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Once upon a time, White Dwarf was not complete shit. It had reviews and articles about non-Games Workshop products, had a Letter To The Editor section that took criticism, showed off the armies and homefluff of average joe players, and wasn't a glorified catalogue.
It also had comics starting in issue #45 after an 18 year old named Carl Critchlow sent his portfolio in as a response to a call for artists.
The first and arguably greatest of these is Critchlow's Thrud The Barbarian.
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Thrud was inspired by Conan the Barbarian (movie with the Governator mainly). He was a GIGANTIC (small-headed) and violent sarcastic barbarian with an entourage of followers who explored stereotypical fantasy worlds as well as the universes that Games Workshop had the rights to at the time including Warhammer Fantasy, Warhammer 40000, and Judge Dredd. Most humor relied either on a misunderstanding or Thrud's door-kicking style of operation.
Thrud comics were among the most popular things White Dwarf ever produced, winning their award for most popular feature three times. Thrud comics were collected and released as a "Graffik Novel" in 1987.
The last White Dwarf with Thrud was issue #105, after which Critchlow left the publication, as he had been hired to work on Judge Dredd comics, taking the rights with him (as GW at the time hired workers part-time for cheapness, not knowing they retained the rights to their creations leading to some issues down the road).