Heli Girl. The film was widely panned by critics and did extremely poorly, ''Deadline'' collapsed, and the character and the strip have not re-appeared since. Jamie Hewlett went on to make his fortune creating Gorillaz with Blur 's Damon Albarn . Alan Martin now lives in a caravan in Wales, and has not worked since, though he is rumoured to have another project in the pipeline. Tank Girl, as well as Sub and Jet Girl, are influenced heavily by the characters of Jaime Hernandez 's '' Love And Rockets '', but the basis of the character apparently lies in a loud-mouthed Dutch punk girl selling bootleg 2000AD t-shirts in Camden Market in the middle of the 80s. TANK GIRL THE MOVIE The movie features the following cast:
and also featured the following music:
FILM TRIVIA The tank used in the movie is a heavily modified Stuart M5A1 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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