bill savage and INVASION

 

Invasion was a story in 2000AD. Bill Savage was a working class hero of the British resistance fighting the occupying Volgs (who resembled Russian troops).

After the invasion of a flooded Britain by the Volgans - a comic-creation based on the Russians of the USSR - Bill Savage sets out to avenge the death of his family and is recruited into the resistance by Lt. Peter Silk. After Silk’s death, Savage becomes the leader of the resistance, broadcasting illegally to the beleaguered British and carrying out a campaign of violence against the occupying Volgs.

Bill Savage Invasion Mike Dorey
 

The way the stories were written made Mike think that Savage should be drawn as a raging psychopath, revelling in the carnage he caused. Savage was originally meant to resemble the actor Stanley Baker but there wasn’t much similarity when Mike drew him!